With demonstrated track record of producing results in large-scale domestic and international projects in transnational EPC companies, I consistently deliver projects of enduring value to customers.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

* Piping Stress Analysis [Static/Dynamic/Transient/Water Hammer].

* Pipe Support Analysis + Pipe Support Design [Anchor/Spring/Snubber/Struts/Special/All types]

* Pipeline-Piping Engineering / Piping specification.

* Finite Element Analysis for pipes and components.

* Piping calculations e.g. thickness, pressure drop; NPSH etc. and Flow Diagram for PFD and P&ID.

* Underground Piping.

* Interface design with all Static Equipment (e.g. Exchangers; API Tanks, Fired Heaters, Air Cooled Heat

Exchangers; Steam Generators & Pressure Vessels (ASME BPVC Section VIII)

* Compliance with Load Requirements of Rotating Equipment (e.g. Turbines, Centrifugal

Compressors, Pumps etc.), in addition to, Reciprocating Compressors.

* Construction Support and Troubleshooting

* Procurement/Budgeting/Techno-Economic Bid Evaluation.

* Material Selection

* Supervision and mentoring

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE:

* Petrochemical and Refineries

* Oil & Gas Processing including multistage compression.

* Heavy Oil Upgrading and bitumen Production Facilities.

* Pipeline Engineering.

* Central Power Generation Plants: Co-Generation and Conventional Fossil Fuel [Coal] based.

* Slurry Piping- Mixed Flow [Lean / Dense Phase].

* Paper and Paper Board

* Belt Conveyors for Material Handling.

SOFTWARE CAPABILITY:

* Pipe Stress & Flexibility: Caesar, Auto pipe, Triflex.

* Finite Element etc.: Nozzle-Pro & FE Pipe

* Pipeline Transient Flow: Boss Fluids- Pauline Research

* Engineering Application: Piping-Office, Smart Plant Review, Rebis Explorer, Navisworks, PDMS, Microsoft Project AutoCAD, SolidWorks, CES Materials Selector

* Office Application: Microsoft Office.

* Spreadsheets for Pump Heads, Line Sizing, Pressure Drop, Loop Sizing, Forces and Moments on Anchors, Pressure Thrust Forces etc.

KNOWLEDGE OF CODES & STANDARDS:

* ASME Codes: B 31.3, B 31.1, B31.4, B 16.5, B31.8, B31.2, B16.47, B 36.10, B 36.19, Section VIII Div. I.

* American Petroleum Institute: API 610, API 661, API 617, API 560, API 520, API 676, API 650

* Regulation requirement for registration of Facilities with Safety Boards and Boiler Regulatory Authorities.

* Canadian Pipeline Code: CSA Z662

* Welding Research Council Codes: W.R.C 107/W.R.C. 297.

* Hydraulic Institute Standard.

* American Water Works Association, AWWA.

* Miscellaneous Codes: CEMA; NACE

ACCOMPLISHMENTS- Representative Samples only

* Successfully completed fixed cost [ ~ 2 Billion $] EPC engineering in piping discipline in multi-location as certifying engineer for ENI/SNC Joint Venture for CNRL Secondary Upgrading process units : CNRL processes 110,000 barrels/day of feedstock to synthetic crude components.

Repeated engineering for identical Suncor Energy Hydrotreaters, including Naphtha, Distillate and Gas Oil Hydrotreaters Plans: Suncor Energy’s Voyageur project involved two identical Hydrotreaters as above

* Sample Pipeline Projects executed:

(a) Central Oman Gas Processing (Multi stage Compression) Plant having design capacity of 20 mln Sm3/ day of Sales Gas along with 48 inch Gas Pipeline to OMAN LNG plant.

(b) CO2 Transport Pipeline & Sequestration of Exxon Mobil Labarge Facility: An Acid gas stream of about 60% hydrogen sulfide and 40% CO2 is injected into a section of the same reservoir from which it was produced and safely disposing of the hydrogen sulfide along with approximately 400,000 tons of CO2 per year.

* Engineered complete critical piping connected to all categories of Rotating/Static equipment; Accomplished project targets, investigated erection/design deficiencies and executed trouble-shooting operations; Re-designed piping systems to the complete satisfaction of clients in petrochemical industry, during my tenure with Krupp UHDE.

