Educational Qualifications

1979: Graduation in Chemical Engineering
Post Diploma in Management,
University of Madras, India.

Inplant Training: Chemical Processing Plants
Petrochemical Refinery Industries

Training /Seminars
British Petroleum & BTC (BP EXPLORATION)
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (SAUDI ARAMCO)
Abudhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

Permit To Work System (PTW)
Authorized Gas Tester
HSE, H2S certification course
Fire & Safety equipment Prevention course
DCS Honeywell& PLC operating system

Computer-based software Project Management tools, MS Project, MS Office suite,
Internet, Guidelines on Certification Mancon and Process simulation software.

Possessing Light Motor Vehicle Driving License.

Experience

01st April 2005 to 30th August 2005
Petrofac International Ltd – Qatar Petroleum JV EPC Project
Recovery Acid Gas and Mitigation Integrated Project
Position: Commissioning Engineer/Co-Ordinator- Process

Pre-commissioning, commissioning and Start-up assistance to NGL1, NGL2, NGL3, and NGL4 trains, preparatory works, develop project specific strategies, project engineering, internal management procedures and philosophies, review project engineering design data for commissioning and start-up requirements, assessment of commissioning consumables, develop system and sub-system limits, installation DCS and control loop testing, system automations ESD, F&G, witnessing equipment inspections and testing, coordination with QA/QC, review FAT, punch list generation& clearance, tie-ins/outs, determine operational familiarization and training requirements, leak testing and purging of hydrocarbons systems, interfaces between contractor and client, revamp and demolition activities, commissioning sequence, commissioning spares, operational spares, preparation and implementation operational & maintenance procedures (OTP), formal review and approval from the client, check list, test sheet, mobilization of vendors, performance test run (PTR), plant handover and asset transfer of ownership, act as day to day co-ordinator between client and construction personnel on commissioning matters.

22nd May 2004 to 30th March 2005
Petrofac International Ltd – Amec Spie JV EPC Project
AGT Project (BP/BTC Pipeline) – Azerbaijan
Position: Commissioning Engineer/Co-Ordinator – Process

Client-interface, pre-commissioning, commissioning of equipments & onshore pipelines and their associated facilities, review of vendor drawings, project engineering, control/instrumentation loops commissioning & DCS readiness in conjunction with DCS installation/start-up, Control data backup, process displays and control database integrity, software and hardware DCS related operational and functional procedures, high pressure nitrogen/helium leak testing & reinstatement, functional testing, realiability & performance test run, review and conformity of P&ID, PFD, PLC,ISO & hook-ups, punch listing on mechanical completion, checks on the integrity of equipment both at vendor's work & at site,
Pig launcher, receiver, oily water treatment system, water treatment plant, fire water system, nitrogen generation, de-waxing system, FAT review, system handover procedure, operational training to local operators and technicians, achieve project objectives, write-up Commissioning procedures and review with vendor's final documentation, interact with QC and E&I discipline team and coordination with project management, back to back worked as a Commissioning Co-Ordinator.

25th Jan 2003 to 20th May 2004
Technip-Coflexip, West Germany GmbH, EPC Project
Oil,Gas and Pipeline Project
Fujairah, United Arab Emirate
Position: Commissioning Engineer/operations — process

Project engineering, pre-commissioning, commissioning of equipments and onshore pipelines and their associated facilities, air blowing, hydrostatic pressure test, purging, check out motors and controls, verify control system operation, start up equipment with process fluids, verify process operations and capabilities, high pressure integrity leak testing with system mark-up drawing, write-up commissioning procedures, preparation of system dossiers, manuals, operating procedures, start-up sequence, review and approval, control/instrumentation loops commissioning readiness in conjunction with DCS installation/start-up, Hardware/Software sub-systems interface, control & safety schemes, process operating parameters to enhance safety, reliability and process performance, used Teleperm XP system, Coordination with dicipline team, attends technical queries, non-conformances, responds plant emergencies, plant training programme to local operators, enforcing safe work environment, HSE/PTW mandatory, interface and provide clarification, guidance, technical support to construction team and commissioning engineers provide startup assistance as required and organise day to day activities, assist final hand-over Client documentation and certification.

06th Aug 2002 to 20 Dec 2002
Petrofac International Ltd
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) EPC
North Kuwait, Sabiriyah GC 23
Position: Commissioning Engineer- Process

Crude and gas gathering station, 3 phase separators, dehydrators, desalters, LP/HP flare commissioning activities, follow up of fabrication, inspection, installation, testing and commissioning according to clients specifications, preparation of hydrostatic test packages and reinstatement, chemical cleaning, confined space entry, quality control witnessing and certification, participate in witness points on the mechanical completion checklist, punch list generation and walkdown, FAT review and interface with vendors and mobilization, ensure equipment compatibility and conformance with client specifications, manpower and equipment control, modifications, demolition works, material tracking, tendering and proposal making, interfacing, liaison and coordination with other EPC, punch listing of systems on mechanical completion, control/instrumentation loops commissioning, DCS readiness in conjunction with DCS installation/start-up experts, preventative, predictive and breakdown maintenance in all disciplines, cause-and-effect charts, conformity of P&ID, PFD, PLC, confirming boundary limit, mark-up drawing, write-up commissioning procedures & manuals for final approval, technical documents and HSE/PTW mandatory.

