CV, Oil Process Engineer With 12 Years Experience

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Good management skills; broad Sour Oilfields operation experience of 12 years, troubleshooting skills, proficiency in simulation using HYSYS; advanced computer skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, Historians)

Current location:  Punjab, Pakistan - View on map

Nationality: Pakistani

Preferred Sector of Employment:  Oil, Gas and Energy

Spoken languages: english, punjabi, Urdu

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

Profile

Chemical Engineer with 12+ years in Oil and Gas industry: Knowledge of Operations at Sour fields (7-8 mol% H2S feed), Process Safety, Asset integrity, Training, Management of Change (MoC) & Technical bids evaluations.

Operations

* LPG Recovery Plants (using Turbo Expander & Propane Refrigeration), LPG Bottling plants, Storage

* Sulphur Recovery Plant from sour gas (Claus’ method)

* Sour Gas Treating Units (Amine sweetening unit, Dehydration (using TEG) plants)

* Gas Distribution through pipelines, Joint calibrations & custody transfer equipments use (GC, Moisture analysers, Flowboss, Orifice metering), Compression & letdown stations, NGL handling at Separators etc

* Sour Crude Oil Stabilization & Sweetening / tank farm operations / Quality check through lab tests /Oil Movement to Refinery

* Solvent Oil washing units / Produced Water injection wells / Hot Oil system

* Utilities like Water treatment plants (RO Plant, DI Plant, Softening units), Boiler feed water for steam, IA Compressors, Power generators (Diesel / Gas driven) , Operations of Gas compressors / Gas turbines / Meter Provers / DCS (Delta V & Honeywell) Control Rooms / Evaporators / Gas Chromatograms / Moisture Analyser / Floboss

* LPG / Condensate / Sale Gas metering / Joint calibrations

Job Description

• Trouble shooting, Plant maintenance coordination, lesson learnt data recording, de-bottlenecking

• Liaison with Government Gas distribution company (M/s SNGPL), Custody transfer and Joint calibrations

• HAZOPs, attending PSSMs, Risk assessments, safety audits, practical involvement in developing SOPs at plants

• Chemical consumptions at vendors dictated levels (corrosion inhibitors, anti foams, anti freezing agents, anti scalant, heating oil, solvents, absorbents, adsorbents, silica beds, De-emulsifier, Flocculants, coagulants, Biocide, in well feeder lines, cooling towers, stabilisation towers, LPG plants, contactor towers etc)

• Design, Process Audits, correspond with vendors & commission debottleneck projects, simulations using Aspen Tech HYSYS 8.6 (certified), PIPESIM 2009

• Start up / Shut downs (09 times participation in Annual turn arounds)

HSE

* NEBOSH-IGC, IOSH Managing Safely (M/s Shields), ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 advance training & Audit certifications (M/s SGS).

* Emergency Shutdowns systems / Fire Fighting networks / PTW / participation in HAZOP, SIL, HIRA & Risk Assessments, Process support to projects / engineering departments of company to reduce risks to ALARP.

Projects

* Erection & commissioning of Hasan Gas field expansion project (to process additional 30 MMSCFD feed sour gas)

* Bela Oilfield development Project: 3 phase separators at well head, well head compression, 22 MMSCFD gas sweetening & dehydration plants shifting from another field and commissioning, utilities commissioning, practical involvement in budget and pheasibility to shift plants and layouts finalisations.

* Technical bid evaluation of “Badar Gas Dehydration plant”

(Cap 25 MMSCFD) * Participation in pre-commissioning/commissioning & start-up of 3 x 223 KVA Natural Gas Fueled, Naturally Aspirated Gen-sets (participated as Operation representative)

* Installation and commissioning of LPG Storage tanks (50 Mtons x 18) and LPG bottling plant at Dhullian oil field POL, Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Participation in pre-commissioning/commissioning & start-up of Well Head Gas Compressors –Cameron – Ajax 2802 Le -2×50% as Field Engineer.

* Conducted the refurbishment of redundant Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant, Softener unit & De-Ionized (DI) plant for treated water use at plants.

