Qayyum Khan

Lead Process Engineer

Nationality
Indian
Place of Current
Residence
Muscat (Oman)
Age
38 years (Date of Birth 01/07/1979)
Profession
Process Engineering
Specialisation
Oil & Gas, Petrochemical & Refineries
Availability
One Month
Current Salary USD
5720 per month
Expected Salary USD 6500 per month
Passport Number
J6497279 (Date of Expiry-23/08/2021)
Email
qayyum.process@gmail.com

Qualifications:
B.Tech in Chemical Engineering (Four Year Degree Course) with excellent grade (72.07% (8.33
SPI) from Indian premium Zakhir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim
University Aligarh.
NEBOSH International Technical Certificate in Oil and Gas Operational Safety from the National
Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health U.K.

Professional Membership:
Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Training Programs Attended:

Acquired UNISIM- R400, PIPESIM2007.1, Flare net and Pipe Studio (TLnet and TG net) training at
Galfar.

Acquired Olga 7.3.5 on Job training for Musallim Third Area3 RMS Project (Dynamic simulator for
multiphase Pipelines).

Acquired DCS Engineer Training through ABB at, APPL KOTA.

Acquired Energy saving 7 days Training through FOBMARSAL at, APPL KOTA.

HSE & H2S training at Galfar Oil & Gas L.L.C Oman.

Acquired training program on Leadership, Team Building & Motivation at Galfar.

Key Experience:

Over 14+ years onshore Oil & Gas ,Petrochemical and Refinery Process Engineering experience in
both Brownfield & Greenfield Projects in Middle East and India, which includes Concept Selection,
Feasibility Studies, BFD, FEED, DD & Construction Support to Clients.

Familiar with International Codes and Standards:

API520/521/526/2000/560/610/617/618/672/650/14C/14E e.t.c.
ASME, ISO, Tecnimont Engineering Standards, Shell Standards DEPS, PDO Standards (CP, SP, EP
and GS) and EN-1473.
Familiar with Process Softwares: UNISIM-400, Aspen Hysis, PIPESIM 2009, Pipe Studio (TLnet and
TG net), OLGA7.3.5, FREDv6, Flare net, UNISIM Flare & HTRI.
Participation in Design, HAZOP, IPF (SIL), ALARP, Hazid, Alarm Rationalisation, Bow-Tie, DEM1 and
DEM-2 and SIMOPS Reviews.
Facilitator for Operability Reviews for PDO projects.
Preparation and review of process drawings /documents, process calculations and manuals.
Preparation and review of safety reports like ALARP,PEM study ,HSSE Philosophy,DEM1 and
DEM2,HAZID,HAZID Closeout, HSE action registor,HFE screening and closeout reports etc.
Preparation of Process man hours estimate, Identify SOW including List of Drawings & Deliverables,
Lists of Tasks & Activities.
Commissioning experience of petrochemical plants.

Managing Discipline Design Teams of Designers and Engineers.

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Career Summary:
Feb 2007-Till date.

M/S Galfar Engineering and Contracting SAOG, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

ODC Contract; North Oman, Petroleum Development Oman
EPC projects, Petroleum Development Oman
EPC project, Oman Gas Company LLC Oman
EPC project, Oman Refineries and Petrochemical Company LLC
Designation: Lead Process Engineer

March2005 - Feb 2007

M/S Arafat Petrochemical Pvt. Ltd Kota Rajasthan India

FEED & DD - Expansion of Acrylic Plant Kota to enhance capacity from 55 Ton/day to 75
Ton/day.

Designation: Process Engineer

FEED & DD Design of SO2 scrubber and its network for unrelated SO2 from reactor and
SO2 from SO2 feed tank.

Designation: Process Engineer

July2003 - March2005. M/S Haryana Petrochemical Ltd India
FEED & DD -Enhancement of Polyester Plant production from 45 ton/day to 75 ton/day.

Designation: Process Engineer

July2002 - July2003. M/S Jindal Polyester Ltd Gulaothi, Bulandshahr India
Designation: Process Engineer

Responsibility Summary:

Managing discipline design team of designers and engineers.

