Curriculum – Vitae

R. RAGUNATH

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (B.E - ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING)

PROJECTS/CONSTRUCTION/MAINTENANCE/DESIGN

OIL & GAS, REFINERY & PETROCHEMICAL SECTORS

TOTAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE – 27

EXPERIENCE IN KUWAIT - 19

Email: ado5ee@r.postjobfree.com

MOBILE NO: 0091-877-***-****

Permanent Address

Plot No: II, Heritage Venkateswara Nagar, Karambakkam, Porur, Chennai –116. Tamil Nadu, India. Pin code: 600 116.

Career Summary

Electrical Engineer having more than 25 years of professional experience in Refinery, Oil and Gas, Petrochemical industries in Projects, Construction, Maintenance and Design. Experience in EPC Projects with Companies like DAELIM, TECNICAS REUNIDAS, FLUOR, TECHNIP, GULF SPIC, IMCO, ISCO AND UGCC in Kuwait.

Professional Experience Summary

Organization and Period

1) Kuwait National Petroleum Company - KNPC, Kuwait.

Period: April 2008 to November 2020.

Designation: Electrical Construction Engineer

2) IMCO Engineering and Construction Company, Kuwait.

Period: March 2007 to March 2008.

Designation: Electrical Construction Engineer

3) United Gulf Construction Company, Kuwait.

Period: August 2004 to January 2007.

Designation: Electrical Construction Engineer

4) Integral Services Company – ISCO, Kuwait.

Period: July 2001 to July 2004.

Designation: Electrical Maintenance Engineer

5) SPIC Organics Limited, Chennai, India.

Period: December 1992 to November 2000.

Designation: Deputy Manager – Electrical Maintenance

6) G.K. Steel and Allied Industries Limited, India.

Period: February 1990 to December 1992.

Designation: Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Projects

Refinery and Oil & Gas sectors

(Kuwait National Petroleum Company & Kuwait Oil Company)

1) Revamp of Effluent Treatment Facilities (MAA/MAB/SHU - Refineries)

2) Upgradation of Fire protection system in pump houses – MAB

3) Cathodic Protection system in IRT, shipping, Crude charge & blend pump

houses in Refinery.

4) Facilities for moisture removal & de-hazing of gas oil at MAB Refinery.

5) New Facilities for H2S Removal from SWS flash drum off gas from sour

water stripper unit.

6) Sulphur Handling Facilities

7) Flare Gas Recovery Unit

8) De-bottlenecking in Coker Unit

9) 12” Natural Gas Pipe Line

10) Gathering Center GC – 28. Capacity Expansion for compression and

medium Crude processing.

11) Replacement of Water and gas Networks

Maintenance

Petrochemical, Refinery, Oil & Gas, Steel Industry.

(SPIC, Kuwait National Petroleum Company & Kuwait Oil Company)

1) Maintenance of Electrical System (SPIC) in Petrochemical Industry.

2) Electrical Maintenance in Refinery - KNPC - Mina Abdullah Refinery,

Kuwait.

3) Maintenance of Electrical System in Steel Industry.

Career Overall Responsibilities

Design of Electrical Systems, project planning & Engineering activities for Refinery, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical projects. Hands on experience in preparing deliverables such as SLDs, Load List, Equipment sizing calculations, area classification layouts, Material Requisition, RFQ, Technical Bid Evaluation, Interfaces and Interconnection diagrams etc., Expertise in Electrical Construction, Operations, Maintenance of equipment’s related oil and gas industries. Well exposed in Design handling, procurement till delivery to work site, installation, revamp and retrofitting activities of LV & MV Installations. Vendor coordination, providing technical solutions for projects, Conducting Engineering design reviews, TBE inputs, interface with Operations, instrumentation, pre-qualification of vendors and bid evaluation activities. Identification of Project Risks, Schedule & Cost including implementation. Adroit in ramping up projects well within specified time, cost, quality and safety aspects. Conducting stage wise design reviews including 30%, 60% & Final. Upgrading of existing distribution networks involving design, procurement and installation. Exposure in handling pre-FEED, FEED & EPC activities. Exposure in instrument discipline having overall idea from engineering drawings & documents and involved in testing and Commissioning activities. Adequate knowledge in international codes and standards related to.

Job Details

1) Site survey and data collection with all necessary inputs from field and report.

2) List of Engineering drawings and documents based on project requirements

3) Preparation of Engineering deliverables based on the project work scope.

4) Technical documents reviewing and coordinating with Client/Contractor/Vendors.

5) Approval of drawings and documents and issuing for Construction and Execution.

6) Coordination with Refinery Electrical for the approval of related documents.

7) Preparation-RFQ/Material Requisition in line with Specifications/floating enquiries.

8) Reviewing of technical bid evaluation and approving to proceed for placing P.O

9) Exposure in placing Purchase Order to the Manufacturer.

10) Vendor technical document review/comments/re-submission till approval.

11) Witnessing Factory Acceptance Test and acceptance of equipment and systems.

12) Erection, testing and commissioning of various electrical equipment’s/systems.

13) Inspection of Project materials and approving the same.

14) Overall progress of the project and follow up.

15) Coordinating with Client for pre-commissioning, testing and Commissioning.

16) Construction of Substation in coordination with Civil department.

17) HV/MV/LV Switchgears Installation, MCC, Installation of Package Substation.

18) Erection of LT/HT motors, Motor Control Centers, Distribution Boards etc.,

19) Installation of LT & HT cables, up to glanding and termination works.

