Mohammed Zakir Ansari

Sr. Principal Engineer - Equipment at Saipem

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Saipem
Foster Wheeler,
SOFCON Consulting & Engg. Co (GES Contractor for Saudi Aramco),
Petrofac Engineering Services India Private Limited
Bangalore University

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Background

Summary
16 years of Experience in Mechanical Design of Static Equipment like Pressure Vessels,
Process Columns, Reactors, Surge Bullets, Underground Vessels, Shell & Tube type Heat
Exchangers and Storage Tanks for Oil & Gas, Petrochemical Industries, Refineries, Chemical,
Process and power applications.
Well Conversant with Design Softwares namely PVElite, Compress & ASPEN Teams, relevant
Codes like ASME Sec VIII Div. 1, ASME Sec VIII Div.2, API 650, API 660, API 653, ASME Sec II
Part A, ASME Sec II Part D, TEMA, ASME B 16.5, ASME B 16.47, NACE & EEMUA 190:2000
ETC.
Well Conversant with relevant Saudi Aramco and Sabic standards for Static Equipment.
Conversant with International process Licensor and consultants specifications and standards
like Foster Wheeler, DOW, Cansolv, Merichem, Bechtel, Technip and Snamprogetti.
Experience in handling various Materials of Construction like Carbon Steel, Low Alloy Steels,
Austenitic Stainless steels, Duplex stainless Steel (UNS S31803), Carbon Steel clad with
austenitic stainless steel and Non Ferrous materials.
Experience in handling process Internals such as Valve Trays, Structured Packing, Deck type
distributors and Chimney trays etc for the Process Columns.
Handled Vessels having thickness up to 140 mm thk.
Exposure to Thermal Design of Shell & Tube type Heat Exchangers using In- House software
during initial part of my career.

Experience

Sr. Principal Engineer - Static Equipment

Saipem
September 2014 Present (1 year 1 month)Chennai Area, India

Principal Engineer - Static Equipment

Foster Wheeler
September 2013 August 2014 (1 year)Chennai Area, India
i) Project: FEED Khurais AL Crude Increment Project 300 MBCD Saudi Arabia, Saudi
Aramco.
Execution of assigned work, production of 56 MDS for Static Equipment (Vessels, Drums
and Columns)
Design & Verification of design for static equipment using PVElite.
Preparation and Verification of Mechanical Datasheets.
Preparation and verification of 5 Off Material Requisitions for Inquiry for LLIs.
Floating Technical Queries to Bidders based on the Bid review.
Preparation and Verification of Technical Bid Evaluation.
Preparation and verification of Material Requisitions for Purchase for Novated Equipment.
Interfacing with other Disciplines such as Process, Piping, Civil, Instrumentation and
Electrical for the relevant inputs (to be provided/required) and issues if any.
Clarifying Client technical queries rose as and when required.
Attending weekly meeting & updating the status.
ii) Project: Enterprise PDH Project, Mont Belveu, Texas, USA.
Vendor Document Review for 7 OFF BES Type, Helixchangers.

Senior Engineer - Static Equipment

SOFCON Consulting & Engg. Co (GES Contractor for Saudi Aramco)
June 2011 September 2013 (2 years 4 months)Al khobar, Saudi Arabia
i) Project: SADARA (Main Site & Cryogenic Tank Farm, UPI & Port facilities)
Deputed to SADARA Chemical Company through SOFCON as an Asset PCE Lead Engineer
To ensure that SADARA standards are implemented in the following key areas
a. PCE (Process Containment Equipment) Datasheets & Drawings
b. Technical Procurement Documents
c. Technical Bid Evaluations
d. Supplier Documents
e. PCE Fabrication and Inspection
f. Construction Documents and Packages
g. PCE Registration.
Ensure that program criteria and requirements contained in the Program Core Documents
are fully executed by the project teams, suppliers and Engineering contractors.
Provide technical support in the specification, procurement and fabrication of Process
Containment Equipment.
Participate in reviewing the Envelopes RFVs/RFCs (Request for Variance / Request for
clarification) prior to formal issue by Project Team.

 Provide Technical guidance and interpretation of SADARA Standards and requirements.

Resolution of change orders submitted by EPC Contractors.
Participate in discipline subgroup of the DET (Design Engineering Team) and leverage
learnings to other team members
Participate in Key multifunctional review meetings as specified in Technical Assurance Plan.
Work integrally with contractor teams to proactively identify cost savings and opportunities
for improvement.
Effectively communicate key information to the appropriate stake holders in a timely
fashion.
Train resources on SADARA Standards and Design criteria.
ii) Project : MAADEN MINE AND REFINERY PROJECT
PMC :- Worley Parsons Pty & Fluor Transworld services Inc.
EPC :- HOT (Hatch Outotec)
iii) Project: Addition of Nozzles by Hot Tap for various API 650 Tanks pertaining to
Sulayyil, Qassim, Duba, Tabuk & Abha Bulk Plants (Total.17 Nos of
Tanks) for Saudi Aramco.