Sample Refinery projects (Hydrocracking): (a) Saras Refinery – Sardinia, Italy consisting of: Two Distillate Hydrocracking: units having a total Capacity of ~120,000 Barrels per day; Two Desulphurization units for treating of Naphtha and Gasoline, having a total Capacity-53,000 Barrels per day; and four Desulphurization units for treating Distillate and Diesel, having an additional total Capacity of 78,000 Barrels per day. Parsons, London and UHDE India cooperatively executed the project.

(b) Indian Oil Refinery – Panipath, India; Diesel Hydro-Desulphurization Unit(DHDS) unit which reduces sulfur content in High Speed Diesel to less than 0.05% wt. Capacity: 0.7 MMTPA.

* As Piping / Pipe Stress Engineer for Jacobs Inc. completed projects hands-on. Sample Heavy Oil Refining/ Gas Compression Facilities:

(a) Exxon Mobil Acid Gas injection Project: Re-injection of hydrogen sulfide (65 MMCFD) and CO2 (25 MMCFD) as part of Carbon Capture

(b) Syncrude UE-1: Vacuum distillation unit (VDU) producing LVGO, HVGO, and vacuum bottoms) and Diluents Recovery Units (DRU) fractionating Diluted bitumen.

* Sample Power Generation Projects: (a) Trans-Alta Power, Canada (450 MW Co-Generation): Executed Piping-Pipe Stress Engineering for the facility including Steam Hammer Studies

(b) Project-engineering services on behalf of Rolls-Royce, for procurement and construction of one billion dollar, fast track Power Generation facility. Asian Development Bank and the Power Utility Company financed the project: Calcutta Electric Supply Corp. 2X 250 MW Generation Facility

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Transcreate Engineering Services Inc. 2015- May_ to Current

Principal Engineer- Pipe Stress & Piping Engineer

Registered Engineering Company & Startup.

Tasks Performed:

* Proposal Engineering and tendering.

* Miscellaneous stress works.

* Front End Engineering & Design: Oilfield Pipeline.

* Planned and organized for Startup with acquisition of skills in following areas:

* Hydraulic Design for Pumping Circuit Program- ASME

* Energy Innovation Certificate Program at Stanford University

* Graduate credit course in Manufacturing at Colorado State University.

(Registered in Master of Mechanical Engineering Program - Current: Materials Issues in Mechanical Design- Fracture Mechanics, Fatigue, Creep and Corrosion).

* HVAC Design at ASHRAE org. - Air-Conditioning Design completed.

Notes: * Available- as Employee or Contractor.

* Open to Relocation in USA, Canada, and India etc.

Amec Foster Wheeler 2011 Oct to 2014 Oct.

Lead Engineer Pipe Stress/ Piping

* Completed Front End Engineering and Design

* Slurry Piping and Pipeline Design with Stress Check

* Detailed Design: Stress Analysis: Hands on.

* Oilfield Pipeline Engineering

* Package Equipment Engineering

* Procurement and Tender Evaluation.

Projects:

* Completed CNRL Horizon Bitumen Extraction Project Train 1&2 Retrofit

* Shell Debottlenecking Project at Albion Sands; Project capacity of 155000 Barrels per day of Bitumen Extraction along with Slurry Pipelines.

CH2M Hill-Energy & Chemicals 2010 June to 2011 Sept.

Subcontractor to Bantrel (Bechtel Canada)

Lead Pipe Stress Engineer

* Performed detailed engineering and stress analysis of Boiler Feed-Water circuit

* Supervised engineering work done by Pipe stress engineering group

* Certified and stamped all engineering work related to Piping discipline.

Project:

* ConocoPhillips & Total (France) Joint Venture Bitumen Recovery Project Surmont II: Total accumulated capacity of 110,000 BPD by Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Process, with a design steam-oil ratio of 2.25.

Amec Foster Wheeler 2009 June to 2010 May

Senior Engineer Pipe Stress/ Piping

* Detailed Design: Stress Analysis: Hands on.

* Transient Analysis of Oilfield Piping/Pipelines simulating Rapid Closure of Valves.

