Sakthivel Ekambaram, Lead Process Engineer

Sakthivel Ekambaram

Lead Process Engineer

Descon - Qatar

Location
Qatar
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
Experience
19 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 8 Months

Lead Process Engineer at Descon - Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since October 2020

Leading a process team for Qatar Gas, Qatar Energy Retrofits projects.

Senior Process Engineer at Worleyparsons - Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2019 to May 2021

Part of Shell QSGTL team... Leading the brown field projects

Senior Process Engineer at Ramboll Energy
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2019 to April 2019

Offshore calculations

Principal Process Engineer at Dodsal Engineering Pte Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Medina
  • March 2017 to January 2019

Units Handled: 350 KM Gas Pipeline 56-inch &30”, Scraper launcher & Receiver, Metering Skid, Black powder filtration system, Gas drum, UW & PW tank, Burn-Pit etc…
Project Role: Lead Engineer -Process

• Attending the technical clarification meeting & Kick off meeting with client / Vendor.
• Coordinating with interdisciplines to make sure there is no miss out in Scope and any interface.
• Providing technical inputs & engineering support to team throughout the project.
• Review the consultant drawings, calculation, De- pressuration report etc.. and submit to the client for approval.
• Review Pipeline steady state analysis for single and multiphase system(PIPESIM)
• Review P&ID, datasheet, Design basis, Contol philosophy and incorporating the design changes as per Client site requirment at site.
• Prepare the Red Line Mark-up as per site condition.
• Review of As-biult drawings.
Field Support for commissioning
• Identification of systems and Sub-Systems for Pre-commissioning & Commissioning.
• Involed in Trouble shooting for Multi-discpline and takeup to the MCC completion.
• Working as a overall incharge for all the discplline to complete the ELI points and takeup to pre-Commissioning activities.
• Prepare regular status reports and forecasts for project management and client review
• To co-ordinate with Construction team and mobilization and demobilization of vendor innvolvement for Pre-commissioning activites.
• Co-oridinate with Client for procedure approval and tracking and handover scheduling for final document.

Principal Process Engineer at Dodsal Engineering Pte Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2015 to January 2017

Units Handled: Wells & Clusters (Oil, WAG & Water injection wells), Gathering Station (Oil gathering, Water injection & Gas injection network), Pipelines, Central processing facilities, TEG Package, Slug Catcher, and Gas Compressor Package.

Project Role: Deputy Lead (Process)

• Attending the technical clarification meeting & Kick off meeting with client / Vendor.
• Coordinating with interdisciplines to make sure there is no miss out in Scope and any interface.
• Providing technical inputs & engineering support to team throughout the project.
• Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that foster the development opportunities and motivates the high performance among the team of 7 members.
• Pipeline steady state Hydraulics for Oil gathering, Water injection & Gas injection network (PIPESIM SIMULATION)
• Depressurization study & Pressure Relief valve sizing using HYSIS.
• Review of Equipment Sizing & Pump hydarulics
• Involed in HAZOP & SIL study.
• Vendor package review & Mechanical datasheet
• Involed in 3D Model Review.

Process Engineer at DAEWOO ENC KOREA
  • Korea (South)
  • January 2012 to January 2015

Project : Feed Engineering, Pipelines and Storage Tanks (PTJ and PTC)
Client: PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.)
Units Handled : Tank farm, Pipeline(470 Km), Re-pumping station & valve station
Project Role : Process Engineer
• Review of Conceptual Engineering documents to align with Design basis standards.
• Development of PFD, MSD & P&ID.
• Preparation of Equipment datasheets, Instrument datasheets
• Preparation datasheet for Control valve sizing, Pressure Relife valve.
• Generating Line List, Equipment List, Load List and Tie-in List.
• Preparatin of Process Design Specifications, Procedures, Criteria
• Preparation datasheet for Pig Launcher /Reciever & Package items.
• Pipeline steady state analysis for single and multiphase system
• Pipeline hydraulics (PIPEHASE)
• Selection & Optimize of pumps.
• Pump Hydraulics and NPSH Calculations
• Material selection.

