Principal Technical Specialist-Onshore and Offshore Pipelines Eng.

Summary

Dr. Ram Sivaraman as a Principal Technical Specialist has 15 + years of Pipelines Engineering design in onshore upstream/ midstream/ down-stream as well as offshore.

Many years of experience in the Design and implement of mechanical systems for pipeline infrastructure, ensuring compliance and efficiency. Design and analyze mechanical systems (piping, valves, compressors).

Reviewed P&IDs, mechanical drawings, and specifications.

Performed stress analysis, hydraulic calculations, and equipment sizing.

Developed technical specifications and procurement documents.

Applied ASME B31.8 and API compliance.

Troubleshoot pipeline plugging and delivery issues

15+ years in the pipeline or related industry.

Proficiency in various pipeline simulations used by Pipeline Industry

Strong knowledge of ASME B31.8 and API.

Experience with hydraulic calculations and stress analysis.

Compressor station design experience.

Project management experience.

Field experience.

Software experience.

-Autodesk Navisworks 3d viewer

-Bluebeam

-Viso

-Adobe Pro

In addition to that has Experience in the pipeline routing, survey, ROW, Federal and State Regulatory Permitting working with vendors and regulatory agencies from design phase to construction of the pipeline for compliance. Expertise also includes knowledge of EPA/ DOT/ PHMSA and FERC Regulatory issues and compliance.

His technical expertise includes the application of International, American and European piping, pipeline and process codes and Standards (API, ANSI, ASME, ASTM, AWWA, NFPA, NACE, DNV, BSI and ISO), specifications, assessment and recommended operating practices for Onshore & Offshore pipelines systems design, Flow assurance, Pump sizing, Leak Detection, Crossing Design, HDD, Pig traps (launcher and receiver) design, Hot-Tapping, Coating selection, Internal and External Pipeline Corrosion Protection (CP), Piping Materials and Procurement. PMC experience in reviewing: Block Flow Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams, P&IDs, line lists, equipment lists and PSV and pipeline data sheets, construction specifications, logics, bid packages, commissioning plans, schedules, required deliverables and PEP.

Familiarity and working knowledge of Onshore and Offshore Standards and Specifications for EXXON, CHEVRON, BP, SHELL, HESS and CENTURION (OXY), Middle East Clients Kuwait Oil Company (KOC and KNPC)); Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC, ADMA, ADCO and GASCO); Saudi Aramco and South American Countries Columbia, Mexico and Ecuador. Flexible but goals driven and a committed professional to quality process and product, with a proven track record of success in working with multi-disciplinary teams, completing the tasks within the budget and on time delivery of results.

Experience

2016 - Present

Principal Technical Consultant – Pipelines Systems Engineering,

Worley – Advisian, 575 N Dairy Ashford Rd, Houston, TX 77079.

Provides Project Management Technical Consultant (PMTC) support in the review of pipeline design and engineering drawings, Right of Way, Crossings, Flow Assurance, Valve Stations, Pipeline Cathodic protection Design and Philosophies, Corrosion monitoring and Treatment, Pipeline Data sheets, External and Internal coatings for Exposed and buried pipelines and reports for contract compliance, and impact on operations and maintenance, safety, cost and schedule for oil, gas and water Conveyance Systems developments in USA, South America and Middle East countries.

2008 - 2016

Principal Technical Consultant – Pipeline Systems Engineering,

WorleyParsons, West Loop South, Bellaire, Texas 77401, USA

Provided PMC and technical engineering design support for various Offshore & Onshore pipelines design projects for lower 48 states in USA and other International projects (Kuwait Oil Company (Kuwait), Abu Dhabi (UAE) and SAUDI ARAMCO (Saudi Arabia)), Columbia, Mexico and Ecuador in the following:

Engineering and Simulations Support – Facility Design and simulations support (AFT Impulse, Stoner Pipeline Simulator (SPS), PIPEPHASE, PIPESIM, DNV.GL SYNERGY GAS and OLGA 2000) for pipe sizing, pipeline and pump system design/ Hydraulic and Transient analysis (pump, valve and flow transients) and mitigation strategies for high pressure water distribution and liquid fuels (crude oil, fuel oil, diesel, and gasoline), other refined or petrochemical products from storage tanks to terminals (ship and barge). Applied working knowledge of ASME B31.3, B31.4, and B31.8 in piping and pipeline wall thickness calculations design. Support for Crossing designs, coating selection, HDD, hot tapping, pig traps-launcher and receiver design, metering, custody transfer, Leak detection philosophy and material selection and PFD, P&ID, Data sheets developmental support and review.

Support for the development of Basis of Design, Process and Control Narratives for pipelines and facilities equipment modules and pipeline commissioning, decommissioning and PEP reports and Cost estimates.

Regulatory and Compliance Support - Pipeline Safety Regulations (DOT/ PHMSA), select pipeline routing, survey, Right of Way & Permitting for State, Local and Federal.

