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Discipline: Mechanical Engineering
Function: Mechanical/Piping Engineer
QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
(First Class) 1987
A.C. College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India
CAREER SUMMARY
Over 15 years of experience in Oil, gas and power projects such as LNG plants, offshore projects,refineries, gas based simple cycle, cogeneration and combined cycle plants, steam turbine based plants etc.
Engineering activities included Preparation of basic studies, specification, tender analysis and vendor drawing review of various systems.
Preparation of plant layout, general arrangement drawings for various systems in the plant, P&I diagrams, heat, water balance diagram.
Preparation of piping layout, planning, pipe sizing calculations, supporting arrangement, pressure drop calculations, stress analysis, isometrics, interference checking, preparation of hanger/support sketches.
Project feasibility reports, cost estimation, estimation of cost of generation, phasing of expenditure.
Boiler detailed engineering, fabrication drawings & fabrication isometrics, coordination with purchase, quality and production, manufacturing.
Project Engineering including site co-ordination, project schedule, man-hour control, coordination with client, equipment suppliers, EPC contractors, inter disciplinary groups.
KEY ASPECTS
* Piping engineering
* Project engineering
* Gas and water pipelines
* Piping stress analysis
* Project feasibility reports
* Combined cycle plants
* Boiler detailed engineering
* Offshore projects
July 2005 – Present
Parsons International Ltd, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Senior Piping Engineer
Takreer Refinery(ADNOC Group), Ruwais, Abu Dhabi – Onshore Gas Development (OGDIII)
(Since July 2005)
Part of the PMC (Project Management Consultant) team as a Senior Piping Engineer for a project involving the setting up of 3 Nos of new condensate storage tanks, pumps and associated piping, tie ins both at refinery and port area etc. Involved in review of design documentation, project progress certification of the contractor's (NPCC) deliverables as part of the Project Management Team.
September 2002 – June 2005
Kellog Brown & Root (KBR) Qatar Ltd, Doha, Qatar
(A Halliburton Company)
Mechanical/Piping Engineer
Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Ltd – LNG Plant and North Field Bravo Platform (Offshore)
(September 2002-July 2004)
Deputation as a piping specialist/project engineer. Responsible for processing various engineering modifications requested from operations and maintenance departments and give engineering solution based on cost, feasibility, reliability etc. Handled problems on piping material change, vibrations, pipe route modifications and pipe supports. Coordinated with various suppliers, piping designers for the generation of layouts, isometrics etc. Provided expertise for the existing plant maintenance issues. Provided Engineering design. Analyzed existing and proposed mechanical systems for onshore plant and offshore production facilities. Handled projects such as seawater piping replacement, smokeless flare etc. Handled projects related to plant shutdown. Coordinated effectively with contractors, consultants, and other disciplines such as safety, environment, inspection, operations, contracts and maintenance for the successful completion of various projects. Handled stress analysis problems relating to condensate lines to jetty. CAESAR-II software used for verifying the contractor's pipe stress inputs.
Anadarko Qatar Energy Company-Al Morjan Platform (Offshore)
Responsible for processing various engineering modifications requested from operations and maintenance departments as part of call off contract. The following detailed design projects are being handled in the capacity of piping specialist engineer.
* Replacement of standby generators – Piping modifications
* Installation of Firewater jump over line from sea water to fire water header
Qatar Petroleum (QP)– Fahahil stripping plant at Dukhan new Raw NGL injection facilities
Detailed design of the injection facilities such as pumps, piping and pipelines to be a subcontractor for main EPC contractor Black Cat Construction
Qatar Petroleum(QP) – Installation of Air coolers and Glycol separators and associated piping at Mesaieed
Front end engineering (FEED) services for QP such as location study report, piping drawings and stress analysis etc.
Qatar Liquefied gas Company Ltd(QG) – Installation of Diesel generator set and associated piping at WH3(Offshore)
Front end engineering (FEED) services for QG such as piping drawings, General arrangement drawings, Study report etc.
