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Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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August 27, 2024

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SUHAS M. KHATAWKAR

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PROJECT COST ESTIMATION & COST CONTROL PROFESSIONAL

– offering many years of expertise

COST ESTIMATION COST CONTROLLING INTERNAL AUDITING Companies associated with:

Endorsed as Senior Project Cost Estimation & Cost Control Lead, attaining prolific knowledge in tracking, and controlling the project schedule and associated costs to achieve completion of project within time and budget. Champions in monitoring contract to ensure proper expense management and maximization of operating profits are being accomplished. Facilitating as a trusted intellectual possessing thorough exposure in controlling and monitoring project total expenditure checking that all project expenditures are captured and properly recorded, periodically updating actual, committed costs, and rolling forecast with respect to the baseline according to company procedures and methods. Capitalizing on the strong-interpersonal skills in acquainting team members with policies, standards, and best practices for implementing the same in day-to-day activities. PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

Expertise in Project Cost Control by coordinating and directing operational/financial team in timely completion of deliverables of annual corporate and audit plans.

Abreast in developing audit procedures for the evaluation of the system of internal controls adopted within the project by checking the accuracy and reliability of reporting data and monitoring adherence to prescribed policies.

Hold credentials of Capital Cost Estimation of Projects from class 5 to class 1 levels for various Oil & Gas Projects along with cost estimation of MRs and Construction works tenders in assisting Customer for decision making at various stages of Projects.

Expertise in Cost Analysis, Cost Bench marking, Cost database build up, financial analysis etc and developing independent cost estimates, to be used on current as well as new projects. KEY SKILLS

CAREER TIMELINE

Project Cost

Estimation

Project Cost

Control

Internal & Exteral

Auditing Project Bidding Project Budgeting Management Reporting

Revenue

Recognition

Foreign Currency

Requirements

Contract

Negotiation

Calculating Value

of Work Down

(VOWD)

Site Management Reporting &

Documentation

CAREER REVIEW

Petrofac Ltd, Sharjah/Mumbai (EPC Contracting Company) Oct 2005 – Present Project Cost Control Engineer to Assistant General Manager- Cost Control Key Deliverable:

Responsible for establishing functional process and procedure on review of various project reports prepared by cost leads on budgets, costs & forecasts on compliance to standards, procedures and manuals.

Manage internal functional presentations to update the latest corporate requirements & expectations as well as prepare bench marks on cost and technical data for supporting internal evaluation during proposal/bidding stage for estimates on new bids.

Provide assistance to Project Team concerning cost management requirements onscope change identification, ensuring change is captured into latest forecasts and updated based on latest variations with suppliers as well as customer.

Structure standard process & methodology for Proposal/Bidding department in working out cash flow with several scenario.

Coordinate the audit agencies in making analytical studies for the purpose of closure of audits used by corporate in declaring results to market as trading updates.

Initiate per project cost reporting requirements along with detailed back up workings, documentation and evidences for the direct interaction with internal and external audit agencies.

Generate and issue the periodic financial information on annual budgets, VOWD% for revenue recognition, cash flow, foreign currency requirements by establishing process in cooperation with Finance Department. Accomplishments:

Involved in mulitple projects ranging from USD 300m to circa USD 4,000m. Clienteles: PDO, Shell, BG, BP, Saudi Aramco, KOC, KNPC, Sonatrach/JV, ADCO, Petro Canada, GASCO, Thaioil, BPCL, HPCL & Vedanta.

Established detailed process and procedure on calculating value of work down (VOWD) from lowest level of the cost report to be used by Finance function as POC (percent of completion) for the purpose of monthly revenue recognition.

Supported in presentation to top management on first set of cost & technical bench marks based on completed EPC projects. Engineers India Ltd, New Delhi, India (PMC Company) Jan 1988 - Sept 2005 Cost Estimation & Control Engineer/ Manager (HO based) and Construction Dy. Manager/ Engineer (Site based)

Developed Project Cost Estimates for various cross country pipeline projects, gas processing projects and Ports & Terminals projects like, initial conceptual stage, project feasibility studies, detailed with +10% range and finally close to as-built.

Identified economic case between various alternatives based on Capex and Opex costs using NPV method for conducting optimizing studies of Pipeline projects to support decision making for Customers.

