GAURANG S. CHOKSHI

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SUMMARY

Over 25 years of professional experience, also working as Expat in Process Engineering including Pre-FEED, FEED, Revamp, Detail Design Engineering, Heavy Industrial Construction, Commissioning and Start-up. Contributed in LNG, Oil and Gas, Refinery, Petrochemical, Chemical, Power plant, and Utility Projects. CORE PROFESSIONAL STRENGTH

• SME and Lead Process Engineer 8+ years Team Leadership Experience.

• Coordinate alignment and mapping of Scope Book with engineering phase activities with multiple engineering functions and disciplines, procurement to the owner/ client satisfaction to ensure operability, maintainability and safety of the systems designed.

• Demonstrated leadership showing harmony and teamwork through integrity and interpersonal skills - won client satisfaction and problem-solving techniques awards.

• Assessment, Audit and Review as Functional representative on various projects process engineering work – process mapping, planning study drawings, piping isometrics and vendor drawings.

• Prepared standards for material requisition for safety relief valves, low pressure/vacuum vents (breather type) and various equipment bid analysis and recommendations.

EDUCATION

B.S. Chemical Engineering

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Equipment selection criteria database, customize software programs for sizing Relief Valves (PSV), Process and Utility Line sizes, Hydraulic Calculations for Pumps and Compressors and MS Office, Access, Power Point, MS Project. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PARSONS CORPORATION - Houston, Texas March 2018 – Dec. 2019 Principal Process Engineer

A. Blue Grass Chemical Agent - Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) Richmond, Kentucky SME/ Tiger Team Member

• Contributed into Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) report on as- built configuration drawings, Control System Narratives and Alarm Summaries to identify all discrepancies and suggest mitigation to Safeguard Plant.

• Revised MWS and RHS systems and created required PFD’s and Calculations for Environment Permit. B. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Project – Life Extension 2 Bayou Choctaw, Louisiana Lead Bayou Choctaw Project Site Process and Design Team:

• Review old original available capital project P&IDs and other documents, get revalidate the details with existing setup and transformed them to 2D Smart Plant P&ID.

• Coordinate design reviews (preliminary, 30%, 60%) in 3D modelling internal intra discipline and client reviews, coordinate captured comments during the review and transformed them in revisions throughout design maturity.

• Design and develop new capital replacement creating P&IDs, PFDs, equipment, line, valve and safety valve list and assisted in demolition selection criteria of redundant and obsolete existing equipment and lines.

• Support Process discipline and team members on other project site on process design related issues. BECHTEL CORPORATION (OG&C Business Group) Houston, Texas April 2010 – Dec.2016 Lead Sr. Process Engineer

A. BP Galeota Expansion Project Tobago, Trinidad

Lead FEED Efforts for 21,000 BPSD of Condensate (Light Hydrocarbon) and 5.5 MMSCFD Flash Gas, with 50,000 BPSD of Produce Water and to release in ocean - Gas/Liquid separation Project. B. Mozambique Liquefaction (LNG) Project Mozambique, Africa Lead FEED Efforts for 5.5 MTPA/Train capacities for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Developed Level 1 Hydraulic calculations for Feed Gas, Regeneration Gas and Methane Compressor. Also performed hydraulic calculation for LNG Transfer, Debutanizer overhead, Debutanizer Reflux, HRC heavy reflux, Ethylene, Propylene de-inventories, and Hot Oil circulation pumps. C. Sabine Pass Liquefaction (LNG) project Cameron Parish, Louisiana Performed detailed engineering design and calculations for Flare units (wet and dry), H2S removal package and Thermal Oxidizer.

D. Chevron Pascagoula Refinery base oil project Pascagoula, Mississippi Assigned responsibility for detailed engineering for sulfur recovery revamp units (SRU II & III), sour water source control revamp units and front-end engineering design package for wastewater treatment revamp unit. KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT (KBR) – Houston, Texas Feb. 2007 – Oct. 2009 Technical Professional Leader – Process

A. Yanbu Export Refinery, Conoco Phillips and Saudi Armco - Joint Venture Yanbu, Saudi Arabia Lead in-charge for FEED design package for 400,000 BPSD of Crude oil Refinery Project. Produced Utility Flow Diagrams and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams for Fuel Gas and Flare systems. Prepared and reviewed equipment load sheets, wrote Process Description, Developed Process Control philosophy and performed hydraulic calculations for Fuel Gas system and Flare Pumps. Assigned Checking of B/L Summaries including line size calculations for Interconnecting Piping. BECHTEL CORPORATION (OG&C Business Group) Houston, Texas Feb. 2005 – Jan.2007 Senior Engineer – Process

A. Motiva Refinery - Shell Oil and Saudi Armco Joint Venture Port Arthur, Texas Area Engineer for development of front-end engineering design package (FED 3) for 112,900 BPSD Naphtha Hydro treating Unit2 (Part of Naphtha Processing Complex – NPC).

