Senior Laboratory Chemist
Dragon Oil
Total years of experience :30 years, 9 Months
o Managing and supervising central and field labs to accurately analyze crude oil, gas, injection and produced water, and advising Production Operation department on chemical usage and dossing.
o Provided analytical services and consultation to Reservoir, Drilling and Environmental departments.
o Screening and evaluation of production chemicals (PPD, Demulsifier, Deoiler, Corrosion inhibitors, Scale inhibitors, Wax and asphaltene dispersant).
o Involved extensively in preventive and corrective actions taken during production process. Scale and wax deposition.
o Hand experienced in sophisticated lab equipment ( Wax content by NMR, XRF, GCs, Cold finger, wax flow loops, IC, AAS, Rheometer ..etc…)
• • Supervised Operation labs, and technology Development lab (equipment ordering and installation, calibration, troubleshooting and Quality Control).
• Supervised daily analysis of oil, water and gas (lift and produced), BFW and steam quality.
• Interface with Production and Operation with chemical optimization and dosing adjustment.
• Assist in water, air and tailing quality and waste management.
• Recommended new technology to improve water & oil quality.
• Applied new technology on Lab Bench level, pilot plant.
• Issuing daily lab reports on oil and water quality and chemical treatment.
• Trained and mentor junior and new staff, and evaluate lab staff performance.
• Started as Senior analyst, then promoted to Lab Supervisor.
• Effective member in the team established CNRL Horizon main lab.
• Provided technical assistance on studies and trial on blend evaluations.
• Supervised and guided the analysis of oil, gas, water and wastewater from mining to the final upgrading stage (SCO).
• Identified, assessed correlated and validated data using LIMS.
• QA, QC and R&D for plant input and output and intermediate streams.
• Developed SOPs, MDL, Calibration and trouble shooting the lab instruments GCs, ICP, IC, XRF, Nitrogen Analyzer, KF, SimDist, vacuum distillation…
• Prioritized daily workload to accommodate daily rushes, specialty analysis & TAT.
• Identified and communicated internal & external audit, non-conformances to management and CNRL Horizon.
• Applied company's safety policies and procedures to all activities in the Lab.
• Developed analytical team through training and mentoring.
• Recommended solutions for any problem to management (technical, procedural, quality, budgeting, safety & human).
• Managed and supervised 6 analysts, 14 chemical technicians, 12 lab helpers and labours to accurately analyze crude oil, gas, injection and produced water, accordingly advised Production Operation department on chemical dosing and usage.
• Provided analytical services and consultation to Exploration, Drilling and Pipeline Operations departments
• Screening and evaluation of production chemicals (PPD, Demulsifier, Deoiler, Corrsion inhibitors, Scale inhibitors, Wax and asphaltene dispersant).
• Reduced PPD consumption by 60%.
• Solved Neem oil field scale problem by applying extensive research and studies.
• Involved extensively in preventive and corrective actions taken during production process.
• Complied with company & government environmental regulations in quality of water & produced water.
• Controlled Chemical stock and reordering using ERP system.
• Looked after quality control of Crude oil, and supporting Operation of Crude oil treatment Plant.
• Controlled crude oil fuel additives dosing.
• Performed analyses of water & Boilers Feed water.
• Looked after Chemical dosing performed and on-line instruments for pH, conductivity, D.O and silica.
• Performing and supervising Reverse Osmosis routine chemical analyses including microbiological analyses.
• Looked after quality control of cane sugar manufacturing process from cane stage up to bagging .
• Looked after process and analysis of water, condensate and BFW.
• Performed microbiological tests of sugar and water.