20) Lighting distribution system, installation, testing and commissioning.

21) Handling of Project Dossiers up to As-built submission.

22) Cable tray and Conduit installation with accessories as per route layout.

23) Motor Operated Valves such as Rotorq, Limitorque, Auma and Bernard.

24) Installation of AC UPS & DC UPS system and commissioning.

25) Study of all drawings - schematic, wiring diagrams, installation drawings etc.,

26) Supervision of site activities and daily progress monitoring.

27) Bill of Quantities, MTO preparation.

28) Preparation of As-built drawings and documents based on field markup drawings.

29) 440Volts, 3.3 KV Motors up to 2500 hp including motor protective relays.

30) 11KV Induction and Synchronous motors up to 7239 hp of Mitsubishi make.

31) 1650 KVA – Diesel Generator of Toshiba, Japan.

32) Maintenance of 2x30 KVA of Tata Liebert, Gutor make Uninterruptible power

system (UPS) with redundant facility & Maintenance of Batteries

33) Installation of Earthing Systems, testing and Commissioning.

34) Experience in U. G. Cables fault location and route locator.

35) Familiar with HIPOT Test Kit and Cable Burning Kit.

36) Exposure in PLC’s, Panel, GA, Equipment arrangement, distribution etc.,

37) Testing of Motor Protection Relays like BBC – ITX-193, ABB MCX-913 and

Protection Relays like Over Current, Earth Fault, Differential Protection etc. (GEC

Make)

38) ARDS Unit - Online Catalyst Replacement OCR Revamp project - Installation of

11KV motors, 3.3 KV motors, LT motors, MCC’s, new starter modules, Testing

and commissioning.

39) Revamp of Hydrocracker unit – Installation of Fin-fan motors, P-14-114 A – 3.3

KV HT motor, revamp of starter modules, testing, commissioning etc.,

40) Revamp of Hydro-Treater Unit – Installation of one no of 3.3 KV, 228 HP motor –

P-15-103 B, LT motors, starter modules, Testing of motor protection relays.

41) New project at Hydrogen Unit – Benfield and Sulphinol Drainage pump- LT

motors installation, Push button Station, cable laying, testing and commissioning

etc.,

42) 11KV Jyothi make MOCB’s and associated protective relays

43) Variable Frequency Drives & Erection of LT Motor Control Centers. LT Motors

ranging from fractional KW to 132 KW Flameproof/Industrial type.

44)1600 KVA; 11/440 volts make outdoor transformer of Bharat Bijlee and Toshiba

Make

45)1450 KVA SKL, Germany make PLC controlled Diesel Generator with AVK,

Alternator and its associated control panel and protective system.

46) MCC’s LT ACB’s and associated protective relays etc.

47) Maintaining of Purchase Requisition/Order records and Spares follow up.

48) Worked as a part of team involved in implementation of Ozone Depletion System

49) Implemented energy saving schemes as per directives of CII

50) Coordination with other departments

51) Member of Loss prevention committee for identifying safety deviation/mitigation

Measures.

52) Monthly Technical Presentation to project the possibility of improving the

Department in contributing towards organizational goals.

53) Maintaining of ISO records

54) Awarding of Annual Maintenance Contract to contractor

55) Erection, Testing, Commissioning and Maintenance of 110KV Switch yard

56) Installation of 110/33 KV NGEF make 10/16 MVA Transformer.

57)110KV ABB make SF6 Circuit breaker.

58) 33/11KVTransformer. & 33KV/80 Volts Furnace Transformer.

59) 3,10 & 50 Tonnes of EOT Crane maintenance and control panels.

60) Direct ARC Furnace

61) Cathodic Protection system for U/G tanks and pipe lines.

62) HSE Compliance and safety requirements to Projects, Construction,

Maintenance.

Achievements

Sl. No

Description of Work

Benefits

Cost saved to Company Per Year

Time saved to increase the production

1.

Motors connection (11 Nos) changed from Delta to Star (As per CII directives)

Reduction in Current Consumption(Energy saving)

22,72,000

(Rupees)

N/A

2.

Conversion of Street Light from 250 Watts HPMV Lamps to 150 Watts HPSV Lamps (Retrofitting)

Decrease in current consumption led to Energy saving

1,34,784

(Rupees)

N/A

3.

Changing from Conventional tube light to LED fitting

Substantial reduction in current aids to energy saving

14,400

(Kuwait Dinar)

N/A

4

Implemented the logic controls led to increased utilization of sludge process

Enhanced the quantity of production

N/A

7 hours in a day saved & increased production.

5

Implementation of plant welding, three phase and single phase sockets

Availability of sockets in various places of unit resulting in reduction of waiting time for utilization of electric power

N/A

Substantial reduction in shutdown time average of 10 hours per day of 30 days = 300 hours in the unit

6.

Modification of LCS to implement safety multi-locking facility

Achieved fool proof safety to avoid unsafe condition

N/A

Compliance to safety rules and regulations and ensure 100% safety during equipment isolation.

7

Introduction of VFD in Centrifugal pumps

Speed reduction in turns less electrical power consumption

6,000,00

(Rupees)

N/A

8.

Conversion to Solar Street light

Ensures the alternate power as well as reduction in power.

7,200

(Kuwait Dinar)

N/A

Personal Profile

Date of birth : 17th July 1967

Marital Status : Married, One daughter

Passport Details : No. : Z 3826373

Issued at : Kuwait

Issued on : 11.04.2017

Validity : 10.04.2027

Date: SIGNATURE

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