Senior Process Engineer
Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants Ltd.
Total years of experience :12 years, 0 Months
WMP (Water Management Project)
Tengiz and Korolev fields are currently in the primary depletion mode with an associated increase in water production from the field. The purpose of the Water Management Project (WMP) is to consider options for increasing the capacity of produced water handling at KTL and SGP plants and capacity for disposal at White Elephant facility with the potential for implementation in a limited timeframe, e.g. debottlenecking of existing equipment, modifying the operating philosophy of operating and standby trains and installing new equipment.
As part of this Project, I have participated in the following activities: hydraulic and control valve capacity calculations for the SGP PWT (Produced Water Treatment) and SWS (Sour Water Stripping) packages, calculation of water cut distribution across the field and required concentrations of CI (corrosion inhibitor), CI injection package design including datasheet and P&ID mark-ups, SGP Utility Summary calculation for several enhancement alternatives.
WEPT (Water Extended Production Test) Project
In the past few years, Tengiz and Korolev oil fields have seen increase in produced water. Due to limited water handling capacity at the plants, the current operational practice is to shut-in wells with >5% water cut or curtail oil production to meet water handling limit. Due to lack of historical water production, there are key uncertainties in forecasting water production such as size of water sources and dynamic behavior with depletion. The purpose of the WEPT Project is to review and develop the required system configuration to allow production from high water cut wells for an extended production test.
At this Project, I have been involved into the following activities: calculation of amounts of waste (elemental sulphur, oil in water, solids, flaring, etc.) produced as a result of WEPT field unit operation, development of process schematics for water separation, PWT (Produced Water Treatment) and SWS (Sour Water Stripping) units, analysis of field unit location (wellhead vs. metering station), pipelines sizing for produced water disposal to White Elephant facility, water disposal wells and idle oil wells, calculation and presentation of alternatives for re-routing of BFGS (Base Field Gathering System) high water cut wells to SGP.
PWH (Produced Water Handling) Project
The purpose of the Produced Water Handling (PWH) Project is to evaluate requirements for expansion of the water handling and disposal capabilities in Tengiz in order to manage higher produced water rates and profitably maximize field recovery post-FGP.
As part of this Project, I have participated in the following activities: development of Phase 1 Basis of Design and development of Sour Water Stripping medium selection alternatives.
Aktote and Kairan Development Project
Aktote and Kairan Development Project Assess Stage aims to demonstrate technical feasibility and economic viability of Aktote and Kairan offshore oil fields in the North Caspian Sea region.
As part of this Project, I have participated in the Concept Identification Workshop with representatives of Genesis and NCOC. The workshop used Building Block Table approach and aimed to identify field development concepts and strategies for further definition at later stages of the Project.
Training sessions:
Genesis/TechnipFMC trainings:
Introduction to Genesis
Process Induction
Introduction to the Global Business Process Management System (BPMS)
ADEPT Training
TCO trainings:
ISO (Initial Safety Orientation)
IFSO (Initial Fire Safety Orientation)
Operational Excellence
Data Privacy
Email Security
URL Training
FGP/WPMP (Future Growth Project / Wellhead Pressure Management Project)
FGP/WPMP is a 37 billion dollar greenfield project to increase oil production from Tengiz and Korolev oil fields. The proposed expansion features three new facilities: the Pressure Boost Facility, Main Plant Facility (3GP) and the Sour Gas Injection Plant (3GI). Atyrau based activities include debottlenecking study for the existing export pump station, evaluation/modification of the existing crude oil storage, pumping and pipeline, design of water injection facilities, and design of the multiple utility and chemical feed units.
As part of this scope, I have been involved into design of brownfield and greenfield FGP field gathering systems including such activities as: designing replacement of old flowmeters at metering stations with new generation multiphase flowmeters, re-routing and debottlenecking of existing gathering systems, phased P&ID and PFD development and checking, provision of process inputs to instrument datasheets, I/O schedules and to Process Safety department for dispersion analysis, production of PCNs (P&ID Change Notice) and conducting TCO P&ID Validation sessions. I have also accomplished a number of critical PSV, PST (Process Safety Time) and hydraulic calculations. Furthermore, one of my key achievements on the Project was creating a P&ID quality checklist and conducting a number of P&ID quality super checks which led to increased Client satisfaction.
KTL SGR (Komplex Technological Lines, Seasonal Gap Reduction) Project
KTL is a Soviet-era plant in Tengiz comprising 5 crude stabilization and gas processing trains. The plant experienced crude production gap in summer due to inability of critical air coolers to provide sufficient cooling and achieve the required process temperatures. SGR Project aimed to reduce the summer winter production gap by providing a new cooling water system comprising cooling towers, recirculation pumps, chemical injection facility, distribution lines and 10 shell and tube trim coolers to deliver additional cooling to critical areas during summer.
