Global Process & Refining Project Engineer

M. PAZHANIANDY PILLAI

Flat -*****, Tower- T**B, Mt Poonamalee Road, Ayyapanthangal, Chennai – 600056, India Contacts: +91-875*******, E-mail:******@*****.***, Offering 40+ years’ rich experience in process engineering, project engineering, technical services, and operation across world class Oil & Gas midstream/downstream (Refinery & Petrochemical) facilities including

• Setting up of grass root Aromatic complex (p-Xylene) for Bongaigaon Refinery

& Petrochemicals Ltd, India

• Setting up of a grass root Normal Paraffin / Linear Alkyl Benzene plant (HF) at Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd, India

• Setting up of grass root Normal Paraffin / Linear Alkyl Benzene plant (non-HF) for GULF FARABI (now FARBI), Saudi Arabia.

• Revamped the LAB plant to increase production from 70,000 MTA to 110,000 MTA at Farabi Petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia

• Setting up of a Grassroot BENZENE plant from Pygas for FARABI Petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia

• Setting up a grassroot Normal Paraffin plant at Singapore Proteus Petrochemicals Ltd

• Worked as Senior Vice-President (Projects) at AM International Holdings (SPIC holding company).

• Inducted as head of Projects and operations as WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR(OPERATIONS) in Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd, Chennai, India. Revamped the Normal Paraffin unit to reach 75 000 MTA from 46,000 MTA to reach 95000 MTA of LAB and achieved record profit.

• Worked as technical head HOD (Process) in putting up a Petroleum Refinery at Oman for SOHAR ASPHALT LLC processing heavy crude. SENIOR PROFILE –TECHNICAL SERVICES / PROJECT MANAGEMENT / OPERATIONS Chemical engineering background and solid experience in process & operations of large refinery and petrochemical plants, having significantly contributed in conceptualization/evolution/implementation of Greenfield & Brownfield projects as well as process optimization & operational improvements. Collaborative working experience with process licensors, EPC companies, multi-disciplinary teams, internal stakeholders, and vendors in international & multi-cultural environment. Strong orientation in process and utility operations, and ability to enhance process and operational performances to maximize yield and output. Credit of anchoring plant operations with sole technical & operational responsibilities. Worked in development of FEED, Selection of Process Licensor and FEED contractor. Worked in Basic Engineering, Development of FEED package, Participate in Bid Analysis, Worked in Residual Engineering, Detailed Engineering, safety reviews, engineering reviews, model review, commissioning & startup, Conducting guarantee test run, revamp & scale up of production. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SPECIAL EXPERTISE

1. Development of Prefeasibility report with SNC – Lavalin for integration of Linear Alkyl Benzene plant with Normal Paraffins at their Calgary Engineering office, Canada 2. Preparation of FEED package for FARABI, Saudi Arabia at Foster Wheeler Office at Glasgow, UK 3. Worked with UOP in development of Basic Engineering package at UOP Engineering Office Desplaines, USA

4. Worked with SNC Lavalin in their Calgary office for completion on Detailed Engineering & EPC packages

5. Worked at site with EPC contractors to ensure tasks are completed as per standards and brought the units to RFSU status and latter participated in pre-commissioning, startup, Normal Operation

& complete Guarantee run with Process Licensor UOP 6. Revamped the Units to 150% of Design Production level with minor modifications 7. Preparation of FEED package for BENZENE from PYE-Gas with Jacobs Engineering at their Engineering office at UK

8. Worked with GTC Engineering, USA in the development of Basic Engineering Package for BENZENE Project at their Engineering office in Houston, USA. 9. Worked with MKK, Japan in the development of Detailed Engineering at their Engineering office Tokyo, Japan for PROTEUS PETROCHEMICALS, Singapore Normal Paraffin Plant 10. Worked on revamping of Ammonia plant from feedstock change over from Naphtha to Natural Gas using Holder Topsoe & Technip Engineering, Completed Early works for a greenfield Ammonia / Urea plant at Louisiana, USA with KBR & TOYO as Engineering contractors. 11. Worked as WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR of Tamilnadu Petroproducts, India and enhanced the production and improved profit margin

12. Worked as Technical In charge in installation of grassroot 30,000 BPSD-TOP-UP Refinery in SOHAR, Oman to produce 1 million MTA of Bitumen processing heavy crudes. Completed Basic and Detailed Engineering with Technicas Reunidas as Engineering contractor. August 2018 onwards – Current

