SALEEM ULLAH

(Chemical Engineer)

**** ****** **, ***** *******, Texas, USA

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Mobile: +1-832-***-****

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Currently working as a Consultant Manufacturing for Shell Saint Rose

Refinery in United States of America

. A Chemical Engineer with more than 15+ years of professional

experience in the field of Petroleum Refining at responsibility levels

from Process/Operations Engineer to Unit Incharge (Naphtha plat

forming) and Project Leader Manufacturing Refinery for Shell

. Hands on experience of Crude Oil Distillation Units, Naphtha Hydro

treating unit, Naphtha plat forming unit and gas treating units

. Providing technical support for diagnosing and troubleshooting day-to-

day process/operation problems

. Technical Services support including, unit monitoring, plant

modifications, daily summary reports and monthly technical report

. Pre-commissioning and commissioning of Heavy Crude Unit

. Crude Oil Approvals for widening the refinery operations envelope to

increase margins

. Annual turnaround planning and scheduling to minimize the units down

time

. Assuming responsibility for risk assessment, necessitating hazard and

operability (HAZOP) studies

. Defining and reviewing the scope of work and HSE policy implementation

. Track record of effective communication within multidisciplinary

project teams for delivery of the project

. Preparing training modules and deliver technical training courses

. Project management to deliver the projects in time

. Hands on experience of DCS Honeywell TDC 3000x

. Familiarity with Simulation software HYSIS and ASPEN PIMS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

September 2013 - to date, Consultant Manufacturing for Shell Saint Rose

Refinery in USA

Responsibilities:

. Accountable for the crude oil approvals for the refinery to ensure the

safe and smooth operations of the units

. Lead the Refinery operations for the production of on grade products

as per market specifications and shell standards

. Day to day optimization of the products slate to improve the Refinery

margins

. Accountable for ensuring the process safety of the units to meet

enterprise goal zero

. Liaise in with E&S and planning department to ensure security supply

of the feed and products and to improve refinery margins

. Lead the annual capex/opex for the small to medium size improvement

projects

. Staff training

June 2007-September 2013; Consultant Manufacturing Shell European

Refineries

Responsibilities:

. To provide technical services to Shell Refineries to solve day-to-day

operational problems

. To carry out feasibility studies on product slate improvement for

Shell Refineries as well as third party customers

. To carry out studies on hydrocarbon values of the refinery streams

. To work with different delivery groups as a team for delivery of the

assigned projects

. To manage the budgets within the team and develop proposals for annual

capex for deliverables

. Assessing Crude Oils for different refineries to improve their

economics

. Conducting test runs in Refineries

. Analyzing the results to reach the root cause of the problem for

better decision making

. Providing process support during development phase of R&D projects

Sep 2005- 4th June 2007 Unit Incharge (Senior Process/Operations Engineer)

Naphtha plat former

Attock Oil Refinery Ltd. Pakistan.

Attock Oil Refinery is the pioneer of crude oil refining in the country

processing crudes from12 to 65 API. It fulfills 50% of the total petroleum

requirements of the northern areas of Pakistan

Responsibilities:

. To prepare daily performance summaries to monitor plant by studying

laboratory test reports, standard log sheets and other daily operating

activity reports, and highlights abnormalities and suggests corrective

actions.

. To collect monthly plant production and operating data, evaluates unit

efficiencies by relating chemicals and energy consumption and prepares

reports with comments.

. To study required alterations of technical nature, in order to meet

variations in production plans and/or a varying feedstock.

. Assessing the availability of raw materials and the safety and

environmental impact of the plant;

. Assuming responsibility for risk assessment, necessitating hazard and

operability (HAZOP) studies, for the health and safety of both company

staff and the wider community

. Monitoring and improving the efficiency, output and safety of a plant

. Ensuring the process works at the optimum level, to the right rate and

quality of output, in order to meet supply needs

. Assuming responsibility for environmental monitoring and ongoing

performance of processes and process plant

. Ensuring that all aspects of an operation or process meet specified

regulations

. Working closely with other specialists, including: persons responsible

for the quality control of raw materials, intermediates and finished

products; engineers responsible for plant maintenance commercial

colleagues on product specifications and production schedules; and the

operating crew.

. Smooth and safe operations of the plant to enhance the catalyst cycle

length

. To comply with all company Health, Safety and Environment as well as

Work Permit, policies and procedures.

. To compile/provide input for preparation of division/department

Capital, Operating and 5 Year Plan budgets, and monitor/control

expenditure.

. To review and provide comments and feedback on drawings and P&ID'S.

. Annual turnaround planning

. Staff training and annual staff appraisals

. Correspondence with Process License Holders for catalyst replacement

and technology assistance

1999- 2005 Process Supervisor (Heavy Crude Unit & Naphtha Platformer)

Attock Oil Refinery Ltd. Pakistan.

Responsibilities:

. Planning and decision making to handle emergencies at the plants

. Ensure the production of on spec products (LPG, Naphtha, Kerosene,

HSD, LDO, FFO & Asphalt, Reformate & Solvent) and maximize value added

products to improve gross refinery margins thus contributing in

refinery profitability

. Crude blending for smooth desalters operation

. Production of various grades Asphalt as and when required

. Cooling tower operations

. Mass and energy balance of the units to monitor their efficiencies

. Safe shutdown and start-up of the units for annual maintenance

. Commissioning and monitoring of the equipments, maintaining process

parameters within the guidelines of the operating manuals and

procedures

. First signatory on all types of work permits being responsible for

listing all safety and environmental precautions and monitoring

progress of job

. Drafting operating procedures as and when required

. Ensure all time smooth functioning of emergency and safety equipment

(Compressors, Furnaces, and Desalters, Distillation towers, Pumps,

safety valves and heat exchangers).

. Optimization of Chemicals and Utilities

. Training of the staff to ensure the required trained manpower

MISCELLANEOUS ASSIGNMENT

. Skimming of the catalyst S-12 of the hydrotreater reactor

. Front line member with UOP advisor in regeneration of Platforming

catalyst R-56

. Development of action plans for refinery operations to meet the

challenges of Process Safety & Risk Management

. Developing Micro level energy module

HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT

. Frontline member of the Process Safety & Risk Management Committee

. Preparation for the internal audits of the process department and

follow ups

. PHA (Process Hazard Analysis) HAZOP and What if analysis

. Implementation of IMS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

. Successfully completed DCS Fundamentals & Applications course at JCCP,

Tokyo Japan

. HAZOP training course at Attock Refinery Ltd.

. Completed Effective Communication course at Attock Refinery Limited

. Attended training course on OHSAS 18001

. Attended a training course on DCS up gradation at Lahore by innovative

Engro Chemical Ltd.

. One week extensive thermal cracking course

.

EDUCATION:

1993-1998 BSc. Chemical Engineering University of

Punjab, Pakistan

1992. Secondary School Certificate Govt. College Lahore, Pakistan

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

. Well versed in computer Operating Systems, MS office, and Internet and

Email systems.

. Firefighting capability

LANGUAGES: English, Urdu, and Punjabi

AFFLIATION: Pakistan Engineering Council.

PERSONAL: Married, born on 12th Jan 1974

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