CURRICULUM VITAE
ZIVOTA STEVANOVIC, BS Chem. Eng
(COMMISSIONING & START-UP ENGINEER)
Areas of expertise: Oil & Gas industry
Professional experience: 39 Years
Skills set:
- Project Management Consultancy experience.
- Review Contractor Pre-commissioning and Commissioning packages.
- Site Management Construction and Process Supervision.
- Contractor document review.
- Production supervision (onshore Oil &Gas plants).
- Plants Test run and handover.
- Steam Reformer Specialist (SYNGAS and/or HPU production).
- Management of pre-commissioning/commissioning activities within the respect of
OPERCOM/ICAPS methodology.
- Extensive experience with process streamlines and bottle-neck removal.
- Problem solving and good analytical skills.
- PTW system trained.
- Process Risk Management Policy implementation.
-Training course and support program delivery (system training).
Personal details:
Date of birth / age: 30-11-1954 / 70
Nationality: Serbian
Civil Status: Married
Education: Technology and Metallurgical Faculty, Petrochemical Industry Dep.,
University of Belgrade (Serbia). Graduated in 1984.
Mobile: +381*********
E-mail address: *******************@*****.***
Work History:
Date: 6/2022- 7/2022
Location: Baku, Azerbeijan
Company: Refinery SOKAR
Position: Commissioning Eng
Description: Heaters dry out at DHT Unit.
Date: 9/2021- 9/2021
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Company: Refinery MIDOR
Position: Commissioning Eng
Description: Optimisation of the Hydrocrecker Heater*s firing
Date: 12/2020- 3/2021
Location: JSW Vasind (Mumbai), India
Company: LINDE Engineering India
Position: Lead Commissioning Eng
Description:Commissioning activities of the Hydrogen Plant and Start Up
Date: 10/2019- 3/2020
Location: Refinery Pancevo. Serbia
Company: Mc Dermot
Position: Deputy Commissioning Manager
Description: Commissioning activities at Deley Cooker Unit make it RFSU, such as inspection
of static equipment, functional test of the rotating equipment (Compressors,
pumps), pump water run, establish utilities at site, piping blowing,cleaning,
inertization, steam blowing etc
Date: 8/2019- 9/2019
Location: Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Company: Axens (Heurtey,USA)
Position: Heater Specialist
Description: Supervise preparation of work condition of Refinery CDU Heaters, preparing heaters Start
Up and Performance test.
Date: 6/2019- 8/2019
Location: Akhal velayat,Turkmenistan
Company: Axens, France
Position: Start up Specialist
Description: Supervise and manage Start Up and working condition of Refinery Heaters (8 pcs) at GTG
project.
Date: 11/2017- 3/2019
Location: Pengerang, Johor Barhu,Malaysia
Company: Tecnicas Reunidas, Spain
Position: Commissioning Superintendent
Description: Pre-Commissioning (pipes hydrotest, air and steam blowing, reinstatement and
Commissioning activities (leak test, inheriting, air freeing, Motors solo run test, Catalyst
loading and activation ...), Static equipment inspection. Make Hydrogen Plant RFSU and
Start Up.
Date: 01/2016- 08/2016
Location: Vologograd, Russia
Company: Tecnicas Reunidas, Spain
Position: Commissioning Site Manager
Description: Pre-Commissioning (pipes hydro test, air and steam blowing, reinstatement and
Commissioning activities (leak test, inertizing, air freeing, motors solo run test, Catalyst
loading and activation ...). Made Hydrogen Plant RFSU and Start Up.
Date: 07/2015- 12/2015
Location: Paramaribo, Suriname
Company: Statolie Refinery,Paramaribo,Suriname
Position: Commissioning Supervisor
Description: Commission and Start Up of SRU, CRU, Hydrocracker Unit and Hydrogen Plant. Plant
preparation for RFSU, Furnaces BODO and Start Up.
Date: 05/2015- 6/2015
Location: Huafong,Liaoyang,China
Company: Air Liquide Shangai,China
Position: Senior Commissioning Engineer.
Description: Commissioning, boiled out and Dry Out (BODO ) and Hydrogen Plant Start Up.
Date: 10/2014- 01/2015
Location: Yanbu,KSA
Company: YASREF/ Air Liquide
Position: Senior Commissioning Engineer.
Description: Commission and Start Up of Steam Reformer (Catalyst activation, Dry out/Boil out, Plant
Start- up etc...). Hydrogen production and Performance test done. Commission and Start
Up of Delay Cooker support.
