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Nationality Indian
Profession Engineering (Oil and Gas)
Date of Birth 09 December 1971
CAREER SUMMARY
Prasenjit Kayal has started his professional consultancy engineering career in Engineers India Limited, a premier engineering consultancy company in Asia. His expertise lies on analysis and design methodology development, execution of advanced engineering projects in above ground/buried piping, regenerators/reactors, mounded vessels, tall columns, pressure vessels, utilities tank, heat exchangers, offshore/onshore pipelines, deepwater technology, etc. He has experience in finite element analysis for solving static, dynamic, linear, non-linear and buckling problems. Having multi-disciplinary expertise of piping, static equipment, pipelines, supporting structures, etc, several petroleum refinery, oil and gas processing, petrochemicals, pipelines, offshore structures and platform, utilities tank projects have been executed.
EDUCATION
* Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering), Bengal Engineering College (presently known as Bengal Engineering and Science University), Shibpur, University of Kolkata, India
* Master of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
* PhD ( Mechanical Engineering), University of Birmingham, UK
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Planning, scheduling, cost estimating and organising jobs
* Bid engineering support and prepare CTR
* Piping/Pipeline front end studies, feasibility design, and detailed design
* Offshore/Onshore pipeline design, analysis/calculation
* Pipeline route optimization
* Wall thickness
* On-bottom stability analysis
* Expansion analysis
* Free span analysis
* Surge analysis
* Riser and spool tie-in analysis
* Crossings design and analysis
* Cathodic protection design
* Flotation
* Lateral buckling, upheaval buckling and walking
* Pipeline protection
* Shore approaches
* Installation analyses (static and dynamic)
* Pipeline MTO's, drawings (route map, alignment sheets, crossings, riser GA, etc)
* Pipeline/Piping material selection
* Line pipes, fittings procurement, requisition, datasheet, specification, technical evaluation of bid
* Piping design, analysis/calculation
* Preparation of design basis for piping stress analysis for onshore and buried piping.
* Job specifications for supply of special items such as spring supports, expansion joints, rigid struts, sliding plates, special pipe supports for cryogenic lines.
* Finalisation of equipment nozzle allowable loads, vessel cleats elevation and design loads and other vendor data requirements in interaction with mechanical equipment department.
* Interaction with process department and finalisation of Stress Critical Line List.
* Revision of Stress Critical Line list based on various inputs (such as equipment/ Tank settlements, revision of design data by process, client comments)
* Ensure piping loads are within equipment allowable and stresses are within applicable design codes. Special care for piping connected to strain sensitive equipment such as turbines, pumps-centrifugal/ reciprocating, compressors, air-fin coolers, heaters, turbo expanders, plate fin exchangers, etc
* Vessel local stress check as per WRC-107, ASME Sect-VIII, Div-2 and nozzle flexibility check as per WRC-297, PD-5500
* Local stress check for trunion supports
* Flange leakage checking using ASME procedure
* Special treatment for lines with two phase flow, slug flow, prone to surge loads and lines subjected to impact loads due to PSV discharge
* Dynamic analysis of piping subjected to harmonic and impulse loads using modal analysis, seismic spectrum analysis and force spectrum analysis
* Integrated analysis of piping, equipment and supporting structure for various static and dynamic loads
* Analysis of buried piping (U/G) piping and jacketed piping.
* Special piping support design
* Preparation of stress analysis reports
* Trouble shooting of piping vibrations encountered during start-up and operations.
* Investigation and failure analysis for operating plants and recommendations to client with necessary immediate and long term solutions.
* Field engineering and engineering evaluation of piping system.
* Pressure Vessels Analysis
* Regenerator and reactor analysis
* Tall Column analysis
* Mounted storage vessels analysis
* Horton sphere analysis
* ASME DIV-I and DIV-II vessels analysis
* Finite element analysis of shell-nozzle junctions
* Proficient in software
* Piping Analysis: CASER-II
* Pipeline Analysis: AUTOPIPE, AGA, OFFPIPE, FatFREE
* Finite Element: ABAQUS, COSMOS/M, NISA-II
* Simulation: MatLab, TGNET, TLNET, PIPENET
* Documentation: MS Word, Excel, MathCAD, PowerPoint, Latex
* Drawing and drafting: Auto-CAD
* Developing analysis and design methodologies, advanced engineering for complex pipeline projects with conflicting design requirements, unconventional materials or installation requirements
* In-depth understanding/conversion with ASME/ANSI, BS, DNV, API for offshore pipeline, fittings, etc
* Co-operating with Client, third parties and project disciplines
* Supervising and leading a group of engineers, setting the technical standards and procedures for engineers and designers, conducting performance appraisal or counselling of employees with technical performance problems, and assisting in the interviewing, hiring, and assigning of new personnel in the discipline
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Organisation: DeltaAfrik Engineering Limited (WorleyParsons), Lagos, Nigeria (2007- present)
