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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
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Chemical Engineer, major in Petroleum & Gas Processing Engineering, holding a M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees,
24 years of experience in Upstream And Downstream (Refinery) Oil & Gas Operations and Process Engineering out of which:
7 years experienced in Oil Refinery Operations as Topping & Vacuum Unit, Fluid Catalytic Cracking, HF Alkylation, Catalytic Reforming & Nafta Hydrotreating, Gas Fractionating, Aromatics Separation, Delayed Coking, Sulphur Recovery.
17 years in Oil &Gas Process Engineering. Skilled to perform conceptual design, equipment simulating, sizing and rating, improve calculation procedures, Oils and distilled cuts physical properties investigation, pilot plant run, environment protection, energy conservation, applied thermodynamics. Managing projects and preparing engineering reports.
4.5 years in Upstream Oil & Gas environment
2.7 years in Water treatment environment
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OBJECTIVE:
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With a strong Chemical Engineering background, looking for challenging openings in Process Engineering and Operations for Oil & Gas Industry. Interested in enhancing competencies in conceptual/process engineering and exposure to new innovative technologies
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
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2004 to date Tebodin & Partner LLC, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Senior Process Engineer
Lead discipline engineer for two PDO projects: Mina Al-Fahal SCADA training facility upgrading (DD) and Main Oil Line Marmul-Nimr Replacement (FED). In addition, carried out feasibility studies for 2 expansion projects in Dubai.
Core duties: basic and detailed engineering, cost estimates, Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) including mass & heat balances, Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) including line sizing, relief valve scheduling, equipment specifications, Design review HAZOP participant, commissioning report, Tie-in and Shutdown Philosophy, Operating, Control and Safeguarding Philosophy, Corrosion mangement Plan, in compliance with BDP, Codes, Standards (ASME, ANSI, NACE), Specifications, Procedures and others.
2003-2004 Integrated System Services, Ploiesti, Romania.
Process Consultant Engineer, Screening of Ammonia Plant Revamping Options to improve the energy usage within the separation train. Applies of thermodynamic concepts to identify the available work losses and estimates capital expenditure alternatives.
2001 – 2003 Senior Process Concept Engineer with Electrowatt Engineering (Oman), Muscat, Oman. Seconded to Petroleum Development Oman LLC.
Core Duties: carry out conceptual engineering and optimisation studies in order to define engineering projects in terms of technical scope, cost execution strategy and duration.Specific Responsibilities included developing sound concept engineering designs against a backdrop of uncertainty/changing parameters, creating operating envelopes, selection of various concepts, carry out process simulations and optimisation using Hysys, Pipesim, spreadsheets to rate or size process equipment, well hook-ups, hydraulic calculations, transient analysis of oil pipelines under various scenarios. Reviewed adequacy of existing protection and proposed changes where required. Skilled to use UTC calculations spreadsheet, carried out Life Cycle Cost, provided inputs for Programme Build and forecasts. Familiarised with PDO and Shell DEPs, API Standards as well as Codes of Practice.
Proposed solutions to debottleneck the existing production facilities in Barik Oil Station (using of a PCHE, increasing the propane chilling capacity), supported Operations to monitor and assess Station performance. Took part as Senior Process Engineer in the team of Barik Main Development Project (Gas Reinjection) and participated in reviewing and approve process discipline deliverables issued by Front Engineering Design Contractor (PARSONS LLC, Oman). Reviewed and optimized the various design cases, participated in the Hazop and IPF (Instrumented protective function) exercises.
1999 – 2001 RAM Petroleum Refinery Milazzo, Sicily, Italy.
Senior Process Engineer, Sulphur Project – Process Engineering Follow–Up of BDP performed by Foster Wheeler Italiana for a New Gas oil Desulphurisation & FCC Amines Unit Revamping, New LPG Merox/De-ethaniser Unit & Kero-HDS Amines Unit Revamping, New PSA Unit for Hydrogen Purification, New VSA Unit for Oxygen Separation & CLAUS /TGTU Plant Revamping, to boost the refinery capacity of processing Kuwait High-Sulphur Crude Oil.