Project: Detailed Engineering, Akkas Oil & gas Field, Iraq.
Client: KOGAS Akkas B.V.
Units Handled: Well hub gathering system, Central processing facilities, TEG Package, Slug Catcher, and Gas Compressor Package.
• Area of work includes Feed Verification, Development of PFD’s & P&ID’s.
• Preparation Line list and Equipment Lists.
• Preparation of Instrument process data sheet & Control valve sizing.
• Pump Hydraulics and preparation of Pump datrasheet
• Preparation Datasheet for Package item such as compressor, Fired heater, Pig launcher/Reciever etc..
• Pipeline hydraulics using (PIPE SIM)
• Review Flow assurance study report for Well gathering system
• Upgratation of Cause & Effect Diagram
• Blowdown & Pressure Relief valve sizing.
• Involed in HAZOP & SIL study.
• Vendor package review & Mechanical datasheet.
• 3D Model review.


Bidding Project : Block 405b, Central Area Field Complex Project
Client: Sontrach First Calgary petroleum, Algeria.

Units Handled : : Well hub gathering system, Central processing facilities
Project Role : Lead Process Engineer

Bidding Project : Akkas Oil & gas Field, Iraq
Client: KOGAS Akkas B.V.

Units Handled: Well hub gathering system, Central processing facilities, TEG Package, Slug Catcher, and Gas Compressor Package.

Process Engineer at DOW CORNING INDIA
  • India - Chennai
  • August 2011 to February 2012

Project :, Detailed Engineering Very high viscous fluid, Barry UK
Client :, Dow Corning Barry UK
Units Handled: Three Phase Separators and High Pressure Pumps.

• Upgradtion of design basis, hydraulic report.
• Preparation of data sheets for equipments and Instruments,
• Pump Hydraulics & NPSH calculaton.
• Pressure valve sizing & Rupture disc vendor document review.

Process Engineer at Technip India Ltd
  • India - Chennai
  • December 2008 to August 2011

Project Handled

Project - Essar Oil Limited, EPC, India -: Refinery
Client : Essar Oil Limited

• Carry out Process engineering activities such as developing process Specification for heat exchangers, vessels, pumps, control valves, tanks, relief valves & Instruments
• Development of P&ID from Licensor package
• Carrying out Process Simulation using HYSYS and ASPEN Plus
• Preparation of Heat & Mass Balance
• Line sizing, Vessel sizing & Control valve hydraulics
• Relief valve sizing & Flare header sizing
• Pump Hydraulics
• Hazop & SIL study
• Vendor offer review for equipment & packages
• Knowledge in smart plant tools & 3D Model review

Client : DOW chemicals, USA

Project : Kallo, Belgium Petrochemical
Project : DOW Industrial complex, Texas Operations Petrochemical

Certified Engineer Dow chemical Pressure Relief Device (PRD))

• P&ID Correction
• Scenario Analysis
• Sizing and selection of PSV, PRV, PVRV, RD & ERV by following the API-520, 521, 12J, 14R & 2000 codes and standards
• Flare header network analysis.(Flarenet)

Engineer at Swetha Engineering Pvt Ltd
  • India - Chennai
  • September 2004 to November 2008

Units Handled: Digester house, Blow heat recovery system, Heat exchanger in Pulp Mill
Project role : Process Engineer

• Involved throughout the EPC including Pre Commissioning and Commissioning Activities, Trouble shooting and plant handover

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
  • at ANNA UNIVERSITY
  • May 2004
Bachelor's degree, CHEMICAL
  • at ANNA UNIVERSITY
  • January 2004

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Specialties & Skills

Pipenet
Flarenet
API 521/520/2000/12J/Shell DEP/Saudi Aramco/DOW
Pipephase
Depressurization Study
PSV PLUS
ENGINEERING
Aspen Hysis
Pipesim
MS Office

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Korean
Expert

Training and Certifications

Saudi council of engineering (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2023
Valid Until:
January 2024
MMUP A grade certificate Qatar (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2022
Valid Until:
June 2025