Created cost estimates for POs & Sub Contracts as PMC role to support client in comparing suppliers & contractors bids for the purpose of award and regular project cost status reports for Clients from PMC perspective with emphasis on cost forecast and variance analysis.

Negotiated with suppliers and contractors for quotes received beyond acceptable range for ensuring closure of awards and engaged in Cost Data bank update & maintenance at Function level that is predominantly used for all kinds of cost estimation.

Responsible for supervision, coordination, certification of site related works for various oil & gas projects like cross-country Pipelines and oil Refineries.

Accomplishments:

Engaged in nuemrous multi-million Dollar Projectson cross country pipelines, gas processing, ports & terminals and refineries largely executed in India with a few international clients. Clienteles: BPCL, HPCL, IOCL, GAIL, ONGC, Enron & Takreer,

Established a detailed cost estimation procedure especially for cross country pipeline projects that is largely used in cost estimation of total Project costs for various reporting purpose as well as PO and Subcontract level for award purpose. PRIOR CAREER REVIEW

Mazagon Docks Ltd, Mangalore Yard, India (Contracting Company-PSU) Aug 1983 – Dec 1987 Operations based - Plant Head /Supervising Engineer – For offshore related Projects like:

- CTE Coating works of offshore Pipelines at Mangalore Onshore Coating Plant

- Fabrication works of Offshore Platform Piping works at Mangalore Onshore yard Contract Value (USD in million) Contract Dates

at Award Current/

at Closure

Start Planned

Completion

Actual/

Fcast

As Project Cost Lead:

1 Harweel Cluster Ph-2, Oman EPC Oil & Gas processing PDO 944.7 1,577.7 05-Nov-05 18-Jul-10 30-Apr-14 2 Karachaganak 4th Train, Kazakstan FEED, EP&CM of gas processing facilities KPO 182.6 568.8 01-Sep-06 19-May-09 31-Dec-11 3 Hasdrubal Gas Proc. Facility, Tunisia EPCCSU of gas processing & LPG production facilities BGT 392.7 483.0 10-Nov-06 22-Oct-13 22-Oct-13 4 In Salah Gas Ph-I EPC of gas compressions

facilities at 3 Algerion fields ISG 594.0 688.2 15-Oct-07 01-Oct-10 26-Jan-11 As Functional Lead/Manager - Monitoring:

1 Ebla Gas Plant, Syria EPC for Gas treatment plant Petro-Canada Palmyra 555.6 618.3 19-Mar-08 01-Apr-10 31-Jan-10

2 Jihar Gas Plant, Syria EPCCSU of gas processing & LPG recovery/storage facilities HPC 430.4 419.2 15-Apr-08 06-Feb-11 06-Feb-11 3 40" Gas Pipeline, Kuwait EPC 40" Gas Pipeline KOC 500.8 477.3 26-Oct-08 22-Aug-10 31-Aug-11 4 ASAB, UAE EPC for oil production

upgrade ADCO 2,317.5 2,462.5 25-Jan-09 25-May-13 30-Jun-14 5 Karan, Saudi Arabai

EPC for utilities & Cogen pkg

for gas processing plant.

Saudi

Aramco

478.0 497.4 01-Mar-09 30-Dec-11 31-Dec-12

6 El Merk, Algeria (Groupement Berkine) EPC for CPF for hydrocarbons Sonatrach Anadarco 2,263.8 2,392.6 11-Mar-09 12-Nov-12 15-Nov-13 7 Kauther Ph2 Depletion

Compression, Oman

EPC for recycling gas compression

& GTG power station PDO 409.1 417.5 28-Jul-09 24-May-12 25-Nov-13 8 Ruwais 4th NGL Train, UAE

(JV with GS, Korea)

EPC for 4th NGL Train GASCO 2,124.7 2,237.4 29-Jul-09 28-Jul-13 15-Feb-14 9 AGRP/SRU, Qatar

EPCC for Gas Sweetening

Facilities at Mesaieed and Dukhan QP 644.4 674.0 01-Apr-10 31-May-13 15-Sep-17 10 Majnoon (I), Iraq EPCM for new early

production system

Shell

Majnoon

412.5 399.0 01-Jun-10 30-Apr-12 30-Jun-13

11

FG/GO Pipelines from MAA to Azhour

& Shouiba power station, Kuwait

Installation of FG and Gas Oil

Pipelines and Pumping Station KOC 340.4 540.1 29-Jul-10 06-Jul-12 21-Dec-15 12 Water Injection Pipelines

