Experience

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  Equilibrium Engineering Consultancy

  • Abu Dhabi UAE

  • Director Strategic & Process Studies

    • Sep 2018 - Present
    • Abu Dhabi UAE

    1. Currently, Project Sponser of the following projects a) 42" diamter 45 km buried onshore and offshore high pressure gas pipeline FEED, Detailed Engg and PMC services during Procurement & Construction. b) Detailed engineering of instaaltion of new ESD System in offshore facility. c) Conceptual feasibility study for Flare Gas Recovery System in Margham Gas Plant Dubai Petroleum.2. Developed different process options to capture CO2 from flue and tail gases.3. Prepared conceptual studies for 5 out of 15 different refining and petrochemical conversions and derivative products for investment opportunities for Equilibrium in Ruwais Conversion & Derivatives Park4. Developed Operating Philosophies, Operations Management System, Asset Integrity Strategy, Safe/ Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Standard Maintenance (SMPs) for the proposed Design, Build, Own, Operate & Maintain (DBOOM) Crude Degassing Station in Sultanate of Oman as PMC consultant for the bidding proposal for client Progetti Europa & Global Spa- Roma, Italy.5. Led the Pre-feasibility Study for import of LNG and Gas Distribution for conversion of diesel combustion engines for KOGAS Tech / KPMG South Korea.

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  Nawah Energy Company

  • ARENA Building Masdar City Abu Dhabi UAE

  • Advisor To Chief Executive Officer

    • Nov 2016 - Aug 2018
    • ARENA Building Masdar City Abu Dhabi UAE

    Appointed as Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer to assist in preparing Barakah Nuclear Power Plant for operational readiness. • dvised and supported as a Committee Member in the development of the Operation and Maintenance Cost Model to optimize cost, organizational effectiveness, efficiency, and the development of performance management frameworks. • Monitored and facilitated the development of the Maintenance Strategy, Maintenance Contract Management and Service Agreements, and fourteen workstreams. • Conducted Desk Study for Benchmarking of Proposed Nawah staffing levels using Conference Papers, IAEA, INPO, WANO guidelines and benchmarking with currently operating nuclear plants globally and applied to Nuclear New Builds.• Developed 9 Committee Charters, Delegation of Authority (DOA) / Sub-DOA.• Monitored Unit-1 Priority Program (UPP) initiatives – Maintenance Strategy and finalization of the Long-Term Maintenance Agreement.

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  Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation

  • Abu Dhabi UAE

  • Advisor To Chief Executive Officer & Board Advisor Executive Committee ENEC Board

    • Jan 2015 - Oct 2016
    • Abu Dhabi UAE

    • Advised on concluding the Debt, Equity Bridge Loan Financing Agreements to optimize the overall Project Life Cycle cost incl. collateral agreements.• Reviewed the financing, commercial and legal terms based the Board Directive and feedback from Government authorities. • Advised on the formation of ENEC joint venture subsidiaries: Barakah One Company and Nawah Energy Company with overall ROI for shareholders• Prepared various position papers on alternate options, joint venture partnership structures, and Board Governance structures based on research and benchmarking in line with the latest capital market trends. • Advised on interest margins of project financers / lenders such as commercial banks, Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) and Dept of Finance for negotiations. • Benchmarked with similar projects to unify legal, risk and internal rate of return (IRR) for re-negotiations.

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  Global Vision Management Consultancy

  • Abu Dhabi UAE

  • Principal Consultant

    • Apr 2014 - Nov 2014
    • Abu Dhabi UAE

    • Set up the Consultancy including completion of registration legal formalities. • Established HSE Management, Quality Management System, and Integrated Management System frameworks.• Prepared the organization to obtain Quality and HSE ISO certifications.

