| From Dec.2008 |
- Supporting M/s Initec Plantas Industriales – Madrid – Spain for a bid for a project in Abu Dhabi
- Supporting M/s Saisanket Enterprises Mumbai for Agriculture SCADA systems
|
| From April 2006 till Dec. 2008 |
| Working as a Senior Instrument Engineer with M/S Initec Plantas Industriales – Madrid - Spain |
| April to September 2006 – Supported the activities of Juaymah project – Saudi Arabia |
- Sorted out the issue of applicability of NACE for about 25 transmitters to avoid the use of Hastelloy C 276 wetted parts.
|
| September 2006 onwards |
|
Working as a lead Instrument Engineer for Saih Rawl Depletion Compressor project
|
The project consists of addition of two numbers of three phase separators and four numbers of gas compressors with variable frequency drives in the existing plant to counter the depletion of the gas wells. The instrumentation scope consists mainly of Foxboro DCS system, Honeywell FSC safety system, Bently Nevada vibration monitoring systems, CCC system for compressor control, Communication between various equipments and field instrumentation. Specific achievements are listed below.
- Integrated the control system for the new separators into the existing control system to ensure the specified flow distribution in the separators
- Designed the control system for seamless start(without stopping the running plant) of the compressors at 96 bar pressure at suction and discharge
- Proposed and received the acceptance from the customer for a more cost effective device (conditioning orifice plate) for the compressor flow measurement instead of the venturi to achieve 1 % accuracy levels and reducing the straight length requirements for Duplex steel pipes.
- Designed air cooler control system for gas flow with inlet temperature from 70 to 100 degr.C and the ambient air(used for cooling) temperature from 20 to 50 degr.C, practically requiring a turndown of more than 4 to 1 in terms of the heat removed.
|
| September 2006 onwards |
- Responsible for the preparation of a proposal for the Instrumentation and Control Systems portion of a LNG plant in Libya. This involves both revamping of existing instrumentation and instrumentation for new projects.
|
| Nov. 2002 till May 2005 |
Working as a Engineering Manager with M/s Haimo International Inc. – Jebel Ali, Dubai.
Reporting to the Engineering Director in China. Responsible for the customer satisfaction, engineering quality, and induction and implementation of standards and procedure. I am also responsible for monitoring the progress of various projects and am expected to contribute to the R & D effort. I am familiar with MSProjects and the Shell MESC system
- Designed a template for sizing the multi phase flow meter which draws the operating envelopes automatically
- Completed a design procedure for the engineers in the head office in China
- Designed a template for the calculation of two phase pressure drop for vertical, horizontal and inclined pipes
- I was a member of the training staff for the team of Geoservice engineers from France.
- Drafted the standards for the procurement, inspection and related activities for engineering materials required for the multi phase flow meters.
|
| March 2000 to Oct. 2002 Muscat, Sultanate of Oman |
Senior Instrumentation Engineer Serving as Lead Engineer, reporting directly to the department discipline head. Responsible for all Instrument activities & deliverables for the following projects:
- Conversant with the requirements for Instrumentation design & engineering for PDO facilities for Front End and Detailed Design.
- Familiar with Shell & PDO DEPs, PDO ERDs and PDO SPs
- Involved in the detailed engineering of Instrumentation for various projects of PDO, in accordance with DEPs and ERDs at MAF, Qarn Alam and Nimr.
- Prepared Control Narratives for LDSC Projects
- Participated in IPF reviews as Secretary/Instrument engineer.
- Familiar with selection and sizing of control valves, orifice flow meters, various flow sensors such as magflow meters, massflow meters, nucleonic type of instruments for density level measurements, etc.
- Familiar with selection of Analysers for all measurements and designing of their sample handling systems.
- Conversant with specifications for field instruments such as level gauges, pressure switches, flow switches, conductivity probes, capacitance probes, temperature probes, etc.
- Familiar with preparation of instrument detailed design deliverables.
- Designing of safety and process interlock systems, preparation of sequence programs for batch and sequence operations, outlined man-machine interface graphics for the operations on DCS / PLC.
- Working knowledge of application software such as AutoCAD, FLOWEL, CONVAL, etc., and PDO-supplied flow metering and control valve sizing programs
|
| Projects handled from March 2000 till date |
- QA SCADA - Interfacing gas lift control loops with SCADA – Conversion of local pneumatic loops into electronic loops and link them to existing SCADA.
- Instrument Upgrade for NRPS Heat Exchangers - Replacement and addition of necessary field instruments for the on line computation of the coefficient of heat transfer of the heat exchangers in the DCS
- Bottom Water Draw Off - Design of a new control system for bottom water header and merging it with the existing CPI separator level control loop
- Amal Control Systems Upgrade - Replacement of SPEC 200 and relay logic system by DCS and SGS system.
- SNOS Flow Segregation - Additional level / flow loops for an additional pipe line
- Amin Infrastructure Development Project - New Flow meter
- ORC Feed and LR Fiscal Meter - Upgrade of the existing metering system
- MAF Crude Metering and IPF Upgrades - Replacement of existing H.O.V.’s by motor operated valves including on line leak detection facility and IPF implementation
- NRPS Utility Systems Upgrade - Modification of a pressure control loop and addition of a level control loop
- Nimr Infield Metering - Replacement of non functional ultrasonic flow meters and interface level transmitters and BSW meters
- MOL Metering PFATs – Installation of near fiscal flow meters on station export lines – for Qarn Alam, Fahud, Nimr and Marmul main pumping stations
- Multiphase Flow meters for well testing (ongoing)
- MAF Rationalisation project – Rationalisation of the number of equipements in the existing control room at MAF
|
| 1995 - March 2000 : SELF EMPLOYED IN INDIA |
As manager & lead instrument engineer, completed the following projects/assignments.
