Experience

Indeni Petroleum Refinery Company Ltd.

• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head - Refinery Utilities (Thermal Power Plant)

  • Jun 2008 - Present

  Roles:1)Ensuring that all the utility requirements are adequately supplied such as steam, compressed air, process water, cooling water and fuel oil for internal consumption 2)Recommending modification to plant equipment for efficiency and safety.3)Studying process parameters to ensure they are within recommended limits for long life equipment.4)Evaluating analytical results and directing process adjustments where necessary5)Instructing Utilities Section Shifts Supervisors and staff on possible operational changes6)Reading through shift supervisors reports and high-light observed anomalies for corrections7)Maintaining updated records of critical equipment such as steam boilers, air receivers and making preparations for next inspections by the Government Inspector in conjunction with Inspection and Maintenance Department8)Continuous improvements for boiler feed water and cooling water treatment processes9)Authorizing all maintenance jobs in the section, inspection and accepting completed works 10)Managing the Section’s work-force and planning staff training needs for their future promotions. 11)Member of safety sub-committee and energy committee. 12)Ensuring that all shifts have formed workable sub-safety committees chaired by Shift Supervisors13)Ensuring all the personnel in the section acquire and don proper PPE. 14)Routine inspection of the plant under HSEQ policy. 15)Organizing Planned Inspection tours of the plant and making follow-ups on outcome.16)Raising of incidents/accidents reports involving the Section. Show less

• Refinery Utilities Shift Supervisor

  • Dec 2001 - Jun 2008

  Managing:•Supervision of staff on shift in order to achieve smooth operations of all the units in the section for the efficient provision of essential utilities to the processing units.•Carrying out on the job-training of staff in order to train people for them to acquire technical know how and enhance team work and productivity •Troubleshooting processes during process upsets and bringing the situation to normal, efficient operations in order to minimize losses and increase profitability of the company. •Equipment supervision for early detection of faults and failures •Raising of necessary work requests and processing of work orders, equipment isolation before maintenance works start •Sensitizing staff in safety management and the benefits of observing safety rules and regulations while on duty in order to prevent personal and group accidents, equipment damages, etc. Environmental control tasks in order to prevent the discharge of toxic materials in the air, land and watercourses.•Provision of consultancy services to staff on shift in order to lift up personal and group confidence in all manner of operations and safety management and accident prevention measures•Any other necessary assignments received from superiors.•Ensuring quality control is adhered to throughout the process streams Show less

• Process Controller

  • Dec 1998 - Dec 2001

  Managing:•Remote control of steam boilers operations, compressed air distribution, boiler feed water treatment plant, heavy fuel oil processing and distribution to the thermal power and processing units, condensate recovery system, cooling water distribution and the refinery emergency water distribution network via DCS from Control Room.•Remote start-up and shutdown of boilers, various pumps, compressors and other rotary equipment. Various operations involving manipulations of set points, valve out-puts and process variables of remotely located control valves via DCS from Control Room. Show less

• BOILER ATTENDANT (OPERATOR)

  • Aug 1996 - Dec 1998

  Managing: •Medium pressure steam boilers; steam generation, distribution and other operations related to steam generation, chemical dosages and boiler water quality control and acidic effluents treatment in neutralization pits.•Preparation of boiler feed water; operations of the boiler water softening (treatment) plant by ionic exchange, regeneration of exhausted ionic exchangers (resins) by both concentrated sulphuric acid and sodium chloride.•Operations of both single stage and multistage boiler feed water pumps Show less

• AUXILIARY SERVICES OPERATOR

  • Jun 1993 - Aug 1996

  Managing:•Raw water reception, hypo chlorination and distribution around the plant.•Cooling tower and water systems operations; - hypo chlorination, corrosion control, scaling control, microbiological growth control, cooling water distribution and general chemical conditioning.•Compressors and compressed air production; - smooth operations of reciprocating and centrifugal high-pressure air compressors, air dehydration plant for the production of pneumatic air (instrument air). •Heavy fuel oil processing; pre-heating, filtration and distribution to the thermal power generating plant and the main process plant for crude distillation •Condensate recovery and treatment plant; filtration processes•Pump operations; steam turbines, motor pumps and compressors•Concentrated sulphuric acid handling and application into the cooling water and transfer to the water treatment plant for resins regeneration. Show less