Preparation & review of reports including Site visit, Process Design Basis, Operating and Control
Philosophy, Safeguarding Memorandum, Depressurization Report, Tie-in, Shutdown Philosophies and
Hazid/Design Review/Hazop Review/Closeout Reports.
Preparation & review of drawings including Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs or PFS), Utility Flow
Diagrams (UFDs or UEFS), Process Engineering Flow Scheme (PEFS or P&IDs),Process
Safeguarding Flow Scheme (PSFS or PSD) and Hazardous Area Classification Diagrams.
Equipment sizing like Separator (two phases and three phases), Flare knock out drums and chemical
injection skids.
PSV /RV load calculation (Single and 2 Phase) and sizing for different scenarios like fire case (normal
and near critical point), block outlet, controls valve failure, power failure, instrument air failure etc.
Column relief valve sizing for unbalance heat input for different scenarios.
Relief load mitigation by implementing HIPPS (partial relief valve) and relief valve adequacy report
while extension of exiting manifolds.
Flare header sizing (Flarenet), flare stack design and preparation of flare load summery.
Emergency depressurisation calculation.
Dispersion and radiation study for vent stack and flare (FRED).
Seattle out pressure calculation for compressor network.
Preparation & review of Lists including Equipment, Line, and Critical Valve and Relief valve schedule.
Process simulations using engineering software UNISIM-390, Aspen Hysis
Fluid characterisation by black oil method.
Hydraulics of multiphase and single pipeline and piping (static and transient analysis) PIPESIM,
OLGA, pipeline studio.
Hydraulic calculation for compressor and pump network.
Investigate the flow assurance issues in pipeline like hydrate formation, slug w.r.t to receiving facility
e.t.c and their mitigations.

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Methanol injection calculation to avoid hydrate formation through UNISIM or Manual calculation
(based on GPSA BOOK).
Perpetration/Review of process data sheet for bulk separator, test separator, KODs ,tanks ,vent stack
,chemical injection skids, Instrument air skid, relief valves ,distillation columns, heat exchanger,
Flare ,vent stack, pump and compressors .
Preparation /Review of utility load summery like instrument air, nitrogen, compressed air, cooling
water and steam.
Review the vendor offers (i.e. fired heater ,compressor ,pumps, heat exchangers, RVs etc)
Member in Design, HAZOP, IPF, ALARP, Hazid, Alarm realisation, bow Tie, DEM1 and DEM-2 and
SIMOPS Review team.
Secretary in Design, HAZOP and Hazid Reviews.
Facilitator for Operability Review for PDO projects.
Review and provide the Input to material selection report.
Crosschecking other disciplines documents (e.g. piping arrangements, plot plans, cause and effect
,pipeline design basis etc)
Preparation of Process man hours estimate, Identify SOW including List of Drawings & Deliverables,
Lists of Tasks & Activities.
Trouble shooting site queries and resolving the constraints & issues.
DCS graphics, Participation in FAT
Review design integrity for work carried out by third parties to ensure that the proposed solutions are
technically sound and meat the operability and maintainability requirements.
Attend Project Progress Meeting with Client Project Management Team & Construction Contractor.
Coordinates effectively with other disciplines and Carry out engineering studies.

Clients:

Petroleum Development Oman; Sultanate of Oman

Oman Refineries and Petrochemical Co. LLC Sultanate of Oman
Oman Gas Company LLC Oman (OGC)- Sultanate of Oman
JK synthetics Ltd-India
Haryana petrochemical Ltd India
Oil and Natural gas corporation India ( ONGC)

Details of Some Major O&G Projects

Lekhwair UFUQ Facility Development- Lead Process Engineer

Project background- The scope of UFUQ Facility Development is to perform FEED and DD which
includes a totally independent remote station with the following equipments and pipelines 4 x MSVs, 1 x test separator for UFUQ wells testing, 75 m capacity Relief valve pit with vent stack, 1
x 11,000 m/d bulk separators, 1 x 12 9.0 km, 300# gross export GRE pipeline from UFUQ RMS to
Lekhwair production station, 1 x 12 12 km, 900# water injection (CS +PE Line) pipeline from Dhulima
pipeline to UFUQ RMS, water injection manifold with well fracture control, 1 x Instrument air package.