03rd March 2000 – 30th July 2002
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd.,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Position: Commissioning Supervisor — Process

Project engineering, co-ordinating all commissioning activities thro' liaison with client, construction team, QAQC and sub-contractors, manpower and equipment control, flushing, air blowing, hydostactic testing, punch listing, tightness testing, reinstatement, mechanical completion, write-up commissioning procedures, manuals, rotating equipment operations, training to local operators, initial test run of process equipment, reinstatement, operation and trouble shooting of centrifugal/receip compressors, Expander, propylene refrigeration unit, cryogenic section, naphtha cracker, poly propylene processunit, DPE, LDPE/ DPE, condensate storage system, team and generation syatem, demineralised water treatment plant, multi-stage high pressure pumps, operating manuals, verifying asbuilt drawings, vendor documentation / maintenance manuals, commissioning / performance test, handover of facilities, interface with technical service providers.

08th Dec 1998 – 06th Feb 2000
Snamprogetti / Bechtel JV EPC
LNG upstream facilities – Saihrawl/Barik
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
Position: Commissioning Engineer — Process

Worked with multi disciplined team in equipment erection, pre-commissioning, commissioning, functional testing, realiability & performance test run, review and conformity of P&ID, PFD, PLC, mark-updrawing, hook-ups, punch listing on mechanical completion, verifying asbuilt drawing, vendor's package, write-up commissioning procedure, QA/QC witnessing, oil and gas facilities experience with equipment used in treatment and handling hydrocarbons, steam generation, sulfur recovery, and light-ends hydrocarbon separation and fractionation including steam and gas turbine drivers, turbo-expanders, refrigeration compressors, process control system, wellhead operation, wells and production infrastructure pig launching and receiving operations, hydrocarbon storage facility, refrigeration unit, cryogenic section, hot oil system(HTF), gas turbine, integrated support facility, HSE mandatory, comply site technical queries, non-conformances, carries out and completes record sheets for equipment tests, blind isolations, temporary closures, internal inspections, carries out commissioning static and dynamic tests, signs off check lists, verify method statement records to confirm the activities have been satisfactorily completed, high pressure sour pipeline, line looping, co-ordination with vendors & clients, identify the scope of work requirements, budgeted man hours and ontime project completion.

09th August 1997 – 20th October 1998
Hyundai engineering & construction. Co, EPC Project
National Fertilizer Project (NP/NPK), Thailand
Position: Commissioning Engineer – Process

Provide general engineering support to the completions team ensuring pre-commissioning activities are closed out effectively, Distributed Control System Honeywell TDC 3000 installation and commissioning, loop checking, PLC integration, process simulations and philosophy, ammonia refrigeration unit, progress review meeting with client and sub-contractors, write-up commissioning manuals, start-up procedures, prepare operational test procedures OTP's, TDRs, equipments preservation, commissioning sequence, spares, conformity of P&ID, ISO, confirming asbuilt drawing and isometrics, diagnose and analyse instruments & equipments defects, vendor mobilization, enforcing safe work environment, co-ordinate E&I and mechanical team for day to day activities, conduct internal staff meetings, ensure the progress of project in accordance to schedule, allotted man hours and budgeted costs, participate in HAZOP meeting with the client and representatives of the other engineering disciplines, interface and provide clarification and guidance and technical support to construction sites, system walk-downs, punchlist preparation and clearance, rotating equipment installation, operation & maintenance, interact with quality assurance for quality issues, strictly ensure compliance with company's ISO quality procedures, ensure equipment is being preserved as per the preservation procedure, HVAC system commissioning including smoke test, commissioning of diesel generator & water treatment plant, gas turbine mark-v & control system, waste heat recovery unit, boiler system and flare system, NGL metering station, nitrogen generations and associated utility systems commissioned, HSE/PTW mandatory and ontime successful project completion.