Pipe Stress Analysis Support using CAESAR II for various static load cases (operational, sustained, occasional and expansion load) at pipeline operating temperature and pressure conditions.

Flow Assurance Simulations Support - HYSYS process simulations for wax, asphaltene and hydrates in Offshore & Onshore pipelines

Pipeline Integrity Assessment support - Pipeline corrosion (B31G Criteria) management. Corrosion philosophy, Risk analysis and HAZOP, HAZID and SIL review support. Application of NACE MR0175 and ISO 15589-2.

Successfully Completed Projects

PHILLIPS 66 – GRAY OAK PIPELINE - Stoner Surge Models Review. Reviewed the Hydraulic Surge analysis model developed in Stoner Simulator software by an independent contractor for the new Gray Oak Pipeline (West Texas to Sweeny & Corpus Christi) specifically Surge Analysis for 1) Crane and Ingleside 2) Central Junction to Sweeny TX and 3) 3rd Party Delivery to Helena, Crane & Wink. Reviewed the analysis model for 20 scenarios (identified in surge analysis report) for the pipeline segments requested for evaluation and review the outputs. Assess the surge pressures at 19 locations where the surge skids are requested by the contractor and made recommendations to the client. (Completed)

EAP HOLDING COMPANY- ENCINO ENERGY- Hydraulic Modelling of Dry & Wet Gas Gathering Pipelines Network Systems. Worked with the EAP Holdings Co business and operations team in incorporating existing pipelines and the new development pipelines (about 1000 pipelines) in the UTICA Hub network in OHIO using DNV.GL-SYNERGI GAS 4.9.1 Modeler for hydraulic modelling. Developed separate models for Bush creek, Flint (Dry gas) and Cardinal (Wet gas) which connects all gathering pipelines and Wells and Pads. The developed fully integrated field hydraulic models for Wet gas and Dry gas Gathering new work will assist Encino Energy to assess the field development strategies and compare the strategies of financial and non-financial metrics. Optimizing and recommending field development strategies that can improve the value of our client’s assets by 25%.

Feed compositions and well pads end flowrates and pressures have been obtained from CYGNET’s live data. The model well pad data has been updated with the CYGNET data. The flow data has been verified with FLOCAL data which is the collection point of the live data coming from CYGNET. Assessed the technical feasibility, capital and operational costs of multiple alternatives. The integrated model helped the client identify a critical risk to their field operations and overall NPV that was previously not considered by the client.

NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LAB - Assisted National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in support of FutureGen 2.0 for investigating a scenario where CO2 is transported via pipeline from the 200MW (gross) Meredosia power plant as well as other yet unidentified power plants to the Mattoon Regional Storage Site. In the scenario, the multiple CO2 collection pipelines will all feed into a CO2 trunk pipeline. The trunk line (24”) (95 miles) delivers the CO2 (CO2 flow rate in each collection pipe: 1.3 million metric tonnes per year or 4190 short tons per day assuming an 80% capacity factor) to the sequestration formation, with re-compression as needed. Determination of the Capital and Operating Costs of the system consisting of a collection line and a trunk line to deliver supercritical CO2 to the sequestration formation with re-compression (3000 psi).

UAE - GASCO- IGD Expansion Project -PMC-FEED – Offshore/Onshore High-Pressure Gas Pipeline Project –The gas pipeline (42”) starts from Das Island in UAE and travels 117 km Offshore (subsea) in the Arabian Sea (30m depth) and arrives at Ras Al Quila Beach Station and travels 107 km Onshore to a new gas process facility at Habshan5 and deliver sour gas of flow rate1645 MMSCFD (designed to handle 2.2 BCF) at a delivery pressure of 1425 psig in UAE.

SPEC Cartagena NG Terminal EPC Project – FEED-Offshore/Onshore High-Pressure Gas Pipeline Project –The gas pipeline (18”) starts from the Jetty (offshore) with a trestle (700 m) for LNG Storage and Regasification Units (FSRU) in Cartagena bay, Columbia and travels 10 km onshore connecting to National Grid pipeline in Mamonal, Cartagena and deliver natural gas of flow rate 400 MMSCFD at a delivery pressure of 1000 psig.

LDH Energy Company – Refined Products Terminal Project –FEED-Phase I-Evaluation, Design and development of a 23.5-mile (20”) pipeline to transport Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel, Mogas, and Jet Fuel from a refined products GGC Storage Terminal (1.055 million BBL) in Houston to Cedar Bayou tanks facility.

Jamaica LNG Gas Transmission Project - Feasibility study of distributing high pressure gasified LNG product from a LNG gasification facility (ORF) at shoreline of Jamaica to several locations at different elevations: May Pen, Jamaica, Kingston, Mandeville and Montego Bay – 250 km (155 miles) (12”, 10” and 8”) high pressure (1450 psig) gas distribution pipeline system.

