Engineer Chemical Engineering

P SHIVA KUMAR

Lubbock, Texas +1-806-***-**** **********@*****.***

Chemical Process and Optimization Engineer

1. Summary:

Experienced Chemical Engineer (~4 years) employed with Oil Majors such as ExxonMobil Corporation and Chevron Corporation. Expertise in Process Engineering, Process Design, Plant Optimization and Production Planning in the Oil industry and seeking similar roles. 2. Work Experiences:

Organization: ExxonMobil Corporation Dec 2016 – Aug 2020 Role: Process Engineer [CCR Reforming] Aug 2019 – Aug 2020

Primary technical engineer for CCR Reforming Unit in Singapore Aromatics Recovery plant.

Established highest reliability compared to previous 5 years prior to unit takeover generating margins of ~1MUSD/Year.

Executed key optimizations and loss prevention resulting in savings of ~1.4MUSD/Year. Role: Turnaround Hydroprocessing Technical Area Lead Jun 2019 – Aug 2019

Technical Lead and single point of contact for all Hydroprocessing Turnaround activities.

Negotiated in items which could potentially lower future plant run rates preventing possible losses of ~1.2MUSD/Day.

Evaluated, planned and executed an entirely new Hydroprocessing unit start-up process leading to savings of ~250KUSD.

Revamped set-up of reactor internals to save ~50KUSD.

With safety mindset, discovered and fully mitigated brittle fracture risk in cryogenic H2 purification/LPG recovery units which was not previously explored in past 20 years.

Recognition award for remarkable contribution during the Turnaround. Role: Process Engineer [Hydroprocessing, H2+LPG units] Jan 2018 – Aug 2019

Primary technical engineer for Naphtha Hydroprocessing, Hydrogen purification and LPG Recovery Units in Singapore Aromatics Recovery plant.

Executed key energy optimization and lineup changes leading to savings of ~15KUSD/Day.

Initiated Risk Assessment to reduce maintenance which freed up ~1.5MUSD/Year of funds.

Executed permanent uplift of molecules which resulted in margins of ~600KUSD/Day.

Corrosion Engineer for Naphtha Hydroprocessing and CCR & Reforming unit.

Negotiated feed stock purchase and validated unit compatibility with new feed stocks. Role: Optimization Engineer Dec 2016 – Jan 2018

Performed economic analysis of feedstock purchase via Aspen PIMS (Linear Programming).

Determined optimal Crude and Product run-rates to yield highest profits.

Initiated ship demurrage optimization reducing possible losses of 300KUSD/Month. Organization: Chevron Corporation Jul 2015 – Dec 2015 Role: Process Engineer [Lube oil additives blending] - Intern

Troubleshoot and optimized unit and equipment function.

Reduced raw material consumption via test-runs which led to ~17KUSD/Month.

Performed Statistical Quality Control on imported components.

Programmed VBA to automate Instrument readings with significant manhours savings. 3. Technical Skills:

Software skills:

Aspen: HYSYS Aspen: PIMS Aspen: Chromatography SimSci: Pro/II ExxonMobil: PEGASYS Siemens: Process Safety Pressure Protection Manager (PS PPM) CrudeSuite Yokogawa: Exaquantum PIMS Yokogawa: S-TMS Honeywell: Uniformance Process Studio Seeq Microsoft: VBA Excel Mathworks: MATLAB+SIMULINK COMSOL: MultiPhysics Microsoft: OFFICE Microsoft: Visio Autodesk: Fusion 360 Autodesk: AutoCAD Engineering Skills:

Mass & Energy balance calculations Mass & Energy transfer calculations Hot tap calculations Advanced hydraulics and pressure drop calculations Risk Assessment: HAZOP/HAZID Process debottlenecking Heat exchanger modelling: HTRI Kepner Tregoe Analysis Pressure relief valve (PRV) sizing Process unit energy optimization Statistical quality control Process unit heat integration Process optimization Catalyst evaluation (precious metals) Language Proficiency:

English (Advanced) Tamil (Advanced) Telugu (Advanced) 4. Education:

Institution: Texas Tech University Aug 2020 – Current Course: MS Chemical Engineering

Attained competitive scholarship of 1000USD based on merit with partial tuition fee waiver. Institution: National University of Singapore Aug 2012 – Jul 2016 Course: B.Eng Chemical engineering with (Honours with Merit) Activity: Design Project Dec 2015- May 2016

Led a group of 7 students to design a Vinyl Acetate Monomer Chemical plant utilizing Simulation and computational Software (e.g. Aspen HYSYS, MATLAB). Activity: Design Summer Program Jun 2014 –Jul 2014

Led a team of 4 International Undergraduate and Postgraduate students to engineer a new design for walking stick allowing elderly to hold food while utilizing the stick.

Modelled the prototype using Autodesk Fusion 360. 5. Research Experiences:

Organization: National University of Singapore Jan 2015- Jun 2015 Dissertation Topic: Comparison between Column Switching and Simulated Moving Bed for Separation of Ternary System (Computational)

Simulate various systems (Simulated Moving Bed/ Column switching) for separation of ternary mixtures which has been implemented in the industry.

Optimize various systems in terms of Function, Efficiency, Capital and Operation Costs. 6. Achievements/Extra-Curricular:

ExxonMobil Turnaround recognition award (2019).

Volunteer Tutor for Secondary School students in STEM (2013-2014).

Credit in Australian Mathematics Competition (2009).

Represented School in Singapore Physics and Mathematics Olympiad (2007 – 2008).

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