CV Lead Piping Engineer, Piping Stress, Plant Layout,Caesar, Routing, Support

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Experience Summary
• Preparation of Piping Specifications, Procedures & Guides.
• Conversant with relevant international Codes & Standards. ASME, ASTM, API, NFPA,NACE, MSS etc.
• FEED, Detail engineering and revamp studies for Green field and Brown Field Projects.
• Participating/Conducting Design Review with Client along with other disciplines in 3D environment.
• Planning and Scheduling for Project `s deliverable and man-hours.
• Co-ordination and Inter Disciplinary activities with other Projects Departments.
• Leading team of engineers and designers for plant design complying with project specification.
• Review of Process, Mechanical, Civil documents and drawings & Instrument hookups for Piping scope.
• Stress Analysis of rotary & static equipment and supporting of piping System.
• Preparation of data sheet for Piping Support Hardware (Springs, Struts, etc).
• Unit Plot Plan, Equipment layout, Pipe-rack arrangement, Critical piping layout and studies.
• Review of Piping Drawings i.e. GA` s, Isometric, Nozzle orientation Vessel Clip Arrangements, etc.
• Preparing/ Guiding for Bulk Material Take-off, Bill of Material and Support MTO.
• Preparation of Material Inquiry Requisition, Datasheets of Valves, etc.
• Technical Bid Evaluation, Vendor Drawing Review & Vendor meetings and coordination.
• Piping Material Substitution Activity, assisting in valve and material selection.
• Training, guiding and mentoring of young engineers and designers.
• Knowledge of national regulations in various countries i.e. UKCS, Canadian states, Australia.
• Preparation of bids for major oil and gas project, manhour estimates, resource allocation activities

Relevant experience - 11 Years. Currently with Lloyd` s Register EMEA, Aberdeen, UK. Earlier worked for Petrofac International, Sharjah in Piping Engineering and Plant Layout and prior to that worked for engineering and design of World Largest Refinery Complex, Jamnagar with Reliance and Bechtel.

Current employment: Lloyd` s Register EMEA, Aberdeen, UK
Providing design appraisal of process piping systems for North Sea projects and assisting worldwide project as a senior piping specialist from Aberdeen office in UK. Personally leading major project as specified below

a) Duration: March 2007 till date; Client: EnCana; Project: Deep Panuke Offshore Field

Working as Lead Piping Engineer – Topside
Responsible for design assistance of bid assistance and FEED design appraisal for Nova Scotia Project in Canada. The platform plot plans, piping material selection, piping specifications, standards, and study reports. Ensure that all FEED piping documents adhere or incorporate Canada Nova Scotia Petroleum and Offshore Board regulations

b)Duration: July 2006- Feb 2007; Client: AGIP KCO, Kazakhstan; Project: Kashagan Development Experimental Project

Working as Lead Piping Engineer – Process Plant
Responsible for appraisal/verification of critical Process Piping items involving Stress Analysis, Plot and equipment layout, specification, materials selection, piping material datasheets, etc. A member of asset integrity authority team carried out technical audit of the onshore facility.

Previous employment, Petrofac International Limited, Sharjah, UAE
a) Duration: January 2006 till June 2006; Client: Shell BV Iran (SOIP); Project: Iran Offshore Fields

Working as Stress Analyst
Performing stress analysis for the new crude export pump and water recycle pump on the existing offshore facilities. Line modifications and inclusion of flow meter in main flare line. Analyzing of 16” inlet line to 3-phase separator, which got modified as proper separation was not achieved. Carrying out modification related to improvement, involving offshore platform visit and reviewing in PDS 3-D environment. Issuing stress isometric, support sketches, support hardware and material take off, BOQ, etc

b) Duration: March 2005 till December 2005; Client: Margham Dubai Establishment, Dubai
UAE`s largest onshore gas field. Project: Concept & Feed Finalization

Working as Lead Engineer
Prime Job deliverables on this project are Feed Plot Plan, Equipment Layout, Study GA drawing, Preparing Piping Material Specification, Inquiry Requisition and Technical Bid Evaluation for Long Delivery Material, Technical Datasheets, Support Standard, Pipe Rack Loading Data & Line Shoot Diagram. This project has major challenges in terms of developing various FEED Packages for different scenario envisaged by client within a short time frame, tailor made for EPC project. Along with feed challenge is to conceptualize and detail the Tie –in works so all the EPC Jobs for various Scenario can be done without a plant shut down. Answering detail engineering contractor` s queries.

c) Duration: November 2004 till March 2005; Client: Agip Kazakhstan North Caspian Operating Company; Project: Kashagan Development Experimental Program