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  ADNOC Group

  • United Arab Emirates
  • Oil and Gas
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Vice President Strategy & Performance Management Division -ADNOC Gas Processing (GASCO)

    • Aug 1994 - Mar 2014

    Participated in Gas Master Planning Study conducted by Fluor.• Conceptualized and initiated Brownfield Habshan Gas Debottlenecking Projects (HCE-1A/B & HCE 2), Greenfield Capacity Expansion (Habshan 3) Project to increase capacity by 1530 million standard cubic feet per day, and Ethane Recovery Maximisation Project (ERM) for additional Raw Ethane Production (>700 TPD) to enhance revenues.• Proposed a change of solvent from DEA to MDEA which after implementation achieved savings of around US$ 5 million per year.• Introduced crude oil associated feed gas processing flexibility by interconnecting GASCO Asab with Asab Condensate Gas Plant in Asab , and Bu Hasa Gas Plant with Gas Complex in Habshan by connecting by pipeline to minimise adverse impact on oil production from those giant oilfields by decoupling and de-constraining ADCO / GASCO oil and gas facilities thus sustaining oil production during outages of a single train in GASCO Asab and one of the gas trains in Bu Hasa including during processing capacity constraints. • Participated in renewal of GASCO Joint Venture Agreement and concluded Restated and Amended Joint Venture and ADNOC Sole Risk collateral agreements. • Proposed to conduct the feasibility study of ethane recovery from Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) product from ADNOC LNG (ADGAS) within LNG specifications) to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Japan. Additional role:• Involved in the establishment of ADNOC Linde Industrial Gases Company Limited (ELIXIER), a joint venture between ADNOC (51%) and Linde AG (49%).• Established jointly with Linde AG as a subject matter expert for “business principles” for commercial, financing, and legal terms for the formation of ELIXIER. • Led the ADNOC team for execution of all the ELIXIER transaction documents including establishing selling prices for Gaseous Nitrogen (GAN), Liquid Nitrogen (LIN) and Liquid Oxygen (LOX), Krypton-Xenon mixed product.

  • Senior Advisor to Gas Director ADNOC on deputation from ADNOC Gas Processing (GASCO)

    • Nov 2012 - Dec 2013

    • Actively involved as Committee Member & Secretary – ADNOC Gas Supply Demand Committee formed by ADNOC and Member of Higher Gas Committee established by Abu Dhabi Government (GSEC).• Strategy formation for newly formed ADNOC Gas Directorate.• Established the Gas Directorate Function.

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  Aramco

  • Riyadh Refinery, Saudi Arabia

  • Production Planning Engineer / Linear Programing & Economics Engineer

    • Sep 1990 - Aug 1994
    • Riyadh Refinery, Saudi Arabia

    • Conceptualized and implemented Riyadh-Ras Tanura Inter-Refineries Product Blends Optimization Project by product transfers and blending and improved refining margins for both refineries.• Introduced various value addition/optimization schemes and changes to operating modes, yielding savings of more than US$ 65 million per year.

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  Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

  • Mahul Refinery, Chembur, Mumbai 400 074 India

  • Distillation Complex Plant Manager

    • Aug 1979 - Sep 1990
    • Mahul Refinery, Chembur, Mumbai 400 074 India

    • Worked in various capacities in Process Engineering, Plant Operations, Corporate Planning / Linear Programming & Economics functions, including a role of Refinery Superintendent.• Submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, for 100% Crude Oil Allocation Policy, yielding savings of more than US$ 150 million per year. • Conducted laboratory trials for of different antifoulants, de-emulsifiers and anti-corrosion agents to improve plant performance and Operating Cost. • Developed Transportation & Refinery Models on mainframe ROBOTRAN computer to optimize refining product storage locations all over India in minimising logistic cost • Developed products blending philosophy during processing of Bombay High (paraffinic) crude while one out of two Fluid Catalytic Crackers is on waxy distillate feedstock from storage (Bombay High + Middle East crude origin) to resolve low viscosity and high pour point problem in fuel oil.• Conducted performance test runs of Fluid Catalyst Cracking Unit at various capacities and at different quality of feedstocks.• Investigated high catalyst loss in Fluid Catalytic Cracker by studying fluid bed characteristics at different catalyst circulation rates and measurement of temperatures and pressures in catalyst regenerator.• Evaluated different FCC catalyst performance such as Zeolite and alumina.• Conducted test runs to optimize sulfolane solvent extraction process to be used for design aromatics plant for production of BTX. • On deputation to Oil & Natural Gas Corporation as HSE Consultant for 3 months to supervise EPC Contractor Engineers India Limited at URAN

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  Hoechst AG

  • LBS Marg Bhandup, Mumbai India

  • Graduate Engineer Trainee

    • Aug 1978 - Jul 1979
    • LBS Marg Bhandup, Mumbai India

    Involved in commissioning of reactors, diesel generator, pumps, compressors, fabrication, packaging of tablets, cold insulations etc