Engineer Manager

SUMMARY

Natural Gas and Petroleum Engineer, M.S. graduate from Texas A&M University. Cumulative 5 years of experience in the oil and gas upstream and midstream industry. Comprehensive knowledge of pipeline design, construction and integrity along with natural gas processing, production and distribution.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Govind Development LLC, Pipeline/Process Engineer Jan’14 – Present

Provide engineering support for Pipeline Integrity Projects including wall thickness calculations, material selections, review and approval of piping and equipments designs complying with applicable specifications.

Provide technical support for project preparation, process simulation and for plant operations including data based analysis of manufacturing process, cost estimation and quality assurance in order to meet company goals.

Responsible for developing and reviewing PFD's, P&ID's, piping plans, hydraulic and equipment sizing and specifications.

Determine required hydrostatic test pressures, MOP/MAOP calculations, calculation of set points for pumps, compressors, and fixed equipment calculations complying with ASME and API codes and standards.

Responsible for reviewing designs of liquid & gas pipeline projects and fixed equipment calculations as per company's specifications and standards for completion and accuracy.

Responsible for analyzing and interpreting the ILL inspection and hydro static reports to make decisions for further assessments.

Prepared and implemented Pipeline Direct Assessment Programs complying with 49 CFR DOT 195 requirements.

Implemented written Integrity Management Programs in accordance to Subpart O of the DOT 192 regulation, as well as the standards and procedures to support the IMP for all pipeline assets.

Identify relevant integrity threats for pipelines in order to develop new and improve existing preventative measures.

Determine the re-assessment interval, re-rates and reassessment methods through participation in Informational Analysis process and by applying ASME/API/NBIC codes.

Experienced with the boiler and pressure vessel ASME (Section VIII, IX, B31.3 and B31.8) code and API (510, 570) inspection codes.

Participation in HAZOP analysis and safety & hazard aspect of industry to ensure safe working conditions.

Responsible for project engineering required for gas transmission pipeline remediation to ensure compliance with pipeline standards and PHMSA regulatory requirements.

Texas A&M University, Graduate Research Assistant Aug’13 – Jan’14

Provide technical data analysis and support in establishing and validating the estimates of oil and gas reserves in Eagle ford shale (EFS) reservoirs (Frio and Zavala County).

Assist with data analysis for different Decline Curve Analysis (DCA) methods for reserve estimation and future well performance.

Compared and Estimate the future well production profile and performance for next 5 years using MS Excel and Oil Field Manager (OFM) software.

Provide technical analysis and support in establishing, validating and maintaining proper maximum for both natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines and facilities.

Provide guidance and evaluate the impact of upcoming changes or new state and federal hazardous liquids and natural gas pipeline safety and reporting regulations.

Assist in the development of operations and maintenance manual for the hazardous liquid pipelines and natural gas pipelines.

Assist in the development and maintenance of engineering specifications and standards associated with the compliance for the hazardous liquids and natural gas pipelines.

Provide subject matter expertise in enhancing the oil and gas recovery from EFS and also in the review and approval of hydrostatic testing documentation in support to establishing maximum operating pressure (MOP) for hazardous liquid pipeline (49 CFR 195) and maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) for natural gas pipelines (49 CFR 192).

Adani Gas Ltd India, Pipeline Engineer Aug’11 - July’13

Pipeline survey for City Gas Distribution projects and preparation of feasibility reports.

Provide primary selection, sizing along with layout of projected new and expanded facilities.

Conceptualization, planning and designing activities by the help of MS Project and AutoCAD.

Calculated set points for pumps, compressors and other pressure control devices to ensure MOP/MAOP is not exceeded.

Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of District regulatory station (DRS), Metering regulatory station (MRS), Electronic Volume Corrector (EVC).

Performed hand calculations for proper sizing, selection, manufacture, assembly, test and maintenance of pressure relief valves.

Technical Services as per ASME, OISD, PNGRB, CCOE and other Indian code & Practices.

Preparation of documents and database management of the company comprising hydrostatic testing, construction documents and Material test (MTR).

Review and verifying critical damage, technical documents, specifications standards and evaluation of design queries of the project.

Adherence to the QHSE Policy and Ensuring Zero fatality by Embedding "Safety" in all actions.

Institute of Reservoir Studies (IRS) India, Intern May’10 – Aug’10

Selection of wells for Water shut-off and profile modification job.

Analyzing the composition of the gels as per the field profile.

Generation of gels such as Poly A and Poly B

ONGC India, Intern Dec’09 – Jan’10

Efficiency of Water injection in Pay Zone K-VA of Kalol field.

RESEARCH AND PROJECTS

Comparison of DCA method to predict well performance in EFS Jan’15 – Aug’15

Analyzed 33 oil and gas well’s production from Eagle Ford Shale (EFS) formation in Zavala and Frio County and created a base ma using Oil Field Manager (OFM).

Implementation and comparison done for four Decline curve methods such as Arps Hyperbolic, Power law, Duong’s and Logistic growth models on EFS formation.

Prediction of future production profile for all 33 wells from both Zavala and Frio County in EFS up to next 5 years.

Proposed a suitable method for Zavala and Frio County based on Estimated Ultimate Recovery, goodness of fit and ease of matching (history matching).

Natural Gas Processing plant design and economics Jan’14 – May’14

Designed a Natural Gas Processing plant comprising sweetening, dehydration, fractionation and economics using Aspen HYSYS and Promax.

500 mmscf of sour natural gas produced from ONGC gas plant was processed under simulation.

Payback period and cost estimates were performed for the ONGC facility.

Hand calculations were performed and compared with the simulation results in order to minimize error.

Natural Gas Pipeline Transportation System Design Aug’14 – Dec’14

Designed a Natural Gas Pipeline Transportation system to transport natural gas Corpus Christi, Texas to Louisiana, New Orleans using Pipesim.

Optimization of diameter to reduce the pressure drop in transportation pipeline.

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University Aug’13 – Aug’15

Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Texas

M.S. Chemical and Natural Gas Engineering GPA – 3.23

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Aug’07 – June’11

School of Petroleum Technology, Gandhinagar, India

B.E Petroleum Engineering GPA – 3.0

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Ultrapipe, PV Elite Aspen HYSYS, Promax, ArcGIS.

Oil Field Manager (OFM), MATLAB, Aries, Eclipse.

AutoCAD, MathCAD, MS Office, SAP.

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