14th Jan 1996 – 16th May 1997
Technip / Bechtel JV, EPC Project
Oil & Gas Development Project (OGD 545)
Abu dhabi national oil company (ADNOC)
Position: Supervisor – Commissioning/operation

Ensure process facilities and utilities onshore oil & gas process plants from construction team and completion of flushing, air blowing and reinstatement fully in compliance with specifications, tightness testing, start-up of process equipments, hydrocarbon separation and fractionation including steam and gas turbine drivers, turbo-expanders, refrigeration compressors, DCS operation and trouble-shooting, process simulation software, gas turbine powered electrical and pumping stations, TEG & regeneration unit, dehydration units, gas sweetening, steam generation, sulfur recovery unit and light-ends hydrocarbon separation gas turbo expander, exchangers, demineralised water treatment plant, integrated utility system, vessel entry of process equipments. carry out detailed plant checkout against engineering PLC, PFD, P&ID, rotating equipment installation and maintenance, ensure equipment preservation procedures, preparing equipment list, lube oil schedule, preparation of marked up system scope P&IDs, TDRs, preparation of equipment lists, line diagrams, data sheets, utilities summaries, metallurgy diagrams, precommissioning and commissioning checksheets, vendor documents, punch list generation for mechanical completion, conduct unofficial joint diciplines walkdowns of systems prior to official walkdown, ensure equipment calibration and certification, cathodic protection, participate in risk assessment, review operations manual and write-up, standard operating procedures and ontime project completion.

01st Jun 1988 – 30th Jun 1995
Natural gas treatment plant-NGL/ NGPT
Jubail Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Position: Supervisor-Process

Operation and maintenance of sulphur recovery unit, ethanol cracking unit, various distillation units including vacuum distillation, compressors (centrifugal and positive displacement type), multistage evaporation unit, DCS Operation: Yokogawa Centum CS, optimization of various parameters, high pressure sour pipeline, utility consumption and amine loss prevention, firewaer system, water treatment plant, nitrogen generation and utilities, 2 LNG train commissioned, prepare equipment list, lube oil schedule, precommissioning and commissioning checksheets, review vendor documents, materials of construction, coatings, linings, CP, internal & external monitoring, chemical treatment associated with oil & gas facilities, punch list generation and clearing, log minor discrepancies in punch list for future reference, interface and regularly meet with client and vendor representatives, rotating equipment installation and maintenance, ensure equipment is being preserved as per the preservation procedure, revamps of gas treating unit, mobilization of men and equipment, site organization, functional testing, realiability & performance test run, successful on-time project completion.

4th Feb 1982 – 13th Feb 1988
Saudi Arabian Oil company (SAUDI ARAMCO)
NGL Fractionation facilities, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Position: Supervisor — Process

Operation and maintenance of condensate recovery unit, refrigeration unit, gas compression, exposed in all respects of site constructions civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation including fabrication, follow-up of operational requirement and other site related activities, supervises installation, testing and maintenance of automated control systems, verifying proper instrument configuration, loop and logic checks, PLC programming, start up plans, develops operating procedures, air compressors with drying system, safety and control systems, assisting in verifying data, relaying data and troubleshooting, LNG receiving and storage facilities, vaporizing facilities and utilities, unloading tankers, unloading arms, LNG transfer pumps, developed equipment list, lube oil schedule, marked up system scope P&ID, PC&C checksheets, review vendor documents, punchlisting on mechanical completion, conduct unofficial walkdowns of systems prior to official walkdown, log minor discrepancies in punch list for future reference, DCS installation and operation, cold/hot loop checking, training program to local operators, co-ordinating all commissioning activities and revamp thro' liaison with client& construction team environmental and HSE/PTW safety standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Write-up pre-commissioning, commissioning procedures, start-up schedules and reviewing.
• Provide necessary technical information for procurement in compliance with tender specifications/data sheets and within budgeted man-hour and project schedules.
• Pre-commissioning & commissioning process units, utilities and off-sites.
• Defining and analyzing spare parts lists, confirm availability of commissioning spares and check the status of 2 years operational spares, commissioning temporaries, etc.
• Reviewing the ITRs — inspection, test and records, OTPs – operating test procedures and interface with the mechanical commissioning checklists, preparing the commissioning reports/certificates.
• Conducting the job safety analysis & HSE mandatory and maintain safety standards.
• Participate in design reviews, HAZOPs, risk assessment studies/reviews, operations review, etc. assist and co-ordination with QA&QC and all dicipline engineers.
• Distributed Control System: system automations, Programming and configuration, Honeywell TDC 3000, Foxboro I/A, Bailay Signature series, Yokogawa Centum CS, Teleperm XP, PLC programming for control and Interface, Co-Ordination of Loop test and functional test.
• Commissioning DCS readiness in conjunction with DCS installation / start-up experts, followed control/instrumentation loops with databases concept.
• Adheres to approved schedules and programs inorder to optimise the production and troubleshooting, preservation matrix and monitoring.
• Preparing proposals for modifications of facilities, control & safety schemes and process operating parameters to enhance safety, reliability and process performance.
• Reviewing and clearing punch list raised by the client, system based walkdowns, close-out report.
• Co-ordinate decommissioning of equipment / facilities, operating philosophy, overall control.
• Operations readiness and assurance issues between operations personnel and construction personnel, Interface and provide clarification and guidance and technical support to construction sites and commissioning engineers provide startup assistance.
• Performance test run (PTR), ensure acceptable formal plant asset handovers to the client and successful ontime project completion.

Reference

Available upon request