EPCC for Effluent Water Injection

and Seawater Injection facilities KOC 405.0 441.2 09-Aug-10 07-Aug-13 04-Jul-14 13 ISG Southern field development, Algeria

EPCC of gas fields and 2nd stage

compression implementation

Sonatrach/

Statoil/BP 1,176.2 1,416.7 01-Feb-11 01-Apr-15 31-Dec-19 14 CPF Phase-1 at Badra Oil Field, Iraq

EPCCSU of CPF Phase-1 at Badra

Oil Field Gazprom 329.8 339.2 12-Feb-12 29-Jun-15 21-May-16 15 North Tank Farm and Loading Arms

Facilities

EPCC of Tank farms & other

systems of Jazan refinery

Saudi

Aramco

1,115.9 1,513.4 01-Dec-12 20-May-15 30-Jun-20

16 South Tank Farm Facilities

EPC of 7 Crude Tanks & related

support facillities

Saudi

Aramco

286.7 342.8 01-Dec-12 21-Nov-15 31-May-20

17 Expansion of Bab Gas Compression

Project (EBGCP) Phase-2, UAE

EPC for the Expansion of Bab Gas

Compression Project Phase-2 ADCO 484.6 519.3 13-Jun-13 12-Nov-15 31-Jul-17 18 Sohar Refinery Improvement

Project, Oman (JV with Daelim)

EPCCSU of Sohar Refinery

Improvement Project ORIP 2,150.0 2,135.4 25-Nov-13 25-Nov-16 15-Aug-18 19 Central Procesing Facility, Khazzan

Gas Project, Oman

EPC & Comm Support BP

Exploration

1,284.1 1,425.3 18-Feb-14 17-Feb-17 21-Nov-17

20 Separation & Inlet Boosting Facilities

– Alrar, Algeria (JV with Bonnati)

EPCCSU Inlet Separation &

Booster facilities Sonatrach 479.8 499.8 26-Feb-14 31-Oct-16 30-Oct-20 21 CLEAN FUELS PROJECT - Refinery

JV with Samsung (SECL)

Clean Fuel Refinery KNPC 3,329.6 3,538.1 13-Apr-14 12-Jan-18 29-Dec-20 22 Surface Facilities, Manifold Network

and Export Pipelines

EPCC & Start-up related to Nord

Reggane Project

Groupement

Reggane 960.2 1,034.2 11-Jun-14 10-Dec-17 31-Dec-17 23 New Gathering Centre, GC-29 EPC & Assist during Comm/SU&PT KOC 652.9 639.5 24-Jul-14 22-Sep-17 15-Sep-19 24 LFHO Dev program Ph1 (60MBOPD)

Consortium with CCC

EPCC&O&M till ramp up to

60MOBPD KOC 3,297.3 3,092.6 27-Jan-15 25-May-19 15-Aug-20 25 Manifold, Group Trunkline System

for the GCs 29,30 and 31

EPCC & Assist during

PT&Recording KOC 704.7 715.2 22-Jul-15 16-Dec-17 15-Jul-20 26 Fadhili Package 3 – Sulfur Recovery

Units

EPCC & SU assistance Saudi

Aramco

1,681.3 1,699.2 12-Nov-15 19-Apr-19 21-Jun-20

27 Salalah LPG Project EPC works Salalah LPG 582.3 582.3 29-Dec-16 01-Jul-20 29-Jul-20 28 GC 32, New Gathering centre for SEK EPC works KOC 1,205.4 1,234.8 28-Mar-17 25-Sep-20 29-Mar-21 29 OPF Compression Project, Russia

EPC for OPF Compr Sakhalin

Island, Russia SEIC 677.9 961.3 30-Jun-17 30-Jan-23 21-Mar-23 30 EPC, Package 2 (Utilities and

Offsites), Oman - JV with SCEL

EPC, for Utilities and Offsites

related to Refinery project. DRPIC 2,045.0 2,075.2 03-Jun-18 01-May-22 01-May-22 31 EPCC for Ghazeer Project

EPCCSU for Khazzan Central

Processing Facility (CPF), Phase II.