Working as freelancer technical & project expect in Refinery, Chemicals & Petrochemicals. Worked as technical consultant (from June 2025 to May 2026) for a Saudi / UAE based company in upgradation of available hydrocarbon streams to useful products. Worked as Technical Consultant (from July 2020 to June 2020) to put up an Organic Bio-Fertilizer plant to convert Poultry Litter to Organic Bio-Fertilizer using Microbial Fermentation. The plant is planned at Salalah, Oman. A similar unit is worked at Aurangabad, India. The company is VIRENTIA NAVOTECHNOLOGIES L.L.C, Oman. Working on Off-line Details of Experience

Technical Head, Sohar Asphalt LLC – Muscat, Oman Dec 2016 – Jul 2018

(Sohar Asphalt is in the process of setting up a 1,100,000 MTA of Bitumen grass root topping up Refinery project to produce Bitumen from heavy crude)

• Worked as HOD (Process) & Technical head for the upcoming refinery with process units comprising Crude Desalter unit, Atmospheric Distillation Unit, Vacuum Distillation unit, Sour water stripper unit, Sulphur Recovery, and associated utilities and tank farm

• Completed Basic engineering & FEED package with Technicas Reunidas

• Carried out Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) along with Worley Parsons, and received EIA certification for the project

• Sorted out problems in design and optimised the crudes. Identified the crude for design purpose

• Optimised the plant design with relevant standrads. Included Fuel oil as heating medium and got permission

• Included Sulphur recovery unit in lieu of high sulphur in feed and expected pollution

• Optimised the storage at port by third parties by increasing the pumping rate and slighly increasing the storage capacity at site in lieu of port which is costly

• Reduced capital cost by outsoursing utilities and reducing water consumption by using sea water cooling system

• Included bailing of Bitumen as it is cost effective Whole Time Director (Operations), Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd. Aug 2013 – Apr 2016

(The plant produces 120, 000 MTA of Linear Alkyl Benzene &Normal Paraffin from Kerosene using UOP technology)

• Joined as COO and elevated to the company Board to work as Whole Time Director (Operations) by May 2014

• Salvaged and successfully restarted the plant in a record time of 45 days following an emergency shutdown during devastating flood on 1st December 2015 wherein all the equipment and piping were submerged under 3m water causing extensive damage

• Helped the company to gain maximum insurance benefit for the company for the flood damage

• Successfully completed a long pending Normal Paraffin revamp from in 15 days against projected 60 days resulting in higher production a saving of foreign exchange to the tune of USD 8..6 million (INR 50Cr.) towards procurement of Normal Paraffin

• Coordinated with licensor UOP and completed PFD & PID reviews incorporating all improvements

• Implemented the revamp of the plant which was pending since 2002, by adopting a new implementation strategy which increases plant capacity and reduced dependence on imports. Profitabilty increased to INR 50 Cr. from INR 5 Cr. after this implementation

• Implemented strict adherence to pollution norms and diverted treated effluent to other units to have zero discharge of water.

Senior Vice President (Projects), AM International Holdings (India) Pvt. Ltd. – Chennai Dec 2011 – Jul 2013

• Initiated revamp in conversion of feed stock from naphtha to natural gas with technology supplier HOLDER TOPSOE for SPIC Fertilizer unit

• Scouted and selected technology to produce Carbon dioxide from Lime stone for Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals. Visited similar plants at China & Oman.

• Selected Louisiana site for installation, KBR USA as technology licensor for ammonia plant, and TOYO USA as technology licensor for UREA plant and also construction contractor for of a grass root Ammonia / urea project in USA.

• Completed the Engineering, construction and handing over of the 5200 KL refrigerated cold storage for importing and storage of Propylene Oxide at Ennore Port Terminal near Chennai.

• Negotiated with agencies for taking up Bathematic study on installation of Suction header and identified location for pump house after considering the latest CRZ zone regulations. Developed estimates for the Desalination project.

• Worked with agencies for installation of Solar Power project at SPIC, Tuticorin. Prepared a feasibility report

Chief Process Manager, Proteus Petrochemicals Pte Ltd. – Singapore Feb 2011 – Dec 2011

(Project for production of 125, 000 MTA of Normal Paraffin from Kerosene using UOP technology)

• Modified the LSHV of the hydrotreater by closely working with UOP, to enhance the production to 130% after plant startup.