* FRP-HDPE-Plastic Piping and Upheaval Buckling Calculation

* Package Engineering (Materials/Procurement)

* Released construction Isometric & checked Piping Engineering and Stress Analysis.

Projects:

* Kearl Oil Sands Bitumen Recovery Plant 110,000 BPLD: A Joint Venture Project of Imperial Oil Limited (Esso) and Exxon Mobil Corporation; Project Cost 8 Billion Dollars

Worley Parsons Ltd. 2007 Nov. - 2009 May

Senior Engineer/ Piping & Pipe Stress. Lead &Discipline Engineer (Partly)

Los Angeles, California, USA & Calgary, Canada

* Checked pipe stress work for Hydrotreater Upgrader project. Provided hands-on solution to technical issues related to pipe stress, layout and materials issues.

* Provided hands-on solution to critical piping related to sulfur reduction in Refinery Upgrading

* Transient Analysis- Water hammer in Oilfield Pipeline

* Provided Design Supervision for Piping Engineering, Stress Analysis, prepared and updated piping specification for Central Processing Facility & OTSG and Pipeline to Drilling-pads & Refinery Upgrader

Projects:

* Chevron El Segundo Refinery Project, California, for Sulfur Recovery with Oxygen Enrichment.

* Suncor Energy’s Voyager Project: Naphtha Hydrotreater Unit for production of 35,000 barrels synthetic crude oil production from Bitumen. Process Licensor UOP, for Refining Bitumen to Synthetic Crude.

* Nexen Petroleum: Long Lake Bitumen Recovery Project with 70,000 barrels per day (b/d) of bitumen production capacity from 81 SAGD [Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage] well pairs including Flow Lines from Well Heads to Main Plant.

CH2M Hill-Energy & Chemicals 2007 March - 2007 Oct.

Lead Pipe Stress Engineer/ Piping Engineer

* Supervised and completed Pipe Stress checks as per ASME B31.3, B31.4, and Russian Process Piping Code RTM 38.001-94 or Russian Pipeline Code SNIP 2.05.06-85 for Main Oil Pumping and Pipeline Boosting Stations along with associated facilities like Tank Farms and Interconnecting Piping; Performed studies and finalized design for High Pressure Injection Water Main Pump Station and Booster Station

* Pipeline Engineering in Permafrost Region- Siberia

Project:

* Vankor Upstream Oil & Gas Development Project: Siberia, Russia. Oil/ Water Separation Plants, Pumping Station [Oil Export/Water Injection], for Rosneft and Russian Design Institute, Capacity: 75,000 Barrels per day

SNC Lavalin & ENI-SNC Lavalin Joint Venture 2003 Mar- 2007 Feb.

Lead Pipe Stress Engineer/ Senior Piping Engineer

Calgary.

* Successfully managed Piping Engineering at multiple locations: Co-ordinated EPC engineering for high temperature downstream facility and produced piping deliverables under tight project schedule.

* Performed hands-on Piping Engineering and provided design support: Certified Engineering drawings as Professional Engineer as per ABSA rules and regulations.

* Feed for Aramco Pipeline; Water Injection Project

* Reviewed, rectified design deficiencies, and performed de-bottlenecking in site. : Designed and checked stress, for piping systems connected to diverse types of Static and Rotating equipment.

* Handled multiple projects concurrently: monitored quality of deliverables. : Obtained approval, for permit to practice, from British Columbia Safety Authority.

Projects:

* 70,000 bpd Bitumen Recovery – Canadian Natural Resources Secondary Upgrader (Refining Bitumen to Synthetic Crude) - Horizon Project- [Hydrotreaters] – Joint Venture with Snamprogetti Spa

* 30,000 bpd Oil-sands Recovery & Refining project using SAGD - Husky Energy Tucker Thermal.

* 20,000 bpd Light Crude Oil low sulfur Gasoline and Diesel fuel project - Husky Prince George Refinery.

* 150 Kilo barrels /day Gasoline Feed Desulphurization Unit, Edmonton Refinery of Petro- Canada.

* Central Oman: Saih-Nihydah Upstream Gas Development Project: - Central Processing Plant having design capacity of 20 mln Sm3/ day of Sales Gas along with 48 inch Gas Pipeline to OMAN LNG plant.

