LEAD PROCESS ENGINEER
SHELL CANADA
Total des années d'expérience :26 years, 3 Mois
Working as a lead process engineer and technical authority (TA2) on the Carmon Creek Field Facilities scope which includes oil and gas wellpads, acid gas disposal wells, Casing vent gas, Cliffdale gas facility and pipeline, produced gas disposal wells and pipelines, natural gas pipelines and sour gas treatment facilities
Some of my job responsibilities during the project were as below:
Supervising and reviewing the engineering design in various engineering phases of the project, Pre-Feed, Define and Execute phases
Compilation and validation of existing gas plant data and developing basis of design for new project
Review and assurance of the gas plant technology vendors design for acid gas, gas dehydration plant and amine unit gas sweetening plant
Review and design the safeguarding system for Carmon Creek process facility including relief valve sizing selection, Instrumented protective function, SDVs and emergency blow down system
Development of safeguarding memorandum for field facilities including wellpads
Review and approval of process engineering deliverables developed by engineering contractor
Implementation of Shell DEPs, NFPA, ASME and CSA standards and codes
Conduct economic studies and cost analysis of various crude oil processing options and optimizing the process design by recommending alternative solutions
Coordination with all stakeholders on project to develop consensus on various design issues
Ensuring process design is safe to operate and fit for purpose
Early involvement in capital projects as part of the front-end-loading to address process optimization, heat integration and lessons learned.
Senior process engineer with sub-lead role on thermal heavy oil projects. Responsible for all process engineering activities including:
PFD and P&ID development
Equipment and instrument sizing
Preparation of instrument and equipment data sheets
Preparation of cause-and-effect diagrams
Participation in inter-discipline meetings
Preparation of other process engineering deliverables such as Process Control Narratives, operating philosophies, process studies
HAZOP reviews
Mentoring of junior and intermediate engineers
Process Modelling using Hysys
Worked as a Sub-Lead Process Engineer on sustainable projects for various clients including Moose Jaw Refinery and Nova Chemicals for plant revamping and debottleneck studies, plant safety integrity and validation and thermal rating evaluation of the refinery atmospheric section preheat train and overhead condenser and cooling system.
Leading and mentoring small team of Process Engineers
Development of simulation models for small and medium scale facilities
Support studies and sustaining projects
High level economic evaluations and screenings of process options
Process and mine large amounts of plant operating data to validate models and identify trends
Sizing of equipment and hydraulics
Responsible to validate all new and sustaining project design simulations, thermodynamics, oil characterizations, and heat & material balances
Worked as a PMC contractor for the client Apig KCO on the follow up engineering activities during construction phase of the project, This includes process related studies, optimization and design integrity review of 450 kbopd Agip KCO Kashagan green field project in Atyrau Kazakhstan. The project included design of three oil trains and two gas trains. Gas trains of the project include Gas Dehydration, sour gas sweetening, and dew point control and storage facilities. Oil trains include oil treating for crude oil stabilization, flash gas recovery and compression and storage facilities
Leading and mentoring Process Engineers
Relief system Modeling of the LP and HP flare system
Dispersion and Radiation Modelling
As Building of the P&IDs
Blowdown system optimization study
Design integrity review of the new facility
Worked on the design and engineering and technical support on Gas oil separation plant, gas dehydration units and oil and gas storage and marketing terminals for WAHA oil and Gas Company in Libya
Process plant site visit for collection and validation of gas plant data
Developed simulation model for gas dehydration units and gas oil separation plant
Coordinate effectively with the client and inter-disciplines and disseminate instructions to team members to the progress of project in accordance to schedule, allotted man hours and budgeted costs
Recommend cost effective measures to reduce the overall project cost
Lead the development of process design and calculations for equipment including pumps, vessels, exchangers, columns, safety valves, control valves, line sizing, adequacy checks, Relief and Blow down system
Development of cause-and-effect charts, Heat and Mass balance and datasheets for process equipment
Interact with Quality Assurance to ensure compliance with Company’s ISO Quality procedures
Prepare technical proposals and man-hours estimate for new projects
Review and finalization of process deliverables
