Item Details
Name
Designation Engineering Manager
Nationality
Passport No. / Expiry date
Date of Birth
B. Tech in Chemical Engineering
Formal Education
Calicut University, India - 1986
• Refining Technologies
Course / Training Undertaken Indian Institute of Petroleum - Dehradun, 2000
• RCFA
Exxon Mobil, 2006
Work Experience
Level of Experience:
Total experience: 29 Years Twenty-nine (29) Years’ Experience in Oil and Gas, Refining, LNG etc.
Oil & Gas experience: 29 Years
Profile:
• Conceptual Design
• FEED
• Detailed Engineering and Design
• Engineering management
Field Experience:
• Experience in Process Engineering Design, Engineering Management
and technical support of Oil and Gas, Refinery and LNG Projects.
• Managing Project interfaces, Technical coordination
• Expertise in conceptual studies, FEED and EPC Projects
• Managing changes, deviation requests
• Leading/chairing HAZOP/Risk Analysis/Design reviews
• Bid estimation and preparation of technical proposals
• Operational and commissioning experience of major refinery process
units
• Developing and managing engineering teams
• Well experienced in various design software’s-HYSYS, HTRI, PIPESIM
etc.
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Employment/Career History
Company: ExidaSP Consultants, Dubai, UAE
Position: Engineering Director (Core Team)
Date: 24/Feb/2014 to Present
Project Name: Halfaya Oilfield, Iraq
Overall Project Description:
Project Responsibilities:
• Developing a new Engineering and Design office to manage large
EPC jobs. Responsibilities include Design management, Resource
Planning, Hiring new personnel, Infrastructure development, and
Business Development.
• Seconded to CHINA PETROLEUM ENGINEERING (CPE Middle East)
as Engineering Director to manage the Middle East office.
• Involved in FEED for Halfaya Oilfield, IRAQ for development of
200,000 BOPD of oil processing facilities.
Company: CH2M HILL, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Position: Project Engineering Manager
Date: 2009 to 2013
Project Name:
Overall Project Description:
Project Responsibilities:
• Engineering Manager for 2 Billion US$ Garraf Final Development
Project for PETRONAS, Malaysia. FEED involves design and
preparation of several EPC packages for the Project as well as bid
evaluation support. Managing an integrated team consists of both
client and consultant team. Scope involves FEED of oil production
and gathering systems, Oil and Water process systems, export
pipelines, associated utilities and infrastructure development to
produce 250,000 BOPD from Garraf field.
• Engineering Manager for 250 MUS$ Oil Field Development
Project (FEED) for ADCO, Abu Dhabi for producing 48000 BOPD Oil
from Bab Field. The scope of work included validation of the
Conceptual Study Report, preparation of all FEED documents,
preparation of the EPC estimate and schedule, and preparation of
the EPC tender package.
• Engineering Manager for a 2 Billion US$ grass root facility Project
to produce 120,000 BOPD crude oil and sweet gas from AHDEB oil
field in Iraq for Al WAHA Petroleum Company. Major facilities
include Oil processing and Storage, Gas sweetening, Dehydration,
LPG recovery and Sulphur recovery units.
Managing engineering scope of Projects and Proposals
reporting directly to Project Director/Project Managers.
Oversight of preparation and implementation of engineering
documentation (Specifications, Data Sheets, Schedule and
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Procedures), consistency of engineering deliverables with the
needs of procurement and construction departments,
conformance with contractual, quality and HSE requirements.
Facilitates communication between team members, PMC
team, OWNER team and package vendors for immediate
resolution of conflicts and proactive follow up of critical issues
reducing re-work costs and ensuring timely completion of
project activities.
Company: CH2M HILL, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Position: Lead Process Engineer
Date: 2007 to 2009
Project Name:
Overall Project Description:
Project Responsibilities:
• FEED of GASCO ASAB- NGL Plant (ASAB-3 Project) Modifications
Lead a team of process engineers to successfully complete a
challenging task in achieving completion of the FEED package
of this Project with a projected investment of about 600 M
US$.
The project involved major revamp of GASCO ASAB facilities
to increase the associated gas processing capacity which
includes multiple centrifugal compressors, pipelines, Turbo
expander, Separators and associated facilities.
As part of this project, detailed adequacy checks of existing
flare system, Compressor trains, Demethaniser, multiphase
separators and utilities were performed.
A member of Technical evaluation team for EPC phase of the
above project.
Company: RasGas Company Limited, DOHA, Qatar
(Joint Venture of Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum
Position: Process Engineering Specialist
Date: April 2006 to June 2007
Project Name:
Overall Project Description:
Project Responsibilities:
• Performing conceptual studies, Development of Project
Development Memorandum and obtaining necessary approvals
for proceeding with further phases of the project.
• Preparation of Scope of Work document for project execution
through external contractors.
• Review of project documents/deliverables from external
contractors for ongoing projects.
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• Participation in risk analysis, Root causes failure analysis, HAZOP
for major projects and events.
• Interface review for upcoming LNG trains.