Designation: Senior/Lead Engineer
Client: Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (ExxonMobil), Lagos, Nigeria
Projects:
* 24-inch EDOP Pipeline Segment Replacement Project
* Critical Crude Pipeline Segments Replacement Project o 20 inch Asabo to Usari Pipeline o 24 inch Idoho BP to QIT Pipeline o 24 inch Ubit SSM to QIT Pipeline
* QIT Gas Flare Elimination Project o 16 inch OSO RX –OIT Fuel Gas Pipeline o 12inch QIT to OSO Gas Export Pipeline
* EDOP Emergency Pipeline Sectional Repair Project (SSM-QIT)
o 24-inch EDOP SSM – 47.5 KP pipeline
* CCSRP- EDOP 24 inch Shore Crossing Project
* Common Trench of Idoho, Edop and Ubit Pipelines Project
* Ekpe-Asabo Pipeline Segments Replacement Project
* Oso Field Re-development Project
* ETIM LP Gas Pipeline Replacement Project
* INIM LP Gas Pipeline Replacement Project
* QIT-OSO Produce Water Discharge Pipelines Project
* ASASA Uplift Pipelines (AUP) Project
* ETIM –ASASA Development (EADP) Project
Client: SINOPEC International Petroleum Exploration /Universal Energy Resource Ltd, Nigeria
* STUBB GREEK Marginal Oilfields Project
Client: Chevron Nigeria Limited, Nigeria
* Abiteye-Escravos Pipeline Project
Organisation: Engineers India Limited (EIL), New Delhi, India (1995-2007)
Designation:
* Deputy Manager (Engineering), 2002 to 2007
* Senior Engineer (Engineering), 1998 to 2002
* Engineer (Engineering), 1995 to 1998
Pipeline Projects:
* Deepwater Technology Development Project, EIL-GAIL, India
* Red-Mud Slurry Pipeline, Sterlite Industries, Vizag
* 14-inch Mumbai-Manmad Pipeline Extension project, BPCL, Mumbai
* Mundra-Delhi Pipeline(MDPL) Project, HPCL, Mumbai
* N-11, N-12 Well Platform Projects, ONGC, India
* KG Basin Phase-I, II, Pipeline Networks, GAIL, India
* 36-inch South Basin Hazira Trunk Pipeline, ONGC, India
* Oman-India Deepwater Pipeline Project, GAIL, India
* GAIL Deepwater Pipeline Project
* 16-,12-inch Jamnagar-Loni Pipeline Project, GAIL, India
* 18-, 12-inch Godavari Pipeline Project, HPCL, India
* 10-inch Vizag-Secunderabad Pipeline Project, GAIL, India
Refinery, Oil & gas processing, Petrochemical Projects:
* Delayed Coker Unit (DCU), IOCL, BARAUNI, India
* Catalytic Reformer Unit (CRU), Panipat Refinery, India
* Catalytic Reformer Unit (CRU), Mathura Refinery, IOCL, India.
* Naptha cracker unit Project, Panipat Refinery, IOCL
* Regenerator-reactor section, Fluidised catalyst cracking unit (FCCU), HPCL, Visakh Refinery, Vizag, India.
* Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) & Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU), IOC, Panipat Refinery, India
* Crude distillation unit (CDU) & Vacuum distillation unit (VDU),Numaligarh Refinery, India
* Flare system: Integrated offsite project, HPL, West Bengal, India
* Reactor-Regenerator Section, FCCU, IOC, Haldia, India
* Detailed Design of underground piping system, Abu Dhabi
* Detailed design of flare system and utilities, KNPC, Kuwait
* Detailed engineering, National aluminum company, India
* Detailed Design of Safety valve piping system, VDU, IPCL, Gandhar, India
* Detailed Engineering of offsite project, KNPC
* Modification of safety valve piping system of Refinery, Petroleum and Gas processing Industries in all over India, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India
* Underground piping design and analysis of Panipat Naptha Cracker Project, IOC from Paharpur Cooling Tower Ltd, Toyo Engineering Corporation, Tecnimont-Italy, Tecnimont-Mumbai, Tecnip KT Limited, etc
* Detailed Engineering of Regenerator and Reactor, FCCU, HPCL, Vizag, India
* Detailed Engineering, CDU &VDU, Panipat Refinery, IOC, India
* Detailed Design of CDU &VDU, HPL, Haldia, India
* Detailed Engineering of Storage vessels, IOC, Haldia, India
* Detailed Engineering of Reactor-Regenerator section, FCCU, IOC, Barauni, India
* Detailed Engineering of storage tank, IOC, Gujrat, India
* Detailed Engineering of tall column, IOC, Gujrat, India
* Design and Analysis of Flare Drum, Knockout Drum, KNPC, Kuwait
TRAINING/COURSES ATTENDED
* AutoCAD Training, 2 days
* Familiarise with finite element software COSMOS/M, 1 day
* Offshore site visit, 7 days
* Sea survival and fire fighting training, Lagos, Nigeria, 2 days
OTHER SKILLS/ACHIEVEMENTS
Specialist skills:
* Finite Element (FE) Analysis
* 3D FE model development with Shell (4, 8, 9-node), Beam, Gap, Pipe, Link, Contact and combination of elements using ABAQUS, COSMOS/M and NISA packages
* Elastic and plastic material property stress analysis
* Linear and nonlinear (large displacement) stress, buckling and displacement analysis
* Nodal coupling, nodal constraint, gap element and surface contact elements (node-to-node, surface-to-surface, node-to-surface) techniques
* Heat transfer analysis (steady state, transient, conduction, convection and radiation)
* Deepwater Technology
* Surge analysis
Honours/awards:
* Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Fellowship for Masters Study
* Award for best Masters Thesis from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, which was then 18th world rank and top Asian University.
* Best supervisor's award, Worley Parsons, Nigeria
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/REGISTRATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
* Society of Manufacturing Engineers, USA (Member since 2005)
* Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK (Member since 2004)
* Institute of Engineers (India) (Member since 1993)
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