* Front End Engineering of 4.5 billion bpd of treated water injection plant for Khurais Oilfield of ARAMCO along with associated Sea Water Pipeline.

Jacobs Engineering [Formerly McDermott-Delta Hudson] Senior Engineer-Pipe Stress

Calgary, Alberta. 2001 Mar. - 2003 Feb.

* Engineered Stress Critical Piping Systems; Coordinated engineering in multi-disciplinary environment. Prepared piping specification.

* Examined for absence of Steam Induced Water Hammer in Main Steam Line.

Projects:

* 720 MMcfd Gas Treatment Project with Acid Gas Injection/ Compression & 108 MW Cogeneration Facility of EXXON, U.S.A. at Labarge along with Sour Gas Pipeline.

* Syncrude Crude Oil Facility Upgrade (Refining Bitumen to Synthetic Crude)-UE-1, [Vacuum Distillation & Diluents Recovery Units], Canada.

* 450 MW Central Co-Generation Power facility of Transalta Corporation, Ontario, Canada.

Thyssen Krupp UHDE, Bombay; Chief Engineer -Piping Engineering -Pipe Stress.

1998 April – 2000 Dec.

* Supervised engineers and formulated piping standards

* Checked and approved Stress Critical systems: Performed trouble shooting

* Developed tender specification/plant Layout for fertilizer project. (DAP).

* Projects handled were related to Refineries/ Low Temperature Pipelines/ Turbines/ Jacketed Piping

* Liquefied Anhydrous Ammonia Unloading from Port to Implant Terminals @ about -28 degree C thru’ Cross Country Pipelines

* Jacketed Piping

Projects:

* Diesel Hydro Desulphurization project of Indian Oil Corporation’s Panipath Refinery for Larsen & Toubro.

* Saras Mild Hydrocracker Project of Saras Refinery, Italy, for Parsons Group International.

* Adipic Acid Project for RADICI Chemicals, West Germany, for Krupp UHDE Gmbh

* BASF Aromatic Plant in Belgium with capacity of 258,000 Tonnes per year Benzene +120,000 Acrylic Acid

Development Consultants, Power Cell, India 1996 Oct. – 1998 Apr. Project/Design Engineer-Mechanical

* Ash Handling and disposal Pipeline to disposal ponds.

* Analyzed Critical Piping in Power Island including Main Steam, Condensate and Feed-water systems.

* Pump Head and Pressure Drop calculations for liquid pumping for various plants e.g. Circulating Water Pumps etc.

* Provided conceptual design and consultancy services for Coal Handling & Ash Handling plants.

* Performed detailed design of Piping; Material Handling; Fire Fighting and Compressed Air Systems.

* Stress Analyzed, Process Steam Generation and Distribution System

Project:

* 2 X 250 MW Coal Fired Thermal Power Plant- W.B. State Electricity Board, India

Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Limited [Parsons NEI Company] 1995 Sept. – 1996 Oct.

Secondment from Development Consultants - Project Engineer-Mechanical

* Provided Project Engineering & Management support services for procurement of Construction Packages for Central Power Station. by global tender as itemized:

* Coal & Ash Handling Plant

* Steam Generation Plant

* Intake Circulating Water Pumps etc. including Intake Water Pump House with Travelling Water Screens.

* Obtained Approval from Boiler Safety Board for Plant Operation

Project:

* 2 X 250 MW Thermal Power Plant of Calcutta Electric Supply Company Ltd., India

Development Consultants, Process Engineering Cell, India 1994 Feb. – 1995 Sept.

Project Design Engineer-Mechanical

* Designed utility piping systems, pipe supports and equipment layouts.

* Performed calculations for pipe and pump sizing, pressure relief valve, etc.

* Performed fieldwork to gather necessary information for design.

* Provided on-site assistance during construction and startup.

Project:

* 100 TPD Paper Board and Manufacturing Project from recycled paper; Global Boards, Bombay, India.

MECON- Processing Lines Division [collaboration with Wean–United Inc. U.S.A.];

Sr. Design Engineer- Mechanical/Piping 1985_May– 1994_Feb

* Performed routine calculations for Pump Heads, Pressure Drops, and Line Sizing etc. for Liquid Pumping.

