Advisor, Energy Management
ADMA-OPCO
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :30 years, 1 أشهر
Highlights & Achievements:
- Managed a corporate Energy team that has successfully implemented a full-fledged new Energy Management System and obtained ISO50001 certification within a short period (8 months).
- Achieved substantial energy savings over 2 years at corporate, asset, plant and equipment levels, and participated in raising energy conservation awareness among all employees.
- Participated in implementing, auditing and certifying ADNOC Group corporate Energy Management system and performed several energy related tasks covering 16 companies under ADNOC group.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement, audit and maintain ADMA-OPCO’s Energy Management System over all Assets.
- Assess, monitor and report on monthly basis, the energy performance and suggest improvement actions.
- Undertake pan-company energy conservation and awareness trainings and activities.
- Ensure that energy optimization requirements are considered in all Projects (brownfield and greenfield).
- Participate in ADNOC energy committee works to improve energy performance within the whole group.
Highlights & Achievements:
- Successfully developed business with 4 cement and chemical plants in the MENA region and performed more than 20 technical assessments for WHR opportunities on various potential projects in the Cement, Steel and Chemical industries in different countries.
- Successfully managed the implementation of a multi-million US$ project considered to be one of the largest carbon reduction projects worldwide and the largest one in Uzbekistan and Central Asia under Kyoto Protocol’s CDM. The project aimed to repair more than 100, 000 leaks on the Ferghana Valley natural gas distribution network (east of Uzbekistan), which intends to save about 83 million m3 of natural gas per year and generate Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) (also called Carbon Credits) equivalent to a GHG (Greenhouse Gas) reduction of about 1.2 million tons of CO2-equivalent per year.
Key Responsibilities:
- Carrying out business development activities to promote energy efficiency solutions (Waste Heat Recovery, Waste Gas Recovery, open cycle to combined cycle conversion) in the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia, and Eastern Europe within the Cement, Iron & Steel, Power and Chemical sectors.
- Collecting technical data, using simulation software to model the proposed power plants, and carrying out several onsite feasibility studies and technical assessments.
- Project manager of 3 approved projects during the development phase (feasibility studies, conceptual design, contractor tendering, permitting) and the implementation phase (procurement, construction, commissioning, etc.).
- Developing an HSE management system for the company and overseeing the HSE requirements and performance during project development and implementation.
Highlights & Achievements:
- Successfully managed the development of the Ferghana gas leak reduction project (Uzbekistan) from the feasibility study stage until investment approval and the successful CDM registration by the United Nations.
- Participated in defining the climate change policy of the UAE and contributed in submissions to the UNFCCC.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conducting technical assessments, feasibility studies, project scope of work, and resource identification and management.
- Managing bid evaluation, financial modeling, regulatory requirements, budgeting, and project contracts.
- Preparing and Overseeing CDM documentation during project initiation, validation, and registration phases.
- Originating CDM projects related to gas flaring reduction, WHR, and energy efficiency improvement.
Joined as a Senior HSE Engineer, charted a commendable growth curve to merit promotion to the post of Head of HSE Regulation Department.
Designation Chronology:
- Dec. 2007 - May 2009: Head of HSE Regulation Department
- Dec. 2006 - Dec. 2007: Senior HSE Engineer
Highlights & Achievements:
- Prepared the first comprehensive and up-to-date HSE regulation/legislation database in Algeria.
- Prepared and procured governmental adoption of the first executive decree in the Algerian oil and gas sector concerning environmental impact assessments.
- Participated in writing several new regulations related to the construction, the operation and the decommissioning of Oil and Gas facilities in Algeria.
Key Responsibilities:
- Developing HSE regulations/standards in the Oil and Gas sector, including inter-sectorial coordination.
- Carrying out governmental HSE audits/inspections and risk assessments over the entire Oil and Gas chain.
- Reviewing and approving environmental impact assessments and safety cases prepared by O&G companies.
- Contributing to the national inter-sectorial coordination for defining the Algerian Climate Change Policy.
- Participating in international negotiations on climate change (UNFCCC, IPCC, OPEC, OAPEC).
- Promoting the CDM in Algeria and contributing to capacity building activities. Conducting regulatory monitoring of international treaties (climate change, marine pollution, ozone depletion, etc.).
Joined as an Environmental Engineer with the corporate HSE directorate at Sonatrach’s headquarters, and was then promoted to the post of Senior Environment and Safety Engineer.
Designation Chronology:
- Apr. 2005 - Dec. 2006: Senior Environment and Safety Engineer - HSE-Management System Project Manager
- May 2003 - Apr. 2005: Environmental Engineer
Highlights & Achievements:
- Project Manager of the first HSE Management System (HSE-MS) within Sonatrach Group (the largest Algerian and African company, with 150, 000 employees).
- Was Sonatrach’s and the Energy Ministry’s Climate Change and CDM focal point for three years.
- Sonatrach’s Local Project Manager of the Global Gas Flare Reduction (GGFR) partnership program led by the World Bank (building CDM capacity and identifying CDM flare gas projects).
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing climate change’s policy, defining CDM projects, and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Policy within Sonatrach.
- Developing Sonatrach’s HSE Management System from the early stages of its conception.
- Undertaking risk assessments, hazard identification and mitigation, HSE audits, accidents investigations, etc.
- Identifying and developing gas flaring reduction CDM projects in partnership with the World Bank GGFR.
Highlights & Achievements:
- Developed a project to recover one million tons per year of condensates (C5+) in the Hassi Messaoud Oilfield that led to the reduction of associated gas losses and a quality improvement of 300, 000 bbl/day of crude oil production.
- Operated a five million m3/day gas processing facility for the production of two thousand tons/day LPG, with 40+ staff.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinating, reporting, and conducting technical assessments, and conducting process simulation and optimization using process simulation software.
- Preparing projects' technical specifications and scope of work, and participating in FEED preparation.
- Managing the technical evaluation of bids and coordinating with bidders, consultants, EPCs, suppliers, etc.
- Contributing to the definition and the implementation of an Environmental and Quality management system.
- Overseeing project construction, commissioning, and start-ups in Oil and Gas and environmental projects.
- Actively participating in the operation, daily maintenance, overhauls, and revamping of oil and gas plants.
Process engineer of a 5 MCMD gas processing plant operations
Maintenance planning (Shutdown, start-up, routine, planned, emergency maintenance....)
Design follow up of process modifications, changes, upgrading and extensions.
Revamping of existing old facilities
Industrial waste water treatment.
Shift supervisor of a 5 MCMD gas processing plant (LPG recovery unit)
Products quality management QA / QC (Crude oil, Gas, LPG, Condensates…etc).
Follow up of Shutdown, start-up, routine / planned / emergency maintenance.
Follow up of facilities modifications and changes
Loss reduction, Safety and Environment Management.
5 years Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Chemical Engineering / Oil Refining and Petrochemicals