Senior Scientist
Farabi Petrochemicals Company
Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months
• Innovate various Oil Field Chemicals such as H2S scavenger and Sodium Asphalt Sulfonate from conceptualization to commercialization.
• Develop R&D capability within the company.
• Spearheading the collaboration project with Jubail Industrial College (JIC) for the Oil field product development and application.
• Working in collaboration with the project team for setting up of the blending and manufacturing facility for the Oil field products in Jubail, KSA with a total capacity of 30 KTPA.
• Gained knowledge of Heat Transfer Fluids (Biphenyl, Terphenyl, Hydrogenated terphenyl and mixtures thereof) and Specialty alkylates and alkyl aryl sulfonates: Synthesis and Applications.
• Leading synthesis of specialty surfactants (magnesium and calcium-based sulfonates) for various applications such as detergents, personal and home care, lube additives, Enhanced Oil Recovery and corrosion inhibitors for Heavy Fuel Oil for boilers and gas turbines.
• Working with external Toll Manufacturing Facility to produce samples of all the products to be submitted to Sales Team to be submitted to customers.
• Member of cross functional team responsible for Product Naming, Packaging and making TDS ad MSDS of all the new products.
• Project Leader for the registration procedure of FARABI products with REACH and KKDIK (Turkish REACH).
• Engaging with Cairn India (Vedanta) and UEOR for Alkyl Benzene Sulfonic Acid product development for EOR application based on a RFQ floated by Cairn INDIA.
Team Leader for technical services and research and development in Oil Field Chemical Division.
• Responsible for expansion of company’s footprints in Oil Field Chemical sector by collaborating with the sales
and marketing team within the company and customers worldwide.
• Development of various new products as per customer requirement depending on the market demand.
Key Accomplishments:
• Established a team comprising two PhD personnel who has proven ability to work in Oil Field Division
• Supervised Oil Field Chemical laboratory set-up.
• Proposed various projects in Oil Field Chemical as a part of Aquapharm’s expansion in Oil Field Chemical.
• Orchestrated the synthesis of pour point depressants and hydrate inhibitors.
• Expert in performing basic and advanced patent searches for prior art, IP landscape, competitive technology
tracking etc.
• Proficient in use of commercial databases such as Thomson Innovation as well as the non-commercial
databases provided by the USPTO, EPO, WIPO, JPO, IPO, IPIRS, CIPIS, Science Direct, Springer, Google
scholar etc. in finding relevant scientific literature, analyzing and reviewing contents.
• Focused and efficient data collection from patents, publications and continuous competitive monitoring, with
powerful data aggregation and presentation online, interaction with clients, generation of innovative ideas and
commercial ideas.
• Expert in project management and data visualization, searching & data integration.
• Well versed with SciFinder, Patent Pak and Methods Now database and frequent user of this database for
research purposes.
Project Leader for the development of Emulsified PPDs (pour point depressants) having solidification point
less than 10C in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
• Leading technical services and research and development in OFC and Performance Product Group (PPG)
within stipulate deadline.
• Development of new products as per customer requirement depending on the market demand.
• Spearheading developmental projects on PPDs, non-PPDs in OFC and Polyelectrolytes in PPG.
• Accountable for creating new Product Manufacturing Instructions (PMIs) for manufacturing facility.
• Heading product selection and applications for global operations and tender sample preparation under OFC.
• Collaborating with Marketing and Sales functions for new business development.
• Working together with R & D team of MI Swaco, USA and Chemical Engineering Department of IIT Delhi for
new product development. Working in collaboration with various companies for new product development.
• Actively participating as R&D lead towards development of low cost alternative of current products.
• Regularly consulting with the manufacturing facility for scaling up of newly developed products and
troubleshooting problems in the plant batches thereby reducing production downtime.
• Recommending various products for color removal and turbidity removal in PPG.
Key Accomplishments:
• Generated new and improved PMIs (Product Manufacturing Instruction) for plant manufacturing of various
OFC (PPDs and non-PPDs) and PPG (Polyelectrolytes) chemicals.