Musallim Third Area3 RMS Project - Lead Process Engineer

Project background- The scope of Musallim 3rd Area 3 RMS Project is to perform FEED and DD
which includes containerised Control room a totally independent remote station with the following
equipments and trunkline 24 slots conventional test and production manifolds, 11 slots water injection manifold with fracture
control, Instrument air skid (48 Nm3/hr), Relief valve pit 1750 m and maintenance drain pit 36 m with
vent stack.
1 x 12 7.0 km, 66 barg gross export GRE pipeline from RMS-3 to Musallim station facility,1 x 6 7.0
km, 600# CS FBE test trunkline from RMS-3 to Musallim station facility and 1 x 14 7.0 km, 60 barg
water injection GRE pipeline from Musallim station facility to RMS-3.
1 X 700 m/d test separator (2.3X5.8 m) at Musallim station to test the wells and associated tie-ins for
trunklines and test separator.

Nimr-G and Karim West Project Sr. Process Engineer

Project background-

21 x MSVs with Coriolis and red eye meter,16 drain pits, two GRE headers(approx 6 km long) and 24

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CS PE pipe line (5Km long)

5 x 10000 m/d well CPI separators, 1x193000m3/day FWKO Tank ,GFT, Emulsion transfer pumps (3
working one stand by)water disposal booster pumps, water injection pumps
Tie-in with the existing utilities like ring instrument air, drain system, flare system, fuel gas system and
chemical injection system.
Offplot scope is deigned for high risk sour servise (6000ppm H2S (v/v))

Al-Huwaisah Condensate Recovery Project- Lead Process Engineer

Two condensate transfer pumps (1 working + 1 standby).

One new LP flash vessel to replace the existing one (V-1062).
Approx 28 km long, 4 condensate transfer pipeline (GRE) from Al-Huwaisah station to Yibal- A
station.

Marmul A Station Expansion Project- Design Coordinator

Project back ground- The scope of MM-A includes building a totally independent new station with the
following equipments8 x MSVs, 3 x 500 m/d well test de-sanders, 3 x MFM to cater for HW wells testing , Relief valve pit
of 325 m capacity for water, 1 x 10,000 m/d bulk de-sander, 2 x 15,000 m/d separators, 3 x 15,000
m/d export pumps , 1 x 7,500 m buffer/surge tank, 1 x 230,000 Sm/d LP KO drum, 1 x 230,000
Sm/d LP flare unit, 1 x 70,000 Sm/d AP flare unit, 1 x 18 9.0 km, 300# gross export pipeline from
MM-A to MMPS, 1 x 10 9.0 km, 150# gas export pipeline from MM-A to MMPS, 1 x launcher and
receiver for 18 gross pipeline, 1 x launcher and receiver for 10 gas pipeline, 1 x Drain Vessel with
two pumps, 1 x Instrument air package.
New control room and related Instrumentation facilities (Foundation Fieldbus-based control system /
IPS)
Tie-in of the new separator outlet gas header to the suction of the existing Gas compressor

Lekhwair Gas Sweetening Project - Design Coordinator

Project back ground- The scope of Lekhwair gas sweetening project include.
2x50 %( 5MMSCMD) Gas Sweetening Trains in parallel with an additional 10% margin.
Hot Oil System inclusive of Hot Oil Heater Package, Circulation Pumps, Expansion Vessel and Sump
Vessel.

Acid Gas incinerator package for Gas Sweetening Unit.

Standardization of Kits for North Oman for ODC Contract 2010 Project- Lead
Process Engineer

Project background- Preparation of standard kits with associated control for different types of well
like Gas lifted, ESP lifted, Free flowing, Gas injection, steam injection, high pressure gas wells, water
supply ,water injection well and water disposal wells.

Achievement Reduced the standard kits from No.40 to No.20 by rationalizing safeguarding, and
rating of pipe and project got 4th place in Best Practice Award.

North Oman for ODC Contract Lead Process Engineer

Project background-

A US$ 910 Million project awarded to Galfar on 2005 by Petroleum Development Oman. This project
consists of Design, Procurement, Construction & Testing / Commissioning of RMS, Pipelines, Well
Hook-up, Flowlines, Overhead Line to Wells, and Associated Electrical / Instrumentation Installation in
North Oman (Fahud, Yibal, Qarn Alam and Lekhwair).