* Proposal Engineering
Man-hour estimation, preparation of method statements for the following proposals o QCHEM Knockout drum o QP LPG Pipeline o QP 3D Modeling o QP LPG Pipeline o QP LPG Bottling plant o QP Ethane pipeline o QP Condensate disposal tank o QP Replacement of Propane chillers o QP Burn pit mitigation study
January 2001 – September 2002: ELECTROWATT ENGINEERING, MUSCAT, OMAN
Mechanical Engineer
* Petroleum Development of Oman - Haima West Power Station – Review of detailed design
Scope consists of a simple cycle power station comprising one no GE 6FA machine (70 MW rating), 5.5km gas pipeline, gas treatment plant etc. Responsible for review of vendor design documentation such as layouts, piping plan, sizing calculations and stress analysis and interdisciplinary coordination.
* Petroleum Development of Oman (a shell group company) - Qarn Alam Power Station – ADP (Asset Development Plan) and Front End Design (FED)
Scope consists of a simple cycle power station comprising two nos GE 6FA machines (70MW rating) with one no future, 18km gas pipeline, gas treatment plant, inlet air-cooling system etc. The power station shall have provision to add Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) as part of Qarn Alam steam project. Responsible for mechanical inputs to ADP such as line sizing, material selection, layouts etc and also interdisciplinary coordination for preparation of ADP and EPC tender document. Familiarity with SHELL group standards.
* Petroleum Development of Oman (a shell group company) and Occidental of Oman
- Stress analysis of above ground, underground piping and Pipelines for jobs such as Rima, Ghaba etc under Local Design Service Contract for PDO using CAESAR-II software.
- Stress analysis for Pipelines for Occidental of Oman using CAESAR-II software.
- Stress analysis of flow lines for PDO Project YIBAL using CAESAR-II software.
- Familiarity with SHELL group standards
Sept 1998 – DEC 2000
BABCOCK BORSIG POWER SYSTEMS LTD.,
Chennai, India
Manager Engineering
Reliance Petroleum Ltd - CPP, Jamnagar.
(125 tph) – Heat recovery steam generators
Reliance Salgaocar Power Company Ltd. -
CPP, Goa (66 tph) - Heat recovery steam generators
Lead mechanical engineer responsible for preparation of boiler detailed drawings, piping layout, isometrics, piping stress analysis using CAESAR–II, support engineering, interference checking, line sizing, pressure drop, wall thickness calculations of various integral and external piping, support sketches, coordination with consultant, customer.
Larsen&Toubro limited – Panipat Refinery-Prebid services
Lead mechanical engineer responsible for preparation of piping layouts, material take off Purchase requisition of valves, piping etc as part of prebid engineering services.
Egyptian Electricity Authority- EDF
France-55TPH Oil fired boiler.
Lead mechanical engineer responsible for preparation of boiler detailed drawings, material requisitions etc.
* Involved in ISO9000 auditing, piping standardisation etc.
* Headed the piping group and led a team of design engineers and draughtsman for the day-to-day activities and completed all the assignments on schedule.
* Involved in the proposal assistance for various proposals for HRSGs.
Nov 1995 to Aug 1998: LARSEN & TOUBRO – SARGENT & LUNDY LTD.,
Baroda, India
Senior Executive
Bhilai - 2x250 MW thermal power plant
Review of S&L` s design criteria document, preparation of fire protection system scheme, write-up etc.
Bomloi- 2x250 MW thermal power plant
Manipal- 30 MW combined cycle power plant for frame-6 gas turbines
Bijapur- 150 MW combined cycle power plant for frame-6 gas turbines
Korba-500 MW thermal power plant
Tuas - 2x600 MW, Singapore
Proposal engineering including piping, Bill of quantities, cost estimation, Layouts etc
Hindalco Industries - Renusagar - 1x 77 MW unit-8.
Project/Piping lead engineer and headed a group of engineers and draughtsmen
Detailed engineering of power plant cycle systems.
Involved in the various engineering activities such as: P&I diagram, steam turbine drawing review, General arrangement drawings of station building Pipe sizing, bill of material estimation
Isometrics, composite-piping layout, stress analysis of piping systems using PLADES-2000 package.