• Completed laboratory development of emulsion pour point depressant, which can remain liquid at 0C. Pilot
plant standardization is in progress.
• Developed 9C liquid pour point depressants and tested successfully in Cairn India. The product is under
commercialization.
• Developed PPD, which helped in confirming 300MT order per month from Europe for 2017-2020.
Instrumental in developing synthesis capabilities and hydrate capabilities within Oil Field Chemical Laboratory.
• Leading technical service requests on Paraffin and Asphaltene mitigation within stipulate deadline.
• Spearheading developmental project on the synthesis of novel Asphaltene Inhibitors, which are non-toxic and
enhanced performance over the existing products.
• Developing low cost paraffin inhibitors for Asia Pacific region focusing mostly on Vietnamese crudes.
• Responsible for product selection, applications and troubleshooting for global operations in paraffin,
asphaltene and hydrate control.
• Working in collaboration to develop new test methods able to simulate onsite parameters.
• Provide technical training to new hires. Safety lead for Upstream I laboratory (Flow Assurance)
• Collaborating with global R&D, Marketing and Sales functions.
• Active involvement with customers to address problems and providing suitable recommendation.
• Deliver onsite technical expertise on oil field chemicals by performing site surveys, field trials and onsite
analyses.
Key Accomplishments:
• Developed novel asphaltene inhibitor, which is greener and performs better both in dry and emulsified crudes,
compared to existing product. MOI filing completed (PT10092) and patent filing is in progress. This project
was started from the conceptual level based on customer requirement and is now in commercialization phase.
• Supported in retaining the business of $6MM for one of the supermajor customers in asphaltene mitigation.
• Successful recommendation of low cost pour point depressants and paraffin inhibitor targeted towards Asia
Pacific (mostly Vietnam) crudes.
• Supported business globally and locally through technical service requests for both paraffin and asphaltene
control
• Recommended Meg Regeneration Unit (MRU) compatible pour point depressants as a part of the entire
package of MRU compatible chemicals.
• Recommended chemicals that helped in winning two tenders (ONGC, India and OSL, Australia).
• Developed new condition for restart pressure analysis.
• Played critical role in supporting existing business and bringing new business (ONGC: $1.5MM, EOG:
$1.4MM, Shell Auger, USA: $200K, Inpex Japan: $60K, Chevron Thailand: $1MM, Cairn India: $5MM)
Spurred project turnaround through dedicated research involving synthesis, purification, and characterization (chemical and biophysical) of small organic fluorophores and amino acids, devised new method for high resolution separation of tubulin monomers, and offered hands-on supervision to 6 undergraduates towards honors thesis program. Increased student engagement through leading interactive sessions, serving as instructor for undergraduate chemistry laboratory, as well as full-time tutor for Binghamton University Discovery Center encompassing courses such as Chemical Principles, Organic Chemistry I and II, Chemical Synthesis, and Bioorganic chemistry. Adhered to aggressive deadlines, resolved key issues, and demonstrated exceptional field knowledge. Key Accomplishments: • Planned and executed complex synthesis, purification, and characterization, both chemical and biophysical, of small organic fluorophores (hydrazine-based) and amino acids, exploring potential applications as probes for protein labeling. Solved crystal structure of multiple fluorophores. • Spearheaded enzymatic and chemical incorporation of amino acid and fluorophores in cytoskeletal protein tubulin and conducted biophysical studies investigating role of tubulin C-terminus during tubulin polymerization. • Developed simple and highly efficient new method for high resolution separation of tubulin monomers in polyacrylamide minigels. • Demonstrated expertise in analyzing molecular mechanisms of interaction of anti-mitotic drugs such as Taxol, Epothilone and Discodermalide analogs with tubulin and microtubules. Applied wide range of chemical and biological techniques in architecting molecules, with main emphasis on investigating effect and function in cancerous cells.