Process Engineer Refinery

VENKAT BHAVANI ***** Midfield Glen CT, Houston, TX 77059 Ph:832-***-****

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MS Ch.E., University of Arkansas, USA

BS Ch. E, Regional Engineering College, JNTU, Warangal, India.

Registered Professional Engineer, Texas

Registered Professional Engineer Queensland Australia

Experience in process design engineering, developing from conceptual stage to detailed engineering, commissioned, worked in start-ups, process improvements, detailed hydraulics and Project Engineering.

Fields of Experience includes chemical plants, Utilities & Offsite, Desalination Unit, Oil & Gas onshore/offshore facilities, LNG, Refinery and power projects.

ENEX INTERNATIONAL INC July 2019-Present

Senior Project Manager

Managing Technology Projects worldwide, projects include Refinery and downstream petrochemical plants. Recently engineered and commissioned Pyridine chemicals and Poly Phenylene sulfide projects in China. Project responsibilities include Business development and customer relationship.

Marathon Refineries July 2017-Feb 2019- Consultant

Worked on Business Applications including Aspen Hysys, PIMS, Primavera and other yield accounting Applications. The sites include 10 refineries in the Western United States a combined capacity of 1.2 million Barrels per day.

BEST INC Aug 2016- July 2017

Project Engineer

Coordinated and supervised engineering and Automation projects. The clients are FLNG, PRAXAIR and other Oil& Gas industries Managing complete turnkey instrumentation and control projects as independent remote activity from our office or on client’s site. Remote engineering as well as Onsite Engineering for mainly Honeywell DCS System automation.

Bechtel Work History: from Sept 2005 –March 2016

BECHTEL: Client Chevron Process Engineering Manager

From Dec 2014 to March 2016

For Chevron managed two offshore Projects Blind faith-2 and TVEX. Both brown field projects underwent revamp. Lead a multi-Discipline team of engineers.

Organized with Offshore Chief Engineer and Operations Manager, set up project’s engineering team on BLF2& TVEX projects, with client approval.

Directed and provided technical and administrative guidance to Chevron’s Projects and to discipline Engineers in the management of engineering. Prepared packages for BSEE approval which includes P&ID, relief system design basis.

Reviewed staffing plans for the accelerated TVEX Project and BLF2 construction.

Conducted annual performance reviews in accordance with approved procedures and held career development discussions.

Participated in project planning prior to proposals to provide technical guidance in the engineering and construction review of proposals.

Owned and reviewed project schedules and approved staffing estimates for engineering personnel for BLF2 and TVEX Projects.

Updated the status of all projects involving assigned personnel with respect to schedule, budget, work quality and client satisfaction, and contributed leadership, experience and expertise in the solution of difficult problems.

Owned the engineering elements of a project capital estimate (proposals and execution) quantities and budgets.

Reviewed major changes or deviations in project scope, project material quantities, budget or schedule, and assisted with defining the change, obtaining accurate estimates of the hours involved, and recommended budget adjustment.

Monitored the use of available engineering computer programs, technical advances and engineering management control techniques on the Chevron projects.

BECHTEL: Client- Reliance from Jan 2013 to Dec 2014

Reliance J-3 Project Mumbai, India: Team Lead/Engineering Supervisor

Worked as a Team Lead managed cross disciplinary Engineers for Tank Farm, Marine Terminals for the world largest refinery complex. Project involved revamping existing units and developing new facilities for the 12 Billion US$ C1-C8 Downstream Petrochemicals project at Jamnagar in the Reliance Refinery complex.

Lead the team from conception to design, construction and commissioning.

Design and construction of additional Marine system including Seawater intake system, Desalination system, DM water and other utilities to cater the new petrochemical units.

Integration of ISBL units handled by different contractors.

Developed MOC Procedure for the Project.

Revamped existing pipelines and Tank Farm for expansion.

Worked on Hazop coordination to close issues with Client and other disciplines.