Tender analysis of boiler feed pumps, condensate pumps, valves, pressure reducing stations.
Vendor drawing review for various systems.
Pipe support engineering such as hanger Schedules, sketches, anchor/restraint configurations etc.
Project monitoring and manhour control.
Haldia - 1 x 104 MW Frame-6 combined cycle and co-generation power plant.
IPCL - Gandhar captive co-generation plant. (1x 90 MW).
Project/Piping lead engineer and headed a group of engineers and draughtsmen
Detailed engineering of power plant cycle systems.
Involved in the various engineering activities such as: P&I diagrams, gas and steam turbine drawings, HRSG
Review of gas turbine and steam turbine systems
General arrangement drawings of station building Pipe sizing, bill of material estimation
Balance of plant engineering
Isometrics, composite-piping layout stress analysis of piping systems using PLADES-2000 package.
Tender analysis of piping, valves, pressure reducing stations.
Vendor drawing review for various systems.
Pipe support engineering such as hanger Schedules, sketches, anchor/restraint configurations etc.
Project monitoring and man-hour control.
* Participated in "Large Scale Interactive Process" conducted by Eicher Consultants to improve teamwork etc.
SOFTWARE EXPOSURE
Worked in Sargent & Lundy's 3D integrated plant software called PLADES - 2000 consisting of various modules such as CADMD (layout), CADME (P&IDs), PDWB (Isometrics) and PIPSYS (piping stress analysis). Worked in Microsoft windows platform for preparation of documents, spreadsheets etc. Worked in Intergraph's Microstation package for design and development of drawings.
Jun 1989 – Oct 1995: TATA CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Bangalore, India
Senior Asst Engineer
1 x 120 MW Sikka thermal power station, Sikka, Gujarat, India.
3 x 210 MW North Madras thermal power project, Madras, India.
Project engineering, piping engineering, power plant system Engineering such as preparation of P&I diagrams, heat balance, water balance, specifications and tender analysis for heat exchangers, pumps, piping detailed engineering such as hanger sketches, anchor configurations systems and vendor drawing review for various systems etc.
National Dairy Development Board - Sholinganallur dairy, Madras, Kolar dairy, Kolar and Trichy dairy, Trichy.
As a lead project mechanical engineer responsible for system engineering, layouts, specifications, project engineering, manhour control, site coordination piping engineering and vendor drawing review for various systems
1 x 20 MW Captive thermal power project for Gujarat Ambuja Cement, Gujarat.
1 X 25 MW Captive thermal power project for Associate Cement Companies Ltd [ACC], Jamul cement works Madhya Pradhesh.
Preparation of feasibility report responsible for heat balance, water balance, schematics, conceptualisation, cost estimation including cost of generation, phasing of expenditure, coordination with customer etc.
1 x 20 MW Captive thermal power plant unit no-2 & boiler for unit no- 3 for M/S Rajashree Cement, Karnataka. [A unit of Indian Rayon Industries]
Project engineering, project monitoring, coordination with customer, site and vendor as lead project mechanical engineer, piping engineering such as piping layouts, isometrics, stress analysis, power plant system engineering, preparation of P&I diagrams, specifications and tender analysis for packages such as piping, pumps, valves and system engineering for cooling water system and cooling tower make up system, fire protection system, vendor drawing review for various systems etc.
Trombay thermal power station for units 1, 2, 3 at Trombay, Mumbai
Design of auxiliary cooling water system, piping layout after suitable study of existing structures and facilities as lead piping engineer.
300-tph boiler for ACC-BABCOCK Ltd
Piping engineering, support engineering as a member of piping engineering team
Participated in ISO9000 auditing.
SOFTWARE EXPOSURE
Worked in word star, lotus for preparation of documents, spreadsheets etc.
Worked in Autocad package for design and development of drawings.
Worked in FLXPRT package for piping stress analysis.
Dec 1987 – May 1989 THE EIMCO KCP LTD., Chennai, India
Engineer Trainee
Design, supply of liquid solid separation equipment like clarifiers, aerators, filters etc Experience in design and project engineering.
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