* Member of Pakistan Engineering Council

Professional Experience

Lead Process Engineer
Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL)
Aug ’11 to Date

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising Operations & troubleshooting of:

 LPG plant using turbo expander for C3+ (LPG, Solvent oil & Gasoline) recovery, LPG Bottling plant

 Sulphur Recovery Plants from Sour Gas (Acid Gas),

 Natural Gas Sweetening plants,

 Natural Gas Dehydration plants,

 Crude oil and natural gas gathering,

 Crude storage and movement system

 Crude Stabilisation Unit (CSU)

 Well head operations (Control panel operated opening / shutting, well testing, Flow assurance avoiding freezing etc)

 Gas Injection Plants and Utilities (Custody transfer units)

• Monitor plants performance (Feed gas GC analysis, product yields, plant efficiency, attaining optimised plant parameters, unit’s performance etc)

• Using HYSYS, PIPESIM, P&ID interpretation, M/s Rockwell’s FactoryTalk Historian, Lesson learnt (LL) data and targeting KPIs (like Propane slippage, Sales specifications, Heat exchangers’ efficiencies etc) to maintain equipments in safe operating envelopes.

• Initiates and ensures that overrides / bypassing the system and work permits are issued. Disables overrides up on completion of maintenance jobs.

• Liaison with Government Gas distribution company (M/s SNGPL), Custody transfer and Joint calibrations

• Gas Distribution through pipelines, Joint calibrations & custody transfer equipments use (M/s Emerson GC, Moisture analysers, Flow boss, Orifice metering), Compression stations, NGL handling at 2 / 3 phase Separators etc

• Analyze and conduct the Management of Change with approval of Manager (Process).

• Supervise the Crude storage, Quality check through laboratory sampling of specs, Movement to Attock Oil Refinery

• Prepare daily and monthly performance, production and operation reports by studying laboratory test reports, log sheets and highlight / troubleshoot abnormalities and bottlenecks in process [Reporting to: Manager (Process)].

• Conduct training, tool-box talks & Comply with company health, safety and environment policy, safe work permit and SOPs in department.

• Participate in HAZOP, HAZID and risk assessment (as per NEBOSH & IOSH) studies for effluents or emissions, participated in IOSH, ISO-14001 and OHSAS-18001 lead auditor courses. Documenting the record of amount of turbine exhaust flue gases, effluents and solid waste disposal.

• Provide inputs for Annual budget and plan the 5 years spares listing and indenting.

• Assist and correspond with vendors, agencies and other internal departments (Instrumentation, Maintenance, Administration, HSE) by providing technical assistance / process related matters.

Achievements

• Optimization Project: Rerouted the Gas pipeline network for oilfields own-consumption, fuel line from upstream of turbine coupled compressor. The aim was to prevent fuel wastages well as load reduction in compression.

• HCDP Control: During tripping of Rich Gas Expander at LPG Plant, running the gas through by pass saving company from clients penalty in lieu of higher HCDP (established the SOP)

• Selection in 3 member team under supervision of AGM (Process & HSE) for planning/execution of developing Bela Oilfield (Pipeline 6” & 8” laying, Well testing after work over job, line laying, 3/2 phase separations, compression and injection in client’s (SNGPL) pipeline network)

• Participated in taking the client increased as well as richer gas in LPG plant which involved the design and optimization of expansion.

Senior Process Engineer & Plant Incharge
Petroleum Exploration (Pvt) Limited (PEL), Pakistan
Oct ‘03-to July ‘11

Key Responsibilities

• Operation of Sour Gas Treating Units (MDEA Gas Sweetening, TEG Gas Dehydration plants and Wellhead Compression System)

• Operation of NGL storage, stabilization, movement to National Oil Refinery, Karachi (NRL).

• Simulate the concept engineering of extension project of Gas sweetening plant in Hasan Oilfield, Gas dehydration plant in Badar oilfield using HYSYS & PIPESIM.

