Perla Cortés

Environmental Engineer
p.cortes@herrera-sato.com
T +52 (55) 7316-0258

PERLA CORTÉS, born Mexico City, April 23, 1983. Education: Instituto Politecnico Nacional (Environmental Engineer, 2009). LANGUAGES: Spanish and English.

PRACTICE AREAS: Environmental Impact and Risk, polluted sites, coordination of environmental technical-scientific studies. Since 2003 she practices as Environmental Engineer in Mexico, particularly in the area of Environmental Baseline Studies, Environmental Impact Assessments, Polluted Sites, Risk Analysis and Comprehensive Management of Wastes.



  • • Baseline Study and Environmental Impact Assessment (Particular Modality) for the industrial zone of Compañia Miner Autlan, S.A.B. 2015.
  • • Risk Assessment of Process, Environmental Contingency Plan and Emergency Response Plan for the Oil Well Trion-1DL, North Region, PEP. June 2013.
  • • Emergency Response Plan for the Oil Well Lakach-21, South Region, PEP. May 2013.
  • • Environmental Monitoring Program, Technical Report and Environmental Risk Study in compliance with the resolution on the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Development Project of Oil Field Ayatsil-Tekel Phase 1, of the North-East Marine Region. January-March 2013.
  • • Environmental Impact Assessment (Regional Modality) for the Project Marine North-East Phase III, UNACAR. June-September 2012.
  • • Technical studies for the relocation of communities as consequence of mining activities: Environmental Baseline Study, Risk Study, Sustainability Study and Reforestation Program. June-August 2012.
  • • Environmental Risk Study, Level 3, for the Development Project of the Oil Field Ayatsil-Tekel, Phase I, of the North-East Marine Region. October 2011.
  • • Update the Program for the Prevention of Accidents (PPA) / Emergency Response Plan of the “Activo Integral Veracruz” February-May 2012.
  • • Environmental Impact Assessment (Regional Modality) for the Exploitation Project Marine Region North-East Phase III. September-December 2012.
  • • Case Study in the area of industrial safety for the Exploitation Project Lakach. February-December 2012.
  • • Review the environmental status and the Environmental Impact Assessment (Regional Modality) of the Development Project of the Oil Field Ayatsil-Tekel, Phase I, of the Marine Region North-East. October 2011.
  • • Environmental Risk Study, Level 3, for the Development Project of the Oil Field Ayatsil-Tekel, Phase I, of the Marine Region North-East. October 2011.
  • • Environmental Risk Analysis for a gas pipeline of 15” Ø x12+487.7 km, Coyotes II. July 2011.
  • • Risk Analysis of Process through HAZOP of the Project: “Development of Engineering, Procurement and Construction of Desulfurizers Plants of Catalytic Gasoline, Regenerative Units of Amine, Support Systems, Facilities of Auxiliary Services and its integration in the Refinery Ing. Antonio Dovali Jaime, in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. ICA Fluor-PEMEX Refinacion. March-April 2011.
  • • Environmental Risk Assessment Study of polluted sites for Exxon Mobil and International Products and Organic Solutions. March-May 2010.
  • • Environmental Vulnerability Study for the Master Plan of the Real Estate Complex “Valle San Pedro”, Sección Urbi Villa del Campo”. April-May 2010.
  • • Environmental Opinion, Environmental Risk Analysis Level 2, Analysis of the Protection Layers LOPA in the Stations, Control Rooms for the Pumping Stations: Pajaritos, Progreso, Refinery Minatitlan, Juan Diaz Covarrubias, Loma Bonita, Tierra Blanca, Arroyo Moreno, Zapoapita, Mendoza, Maltrata y San Martin Texmelucan. July-November 2010.
  • • Risk Analysis of the Processes and Repositioning of the Risk in the Processes Center Abkatun-D and its Surrounding Rigs of the Asset Abkatun Pol-Chuc. June-December 2009.
  • • Detailed Risk Analysis:
    i. Comprehensive Risk Analysis (including LOPA Analysis and Section of SIL)
    ii. Environmental Risk Study Level 3
    iii. Emergency Response Plan
    iv. Program for the Prevention of Accidents
    v. Determination of the level of Risk of Fire NOM-002-STPS-2000.
  • • Environmental opinion, Environmental Risk Assessment Study Level 3, Emergency Response Plan Program for the Prevention of Accidents and indication of the Personal Protection Equipment in accordance with NOM-017-STPS-2008, for the following facilities:
    vi. Distribution Center of Marine Gas and Subsystem Onshore Pipeline, Atasa-Cd. Pemex.
    vii. Process and Transportation Center of Gas Atatsa and Subsystem of Production Atasta.
    viii. Operations Complex “Rebombo” and Subsystem of Production “Cayo Arcas”.
    ix. Processing Center of Gas “Akal C7” and “Akal C8” and Subsystem of Production “Akal C7” and “C82 of the Management of Transportation and Distribution of Hydrocarbons, North-East Marina of the Under-Direction of Distribution and Commercialization. PEP. February-August 2009.
  • • Environmental Risk Analysis of the Operations Complex “Cayo Arcas” and Subsystem of Production “Cayo Arcas”. 2008.
  • • Environmental Risk Analysis, Program for the Prevention of Accidents and Repositioning of the Risk in the Processes Center Abkatun-D and its Surrounding Rigs of the Asset Abkatun Pol-Chuc. June-December 2009.
  • • Environmental and Socio-economic Opinion, Program for the Prevention of Accidents, Emergency Response Plan, Analysis of consequences of the Gas Processing Center “Akal C7”, “Akal C8” and Subsystem of Production “Akal C7” and “C82, of the Management of Transportation and Distribution of Hydrocarbons, North-East Marina of the Under-Direction of Distribution and Commercialization. PEP- February-August 2009.