Review process data sheets for equipment and instruments, all PFD's, UFD's, P&ID's, cause & effect charts. Checks the adequacy of designs, to ensure fitness for purpose and technical quality, in terms of providing safe/environmentally operations and facilities, in compliance with the BDP, Codes, Standards, Principles, Procedures, Practices and Specifications.
Established of Process Control structure as well as the Emergency Shutdown (ESD) and Fire & Gas System Philosophy and equipment shutdown conditions, including the interlocking diagrams, alarm and trip settings. Participated in the HAZOP Team.
Reviewed and approved on behalf of Operations Department the Operating Manuals, functional test procedures, the Commissioning, Start-up & Shutdown Procedures and witness the functional tests, prepare punch lists Mechanical Completion and Ready to Start-up Certificates. Participate in Plant Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning and Start-up activities.
1998 – 1999 PETRONAS GAS Bhd.,Paka,Terengganu, Malaysia
Peninsular Gas Utilization Project - Gas Processing Plant 5&6 - DCS Process Operations Trainer
Training DCS Operators to control preliminary gas and condensate separation, acid gas removal, gas dehydration, condensate stabilization, NGL recovery and separation as well as propane refrigeration cycle, by taking proper action and guiding the field operators in order to maintain the products quality within the specifications limits. Equipment involved included heat transfer equipment - fired heaters, tube and shell heat exchangers, air coolers, plate fin exchangers, pumps, reciprocating and centrifugal compressors, gas-liquid and liquid-liquid separators, amine absorbers, fixed bed adsorbers, NGL condensate stripper, demethaniser, deethaniser, depropaniser, debutaniser.
1997 – 1998 ICERP-SA Ploiesti, Romania.
Head of Separation and Energy Conservation Division, Oil & Gas Processing Engineering Dept.,
Directing the engineering for energy conservation and profitability improvement of petroleum refineries by:
* using software simulation packages as Hysim, Pro II, Chemcad III to rate and size process equipment and application of modern thermodynamic concepts (entropic or exergetic method)
* distillation trains synthesis by implementing energy conservation specific solution to increase their thermodynamic efficiency ;
* benchmarking of distillation alternative separation processes as adsorbtion, parastillation, reactive distillation, centrifugal distillation, supercritical extraction, membranes diffusion and/or to select the best option of distillation process configuration (trays vs packing), use of a heat pump, optimising design operating pressure and feed tray location, identifying proper mass and heat transfer enhancing devices;
* implementing of advanced control systems.
* issuing flowsheets, PFD's and P&ID's, as well as preparing equipment specifications and data sheets
* technical assistance, training and consulting activities in order to improve operating philosophies.
1996 – 1997 Telford Intl. Ltd.
Seconded to Ansaldo Energia S.p.a, Mirfa Power and Desalination Plant, Mirfa, United Arab Emirates. as Commissioning Engineer.
Responsible for Pre-commissioning, Commissioning, Handling Trials, Start-up, Performance Test at the Mirfa Desalination Plant. Performed checks of the conformity of the plant equipment against project documentation. Checked the functionality of process equipment absorption and desorbtion columns, dryers, compressors, centrifugal pumps, sea water filters, refrigerant cycle.
1995 – 1996 ICERP - SA, Ploiesti, Romania.
Head of Separation and Energy Conservation Division, Oil & Gas Processing Engineering Dept.
Conducting projects focusing on new software developing and applied thermodynamics in order to improve the engineering calculation methods. Specific responsibilities included prediction of V-L equilibria for undefined mixtures and multi-component systems using various Equations of State (S.R.K., P.R., B.W.R., K.D. L.K.); the numerical simulation of crude-oil distillation columns; investigation of phase equilibria in ideal and non-ideal systems or undefined mixtures;reconciliation of the mass and thermal balances data ; mass transfer enhancement in liquid - liquid extraction, distillation and absorption processes.
