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Fawaz Alsaif, plant manager

Fawaz Alsaif

plant manager·Kuwait National Petroleum Company

Kuwait

Master's degree, Business administration

Work experience

Total years of experience: 17 years, 6 months

plant manager

October 2016 - Present

Kuwait National Petroleum Company

Al Ahmadi, Kuwait

October 2016 - Present

- Managed the operations of two Acid Gas Removal Plants including amine treating (2 x 230 MMSCFD), Liquid-Liquid treating (2 x 40 MBPD) and Sulfur Recovery (1080 t/day total)
- Acted as interim Team Leader for NGL and Acid Gas Removal since 2016.
- Acted as Interim Section Head for NGL Recovery Unit since 2016.
- Led the commissioning of New Acid Gas Removal Unit at MAA refinery during COVID-19,
thus doubling the sour gas & condensate processing capacity at MAA refinery.
- Directed operations teams of up to 150 Engineers & Operators,
- Implemented inventory management techniques to optimize the supply of chemicals,
achieving significant cost savings.
- Achieved 30+ months of continuous operation, demonstrating unit reliability and efficiency.
- Spearheaded training for new unit commissioning.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Oil and Gas

Operations Engineer

November 2009 - October 2016

Kuwait National Petroleum Company

Al Ahmadi, Kuwait

November 2009 - October 2016

- Led the execution of 40+ plant modifications, which resulted in a reduction of SO2 emissions
from 3000+ ppm to less than 500 ppm.
- Directed 5 overhauls and shutdowns, enhancing unit operations.
- Improved SRU condensers’ reliability, thus eliminating any tube leaks since 2015.
Improved plant sour gas throughput by 10+% annually from 2014 to 2017.
- Developed feedforward control for TGT, enhancing environmental performance.
- Revised TGT procedures, aligning with KEPA limits (250 ppm SO2).
- Developed an Aspen HYSYS model to predict amine unit performance.
- Participated in over 50 Root Cause Analyses using multiple methodologies (using GE Meridium, Apollo RealityCharting, 5-Whys analysis, etc...) in multiple process units, resulting
in improved reliability.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Oil and Gas

Internship

February 2009 - August 2009

Total energies

Pau, France

February 2009 - August 2009

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Oil and Gas

Internship

June 2008 - August 2008

OCP

El Jadida, Morocco

June 2008 - August 2008

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Oil and Gas

Education

Jack Welch Management Institute

December 2020

December 2020

Master's degree, Business administration

United States

GPA (point): 4.0 out of 4

GPA (point): 4.0 out of 4

Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse

August 2009

August 2009

Master's degree, Chemical Engineering

France

GPA (point): 3.2 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.2 out of 4

Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse/INSA Toulouse (double degree)

August 2009

August 2009

Master's degree, Masters of research in chemical engineering

France

Skills

Six Sigma
Expert
Six Sigma
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Leadership
Expert
Leadership
Expert
Gas Processing
Expert
Gas Processing
Expert
Supply Chain Management
Expert
Supply Chain Management
Expert
MS Word
Expert
MS Word
Expert
People management (100+ operators)
Intermediate
People management (100+ operators)
Intermediate
Sulfur Recovery
Expert
Sulfur Recovery
Expert
Sour Water Stripping
Intermediate
Sour Water Stripping
Intermediate
Hazop studies
Intermediate
Hazop studies
Intermediate
Plant Commissioning
Intermediate
Plant Commissioning
Intermediate
Sour gas sweetening
Expert
Sour gas sweetening
Expert
Lean & Six Sigma Green Belt
Intermediate
Lean & Six Sigma Green Belt
Intermediate
MS Excel
Expert
MS Excel
Expert
Supply Chain Management
Beginner
Supply Chain Management
Beginner
Plant Start-up/Shutdown
Expert
Plant Start-up/Shutdown
Expert
operation
Expert
operation
Expert
logistics
Beginner
logistics
Beginner
Data Analysis
Beginner
Data Analysis
Beginner
operations management
Expert
operations management
Expert
problem solving
Expert
problem solving
Expert
Machine Learning
Intermediate
Machine Learning
Intermediate
Production Management
Expert
Production Management
Expert
Project management
Expert
Project management
Expert
Management
Expert
Management
Expert
Manufacturing
Expert
Manufacturing
Expert
Factory
Expert
Factory
Expert
Production
Expert
Production
Expert

Social profiles

Personal Website
Personal Website

Languages

Arabic

Native Speaker

French

Expert

English

Expert

Spanish

Beginner

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Machine Learning Specialization - Deeplearning.ai
Oct 2022
Data Anslyst with Tableau Career Track
Dec 2022
Certified Operations Excellence Expert
May 2023
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Mar 2023
Project Management Certificate
Apr 2023
MIT Micromasters - Supply Chain Management
May 2022
Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I)
May 2023
Data Science Professional Certificate
Aug 2023

Training
Micromasters in Supply Chain Management (in progress)
MITx
Jan 2021
Sulfur Recovery
Sulfur experts
Sep 2012
Amine Treating
Amine Experts
Nov 2014