BP

Exploration

803.8 820.5 31-Dec-17 31-Oct-20 31-Aug-20

32

LSTK Package for NHT, PENEX & Balance

of units for MS Block Project, Cochin

India

EPCC for MS Block related units

of the Cochin Refinery plant. BPCL 136.2 121.1 09-Mar-18 08-Jun-20 27-Nov-20 33 EPCC-07 Pkge for SRU Block for

HPCL, Visakh India

EPCC for SRU block Visakh

Refinery Modernisation Project HPCL 202.2 176.7 20-Mar-18 19-Sep-20 10-Jun-21 34 EPCC for Integrated Gas Surface

Facilities, Barmer, India

EPCC for Integrated Gas Surface

Facilities for Raageshwari Deep

Gas Field

Vedanta

Limited

197.8 193.2 28-Mar-18 27-Feb-20 31-Aug-20

35 EPC for Majnoon CPF2 Project, Iraq

EPCCSU & operation for 2 oil

trains

Basra Oil

Company

369.0 369.0 13-Aug-18 12-Jun-21 26-Nov-21

36 TINRHERT Field Dev. Project – EPC 1,

Algeria

EPCCSU & 3months operation

assistance for Inlet Separation

and Boosting Facility in Ohanet

Sonatrach 493.9 489.2 15-Jan-19 15-Jan-22 15-Jan-22 37

EPC Contract for CFP at its Sriracha

Refinery in Chonburi Province,

Thailand - JV with Saipem & Samsung

EPCCSU for Clean Fuel Project

(CFP) Refinery

Thai Oil Public

Company Ltd

(TOP)

3,726.4 3,672.5 01-Nov-18 30-Nov-22 30-Nov-22

38 EPC Contract for Ain Tsila Development

Project, Algeria

EPC of CPF plant, Pipelines &

others

Groupment

ISARENE

998.6 1,004.6 30-Apr-19 30-Oct-22 30-Oct-22

39

ZADCO UZ 750-Island surface facilities

(EPC 2), UAE - Consortium with DSME,

Korea

EPCC & SU support for 3 island

facilities ZADCO 2,918.0 3,948.5 04-Apr-13 30-Dec-17 30-Apr-20 40 EPC for Qusahwira Field Development

Phase II Project

EPC works

ADNOC

Onshore

537.3 552.9 01-Apr-18 30-Apr-21 30-Apr-21

TOTAL 45,823.4 50,006.7

SN Project Name Brief

Scope Client

PROJECTS ( DURING PETROFAC TENURE) - COST CONTROL

PROJECTS ( DURING EIL TENURE) - COST ESTIMATION

SN Project Description Capacity/throughput Project Cost Validity 1 Inter Refinery product Pipelines for M/s Takreer of Abu Dhabi

(16"/12"/10" - 720 km) DRF & Tender

3.2 MMTPA - Jet Oil

6.4 MMTPA - Multiproduct US$ 447.17 m May'2004

2 Kochi - Bangalore re-gassified (onshore+offshoe) LNG Pipeline

(26"/22"/20"/12" - 1010 km) DFR only. 12.4 MMSCMD US$ 442.61 m Jun'2002 3 Mundra - Bathinda Crude oil pipeline of M/s GGSRL

(30" - 1025 km)

9.0 MMTPA - PH I

18.0 MMTPA - PH II

US$ 444.99 m Apr'2002

1.0 BCFD (42" - 5000 km) US$ 6,682.56 m

2.0 BCFD (56" - 5000 km) US$ 9,624.00 m

3.0 BCFD (56" - 5000 km) US$ 12,380.93 m

5 KWSP Supply of clear water to M/s HMSSB of M/s GAIL (88" - 115 km) 90 MGD US$ 169.14 m Feb'2002

6 Kochi - Bangalore re-gassified LNG Pipeline

(36"/30"/20"/12"/10" - 600 km) DFR only. 28.6 MMSCMD US$ 521.61 m Feb'2001 7 VVPL Ext. Upto Secunderabad of M/s HPCL