B. Shell Canada - Scotford Refinery Alberta, Canada Unit Engineer on the AOSP Downstream Expansion Project. Responsible for development of front-end Engineering design package for Atmospheric and Vacuum Unit (96,775 BPSD of dry bitumen Feed) TECHNIP USA CORPORATION – Houston, Texas June 2004 –Feb. 2005 Principal Process Engineer

A. Exxon/Mobil Refinery Baytown, Texas

Lead front-end engineering design scope for debottleneck and revamp of existing Crude Vacuum Tower for Pipe Still 7 South unit to increase the capacity of Heavy Crude from 85,000 to 98,000 BPSD. Performed Hydraulic calculations for pumps. Prepared specifications and process datasheets for centrifugal pumps, control valve and flow element. Updated Piping and instrument diagram (P&ID’s) changes, affected by above modifications. CDI ENGINEERING GROUP INC – Houston, Texas Jan 2004 – June 2004 Senior Process Engineer

A. Dow Chemicals Corporation Freeport & Texas City, Texas Participated in evaluating and designing relief systems including sizing, selection and preparation of required documentation for new and existing pressure relief device for high pressure (ASME Section VIII) and low pressure (API - 620 & 650) systems on Safety Relief systems design and study projects. ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL – Houston, Texas Oct.2000 – Jan 2004 Principal Engineering Specialist

Lead in-charge for development of process and utility flow diagrams, piping and instrument diagrams (P&ID’s), Design specification Diagrams, Relief Blow down Diagrams, pump hydraulic calculations, and line sizing. Prepared process data sheets, Control valve data, flow element, piping specialty data sheets and line list. Responsibilities include relief valve sizing and selection. A. Nippon Petrochemicals Co. Ltd Japan

Lead Front-end engineering design work package for 136,000 MT/year of polymer grade Propylene and 120,000 MT/year LPG product.

B. Exxon/Mobil Sakhalin1 project Chayvo, Russia

Senior Process Engineer, Expat at Moscow on 2 Train, 50000 BPSD Oil and 800,000 MSCFD gas grass root onshore Processing facility (OPF). Responsible for system /detailed engineering for Hot Oil, Fuel gas and Closed drain systems. Incorporated Hazop review comments, valve reduction study, relief and control valve sizes of all Process P&ID’s, PFD’s, UFD’s, and issued for design.

C. Ethylene unit for Lyondell / Equistar Houston, Texas Prepared, PFD, P&ID’s and Process equipment data sheets for reconfiguration and optimization of Steam Super Heater upgrades to existing NOx emissions reduction project. D. Kuwait National Petroleum Company Mina Abdulla Refinery, Kuwait Prepared front-end engineering design package for, debottleneck of Atmospheric Residue desulfurization (ARDS) unit to increase the capacity from 66,000 to 84,000 BPSD using Chevron Onstream Catalyst Replacement (OCR) technology E. Rio Polimeros Gas Chemical Complex Brazil

In-charge Senior Chemical Engineer for 520,000 MT/year grass root Ethylene Project for system/detailed engineering for ethylene fractionation, C4 Hydrogenation and pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation units. NATIONAL ENERGY PRODUCTION CORPORATION (NEPCO) – Bothell, Washington Mar. 2000 –Oct. 2000 Senior Process Engineer

A. Green County Energy - LLC, Jenks, Oklahoma

Developed process and utilities area piping and instrument diagrams for 820 MW capacity combined cycle power plant. Prepared P&ID’s for closed loop cooling water, fuel gas, and heat recovery steam generation (HRSG) SCR systems include ammonia storage tank, pumps, and vaporizer and combustion gas turbine (CGT) exhaust/HRSG gas systems. Performed hydraulic calculations for pumps and line sizing. Prepared specifications/data sheets for centrifugal pumps, plate and frame exchangers, atmospheric tank, blow off tank, ammonia loading, storage and pumping equipment and fuel gas odorant injection system for fuel gas.

KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT - Houston, Texas Sep.1994 – Jan.1999 Senior Process Engineer

In-charge for process, utilities and offsite area piping and instrument diagrams, piping system hydraulics (including line sizing for single and two-phase flows), process equipment specification and process design packages. Responsibilities include relief valve sizing and selection. Prepared control valve, flow element, piping specialty items, data Sheets and nomenclature. A. Singapore Syngas Pet Ltd., Singapore

Senior Chemical Engineer for 25 MSCF/day synthesis gas (carbon monoxide/hydrogen) gasification project. Project was completed ahead of schedule and under budget.

B. Phillips Petroleum Company, Texas.

Senior Chemical Engineer for 200 MLB/year 1-Hexene projects, resulting in timely completion of project design and engineering.

C. Phillips Petroleum Company joint venture Thailand Prepared front-end engineering design package for 200,000 MT/year polyethylene project, resulting in successful completion and commission of plant by detailed engineering contractor. D. Farmland MissChem LTD (FMCL) Trinidad

Performed and checked off-sites and utility system engineering for 2,040 STPD ammonia project. E. Ethylene expansion project for Yukong Ltd Korea Added value engineering to 520,000 MTPA Ethylene expansion project, resulting in successful start-up of plant without problems and Increased plant capacity.

F. Caltex Philippines Inc Philippines

Prepared front-end engineering design package for 65,000 BPSD crude distillations and LPG recovery unit, resulting in successful completion and commission of plant by detailed engineering contractor.

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