WAHA North Gialo Field Development (Pre-Feed)/ Oil/ Gas/ Condensate (stabilized and un stabilized) Project – 6-mile pipeline from Oil/Gas production well to Central Gas Processing Facility (CPF) (flow rate: 10,000BPD), 8 miles Oil export line (100,000BPD) to Terminal from CPF, 37 miles Gas export line (Flow rate:160MMSCFD) to Terminal from CPF and another 37 miles Stabilized and Un Stabilized Condensate lines (Flowrate: 11,600 BPD) to Terminal from CPF.

Chevron Products Company South Africa, Project Phoenix- Design and development of pipelines to download Diesel and Mogas (ULP93/95) from a large tanker at Durban Dock to nearby storage tanks and then to a tie-in to a National Multi Product Pipeline (NMPP) (2 km) (16” dia) (three new pipelines) at a flow rate of 180,000 BPD.

Hess Corporation- Bakken Field Development- North Dakota Goliath Pipeline Project – FEED - Crude oil, HP Dew pointed gas, LP gas, NGL, Produced water, Fuel Gas transport pipelines development from production wells locations to the terminals or process facility - 24 km (15 miles) distribution pipeline (10”/8”/6”/4”) system.

Centurion Pipeline L.P - Cushing/Oklahoma to Slaughter/Texas Flow Reversal Pipeline Project – Design and development of a 24” (dia) pipeline (385 miles) integrating 10 pump stations to transfer Canadian crude oil (Viscosity 325 cSt) at a flow rate of 60,000 BPD.

Plains St James Terminal Project Phase III – Design and development of two transport lines (4 km) to down load different crudes (20 API – 60 API) from St James Shipping and Barge Terminal to Plains storage tanks at a flow rate of 250,000BPD (barge) to 1.3 million BPD (Ship).

KOC Telemetry Project FEED - Consumers Network/ Pipelines and Other Assets (heavy oil, diesel, emergency gas oil and crude transfer pipelines (20”/18”/16” dia) and high-pressure gas pipelines (42”/34”/30”/24”/18” dia) to Kuwait’s four major power stations (Doha, Al-Sour, Sabiya and Shuaiba)).

Al-Khobar- Saudi Arabia RT Refinery (RTR) Expansion Project – Fuel oil, Gasoline, Diesel, Whole Naphtha, Light Naphtha, MTBE Gasoline Additive and Heavy Reformate) (Flow rate 236,400 BPD).

Saudi Aramco (PMC) Offshore Maintain Potential Facilities (MPP)-2015 Increment-WER 002 Project. Replacement of subsea pipelines (24”,12”,10”) and Tie-ins to Platforms (TP1, TP2, TP3, PF-95/100, PF-58/63, PF-52/57 and PF-46/51) and shore approach and onshore arrival to the process facility (GOSP-5) in Abu Ali.

BP Trinidad & Tobago, LLC (BPTT) - Offshore Produced Liquids Export Project (OPLE) –FEED- High Pressure Condensate transport 100 km (12”) subsea pipeline from three Trinidad offshore platforms (Mahogany, Amherst and Cassia) to two terminal points Galeota and Site F Trinidad & Tobago onshore facilities (receiving 30,000 BOPD) at a delivery pressure of 400 psig.

SHELL Pipeline Company – Offshore subsea Pipelines Abandonment Project – 16-in Amberjack Oil Pipeline from Green Canyon 65 (Water depth 1350’) to Green Canyon 19 (Water depth 750’) & 12-in Poseidon Oil Pipeline from Green Canyon 19 to Sub Sea Tie-In (Water depth 420’) at Ship Shoal 359.

EXXON MOBIL COMPANY (EMC) HEBRON FEED Design for GBS (located 340 km offshore of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) TOPSIDES Oil Production Facilities/ Produced water treatment for disposal and High-Pressure Water Injection Project including 5.5 km oil tanker loading systems.

Education

Senior Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California.

Professional Affiliations

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Chemical Society

American Association of Advancement of Sciences

Canadian Petroleum Society

Professional Development Training

WorleyParsons Enterprise Management System (EMS)

WorleyParsons Project Management Process (WPMP)

WorleyParsons OneWay to Zero Harm Management System (12 Elements) Training

Advanced Skills Learning Path – Effective Project Management and Leadership Training (STAR 12)

WorleyParsons OSHA compliance (HSE) (4 Cycles) training

WorleyParsons Smart Plant Materials Management System

Pipeline Corrosion and Defect Assessment Certification by CLARION

HYSYS Certification by HYPROTECH

Stoner Pipeline Simulator Training certification by Advantica

Zero Harm - Safety Training

American Red Cross Certified (CPR and AED) and First Aid WorleyParsons Emergency Response Team member

Certified Fire Warden (Fire prevention and Life Safety) for Worley parsons

Certified Training in H2S Live

Certified Offshore Water Survival (HUET) Training from FALCK Safety Services Brookshire (February 2014)

TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) Card holder (2014)

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