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Mechanical Engineer, API 6A, Surface and Wellhead production equipment

Location:
Houston, TX
Salary:
Negotiable
Posted:
March 20, 2010

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HAMID IHSAN

OBJECTIVE

A challenging position that will utilize my engineering skills to accomplish corporate goals.

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering, December 1996

The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

EIT (in TX) exam passed December 2003

EXPERIENCE

THE WELLMARK COMPANY, Oklahoma City, OK (06/2008 to 08/2008)

Engineering Consultant-(Contract position)

• Managed and implemented design processes for product life cycle support and development, for equipment used in Oil and Gas industry, per API, ASME and ISO regulations.

NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, Pressure Control Group, Houston, TX (07/2006 to 08/2007)

Mechanical Engineer, Best Flow Products

• Led engineering group responsible for the design and development of NOV surface and subsea Gate Valves used for production and formation fracture application. Performed stress analysis for DNV certification using API 6A design criteria. Implemented new structured concept for product identification and bill of material creation. Provided support to manufacturing, assembly and QC departments.

CAMERON, Cameron Flow Control, Houston, TX (09/2005 to 05/2006)

Product Design Engineer, Actuators Group

• Successfully designed actuators used for operating Gate Valves. Reviewed the production orders for correct specifications with emphasis on modular, cost effective and manufacturable product design. Performed additional responsibilities as assigned.

DRIL-QUIP Inc., Houston, TX (03/2005 to 09/2005)

Design Engineer, Subsea completions Group

• Contributed in the completion of TOTAL Forvie North phase development. Duties included designing, assembling & testing of production/completion equipment.

EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT, Valve Automation Division (07/2004 to 03/2005)

Product Engineer, BETTIS Corporation, Waller, TX

• Designed and developed hydraulic & pneumatic powered actuators. Responsible for customer product development and completed other value added projects as assigned using 3D Solid Edge.

BAKER HUGHES, Baker Oil Tools, Houston, TX (07/1998 to 05/2003)

Design Engineer, Cased Hole Completions Group

• Designed and tested hydraulically actuated and spring retracted CMP Defender sliding sleeve. Performed hydraulic & stress analysis, functional and impact testing of the sleeve. Tasks included drawing components and layouts, performing tolerance studies, creating bill of material, initiating EWR, assembling & redressing prototype tool, writing test procedures and reports.

• Responsible for the completion of Flow Control special customer orders. Duties included modifying and checking existing assemblies for correct technical specifications (NACE & API) and accuracy of accompanying bill of materials. Maintain scheduled release dates and ensure that all production processes can be carried out expeditiously.

• Designed and tested various (HPHT) High Pressure (15 ksi) & High Temperature (450 °F) by-pass blanking plugs. Performed stress analysis and conducted hot stab-in and functional tests using wireline equipment. Prepared and organized project design documentation and maintained project communication, including project status summaries.

• Designed collet featured seal bore protector. Determined optimal design by balancing safety factor with collet deflection stresses and shifting forces.

• Designed test fixtures and conducted factory acceptance test (FAT) on NPR bridge plug for Shell Oil Company.

• Conducted testing of sand control (SC1) packer and ensured its retrievability through 5.812 Nipple restriction.

• Designed and developed slim line sliding sleeves and Non-Elastomeric seal for these isolation valves.

• Delineated and tested K-3 straddle pack-off.

• Designed test fixtures including bull plugs with NPT, API, and premium (Fox, Hydril, Vam) threads.

• Experienced with o-ring & back-up ring designs for HPHT applications.

• Provided engineering support to Flow Control, Packers & Sand Control groups.

• Responded to field inquiries and First Alerts by writing Baker performance reports and field bulletins.

• Provided support to sales, marketing, machine shop, and quality inspection area on technical issues including disposition of discrepant material.

WOOD GROUP- ESP Inc, Oklahoma City, OK (01/1997 to 06/1998)

Mechanical Engineer, Electric Submersible Pump Group

• Developed and tested a motor cooling system for below perforation operation of submersible motors. Performed fluid and thermal analysis of the system. Responsibilities included system testing, documenting operation and maintenance procedures, designing associated tooling, and putting prototype parts into commercial production.

• Directed and coordinated field installation of submersible motor cooling system for YATES PETROLEUM, MARATHON OIL COMPANY, and ORYX ENERGY COMPANY. Analyzed product performance by observing prototypes in the field.

• Performed pump selection and completion calculations including hydraulic horsepower, brake HP, pump efficiency, pump stage requirements, pump suction pressure, pump operating range and recommended limits (BPD), total dynamic head (TDH), cable selection and losses, and power cost to operate the system.

• Conducted vibration test on the horizontal pumping systems installed in the field.

• Assisted in qualification of Goulds vertical water well pump at Amoco Catoosa, OK test facility.

• Calculated mass moment of inertia of pump impellers and shafts for Aramco.

• Participated in the development and testing of abrasion resistant centrifugal pumps.

• Calculated torque and horsepower limitations for couplings made of Monel.

• Duties also included vendor and manufacturing shop interface and publishing performance curves for the pumps.

PUBLICATIONS-CONFERENCES & JOURNALS

• Hamid Ihsan, Danny Bell, Robert Lannom, “Fluid Recirculation System – An Overview”, The 45th Annual Southwestern Petroleum Short Course conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, April 8-9, 1998; and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 16th Annual Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) Workshop, Session IV, Houston, TX. April 29 – May 1, 1998.

• Provided case histories for a special report “Dual Pump System” describing working, production, and field operation of recirculation system. The American Oil and Gas Reporter, June 1998 issue, page 112.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Successfully completed designing to API 6A/16A/17D course. (On-line Resources, John H. Fowler)

• Completed Baker Flow Control training school.

• Completed Baker hydraulics course.

• Successfully completed ESP components (pumps, gas separators, and motors), well productivity and pump sizing course.

• Completed various ASM oilfield metallurgy courses.

• Attended Solid Works 3-D modeling course.

• Completed PDM (Product Development and Management) course.

• Attended communication for leaders seminar.

• Attended First Things First time management seminar.

SPECIAL SKILLS

Design Softwares: Microstation, Auto Cad, Solid Edge

Application Software: SAP, AS 400, MS office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), MathCad

Operating systems: MS Windows XP/NT/2000

Languages: FORTRAN, Basic



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