* Performed system & detailed design for Industrial Hydraulics, Piping, Pneumatics, and Lubrication & Fire Fighting Systems for:

* Continuous Hot Dip Galvanizing Line: Maximum Line Speed -Exit - 170 m/min

* Semi-Continuous Push/Pull Pickling Line:

Line Speed Max: a. 250 m/min entry section; b. 180 m/min process section; c. 250 m/min exit section

* Continuous Cleaning & Annealing Line:

Typical Line Speed: a. 750 m/min entry section; b. 600 m/min process section; c. 750 m/min exit section.

* Generated Piping Specification [including material composition and properties] as per ASME and SAE standards; generated bill of materials for piping and supports.

* Inspected all types of Piping/Valves/ Pumps/Compressor/Cooling Tower and complete hydraulic systems and maintained the company’s quality assurance plans.

Projects:

* 4 Metric MT Integrated Steel Plant, Bokaro, India.

* 1.8 Metric MT Integrated Steel Plant [Revamp Project], Rourkela, India.

* 1.6 Metric MT Integrated Steel Plant Modernization, Durgapur, India .

* Balasore Missile Launching project – Off-site and Utility.

EDUCATION:

* B.M.E. [Honors]; Mechanical Engineering; Jadavpur University; India.

(Curriculum dealt with core subjects of Mechanical Engineering)

* Graduate Certificate; Materials (Mechanical Engineering) ; University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign; USA. (Curriculum dealt with Mechanical aspects of Materials Engineering, i.e. Theories of Failure of materials and Fatigue applied to Mechanical design )

* Graduate Certificate; Management Science & Engineering; Stanford University; USA.

(Ihe program dealt with the analytical and conceptual foundations of decision and risk analysis.)

* M.B.A; Business Administration; University of Calcutta- IISWBM; India.

(Coursework emphasized Development of decision-making abilities in the field of Systems Management i.e., Energy, Environment, etc.)

* Graduate Certificate; Materials Science & Engineering / Nanomaterial; Stanford University; USA.

(Curriculum dealt with core areas of Materials Science)

* Professional Certificate; Energy Innovation & Emerging Technologies; Stanford University; USA.

(Coursework dealt with transformation of ways we obtain, distribute and store energy)

* Graduate in Industrial Engineering: Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, India.

(Coursework dealt with knowledge base in the field of productivity related sciences and resource utilization.)

* M.M.E.; Masters in Mechanical Engineering; Colorado State University; USA

(Completed 15 credits)

LICENSING/ CERTIFICATION:

* Professional Engineer; P.Eng; APEGGA: Alberta; Canada

* Chartered Engineer; C. Eng.; Institution of Engineers; India

* Registered Professional Engineer; P.E ;Texas Board of Professional Engineers; USA

* Project Management Professional; PMP ;Project Management Institute; USA

* Professional Engineer, PEO: Ontario; Canada

TRAINING:

* Finite Element Analysis ( FEA) - ASME ( American Society of Mechanical Engineers)

* Hydraulic Design of Pumping Circuit (ZABC64) - ASME ( American Society of Mechanical Engineers) .

* HVAC Design at ASHRAE org. ( American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-

Conditioning Engineers) : Design of Air- Conditioning Systems ( 23 Credits ).

HONOURS & DISTINCTION:

* Awarded National Scholarship, on basis of performance in School Leaving Examination.

* Received Service Appreciation Certificate from Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Ltd.

* Received major Project Target Achievement Certificate from SNC Lavalin Inc.

* Recognized for Excellence in Execution for LLSP1 (Long Lake Bitumen Extraction Project) from Nexen Energy -Worley Parsons. Inc.

* Awarded Golden Jubilee Medal for best Research Project Paper by Employers Federation of India.

VOLUNTEERING:

ABB Limited - Svenska FlaktFabriken

Summer Trainee- 1984 Summer

Industrial Fans and Blowers – Manufacturing- Production Planning and Control

The Dow Chemical Company

Trainee Engineer @ Union Carbide (Wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemicals)

September 1984

Engineering Trainee (Govt. of India Training Scheme)- Manufacturing for Consumer Product ( Presses and Dies for metal can deformation) at Camperdown Works- India

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