Lead Process Engineer (Projects)
Prolific Inc.
Total years of experience :15 years, 7 Months
• Proactively led projects which involved developing Basic Design Packages, revamp studies for SRU treating units, NGL recovery, syn-gas and natural gas treating.
• Provided engineering design assistance in the development of Compressor Stations, Well Pads and
design for sites in the field. Well pad facilities designs consisted of gas recovery, use of multiple indirect heaters and phase separators, metering, and fuel/instrument gas units.
• Prepared and oversees the development of project execution plan, cost estimates, estimate basis me-morandum. engineering design basis manual.
• Conducted FEED study, detail designs project execution as well as market and secure additional busi-ness with client.
• Updated clients and management on project progress, significant milestones, and any condition that would affect project cost, schedule or scope.
• Projects include design of compressor station; pump stations, metering station pipeline transfer, pipeline laterals and connections, pipeline hot taps, truck and rail offloading terminals, storage tanks.
− Process analysis of the most economic options to recover LPG from PSA tailgas.
− Process simulation, produced PFD, equipment lists, sensitivity analysis, summary of impact to existing equipment and preliminary plot plans.
− Study report included capital cost estimates, economic analysis and weighted comparison of options
Provided engineering design and scoping support on the following projects. Prepared PFDs and P&IDs for FEED phase, Hydraulic calculations, simulations, P&ID mark-ups, Control Valve datasheets, equipment load sheets, etc.
BP-Husky Refinery Revamp Projects, Toledo, Ohio
Installed new coker gas plant to reduce sulfur in refinery fuel gas. Installed new desalting vessels to improve refinery performance. Upgrades to Sulphur Recovery unit (SRU) and Tail gas Treating Unit (TGTU). Rebuild the existing crude and vacuum fired heaters, re-clad a portion of the vacuum tower, and replaced series of heat exchangers to reduce corrosion.
SABIC/ Shell Chemicals (SADAF JV) Environmental Operating Permit Project, Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Recycling and reuse of recovered water using Sulfate Removal System (SRS) technology. Flaring com-pliance by adding a third incinerator and debottlenecking existing incinerators. Reducing Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in the Ethylene Di-Chloride (EDC) plant by upgrading stripper system and provided new Membrane bio reactor unit.
Scoping study for existing and grassroot units. Utility and Flare loads for new units and existing facilities.
Chevron-Kitimat LNG (Pre-Feed), BC, Canada
• Design and sizing utility systems, checking deliverable, assigning work load within systems engineering
group for Dehydration, LPG Recovery, Fractionation, Liquefaction, Refrigeration, and Loading area.
• Checking and performing hydraulic calculations, PFD, P&ID, control valve, flow elements, load sheet data, DP/DT, line list.
Providing engineering design and scoping support to various clients in upstream (Oil & Gas) and downstream (Refineries and Chemical plants).
• Managing surface infrastructure projects from conception through implementation, including pipelines, compressor stations, pumping stations, and oil/water/gas separation, conditioning and processing facilities.
• Led a team of engineers to revamp plus grassroots design of a Fuel Gas Treatment Unit (Sweetening Plant) to reduce overall plant CO2 and SO2 emissions.
• Analyzing, troubleshooting, and refurbishing existing surface infrastructure elements for optimum utilization.
• Project planning and management for safe execution of projects with predictable cost and schedule performance.
• Process Engineering & Coordination in topsides facilities process design, including oil production equipment, water treatment modules, and flare systems.
• Process design of separators, scrubbers, TEG dehydration contactor, flash drums, compressors and pumps.
• Supported demolition and replacement of two condensate storage tanks, auxiliary equipment, and piping.
• Process selection, feasibility studies and budgetary analyses for adopting the optimum process configuration.
• Ensured that the design meets the project performance requirements for safety, operability, reliability, and capital efficiency.
• Special assignment to coordinate multidisciplinary reviews of all engineering documents and vendor designs during detailed engineering.
