Career Summary

● Five years experience in the oil and gas industry; gas plants, Well Tie-ins and heavy oil SAGD applications.

● Excellent in written/oral communication skills; analytical problem solving skills and social skills.

● Fast learner, self-motivated, and hard-working either in team or individual environment

● Ability to cope with fast paced work environment

● Fluent in English and Persian and has basic knowledge in French and Arabic.

● Experienced user of engineering softwares: Hysys, Unisim, VMGsim, Flarenet, Pipeflo, Korf, Fanthom, Arrow, Fisher Firstvue, Farris, Matlab, PDMS, PHA-pro, and Office.

Education

● M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Memorial University, St.John’s , Newfoundland, 2007

● B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2003

Engineering Experience

January 2010 – Present, SNC-Lavalin, Calgary, Alberta

Client: Grizzly Oil Sands

Project: Detailed Engineering Design of Grizzly Algar Lake-5000 BPSD SAGD, Alberta, Canada

(August 2010 -Present)

Duties and responsibilities included:

Process model simulation using Hysys

Process equipment sizing and associate data sheet preparation

Hydraulic calculations and report preparation using Korf software

Line designation table and equipment lists preparation

Technical evaluation of the vendor equipment packages

Instrument datasheets preparation

Heat and mass balance preparation

Preparation of different summary tables such as battery limits table summary, chemical & utility consumption

PFD (Process Flow Diagram) and P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) development

Performing Squad check on the data sheets, reports and calculations from other disciplines

Involved in developing process description and process control philosophy

Client: GASCO

Project: Front End Engineering Development of CO2 Recovery and Injection Project, Abu Dhabi, UAE

(January-August 2010)

Duties and responsibilities included:

PFD (Process Flow Diagram), P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram),UFD( Utility Flow Diagram) and SGD (Safe Guarding Drawing) development

Process model simulation using Hysys

Process equipment sizing and associate data sheet preparation

Preparing instrument data sheets

Hydraulic calculations and report preparation using Korf software

Line designation table and equipment lists preparation

Heat and mass balance preparation

Preparation of different summary tables such as battery limit table summary, Effluent and emission table, Utility report

Technical evaluation of different Compressor Vendors and report preparation

Value Engineering and HAZOP participation

May 2008 –July 2009, Tri Ocean Engineering Ltd., Calgary, Alberta

Process Engineer- in-Training

Client: Shell Canada

Project: Front End Engineering Development of Three Creek Sour Gas Storage, Alberta, Canada

Duties and responsibilities included:

PFD (Process Flow Diagram) , P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) and SGD (Safe Guarding Drawing) development

Flare system modeling and hydraulic calculation using Flarenet

Process model simulation using Hysys

Process equipment sizing and associated data sheet preparation

Instrument data sheet preparation

Hydraulic calculations and the report preparation using pipeflo

Utility consumption calculations

Line designation table and equipment lists preparation

Heat and mass balance preparation

Client: Shell Global

Project: TDL– A new technology for bulk separation of H2S and CO2 from natural gas

Duties and responsibilities included:

Process model Simulation using Unisim

PFD (Process Flow Diagram) and P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) development

Line designation table and equipment lists preparation

Heat and mass balance preparation

Client: Shell Canada

Project: ERCB D71 Facility Evaluation Compliance

Duties and responsibilities included:

Performing EPZ calculations using ERCBH2S Software

Client: Husky Energy

Project: ERCB D60 Facility Compliance Evaluations

Duties and responsibilities included:

Flare system modeling using Flarenet

Performing flare header sizing and selection calculations

Performing flare stack sizing and radiation heat intensity calculations

Relief system contingency (Pressure safety valves) and system depressuring analysis

Taking part in on-site visits to gather the necessary information

March 2007 –May 2008, IMV Projects, Calgary, Alberta

Process Engineer-in-Training

Client: Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC)

Project: Pre-Feed Study of Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC)-10,000 BOPD SAGD facility

Duties and responsibilities included:

PFD (Process Flow Diagram) and P&ID (Piping and Instrumentation Diagram) development

Process equipment sizing and associated data sheet preparation

Client: Sincor Venezuela

Project: Pre-Feed/Front End Engineering Development of Sincor Enhanced oil Recovery- 20,000 BOPD SAGD facility

Duties and responsibilities included:

PFD (Process Flow Diagram) development

Process equipment sizing and associated data sheet preparation

Hydraulic calculations

Line designation table and equipment lists preparation

Client: Husky Energy

Project: ERCB D60 Facility Compliance Evaluations

Duties and responsibilities included:

Flare Header modeling using Flarenet

Performing flare header sizing and selection calculations

Performing flare stack sizing and radiation heat intensity calculations

Relief system contingency (Pressure safety valves) and system depressuring analysis

Taking part in on-site visits to gather the necessary information

March 2004 –January 2005, Karoon Petrochemical Company, Tehran, Iran

Process Engineer specialist

Client: NIPC Joint with Chemature of Sweden, Hansa Chemie of Germany,

Project: Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI), Tehran,Iran

Duties and responsibilities included:

Reviewing PFD and P&IDs and working with a team to make necessary modifications

Regularly taking part on On-site visits of Isocyanate production plant at Karoon Petrochemical Complex

Coordinating meetings between the managing director’s office and the engineering department

Qualifications

● H2S Alive, Calgary, November 2007

● First Aid, Calgary, April 2008

● WHMIS, Calgary, January 2009

Publications

● Majid Abedinzadegan Abdi, Anahid Karimi, Erika Beronich, Kelly Hawboldt , “Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) Recovery”, to be published in International Journal of Chemical Engineering,St.John’s,NL,Canada,2009

● Anahid Karimi, Majid Abedinzadegan Abdi, “Selective dehydration of high-pressure natural gas using supersonic nozzles”, Published in the journal of Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, , St.John’s,NL,Canada, 2009

● Anahid Karimi, Majid Abedinzadegan Abdi, “Selective removal of water from supercritical natural gas”, Proceedings of SPE Gas Technology Symposium, St.John’s,NL,Canada, 2006

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