Supervision of junior and intermediate engineers
Review and completion of techno-economic studies
Participation in Hazop SIL review meetings
Review and finalizing of PFDs and P&IDs
Process Study, basic and detailed design of the central processing facility for Devon Jackfish-2 Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage projects. Activities performed on the project included:
Development and modification of HYSYS model of Central Processing Facility (CPF)
PFD and P&ID development
Sized PSVs, PVRVs, relief systems piping, flare headers, Knockout drums, and contingency analysis and flare relief load calculations by determining relief from pressure control valves/Emergency shutdown systems
Equipment sizing
Participation in inter-discipline meetings
Functional Control Description
HAZOP reviews
Mentoring of junior and intermediate engineers
Flare relief system design
Planning and scheduling of process deliverables
Heat integration study of the process plant
Worked on the detailed design of Christina Lake SAGD Project, Some of major responsibilities on the project are:
Design of flare relief system including relief valve sizing, flare stack sizing and flare dispersion modelling
PFD and P&ID development
Equipment sizing
Instrument datasheets
Glycol relief system design
Checking the process engineering work of junior and Intermediate engineers
Prepared report on the progress of the project
Planning and scheduling of process engineering deliverables
Preparation of process engineering manhour estimates
Worked as a Process Engineer on medium and large scale projects related to enhanced oil recovery plant using propane gas. Some of the major job responsibilities are:
Carried out the modeling of process facilities using HYSYS for oil recovery and gas separation, heating and compression system
Support research and pilot plant projects that will enhance oil and gas recovery from reservoir and surface field processing
Developed Line Designation Tables and process equipment data sheets
Provided the engineering support on the development of new technology
Developed and reviewed the basic engineering design documents of the on-going projects of the company
Carried out sizing calculations for various process equipment
Equipment and instrument sizing
PFD and P&ID development
1998 - 2005 Operations Engineer, National Refinery Limited, Karachi Pakistan
Worked as operations engineer on following units
1- LPG Merox
2- Two stage distillation unit (Atmospheric and Vacuum)
3- Propane De-Asphalting unit
Conducted debottleneck and optimization studies based on new processes and due to induction of new technologies
Audit and review existing gas and oil separation plants and stabilization units to identify improvement opportunities, potential problems and remedies to existing problems
Provided innovative solutions to existing problems/concerns in flare systems and flare systems components from design perspective as well as from operation perspective
Worked closely with EPC contractors for proper process selection and design basis
Identified problems related to process plant and recommended optimum solutions
Provided training to plant junior engineers, supervisors and operators for safe plant operations of the process facility
Process troubleshooting, analysis of plant shutdowns & start-ups, day to day monitoring of the Plant, advising changes to operating parameters keeping in view the safety and economic limitations, ensuring product specifications are in line with requirements, ensuring smooth operation of processes and planning shut downs in case of shortage of raw material or storage facilities
Catalyst regeneration, unloading and loading as per standard procedures
Furnace decoking supervision
Develop plans for reviewing and incorporating new technologies in the refinery process facilities
Conduct audit of the process facilities to make sure that the facility meets applicable standards
Process and catalyst performance monitoring, troubleshooting and optimization
Carried out regular benchmarking of individual process units and overall refinery operations, performance evaluation, coordinated process monitoring and optimization activities (Atmospheric Distillation, Vacuum Distillation, Propane De-asphalting units).
Implemented refinery best practices, reviewed refinery procedures and operating envelopes
Provided support in company annual capital programs which includes participation in screening study, development of design basis document, reviewing PFD, P&IDs, FEED, project specifications, detailed engineering
Participated during catalyst loading/unloading, start up, catalyst sulfiding and SOR / EOR catalyst performance guarantees
Demonstrably improved technical skills of trainee engineers through coaching and mentoring performance monitoring, optimization and troubleshooting activities
Provided engineering support to plant operations and maintenance
Coordinated with technology vendors and licensors for the induction of new technology
Actively participated in various plant pre-commissioning, commissioning and start up activities