I have been involved into both FEED and detailed engineering phases of this 300 million dollar brownfield project. Types of activities undertaken: PFD, UFD and P&ID development, CAD team work coordination, participation to site verification/review visit, P&ID stakeholder review, 30%, 60% and 90% Model reviews, PHA/SOA reviews, closing out PHA recommendations and model review items, pump calculations including dissolved gas effective NPSHa calculation, PSV, control valve and orifice sizing, hydraulic analysis, development of design basis, operating philosophy, control narrative, alarm and trip set points input to I/O schedule, cooling tower basin process design, HP sweet gas double-pipe jacketed superheater design, development of preventative action close-out plans, PSV calculations checking, iPRSM PSV calculations and checking, development of DCNs (Design Change Notice), vendor documentation squad checks, process support to other disciplines, mentoring junior engineers, etc. In addition I presented several lunch-and-learn sessions and safety presentations during my time on the Project.
SGI/SGP CAR (Second Generation, Capacity and Reliability) Project
CAR Project aimed to increase the capacity and reliability of the existing SGP facility at Tengiz. This 800 million dollar brownfield project included modifications to desalting, crude pumping, crude cooling, produced water treatment, sour gas dehydration and injection, LPG treatment, steam boiler, and butane polisher.
In Atyrau, I have been involved into Detailed Engineering phase of the Project on the following Process units:
PU-781 Butane Polisher
HP Steam Boiler Package
Types of activities undertaken: Thermowell wake frequency analysis, Acoustic induced vibration analysis, Safety Integrity Function calculations (process safety time), process support to other disciplines, etc.
Stage 1 courses: Mathematics 1A and 1B, Introduction to Electrical Engineering, Professional Skills, Statics and Dynamics, Product Development, Introduction to Design, Materials and Manufacture, Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics (Grade A for all courses). Stage 2 courses: Mathematics 2A (Grade A), Mechanics of Solids (Grade A), The Strategy of Design and Manufacture (Grade A), Thermo-fluids (Grade A), Products in Service (Grade B), Introduction to Electronics (Grade A), Dynamics (Grade A), Electrical Power (Grade A). Stage 3 courses: Mathematics 3A (Grade A), Signal Acquisition, Instrumentation and Control (Grade A), Environmental Engineering 1 (Grade A), Project Management, Team-working and Leadership (Grade B), Group Project (Grade A), Engineering Analysis 1 (Grade A), Offshore Engineering (Grade A), Industrial Plant (Grade A). Stage 4 courses: Oil and Gas Engineering A (Grade A), Engineering Analysis 2 (Grade B), Control and Instrumentation (Grade A), Oil and Gas Engineering B (Grade B), Plant Performance (Grade A), Safety, Risk and Reliability Management (Grade B). Honours Project: “CFD Modelling of Hydrodynamic Loading on a Pipeline”, Grade A. Awards and Achievements: • Wood Group Award “The Best All-round First Year Engineering Student at RGU” • IMechE “Best Student” Certificate (Year 1) • 1st Place for the ROV Group Design Presentation during Activity Week (Year 1) • Aberdeen Mechanical Society Prize for “Best Overall Performance in Year 2” • Mobil North Sea Prize “Best Student in Year 3” • RGU School of Engineering Gold Award for contribution to “Wind Turbine Driven Crane Project” (Group Project in Year 3) • IMES Mechanical Engineering Project Prize (Honours Project in Year 4) Professional Bodies Memberships: • The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) • The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
Courses: Foundations of Mathematics, Fundamentals of Science, Preparation for Higher Education Studies, Key Academic Skills, Physical Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Scientific Principles and Enquiry, Foundation Project. Average Grade: 84% English Level: 89%
Courses: Algorithms and Programming Languages (Grade A), Informatics (Grade B), English 1 (Grade B), Physics 1 (Grade A), Delphi Programming Techniques (Grade B), English 2 (Grade A), etc. Awards: • Governmental Scholarship Activities: • Member of SP (Student Parliament)
Courses: Algebra and Analysis Origin, Geometry, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mother Language (Kazakh) and Literature, Russian Language and Literature, The Principles of Informational Science and Computer Engineering, World History, History of Kazakhstan, Human being in Society, The Ethics and Psychology of Family Life, Geography, Astronomy, Foreign Language (English), Initial Military Training, Labor Studies, Economics, World Fiction (all courses – Grade A). Average Score: 5 out of 5 (equivalent to Grade A) Awards: • Obtained a score of 109 out of 120 by passing a UNT (United National Test for University Enrollment). • Graduated with a “Gold Medal” for excellent performance (all grades A) during all 11 years of study.