1995 – 1995 Kaiserslautern University, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Applied Thermodynamics Engineer, Technical Thermodynamic Dept.,
Performing experimental investigations on the multiphase high pressure equilibria in the ternary Carbon Dioxide-Water-(1-Propanol) System, measuring thermodynamic properties of sub and supercritical CO2 containing mixtures, compositions, phases distribution, densities, critical points, enthalpies, entropies in order to describe phases behaviour vs. working pressure and temperatures.
1993 – 1995 COMERINT& SNAMPROGETTI S.p.A, for AGIP (NAME) Libya.
Bu Attifel NGL Plant, ( 380MM Scfd ), Commissioning Engineer
Responsible for pre-commissioning, commissioning, Start-up and Performance Test of an ABB Masterview 850 DCS, installed to control pumps, centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, heat exchangers, heaters, molecular sieve dryers, distillation columns, PSA process and electro-dialysis reversal (EDR) Units, three phase separators, crude oil stabilising, desalting & demulsifying equipment.
1987 – 1993 ICERP - SA, Ploiesti, Romania.
Development Engineer, Oil & Gas Processing Engineering Dept.
Conceptual design, pilot studies and engineering to develop new products and/or Refinery processes - MTBE, TAME, Naphtha and Middle Distillates Hydro-desulphurisation, Hydrotreating, Hydrocracking of Heavy Distillates, Short Residuum Conversion, Gasoil Hydro-isomerisation.
Thermo-physical properties measurement of the petroleum fractions and light hydrocarbons;
Investigation of the formation, stability and breaking of crude oil - water emulsions in the presence of electric field and surfactants, to optimise the crude - oil dehydration and desalting process;
Crude oils characterising and physical properties investigation of distilled cuts.
1985 – 1987 Petrotel S.A. Petrochemical Works, Ploiesti, Romania.
Shift Supervising Engineer, Assigned to work within Steam Cracking Plant (200,000 tpy ethylene), Responsible for the start-up, troubleshooting and Debottlenecking of the Furnaces, cold and hot separation units, High-Pressure Boiler and the Feed Water Demineralisation Units and to improve quality and increase the yields of products while lowering the energy consumptions. Day by day maintenance, preparing & managing technical and safety procedures, improving operating philosophy, planning and resource allocation, analitical control sche
1980 – 1985 Petrotel S.A. Petrochemical Works, Ploiesti, Romania.
Junior Process Engineer, Assigned to work in a FCCU/Alkylation Unit. Responsible for pre-commissioning, commissioning, Start-up and Performance Test. Concerned with plant precommissioning, commissioning, start-up and test run, troubleshooting, environment protection, corrosion prevention, turnaround activities scheduling.
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EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION:
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1993 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY: Petroleum & Gas University Ploiesti, Petroleum & Gas Processing and Petrochemistry Dept., Ploiesti.
1980 MASTER OF SCIENCE: Petroleum and Gas University Ploiesti, Petroleum & Gas Processing and Petrochemistry Dept.,
1988 POSTGRADUATE COURSE: Modelling and Simulation of the Chemical Processes.
1995 POSTDOCTORAL COURSE: Experimental Investigations of Multiphase High-Pressure Equilibria in the Carbon Dioxide-Water-(1-Propanol) System Kaiserslautern University, Germany
1996 TRAINING WORKSHOP: Process Integration - Distillation, Ian. held by Chemical Engineering Dept of Polytechnic University Bucharest in cooperation with University of Manchester, U.K.
1994 Designing of Quality Systems, Bucharest, held by Conteca' 94, certified by German Quality Association and European Quality Organisation affiliated.
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computer skills
HYSYS, PIPESIM, CHEMCALC, PRO-II, PIPEPHASE, LIQNET, TLNET,FRED
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Nationality: Romanian Nationality: Romanian
Civil Status: Married / one child
Driving License: Romanian, International, Omani
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