Senior Engineer-Static Equipment

Petrofac Engineering Services India Private Limited
November 2010 May 2011 (7 months)Chennai, INDIA
(i) Project: WARA Pressure Maintenance Project (Proposal).
Client: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Kuwait.
Project Role : Lead Engineer.
(ii) Project : Insalah Southern Fields Development Project
Client : Sonatrach, BP & Statoil, Algeria

Sr. Engineer- Static Equipment

Foster Wheeler (I) Pvt. Ltd
November 2008 November 2010 (2 years 1 month)Chennai Area, India
1) Project: IOCL Paradip Refinery Project EPCM 1, Team 3
Project Role: Lead/Responsible Engineer Sour Water Stripper, Amine Regenaration, Kero
Treater, FCC & FGD Units.
Also, Performed Checking/Verification activities 30 off vessels, 10 off Shell & Tube
Type Heat Exchangers, 4 off site fabricated Tanks pertaining to SWS, ARU, KTU, FCC & FGD
Units.
Responsibilities:
Execution of assigned work in accordance with applicable contract procedures, codes and
standards.
Design & Verification of design for static equipment using PVElite.
Preparation and Verification of Mechanical Datasheets.
Preparation and verification of Material Requisitions for Inquiry.
Floating Technical Queries to Bidders based on the Bid review.
Preparation and Verification of Technical Bid Evaluation.
Preparation and verification of Material Requisitions for Purchase.

 Attending KOM with Vendors.

Vendor Document Review and Approval.
Clarifying Client technical queries rose as and when required.
Attending weekly MC-2 meeting & updating the status.
Review of Production Data Book.
Application & updating of Lessons Learnt Database as a part of Corrective & Preventive
action.

ii. Project: SHARQ Expansion Project 3 (Utilities & Offsites) , Saudi Arabia

Design Incharge
Gulf Heavy Industries Co.
August 2006 November 2008 (2 years 4 months)Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Position: Design In charge
Mechanical Design of all types of Static Equipment like Pressure Vessels / Columns /
Reactors to specified codes using Softwares like PV Elite 2008 and Compress.
Mechanical Design of Heat Exchangers as per TEMA Class R and as per ASME Sec VIII Div 1
Part UHX using Aspen HTFS + 2004.2 by Aspen tech.(Built 6-Apr-2006) and PVElite-2008.
Analysis of stresses induced in the shell/Nozzle junction due to the Nozzle loads as per
WRC 107 /WRC 297 using Codecalc.
Analysis of Fixed and Floating tube sheets using Codecalc.
Checking and approval of General Arrangement Drawings, Nozzle Detail drawings and
other structural drawings.
Preparing/Checking/Approval of Technical Delivery Conditions for special material like HIC
NACE Requirements/Duplex Stainless Steel (UNS 31803).
Preparation of Enquiry Requisition for the static equipment for the outsourced jobs.
Technical Bid evaluation of offers from the vendor for the materials/
Components/services outsourced.
Review and Approval of Thermal Design Reports of Shell and Tube type Heat Exchangers
from Vendors performed using HTRI XIST.
Review/Approval of FEA report from vendor performed using the software ANSYS/COSMOS.
Communicating with the Client and Vendor for any Technical queries and clarifying as and
when required.
Communicating/Interacting with the Authorized Inspector for any technical clarifications
and getting the Design calculations certified by AI for all the coded jobs.
Communicating with the Professional Engineer for any technical clarifications for the Div.2
Jobs and getting the UDS and MDR certified by PE, which was mandatory for Div.2 Jobs.
Attending the Kick of Minutes and pre inspection meeting.
Attended the Kick of Minutes for Saudi Kayan Project held at Beijing, China.

Senior Design Engineer - Static Equipment

ESKAY INDUSTRIES
August 1999 August 2006 (7 years 1 month)Bangalore, India
Mechanical Design of various types of Static Equipments like Pressure Vessels, Heat
Exchangers and Tanks for various process, chemical & process industries, some of the clients
are Ingersoll Rand, Elgi Equipments, Kohler Power Co (Singapore), Hindustan Power Plus Ltd,
Triveni Engineering & Industries, BHEL, BPCL & HPCL etc.

Work Profile :
Mechanical design of Pressure vessels as per ASME Sec VIII Div 1 and Div 2 using PV Elite.
Mechanical design of heat exchangers as per TEMA and ASME Sec VIII Div 1 using Aspen
HTFS-Teams.
Checking and Approval of general arrangement and sectional drawings for heat
exchangers and pressure vessels.
Exposure to Thermal Design of shell and tube heat exchangers using the In-house
software.
Preparation of thermal design data sheet for heat exchangers.
Conducting Technical Interviews & Recruiting Engineers.