• Optimized the design pressures of the equipment to reduce flare load and modified the flare header to reduce cost & environmental pollution

• Completed PFD review along with UOP and P&ID review along with UOP and EPC contractor MKK, Japan at UOP, USA engineering office.

• Reviewed major piping and completed 60% model review at MKK engineering office, Japan

• Reviewed the Electrical Single line diagram, installed additional control systems to see any of the feeder can be taken up for maintenance without shutting down the unit.

• Optimized the equipment layout to suit site conditions, comply with local laws, reduce costs and provide enough space for a second train.

• Developed the design basis for instrumentation adopting recent advancements in technology and ensured that the engineering contractor followed the latest instrumentation systems

• Took active part in implementation of Value Engineering principles to reduce the project cost by eliminating unwanted equipments

• Optimised the storage of feed stock at site as feed is pumped throgh sub sea pipelines and difficult to increase size.

Chief Process Engineer, Gulf Farabi Petrochemical Company Ltd. – SaudiArabia july 2001 – Jan 2011

(Grass root Normal Paraffin & Linear Alkyl Benzene plant using UOP Technology at Saudi Arabia)

• Revived plant viability after 4 years by introducing additional distillation units, by the addition of a new stripper & rerun side column.

• Led revamp/modification programs increasing production by 145% within 2 years of commissioning, and increase monthly profit by USD 1.5 million

• Optimized operations achieving production levels of 150% for LAB and 140% for NP over the design load

• Contributed to all phases of the project for setting up the n-paraffin & LAB plants (grass root to commissioning)

• Coordinated with SNC Lavalin in preparing the detailed project reports for submission to financial institutions.

• Worked in the UOP, Desplaines office, USA during the development of Basic Engineering

• Worked in the Glasgow UK office of Foster Wheeler and coordinated the development of the FEED package and ITB for bids

• Reviewed Bid packages along with Foster Wheeler, replied to all queries and finalized the technical bids in the order of merit

• Worked in the Calgary Canada office of SNC Lavalin in developing the extended basic (residual) engineering.

• Participated in all safety reviews of pre-Hazop, Hazop & SIL reviews

• Coordinated with UHDE India, the subcontractor of SNC Lavalin in undertaking PDS review at 30%, 60% and 90% model reviews

• Coordinated with UOP /SNC Lavalin during construction and ensured compliance to designs & matching international specifications of all equipment & pipelines.

• Coordinated the performance test runs of all packaged units with the vendors

• Completed the Guarantee test of process units with technology licensor UOP.

• Delivered significant savings through value engineering studies

• Worked in the reading UK office of Jacobs Engineering in development of FEED package for a grass root Benzene project extracting Benzene & Toluene from Pygas

• Worked in Houston GTC office USA in the development of Basic Engineering package for Benzene project

• Received certificate of appreciation from the company President for the following….

For the Successful Completion of Normal Paraffin & LAB projects

Full revamp of the LAB plant capacity to 110,000 MTA from design capacity 70,000 MTA

Developing selection criteria for selection of licensors for Benzene project extracting Benzene from Py-gas. Bids floated to licensors UOP, UHDE Germany & GTC, USA. Selected GTC as licensor for the Benzene project

Developing Bids to select the PMC contractor for the Benzene project. Bids floated to Foster Wheeler, Jacobs Engineering UK. Selected Jacob’s Engineering, UK as the PMC contractor for the Benzene project

Chief Manager (Technical Services/Operation/Projects), Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd. Chennai, India Aug 1985 – Jun 2001

(Grass root Normal Paraffin & Linear Alkyl Benzene using UOP HF Alkylation & Molex Technology)

• Managed the revamp & expansion project of the unit to enhance production capacity of normal paraffin

& LAB. The LAB plant was revamped from 50,000 MTA to 100,000 MTA. The Normal Paraffin plant capacity was increased from 46,000 MTA to 56,000 MTA

• Replaced the adsorbent chambers and increased the production of normal paraffin to 150% of the design capacity

• Collaborated in the development of a temperature controlled reactor to enhance conversion in the PACOL unit (From Adiabatic to Isothermal) along with UOP & CEPSA, Spain

• Revamped the air pre-heater of the hot oil heater increasing the combustion air temperature from 105 C to 280®C effecting reduced fuel consumption

• Improved the flexibility of the plant enabling production of different grades to meet market requirements

• Stabilized plant operations and boosted production by leveraging hidden margins in the plant

• Successfully commissioned the epichlorohydrin and allied chlorides process units, utilities & effluent treatment plant (ETP) without support from the licensor

• Successfully bypassed a reactor handling HF without compromising on quality. This increased production by 25% and halved the safety risks by reducing handling of HF.