Date: 3/2014- 6/2014
Location: UTE Khabarovsk, Russia.
Company: Foster Wheeler, Reading, UK
Position: Commissioning Engineer.
Description: Commissioning/ Heater Dry out and Startup of Steam Reformer. and Hydrocracker Unit,
Hydrogen production surveilling.
Date: 2/2014- 3/2014
Location: ORLEN Leituva, Mazelike Refinery, Lithuania.
Company: Vergaingineering, Milano, Italy
Position: Deputy Commissioning Manager.
Description: Visbreaker Vacuum Flasher Heater (with APH) Commissioning, Start up and Dry out
Activities are performed as per OPERCOM/ICAPS methodology,
Date: 11/2013- 1/2014
Location: LUBEREF Refinery, Yanbu, KSA
Company: Tecnimont KT, Italy
Position: Commissioning Manager.
Description: VDU Heater Revamping. Construction of the Heater Air pre-heater (APH) and DCU.
Commissioning and Start up of the Heater (heater dry out, Instrument and logic
Confirmation with System Eng, Operation and hand over to the Client).
Date: 7/2013- 11/ 2013.
Location: Saudi Kayan Refinery, Al Jubail, KSA
Company: Tecnimont KT, Italy
Position: Operation Manager.
Description: Chemical cleaning and reinstatement of the process lines at HDPE plant (Centrifuge and
Conveyer Section commission and made it RFSU.
Date: 3/2013- 5/2013
Location: Lotus Refinery, Gdansk, Poland
Company: Tecnimont KT, Italy
Position: Operation Manager.
Description: Replacement of 2 Furnaces; Construction, Pre-commissioning, Make it RFSU and Dry
out. Commissioning and Start Up.
Date: 2/2013-3/2013
Location: LMG Project, Poznan, Poland
Company: Tecnimont KT, Italy
Position: Operation Manager.
Description: Gas Plant with SRU (Amine, Sulfonyl Euro Clause). Made the Gas plant RFSU.
Date: 12/2012- 2/2013
Location: TOTAL Refinery de Normandy, Le Havre, France
Company: Tecnimont KT, Italy
Position: Commissioning Manager.
Description: Heater Inspection and Heater make RFSU: FD/ID Fans preparation for start Up, FG, NG,
OFF/SWS gas Systems make ready for Start Up;
Heater Dry-Out;
Heater inspection after dry-out;
Heater Start Up after dry-out.
Date: 5/2011- 12/2012
Location: Ahmadi, Kuwait
Company: SAIPEM, Italy
Position: Commissioning and Start up Coordinator.
Description: Gas Booster Station Construction Completion surveillance and Pre-commissioning/
Commissioning activities doing. Provide Gas turbine driven Compressors and Fuel gas
Electrical power motor driven compressors RFSU and Gas Plant Start up.
Ensure best practice construction considerations and methods are delivered to the
project for EPC and related activities.
Act as an advisor on construction best practice to senior onshore team members as
required from time to time.
Provide an interface between construction and engineering by supporting discipline
engineers during constructability reviews for both company and contractor.
Date: 12/2010- 3/2011
Location: Ras Laffan, Qatar
Company: Pearl GTL/TOYO-Hyundai Consortium/KTI-Technip, USA
Position: KTI Vendor representative
Description: Steam Reformer refractory dry-out prepare and execute. Provide Hydrogen Plant RFSU.
Date: 5/2009- 4/2010
Location: Mohammedia, Morocco
Company: Snamprogetti, Italy
Position: Commissioning and Start up Supervisor
Description: Commission Hydrogen plant with associated units (Hydrocracker, Hydrotreater unit,
Amine regeneration unit). Pre-commissioning, commissioning and start up
of Steam Reformer(Hydrogen production), Hydrotreater, Hydrocracker, H2S removal
Unit, Amine washing Unit, VDU, CDU ( Rotating equipment test run, Systems
dry out, Inertization, Initial start up and start up, H2 production, Diesel and gasoil
production /low sulphur content-5 ppm/ monitoring, Operational service test ). Provide
necessary operations for Hydrocracker pre-commissioning jobs (pipes hydro tests, air
blowing, flushing, punch points list making, rotating equipment checks-Pumps and Steam
driven Compressors, static equipment inspection prior box-up…. )
Date: 10/2008- 12/2008
Location: Blok Songo, Sumatra, Indonesia
Company: Hydro-chem, Atlanta, USA
Position: Plant Start up Supervisor;
Description: Hydrogen production and PSA (Pressure Swinging Absorption) purification, Steam
Reformer based on biogas, commission and Start up
-Handover documentation review;
-P&ID checks and plant inspection;
-Mechanical, Electrical and Instrument completions check and functional test;
-Equipment inertizing and leak testing;
-Initial Start up on LPG (feed and fuel) for catalyst reduction and then turn to biogas(feed).