• Well head Gas compression system project installation, commissioning and smooth operation using M/s Cameron & Ajex Compressor set.

• Joint Calibration of custody transfer equipments (online Gas Chromatography & Moisture Analysis, Orifice Chart Recording) with client (M/s SNGPL) and ensured contractual limitations of Sale Gas Quality

• Technical Bid Evaluations of New Gas Facilities, Utilities and Spares

• Manage Projects of expansion and debottlenecking, Correspond with contractors & vendors for ongoing projects as Project Manager (e.g Wellhead Compression System commissioning, Expansion of Facility etc)

• Correspond with vendors / Shiping agents / Loading contractors / Transporters for 2 years-Spares-Inventory-Management, agencies and other internal departments

• Participated in Annual Turn Around’ as Site Manager (7 times responsibly executed Annual Shutdowns)

• Interpreting Process Flow Diagrams (PFD), Isometric Piping Drawings & Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)

• Design, Equipment Sizing and trouble Shooting using AspenTech HYSYS

• Change Management and execution of debottlenecking within HSE standards. Participate in HAZOP and JSA.

• Performed Excel Calculations, Sizing of Orifices, Pipes & Equipments.

• Planning / executing / technical assistance of the development projects of process / units modifications, annual shut down and debottlenecking in process.

• Adheres to SOP’s, routine operations and the monitoring of production equipment using DCS and PLC based systems.

Achievements

• Selected as Plant Incharge

• Selected for HSE Engineer in addition to Process Engineer Responsibilities (April 2007 – Aug 2009)

• Selected for Lead Process Engineer

• Trouble Shooting of Gas Sweetening Stripper section (offering better regeneration of MDEA)

• Project execution of commissioning and successful trial run of Natural Gas Compression System (M/s AJEX)

• Project Member of Plant Expansion (Up gradation) team

• Project execution of Gas Gensets (by M/s CAT) commissioning

Pakistan Oil Fields Limited (POL)
June ‘02-Jul ‘02

(Training)

• Working in 3 cycle Shifts

• Exposure to Crude and Natural Gas Gathering, storage, pumping Systems, 3 phase /2 Phase and laboratory analysis.

• Training on PLC operated units:

1. Natural Gas Sweetening (using MEA), Natural Gas Dehydration units

2. LNG & LPG recovery units

3. Sulphur recovery units (SRU) (based on Clauss’ Process)

Training

• NEBOSH-IGC

• IOSH – Managing Safely

• Design of Process Plant using HYSYS (certified from M/s Aspentech)

• Advance Training on ISO 14001:2004 (certified from Quality Management System 9000)

• ISO-14001:2004 and OHSAS-18001:2007 Lead Auditor Courses (certified from IRCA, England through M/s SGS)

• Fire Fighting Training (certified from National Institute of Fire Technology, Islamabad)

• Safe Work Permit System, Emergency Response Plan & Safety Plan development and PPEs

• SGS-QMS-9000 OHSAS Certification 18001 & ISO 14001 Sept 22, 2011/POL

• SGS-QMS-9000 Internal Audit Certification (18001-14001) Oct 20, 2011/POL

• SGS-QMS-9000 Advance level course on OSHAS-18001:2007 Nov 20,2012/POL

• SGS-QMS-9000 Internal Audit Based on OSHAS-18001 Jan 09,2013/POL

• Shields Limited IOSH Managing Safely Course (Distinction) July 03,2013/POL

Education & Qualifications

University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Sep ‘99- Sep ‘03
BE Chemical Engineering

Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
Mar ’98-Mar ‘99
BSc (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry)

P.A.F Inter College, Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Mar ‘95- Mar ‘96
FSC Pre-Engineering

P.A.F Inter College, Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Mar ‘93- Mar ‘94
Secondary School Certificate

Softwares

Microsoft office, MON (Daniel), Roclink (Floboss software), AspenTech HYSYS 8.6, MS DOS, Auto Cad, VLE Flash, M/s Rockwell FactoryTalk Historian

Languages

English (Fluent)

Urdu (Native)