(16”/14” - 225 km). DFR, Running

10 MMSCMD - PH I

30 MMSCMD - PH II

US$ 636.28 m Feb'2001

8 Manmad - Manglya multi-product pipeline of M/s BPCL

(14" - 358 km)

1.052 MMTPA in PH I

2.500 MMTPA in PH II

US$ 69.53 m Jan'2001

9 Dahej - Bijaipur re-gassified LNG Pipeline

(42" - 610 km) DFR, Running 23.9 MMSCMD US$ 612.00 m Mar'2001 10 Vizag - Secunderabad LPG Pipeline of M/s GAIL

(12"/10" - 605 km) Running 1.058 MMTPA US$ 69.5 m Dec'2000 11 Dabhol – Gokak/Goa LNG pipeline of M/s Enron

(36”/12” - 434 km) Feasibility only. 11.6 MMSCMD US$ 50.78 m Nov'2000 12 India-Pakistan-Iran Gas Pipeline

(48” - 2000 km) – Study only 50 MMSCMD US$ 2,485.26 m Sep'2000 13 M’lore – B’lore LPG pipeline of M/s GAIL

(14"/12"/10”/84”/6" - 650 km) - DFR only. 1.11 MMSCMD US$ 187.64 m Aug'2000 14 Vadinar-Bina Crude oil Pipeline of M/s BORL

(24" - 935 km) DFR 7.8 MMTPA US$ 254.9 m Jan'2000

15 Cochin – Karur Product pipeline of M/s Petronet CCK

(18”/14” - 300 km) - Completed

3.927 MMTPA (PH-I)

3.973 MMTPA - PH II

US$ 72.61 m Jul'1999

16 Dabhol – Talasari Gas pipeline of M/s Enron(MGCPL)

(36”/30” - 405 km) Feasibility study only. US$ 266.15 m Feb'1999 17 Koyali – Ratlam product pipeline of M/s Petronet

(16” - 242 km) DFR only

2.5 MMTPA - PH I

3.5 MMTPA - PH II

US$ 102.62 m Oct'1998

18 Hazira – Dahej Gas pipeline of M/s IPCL

(20” - 107 km each two lines), DRF only. 5.25 MMSCMD US$ 86.02 m Aug'1998 19 Mangalore - Bangalore product pipeline of M/s Petronet MHB

(20"/24" - 365 km), Completed.

5.6 MMTPA (PHASE-I)

8.5 MMTPA (PHASE-II)

US$ 134.24 m Aug'1998

20 Bhatinda - Pathankot product pipeline of M/s HPCL ( 5.8 MMSCMD US$ 160.31 m Mar'1998 21 Jamnagar – Loni LPG pipeline of M/s GAIL

(16”/14”/12”/8”/6” - 1245 km) - Completed 2.5 MMTPA US$ 339.82 m Sep'1997 22 Mumbai – Manmad Product Pipeline of M/s BPCL

(18” - 250 km)- Completed 5.0 MMTPA US$ 131.93 m Jun'1997 23 Vizag – Vijaywada Product Pipeline of M/s HPCL

(18” - 350 km) - Completed 5.38 MMTPA US$ 134.45 m Apr'1997 4 Central Asia Gas pipeline of M/s ONGC Videsh

(42"/56" - 5000 km), Study only. Mar'2002

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering), Karnakata Regional Engineering College (now NITK), Suratkal, affiliated to Mysore University (then), in the state of Karnataka, India Trainings, Seminars & Workshops:

Welding Technology from 17 Aug 1983 to 08 Oct 1983 by Welding Research Institute (WRI) Trichy, India

Welding and NDT from 20 Aug 1990 to 01 Sep 1990 by Welding Research Institute (WRI) Tiruchy, India

Workshop on Enhancing Personality through Effective Communication and Presentation Skills from 9th to 10th Dec 1999 by The Associates Trainers & Management Consultants, New Delhi, India

40 hours of Planning course from 19 Apr 2002 to 21 May 2002 by Engineers India Limited (Departmental) Management & Leadership Development Program Mar 2019 (5 days) by Petrofac Academy, Sharjah

Gave Presentation on Project Cost Monitoring and Reporting on 31 Oct 2017 for AACE International, UAE section at Dubai.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 10th Nov 1960 Nationality: Indian Languages Known: English, Hindi, Marathi, and Kannada



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