Designed and revamped the existing Flare system to accommodate flaring requirement due to additional units.

The Codes and regulatory followed were ASME B 31.3, 31.8, 16.5. DOT, USEPS, NFPA and API codes API RP 14C, 14E, 520, 521.

Lead Process Engineer

Australian Pacific LNG Project, from Oct 2009 to Dec 2012

Worked on AP LNG Project FEED. Responsible engineer for spiking, ISBL units and Flare System. Completed Flarenet model for the LNG dry & Wet flare system. Completely managed Relief system design including PSV sizing, flarenet analysis and lateral sizing. Involved in compressor calculations and pump hydraulics. Coordinated Hazop Action items to closure and tracking. From FEED stage developed conceptual PFDs and moved to detail engineering with P&ID development. Completed Level-2 Hydraulic calculations on compressor, pumps and heat exchanger equipment.

Designed using HYSYS Liquification system, Optimized Cascade® technology is used for liquefying the gas to -161 degrees Celsius. This liquefaction system consists of three refrigeration circuits: propane, ethylene and methane, each progressively lowering the temperature until the gas becomes LNG.

Senior Process Engineer Jamnagar Export Refinery Project, India from June 2007 to Sep. 2009

Worked through post IFC P&IDs, start-up and commissioning of the Project. Successfully completed world largest refinery project ($7 Billion) in India. Worked through post-IFC P&IDs, start-up, commissioning and process support of the polypropylene and refinery units. The refinery has a capacity of 580,000bpd and a polypropylene (PP) plant has a capacity of 900,000tpa The PP is produced using propylene feedstock from the refinery complex.

Lead Alky, Butamer units

Issued post IFC P&IDS

Involved in Project engineering issues with client and BECREL

Worked with Licensors EMRE, UOP to resolve issues on deviation and P&ID comments.

Worked with Client operation team on unresolved Design issues pertaining to ES&H, start-up and operation.

Worked on Cooling Water circuit PIPENET calculations

Senior Process System Engineer TPX Revamp Project Thailand- Feb 2007 to June 2007

Tatoray Unit, PFD P&ID development and Hydraulic calculations.

Tie-in coordination and Demolished drawing development

Specialty Item Data sheet preparation

Lead in Relief System working with Vendors, Process Contractors.

Senior Process System Engineer - AGD-II Project. Abu Dhabi September 2005 to Feb 2007

Lead in Tie-in Coordination for all tie-ins with AGD-I in the field

Steam/Condensate Unit charge engineer developed P&IDs

Completed hydraulics and API Pump calculations for all the units using PPS.

Completed Flarenet modeling on the relief system vent header sizing and PSV calculations for AGD-II warm and cold flare system.

Atlas Engineering Houston TX

Senior Process Engineer- Jan 2002 to September 2005

involved in a 50 MM$ project for an eOil company which involved diligence service on their offshore platforms and sattelite wells.

Responsible to identify quality requirements and ensure the proper processes are identified and implemented to achieve contractual quality commitments. Assess customer perception of quality on a regular periodic basis. Supervise the Environmental, Safety & Health program for both the office and field work environments including contractor and subcontractor activities.

Lead several projects coordinating engineering activities including preparation of project proposals, estimate of engineering man hours, project scope review, project schedules and detailed engineering.

Responsible for design and development of offshore projects including Safe Chart development, sizing vessels, P&ID development, hydraulics calculations, Relief system Management.

Responsible for big oil company accounts helping them in their engineering for offshore projects.

Lead an oil platform revamping project involving heavy P&ID development and modifications,

Completed a BP oil pipeline project. Project involved complete simulation of their oil pipeline network, hysys and pipesys software were heavily used to handle the complex pipeline network.

BS&B Process Systems Houston TX

Senior Process Engineer- April 1996 to Jan 2002

BS&B a worldwide engineering company leading the market in E&C, Process design & PSM for chemical and energy industries.