• Study on relief system for all LNG trains.
• Conceptual package development for waste liquid injection
project
Company: VECO Engineering, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Position: Senior Process Engineer
Date: 2002 to 2006
Overall Project Description:
1. Project Name: ADCO New Field Development
(Qusahwira and Bida-Al- Qamsan)
• Performed conceptual studies for ADCO new field
development (Qusahwira and Bida-Al- Qamsan) which
involved different field configurations, Flow line/ trunk
line network selection, Multiphase pump selection,
Techno economic evaluation of different options etc
2. QP-FEED and Detailed Engineering Package
• Lead Process Engineer for FEED and Detailed Engineering
Package preparation for Qatar Petroleum – HALUL HPS
phase II which involved the design of Gas receiving
facilities, Gas Sweetening options study and Gas
conditioning
3. ADCO Huwaila Oil Field Development Project
• Lead Process Engineer for ADCO Huwaila oil field
development project which involves development of
Huwaila facilities including a multiphase pump
4. GASCO Asab –Burn Pit Flare Upgrade Project
• Lead Process Engineer for GASCO Asab – Burn pit flare
upgrade project. Basic and detailed engineering for
modification of flare systems of ASAB NGL plant
5. ADCO, Buhasa Gas Injection Project
• Lead process engineer for ADCO, Buhasa gas injection
project, which involved detailed network simulation and
design of gas injection network
6. GNPOC, Sudan – 300,000 BOPD CPF Expansion Project
• Involved in the detailed engineering for 300,000 BOPD
CPF expansion project for GNPOC, Sudan.
• Petrodar Operating Company, Sudan - FEED for Melut
Basin Development Project, 210000 BOPD Grass Root
Production Facility
7. Margham, Dubai Well Conversion Project
• Lead Engineer for Margham, Dubai well conversion
project. Involved in design and hydraulic study of the
new gas injection/production network
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Company: KOCHI REFINERIES LIMITED, COCHIN, INDIA
Position: Manager (Process Engineering)
Date: 1995 to 2002
Project Name:
Overall Project Description:
Project Responsibilities:
• Lead a team of process engineers for monitoring, trouble
shooting, in- house plant modifications, Improvement studies,
economic analysis and performance review of various process
units in the refinery.
• Identification and conceptualization of developmental projects in
the process units. Simulation studies using HYSIS.
• Chairing HAZOP studies for the Process schemes and
modifications P&ID’s.
• BDEP and P&ID review of new projects.
• Technical evaluation of tenders for process equipment.
• Technical evaluation for chemicals and catalysts.
• Preparation of study reports and incident reports.
• Preparation of production planning schedule for the refinery.
Coordination of various production activities in various process
units.
Projects, Improvement schemes, major activities:
• Plant Fuel System: Basic conceptualization of a new plant fuel oil
system for the refinery. Prepared the process scheme, P&ID and
basic design package.
• Revamp of Vacuum Column: Basic conceptualization of revamp
configuration of vacuum column to obtain better yields of
vacuum diesel and to improve VGO quality. Prepared the process
scheme after conducting simulation studies in HYSYS and
adequacy check for various equipment. Worked with Koch-Glitch
India to modify column internals for the revamp.
• ATF caustic wash facilities: Prepared the process scheme and
basic engineering design package for the ATF caustic wash
facilities. This facility is to caustic wash Kerosene from Low
sulphur crude to meet ATF specifications.
• Solvent Wash facility for preheat Improvement: Designed a
process scheme for washing the preheat train with aromatic
solvent to regain the preheat temperature of crude unit.
• Coordination of Refinery configuration and modernization study
conducted by Axens for meeting EURO II and EURO III norms.
Company: KOCHI REFINERIES LIMITED, COCHIN, INDIA
Position: Senior Engineer – Operations
Date: 1993 to 1995
Project Name:
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Overall Project Description:
Project Responsibilities:
• Worked on deputation in the Joint venture project between
Cochin Refineries and Balmer Lawrie Ltd.
• Review of Basic engineering and design package for the
Polyisobutene plant.
• Involved in the technical evaluation and selection of critical
equipments for the project.
• Actively participated in the pre-commissioning and
commissioning activities for the Polyisobutene project with
Chevron process team.
• Prepared the operating manuals and procedures for the unit.
Company: KOCHI REFINERIES LIMITED, COCHIN, INDIA
Position: Engineer – Operations
Date: 1989 to 1993
Project Name:
Overall Project Description:
Project Responsibilities:
• Worked as DCS in Charge for various units namely 4.5 MMTPA
crude distillation unit, Visbreaker unit and catalytic Reformer
unit.
Company: KOCHI REFINERIES LIMITED, COCHIN, INDIA
Position: Engineer – Operations
Date: 1987 to 1989
Project Name:
Overall Project Description:
• Training in all Departments and familiarization with the refinery
operations and technical service departments.
Language’s Skill • Hindi
Oral: Mother Language; Written: Proficient
• English
Oral: Fluent; Written: Proficient
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