• Implemented all capital projects - put up additional storage tanks ( 15000 klX2 nos) for storing additional raw material

• Resolved problems in the incinerator and ETP by taking over the job from the vendor and using in house resources. Changed the effluent treatment to an active sludge process from a once-through process in collaboration with group R&D Centre

• Worked with UHDE in developing the plastic scaled model of the plant (physical model 1:33 in size) Suggested an innovative plant layout ensuring that work on piping would not hinder normal operations and eased maintenance. The layout received considerable appreciation & is still in use Project & Operation Engineer, Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. – Bongaigaon, Assam Oct’82 – Aug’85

(Grass root Xylene plant to manufacture Para Xylene from Naphtha as part of Petrochemical complex)

• Worked in XYLENE project manufacturing Para-Xylene from Naphtha from grass root level to commissioning

• The XYLENE plant has hydrotreater & Reforming units licensed by IFB, France, PAREX unit licensed by UOP, USA, Isomerisation unit licensed by Englehard of Germany. Balance units by EIL.

• Underwent extensive training on UOP- PAREX technology by UOP experts.

• Review PFD & P&ID with each of the licensor and implement the changes during detail engineering phase.

• Worked with each of the process licensor in developing a comprehensive start up procedure linking all process units and comissioning in line with each of the licensor’s requirements.

• Sucessfully completed the guarentee run of each of the process units and achieved design production capacity.

EARLY CAREER

Shift Chemical Engineer, Mysore Petrochemicals Ltd. – Raichur, India Dec’79 – Oct’82

(Plant to produce Phthalic Anhydride from Ortho-Xylene)

• Managed production & maintenance functions of manufacturing Phthalic Anhydride from Para-Xylene using LURGI Technology.

• Worked as Shift In charge meeting targeted quantity & quality.

• Optimized the process, implemented energy conservation measures and reduced energy consumption by 15%.

Production Engineer, Gammon Ferchems Ltd. – Mysore, India Jan’77 – Nov’79

(Revamp of Old plant Mysore Fertilizers at Belagula near Mysore to manufacture Sulphuric acid & Super phosphate)

Revamped an old plant by changing new catalyst and successfully commissioned 1. 25 MTD capacity Sulphuric Acid Plant revamped and manufactured 30 MTD capacity 2. 50 MTD capacity Sulphuric Acid plant revamped and manufactured 60 MTD 3. 150 MTD capacity Single Superphosphate plant revamped to 180 MTD CREDENTIALS

Education

• B. Tech. (Chemical Engineering), Madras University India, 1975 Professional Development

• 5-week detailed technology course on Normal Paraffin & Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB), Universal Oil Products (UOP) Technology Centre, Chicago USA, 1987

• 2-week course on Centum Fundamentals & Centum Engineering, Yokogawa Electric Works, Tokyo, 1986

• Advancements in Technology in Normal Paraffin & LAB processes, UOP for non-HF solid catalyst

• Applications of UNISIM process software, Honeywell

• PAREX process for para-xylene separation, UOP USA 1984

• 2-month Management Education program conducted by SPIC Management Development Centre, 1994

• 2-week program on Managerial Skills for Technical Personnel, NITIE Mumbai, 1994

• Certificates - RFSU of LAB plant, Benzene Plant Feed, LAB plant Revamp Areas of Expertise:

• Strategic Level Planning, Engg. & Technical Services,

• Projects Life Cycle Mgmt, Process Engineering Services,

• Basic Engineering & FEED, EPC Packages Development,

• Project Submissions Review, Commissioning and Startup, Plant Operations Mgmt,

• Plant /Process Stabilization, Performance Management, Team Building & Leadership. Professional Affiliation

• Member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers PERSONAL PARTICULARS

• Date of Birth: April 07, 1953

• Languages: English, Tamil, Hindi

• Nationality & Passport: Indian

• Family Status - Married

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