Responsibility on offshore projects include proposal writing, sizing the vessel, estimation and detailed process design, development of PFD, P&ID, preparing process data sheets, valve and accessories sizing & selection for the skid mounted units.

Managed engineering team in India for the heavy engineering work for Dupont Chemical unit in NJ.

Completed PSM Software project, a simulation design package using API, ASME codes. PSM software is a complete software solution for Chemical plants, Refineries and Petrochemicals.

Involved in process design of package units like separators, heaters and other process units like sulfur recovery unit.

Completed a project for Bahrain oil company, Involved in engineering design of Heaters, Separators, preparation of Equipment layouts, GAD’s, Isometrics. The simulation packages includes Hysim & In-House Programs.

Completed successfully ASME Flow Loop Project involving heavy design work from the conceptual stage to commissioning. Project involved heavy programming in PLC lader logic and VB-HMI setup with Access back-end.

Completed a major project for Zeneca specialties. Project involved Process safety management OSHA 1910.110 compliance. Completed Design Basis for more than 700 safety devices, sized and verified for existing as well as new safety devices. Assisted the customers with SAP customizing on regulatory compliance module.

Supervised projects at multi sites in Dupont chambers works. Project involved process design and audit of the safety devices in two units for their on going PSM compliance.

Completed a Project for a Gulf oil company using Hysim Amine Simulation Package.

Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc. Houston TX

Senior Process Engineer- November 1995 to April 1996

Responsible for process support, process engineering, design and development.

Involved in PSM development project. Participated in HAZOP analysis and developed design basis.

Project involved safety valve, rupture disc and flare system sizing according to NFPA-30 and API RP-520, P&ID development, design basis calculations using simulations and PHA development per OSHA guidelines.

Developed Process Hazard Analysis using Hazsec software.

Responsible for PSM reviews and reviewing operating procedures.

Chemicals Inc. Houston TX

Senior Process Engineer-Jan 1995 to November 1995

Provided engineering support for batch polymer chemicals.

Prepared technology packages and implemented technology for the production of qualification batches. Involved in plant process design and development projects.

Mitsubishi Corporation Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Project Engineer – Dec 1986-Dec 1992

Responsible for plant process engineering design and process trouble shooting of multi-stage distillation units.

Involved in proposal activities, conducted process design including material and energy balances, P& ID development, flow diagrams control philosophy, hydraulic calculations, equipment selection according to the industry codes.

Involved in the optimization of anti-corrosive chemical additive project for the multi stage flash evaporators, which saved millions of dollars for the company.

Involved in plant automation from PLC to DCS system.

General Electric Company Al-Khoms, Libya Project Engineer-Jan 1981 – Dec 1986

Involved in commissioning of 4X120 M.W power units and 3 Mgal/d multistage flash distillation units.

Coordinated in construction, project development, startup and reliability run of oil and gas fired boilers. Designed and commissioned pretreatment units for treating waste water from demineralizing plants.

Implemented oil detection units in heat tracing steam condensate water lines in the auxiliary boiler system.

Neyveli Lignite Corporation Neyveli, India

Junior Plant Manager (Chemical) – Jan 1979 to Dec 1981

Fully responsible for production of Ammonia and urea in the oil-based Gasification unit.

Developed an alternate regeneration system for cationic beds.

Gansons Pvt. Ltd. Madras, India

Sales Engineer –June 1978-Dec 1978

Fully responsible for marketing, designing of chemical process equipment to chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

SKILLS

Programming Languages: C, VB 6.0, Java, SAS

Operating Systems: UNIX, SUN Solaris, Windows NT, Windows ME, MSDOS

Database Systems: Oracle 8.0, SQL Server 7.0, M.S. Access

Business Solution: SAP/MM Module Functional, Regulatory Module

Simulation Software: Aspen, Hysys, Hazsec,PPS, PIPENET, FLARENET

Legal Status: US Citizen

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