Working as Material Engineer
Preparation of piping material inquiry requisitions. Performing vendor` s offer review and resolving vendor queries in form of deviation and exception, etc. through technical queries, meetings and discussion. Technical Bid Evaluation for short listed vendors.
Performing material specification activities along with assisting in Bulk Material Control activities

Reliance Industries Limited, India
a) Duration: December 2003-November 2004; Project: Propylene Recovery Unit-2

Working as Lead Engineer
Lead the team of 11 Designer and Engineer for the project. Guided/Prepared Equipment layout/Unit Plot Plan involving around 20 Pumps, 18 S &Tube exchanger, 16 bays of air cooler, 3 Vertical Column (more than 50 M tall), 6 drums, Compressor and Turbine. Interacted with various discipline during concept, design and construction stages of equipment layout and plot plan. Carried out Stress analysis of Compressor and Steam turbine, this system is heart of PRU Unit. Approx. 1400 number of PDS isometrics issued for the project. Conducted and coordinated design review session with clients operations & maintenance team along with project disciplines. Conducted studies of various construction related activities like erection sequence and procedure of tall columns, etc.


b) Duration: February 2003-November 2003; Project: Addition of 4th Train of Amine Treating Unit

Working as Area Engineer for Amine Treating unit of Refinery
Heading an team of Designers and Engineer for 4th train of Amine Treating Unit of Refinery Complex. This unit was added to cater the requirement due to expansion of Jamnagar refinery Process units of 960 TBD. Apart from layout activities, performed stress analysis for the pumps system of unit.

c) Duration: June 2002-January 2003; Project: De-bottlenecking of SHP/TAME Unit

Working as Area Engineer for SHP/TAME unit of Refinery
Primary responsibility as of a Area Engineer for DBN project. Preparing Unit Plot Plan for the new equipment which consists of heat exchanger, pumps etc. Preparing the preliminary piping studies, equipment layout and bulk Piping MTO etc. it involves of around 200 piping isometric jobs.

d) Duration: November 2001-May 2002; Project: De-bottlenecking of Crude Unit (650 KBPSD)

Working as Piping Engineer/Designer for Crude unit of Refinery
Responsible for expansion related modifications of diesel product circulation system and vacuum residue system. Scope of work involves equipment layout of 7 Pumps, 3 S&T, 3 bays of Air cooler and 1Column. Line Design Temperature in excess of 350 degree centigrade and line sizes up to 24”, carried out stress analysis for diesel circulation system.
Modelled and issued 180 isometrics (PDS-generated) for the revamp job, Nozzle orientation drawing, pipe support cleats drawings, pipe loading table, under ground input, support mto, bulk mto etc.

e) Duration: February 1998-October 2001; Project: Assisted in ongoing project for various unit and worked for the core Piping Team in development of ASME calculation, guides and procedures.

Working as Piping Design Engineer
I achieved feasibility analysis & studies for major expansion of propylene recovery unit of refinery.
Preparation of Bulk –MTO of piping items and carrying out Piping studies for the Plant Change Order and Site Engineering requests.
Prepared and issued Isometrics drawings on Intergraph-PDS software. Issued approximately 400 No: of isometric. Prepared Sectional drawing of Plot Plan and G.A.`s drawings of piping arrangement on PDS-Drawing Manager. Performed detail design of piping, piping supports & Quick check stress using CEASAR-II (Ver 4.3) package.

Prepared Flow Logic and Chart for Design Calculation of Different Piping Component based on different Design and Design Related Standards such as ASME B 31.3
Developed and designed a Piping intranet web-site in order to facilitate and help Piping personal in need of calculations like Blank thickness, wall thickness, branch reinforcement, quick flexibility check, support span tables etc.

Education
B. E. (Mechanical), 72%, 1997, NIT, Silchar, India (premier institution in India, formerly known as Regional Engineering College).

External Training and Courses
Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)- European Directive Course Provider: LRV, Coventry, UK
IChemE: Processing and emergency shutdown system on oil and gas installation Course Provider: ESD,UK
MTD: Workshop on fatigue failure of process piping Course Provider: Energy Institute, Aberdeen, UK

Computer Packages
CEASAR –II, Finglow- Pressure Vessel, MathCAD, CAEpipe, Intergraph-PDS, Design Review, SPR, Navis-Works, CAD Center-VPRM, Auto pipe, MS-Office Package, Bentley- Microstation

Nature of Projects: Oil and Gas upstream (Onshore and Offshore), Refinery and Petrochemical.