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Muataz Khayoon

Senior Process Engineer

Corpus Christi, TX

T: 832-***-****: E: ************@*****.***

Employment History:

Staff Engineer-Process (Tech. Service), Cheniere Energy (Corpus Christi, TX) 04.2016-Current

Providing operations departments with process expertise, conducting data analytics and process testing as required to solve problems and optimizing plant performance so that the facility operates in support of business needs.

Developing plant monitoring tools, optimization tools, and engineering studies.

Providing design solutions and performance tests requirements towards optimizing production or solving process related incidents.

Developing process design basis, cost estimates, and schedules to support capital and facility upgrade projects.

Supporting the technical review and closeout of critical Management of Change (MOC) activities.

Participating in Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) and Hazard and Operability Reviews (HAZOP) to ensure safety in design

Summary:

Accomplished professional with 15 years of experience in the design and operation of oil & gas facilities (Green and Brown field). My experience covers Crude oil refining, Gas processing, cryogenics and Amine & Glycol Systems as highlighted below: 1. Engineering and design:

Equipment design and rating including Heat Exchangers, Vessels, Pumps, Compressors, Dehydration Units, Reactors, Fractionation towers, and storage tanks.

Hydraulic calculations, Control Valves sizing & rating, Line sizing, Flare systems, Depressurizing, etc...

Debottlenecking and capacity change calculations.

Process engineering software (Aspen HYSYS, PI Process Book, PROII, PROTreat and HTRI).

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project and Visual Basic).

Developing/marking-up P&IDs, PFDs, ISO and other engineering drawings.

Relief and safety valve sizing (PSV, DPV & PRV) following industry codes and standards (API-520 and API-521).

Developing Heat and Mass balances (H&MB) for multiple operating cases. 2. Operation Support:

Day-to-day production support, optimization and troubleshooting of different units within a facility (Crude oil refining, LNG and NGL plants).

Experienced with different gas processing units and refrigeration systems of LNG licenses.

Developing plant monitoring/optimization tools (using PI) and operating/integrity envelopes

Managing MOC, Lessons Learned and Risk assessment.

Depressurizing philosophy, PSV testing and sparing philosophy, and flare system evaluation.

Supported developing emergency response procedures and standard operating procedures.

Eight (8) years of refinery operation experience that covers several units (Catalytic cracking, Catalyst Activity Evaluation, Crude distillation, Hydro-processing, Hydrotreating, Amine sweetening and Gas Dehydration).

Start-up, Shutdown and Scheduling/Planning support.

Established and developed LNG facility Lab.

Experience with fuel additives and Catalyst synthesis and activity evaluation. 3. Process Safety:

PHA (HAZOP, HAZID, What-if analysis, MOC and PSSR).

LOPA, BORA and SIL assessment.

Regulatory compliance, Risk register, Permitting and Quality assurance. 4. Research and Development:

Designed and developed different catalysts for variety of applications (14 Published articles).

Established and managed R&D Lab.

Familiar with different testing and analysis methods.

Experience with operating different analytical instruments (GC, HPLC, ICP, FTIR, XRD, etc.). Muataz Khayoon Resume Page 2 of 2

and facility operations, and participate in Pre Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs).

Participating in incident investigation to analyze equipment and system failures and deviations and providing solutions and corrective actions to root causes.

Supporting procedure development and training related to capital projects, temporary or new modes of operation, and compliance.

Senior Process Engineer, ExxonMobil/ Foster Wheeler (Houston, TX) 04.2014-03.2016 Process design Engineer for Catalytic Lube Technology, Hydrocraclking Technology and SCANfiner Technology

Familiar with ExxonMobil Design and General Practices and Pegasys software.

Recommended major changes to several control valves (Soft and Hard changes) for revamp operation.

Performed process simulation, developed PFDs and P&IDs, generated Heat and material balance.

Conducted sizing and depressurizing calculations for pressure safety devices.

Performed equipment design and re-rating calculations for pumps, control valves, bypass lines and created the Tie-in List.

Attended HAZOP review meetings and incorporated the recommendations into the design documents.

Prepared process design packages including utilities summary, equipment and instrument data sheets.

Assisted the project manager in different activities.

Prepared Equipment Specifications for the product Lubes Vacuum Fractionator and Dryer, Process Vessels, Product Pumps, Air Coolers and Side strippers

Concluded and incorporated improvements to the final design to comply with operation needs.

Evaluated all safety-critical equipment for consistency, correctness, and compliance with licensor-specific standards and design-practices.

Senior Process Engineer, Ventech Engineering (Pasadena, TX) 05.2013-03.2014 Process Design Engineer for:

Gas-To-Liquid Plant (Oklahoma, US)

Grass root Refinery (40,000 BPD) for a confidential client.

Revamp project of Holly Frontier Refinery (Salt Lake City, Utah, US). Catalyst Development / Reaction Engineering Scientist, USM, Malaysia 01.2010-03.2013

Developed proposal studies for future opportunities in the area of catalysis.

Managed Fuel additives and biodiesel R&D activities.

Responsible for scale-up studies and calculations for variety of applications.

Prepared different multi-metallic heterogeneous catalysts for several applications.

Managed pilot plant evaluation studies of the catalytic activity for catalytic cracking, biodiesel production, fuel additives synthesis, trans-alkylation, transesterification, trans-acetalization, isomerization reactions.

Chromatographic analysis and results interpreting of various organic blends using GC and GC/MS.

Catalyst Characterization techniques using SEM, TEM, FTIR, XRD, XRS, XPS, TPD, TGA, and so-on. Process Engineer (Technical Services), Al-Dorah Refinery (240 KBPSD), Baghdad 09.2003-01.2010

Provided day-to-day operation support for the crude distillation, vacuum fractionation, and Hydrocracking units.

Provided troubleshooting and optimization support for Operations and performed daily performance monitoring including energy consumption, yields, weight balance, and “process unit health” performance indicators.

Generates, analyzes, interprets, and disseminates performance indicators and unit operations data for assigned units.

Participated on teams to support refinery activities such as process unit alarm management defect elimination, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and Management of Change (MOC).

Area operation engineer for the Naphtha Reformer and Hydro-treating units.

Utilized Aspen HYSYS and heat exchanger rating programs, to identify inefficiencies, design new projects, and optimize unit operations.

Management of catalyst usage parameters and yields, made recommendations for changes as required. Education:

B.S. Chemical Engineering (University of Technology-2002)

M.S. Chemical Engineering/ Petrochemicals and Refining (University of Baghdad-2005)

Ph.D Chemical Engineering/ Heterogeneous Catalysis (University Science Malaysia-2013) Publications:

More than 14 original research papers published in Peer-reviewed journals (Google: M.S.Khayoon)

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