• Recommended and implemented improvements to anticipate and avoid project execution (construction) delays and process performance/operability problems.
• Developed engineering specifications for packaged units to be designed by vendors/licensors.
• Worked in the Refinery to design and execute various capital projects.
• Involved in unit turnarounds activities, catalyst change-outs in Hydrocracker units.
• Involved in front end scoping and design of projects within Refinery and Chemical units
• Carried out various projects within refinery to improve plant safety, reliability and economics.
• Evaluated refining capital projects and compared alternatives for feasibility / lead case selection.
• Involved in energy conservation projects and improving systems design in various refinery units.
• Performed simulations to generate Material and Energy balances.
• Prepared process design reports for various projects in Refinery and Chemical plant.
• Involved in front end scoping and design of various projects within Refinery and Chemical units.
• Provided engineering support to various process units in refinery and participated in planning of unit turnarounds.
• Carried out various projects within refinery to improve plant safety, reliability and economics.
• Conducted a process engineering review of maintenance work planned for the 2006 turnaround, to ensure that all modifications were fit for purpose and well aligned with future expansion plans.
• Evaluated refining capital projects and compared alternative processes for feasibility / economics based on ExxonMobil Design Guidelines.
• Prepared process design specifications for various projects in Refinery and Chemical plant.
• Performed simulations using ProVision / PROII for general Heat & Mass balances / stream data.
Suncor Millennium Coker Units Project, Calgary, Alberta
This was revamp work of Suncor's existing Coker units at Fort McMurray, AB. The MCU project scope was to increase heavy crude processing from 360K BPSD to 460K BPSD.
• Involved in Issue for Construction (IFC) Phase P&ID development.
• Performed vessel sizing, hydraulic, and heat transfer calculations.
• PSV sizing for various systems in the Crude & Vacuum Unit.
Suncor Sulfur Recovery and Tail Gas Treating Unit (SRU/TGTU) Projects, Sarnia, Ontario
This was grass root project within existing refinery. Two separate trains each designed for 100 tons/day capacity of Sulfur Recovery (SRU), along with provision of Tail Gas Treating unit (TGTU)
• Evaluated usage of flare off-gas in Thermal Oxidizer, and sizing of HC flare KO Drum.
• Prepared PFD and P&IDs for Sulfur Recovery & Tail Gas Treating Unit.
• Prepared a DBM package and performed hydraulic evaluation of various systems.
• Prepared process data for electrical classification of various equipment.
• Completed a technical evaluation of vendor proposed solutions.
Petro-Canada Refinery Conversion Project, Edmonton, Alberta
This was a Refinery Upgrading Project to enable existing refinery to process heavy crude from Alberta Oil Sands. I was involved in the fractionation area of the project.
• Performed hydraulic calculations in the Debutanizer and Naphtha Splitter areas.
• Design of new and modified equipment and generation of process data sheets
• Prepared Pressure & Temperature Diagrams for the systems.
Petro-Canada Refinery Revamp Project, Montreal, Quebec
A Crude Reconfiguration project, this revamp was aimed at increasing crude unit capacity while minimizing any major equipment modifications.
• Performed system hydraulic calculations (line / pump / control valve sizing) for various process circuits.
• Prepared process P&ID and PFDs for the crude unit.
• Prepared equipment sizing / datasheets for process equipment.
Senior Project / Process Engineer with 13+ years of experience in major projects development, process design, front end (FEED) and detailed engineering, project coordination, and operations support in the Oil, Gas, and Chemicals sectors. A proven track record of proactively pushing forward grassroots and revamp capital projects through all technical and planning phases of gated work processes, and working effectively with clients, contractors and vendors. Experience includes operating plants troubleshooting, energy conservation, process improvement studies, equipment sizing, shutdown/start-up activities, safety relief design, and process plant debottlenecking. Well versed with ASME, ANSI codes, and API standards. Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification - PMI, PA, USA - In Progress Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering - Prairie View A&M University, TX, USA - 1997