-Final tuning process data as per PFDs.
-Local staff training
Date : 08/ 2006. – 05/2008
Location: Ahmadi – Kuwait
Company: Kuwait Oil Company/ AMEC Global Resources PTE Ltd
Position: Construction /Process/Commissioning Eng
Description: - Project Management Consultancy for the Project of the Plant Capacity Upgrade
and relocation of underground pipes to above ground at 12 Oil/Gas Field (Gathering
Center) and 3 Buster Gas Stations.
- Witness pre-commissioning (hydro and pneumatic leak testing), and commissioning
activities such as Vessels, Pipes, Gas-Scrubbers, Separators and Desalinators,
flushing and inertizing, Motor solo run test of rotating equipment, Instrumentation, Logic
and ESD System and Firefighting system checks and more.
- Supervise Construction activities (mechanical, electrical and instrument) with function
tests;
- Review Contractor pre-commissioning packages and site activities approved.
- Review completions status, SAT, FAT and Acceptance Criterion Definition
- Start- up & observation.
- Data analysis and final system tuning.
- Review performance test data.
Date : 08/ 2005. – 12/ 2005.
Location: Corinth – Greece
Company: Motor Oil Hellas / Technip KTI SpA,Roma
Position: Commissioning & Start up Coordinator
Description: - Steam Reformer start up preparation (flushing, air blowing and leak test of equipment)
- Start up Hydrogen Production Unit –Steam reformer naphta based,7500 NCMH;
- Plant inspection (SAT)
- Hydrogen purification by PSA (Linde procedure-Germany);
- DCS control system;
- Local staff training;
- Process bottleneck removal.
- Production process final tuning.
Date: 02/ 2005. – 06/ 2005.
Location: Nanjing – China
Company: BASF-YPC/Technip - Benelux
Position: Commissioning and Start-up Eng.
Description: Steam Reformer NG based Preparation for Hydrogen Plant Startup and Start up;
- Plant inspection;
- Equipment (mechanical, electrical and instrument) testing;
- Vessels, Pipes, Reactors, Scrubbers, Tanks and Rotating equipment inspection;
- Remove CO2 (Absorbing and Stripping CO2);
- CO and H2 recovery unit - Cold Box (Air Liquide-France procedure);
- Compression CO (45 bars) and H2 (150 bars) and export to Battery Limit;
- Compression OXO gas (50 bars) gas and export to Battery Limit;
- DCS system control;
- Local staff training and troubleshot problem solving
Date: 12/2000- 2/2005.
Location: PANCEVO, SERBIA
Company: HIP Petrohemija, Pancevo
Position: Manager for Health, Safety and Fire protection
( including 9 petrochemical plants and more then 3000 employees)
Description: - Organization work for Health, Safety and Fire protection on following plants:
Ethylene, HDPE,,LDPD,VCM and Chloralkaline plant;
- Contact with outside Institutions, like Ministries, Agencies, Companies;
- Implementation of work low and fire protection procedure;
- Physical and chemical pollution Control on work places;
- Technical equipment used control in different process of work.
Date: 1996- 2000
Location: Pancevo, Serbia
Company: HIP Petrohemija, Pancevo
Position: Lead engineer for implementation QS
Description: Implementation of JUS/ISO 9002:96 and JUS/ISO 14000 standards at Chloralkaline
Plant
Date: 1989-1996
Location: Pancevo, Serbia
Company: HIP Petrohemija, Pancevo
Position: Senior Process Engineer
Description - Chlorine production process controlling in Chlorine-alkali plant
- Crawford –Russell/Olin procedure-(USA)
- Hydrogen separation, purification and transportation.
- HCL plant Pre-commissioning/commissioning and Start up.
Date: 1984-1989
Location: Belgrade – Baric, Serbia
Company: Basic Chemistry Complex, Prva Iskra Baric
Position: Senior Process Engineer (Startup & Commissioning) at Hydrogen Plant.
Description: Steam Reformer Commission and Start up;