- Conducted market survey for control valves, DCS, PLC, single loop controllers, transmitters (smart and non-smart), magnetic flowmeters, etc. for M/s. Thermax Ltd. India.
- Completed an assignment for M/s Indian Oil Ltd. investigating the feasibility of introducing automation for a tanker loading terminal at Bombay, India
- Preparation of tender specifications for control systems for the CMWSSB pumping station.
- Design and detailed engineering for control systems for a steel project for M/s. Kalyani Steel Ltd.
- Design and detailed engineering for control systems for the Toilet Soap Project for M/s. Hindustan Lever Ltd.
- Preparation of tender specifications for control systems for the Goa Shipyard Project
- Sizing of venturi for mixing of air and LPG for Forbes Marshall.
- Preparation of basic scheme for control systems for PMC water and sewerage pumping stations.
- Sorted out a flow metering problem for capacity control testing of a chiller.
- Evaluation of tenders on BOOT basis for Water Supply Augmentation System in Goa
- Prebid engineering for M/s. Kirloskar Brothers for control systems for pumping stations using SCADA
- Prepared tender specifications for pumping stations control inclusive of SCADA systems for main and booster pumping stations.
- Detailed engineering for boiler control systems in a sugar plant.
Work involved most aspects of Control & Instrumentation system design & specification.
|
1993 - 1994: SAUDI ARABIAN BECHTEL CO.Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia
(Supervising Engineer for Control Systems)
|
Responsibilities included estimation of manhours for proposals and supervision of design and detailed engineering. Supervised 2 engineers and designer pool, monitored manhours consumed.
- Design of Control Systems for a sand separation project.
- Survey of the modifications needed for Ras Tanura refinery Control Systems to accommodate a new high lift pump facility.
- Design of Control Systems for a Polyester fibre plant
|
1990 - 1993: J. N. MARSHALL LTD. ,India
(Divisional Manager of Systems Division.)
|
Responsibilities included estimation of manhours for proposals and supervision of design and detailed engineering. Supervised 2 engineers and designer pool, monitored manhours consumed.
- Design of Control Systems for Sulphuric Acid plant
- Design of Control Systems for Iron Ore Slurry handling plant
- Design of Control Systems for Pharmaceuticals plant
- Design of Control Systems for Boiler Instrumentation for a Sugar plant
- Design of Control Systems for VOD system of a steel plant.
- Design of Oxygen metering systems for two Oxygen Plants.
- Revamping of Instrumentation for 2 Nos. thermal power station boilers.
- Project execution – planning, detailed engineering, erection and commissioning, vendor development, etc.
Responsible for management of all Instrument activities for the above, including control and approval of deliverables.
|
1982 - 1990: ZAKUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY Abu Dhabi
(Senior Instrument Technician )
|
Maintenance of Instrumentation in a crude oil loading terminal with Honeywell and Yokogawa DCS systems, Gould Modicon and Allen Bradley PLCs, field instruments and fire detection systems.
Systems / Instruments Responsible for the following
- Honeywell TDC 2000, programmable logic controllers by Gould Modicon in a dual redundant configuration, Allen Bradley, Industrial Controls and Systems, PLC in a triple redundant configuration, Yokogawa Centum System for distributed control and other types of instrumentation used in oil gathering/storage and ship-loading terminals.
- Automatic and manual deluge systems
- Automatic fire fighting systems using Halon (by Protech Feu and Allison Controls).
|
1980 - 1982 : KIRLOSKAR CONSULTANTS LTD.PUNE
(Instrument Engineer)
|
Design and detailed engineering for an effluent treatment plant, construction supervision and commissioning for an effluent treatment plant.
Responsible for System design / Project Engineering for the following
- Design and detailed engineering for an effluent treatment plant.
Construction / Commissioning
- Construction supervision and commissioning for an effluent treatment plant.
|
1977 - 1980: LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD.Bombay
(Officer-B (Instrumentation))
|
- Marketing of turnkey instrumentation systems and Fisher Control Valves.
|
1975 - 1976: PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN (PDO).Oman
(Instrument Technician)
|
- Design of logic and detailed engineering for an oil gathering station and Qarn Alam main pumping station.
- Design of logic for pump sequence control for water injection systems
- Construction supervision and commissioning of instrumentation for oil gathering station involving separators, pumps, solar gas compressors, etc
|
1974 - 1975 : FRIEDRICH UHDE GmbH.Bombay
(Instrument Engineer)
|
- Design of logic and detailed engineering for instrumentation for a caustic soda plant.
- Design of logic and detailed engineering for a liquid ammonia storage terminal.
|
1971 - 1974 : NIRLON SYNTHETICS & CHEMICALS.Bombay
(Jr. Engineer, Instrumentation)
|
Maintenance of process control instrumentation including thyristor speed controls
- Withof/Phillips and Siemens electronic and pneumatic instruments used for control of polymerisation columns.
- Honeywell electronic and pneumatic controllers for control of temperature and relative humidity in an air-conditioning system, Giesenhagen motor speed controllers, etc.
Training Courses attended:
- Configuration and maintenance of Honeywell TDC 2000.
- Configuration and maintenance of Gould Modicon programmable logic controllers.
- Configuration and maintenance for Allen Bradly programmable logic controllers.
- Vibration measurement by Bently Nevada.
- Configuration and maintenance of Centum series by Yokogawa Electric Works
- Control valve sizing CONVAL
|