Details of Refinery Projects

Expansion of Tanker Truck Loading Facility Lead Process Engineer.

Day Tanks for Premium Gasoline (2x 4,375m), Gas Oil(2x2,575m), Regular Gasoline(1x
1,489m)and Aviation Fuel(1x 2,922m)

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Truck Tanker Loading Pump for Premium Gasoline(5(4-Op & 1-S)XCap150 m/hr), Gas Oil (3(2-Op &
1-S)XCap150 m/hr), Regular Gasoline (2(1-Op & 1-S)XCap150 m3/hr), Aviation Fuel(2(1-Op & 1S)XCap150 m/hr) and LPG(1-Op XCap70 m3/hr)

TTL Loading Arm/Vapor Arm for Premium Gasoline(5Cap150 m/hr), Gas Oil (3Cap150 m/hr),
Regular Gasoline (1XCap150 m/hr), Aviation Fuel(1XCap150 m3/hr) and LPG(1 XCap70 m/hr)

VR Unit for Premium Gasoline( (2XCap 300 m/hr), Regular Gasoline (1XCap160 m/hr), and LPG(1
XCap70 m/hr)

Blending of Heavy Aromatics to Gas Oil Rundown line Lead Process Engineer

Pipe line from Heavy Aromatics to Gas Oil rundown line with necessary valves & fittings.

Review the impact of rundown line at the existing facility by Hazop review.

AFC drawing and datasheet for instruments in line with ORPC standards.

Details of Petrochemical Projects

Expansion of JK Acrylic plant Kota to enhance capacity from 55 Ton/day to 75

Ton/dayProcess Engineer

Project background-

Adequacy check of the existing piping, relief valve, heat exchangers.

Design of liquid- liquid separator (decanter)

3
3
N2(70 m3/hr)
, Instrument Air Package(75 m /hr), DM water plant, RO water plant, 80 m ACN storage
tank, 40 m3 Venial Acetate batch tank and Reactor cooling pump.

Vapour recovery unit for ACN vapours.

12'' 1.5 km water Pipe line from Sur Sager to the plant water storage tank.

Replacement of existing Reactor with the new reactor ( Cap 75 Ton/day )

Reactor cooling water pumps (2 X Cap 100 m3/hr)

ACN3 unloading pump(2 X Cap 50 m3/hr), monomer3 recovery column pump (2(1-Op & 1-S)XCap
20m /hr and monomer transfer pump (2XCap50 m /hr)
Replacement of existing PLC system with DCS.
Commissioning of the plant.

Off Steam Recovery Project for Acrylic plant Kota. Concept study and FEED
Process Engineer

Project background-

Installation of single stage ejector and associated piping.

Modification of palletizer to inject the finisher.

Modification is column reflux line.

Review the impact of modifications at the existing facility by design and Hazop review.

AFC drawing and datasheet in line with Tecnimont standards.

Operating, control, shutdown philosophy and safeguarding updation.

Expansion of HPL Polyester Plant Haryana to enhance capacity from 45 Ton/day to

75 Ton/day-Process Engineer

Project background-

EG tanks (4x 50 m3), Methanol tanks (2x 20 m3) and two DM (2x 45 m3) water tank.
Loading Pump for Methanol (3(2-Op & 1-S) XCap15 m/hr), EG (3(2-Op & 1-S) XCap50 m/hr).

100 Ton/day bath reactor with necessary instrument and electrical accessories in line with
existing reactor (Inventa technology).
Hot Oil System inclusive of Hot Oil Heater Package, Circulation Pumps, Expansion Vessel and Sump
Vessel.
20 ton/day vapour recovery unit for methanol and EG which include distillation still, falling film
evaporator, distillation column,

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2x60 ton/day polymer chips conveying system.

50 Nm3/hr Instrument Air Package and 75 Nm3/hr Nitrogen Package.

Achievements

Reduced the standard kits from No.40 to No.20 by rationalizing safeguarding, and rating of pipe and
project got 4th place in Best Practice Award in PDO .

Reduced 20 ton/day steam by optimizing the dryer zoning temperature, air flow distribution and by
improving the pellet bonding. Appreciated by Arafat group management.

PDO proposed for operability facilitator for PDO project and conducted three operability reviews for
PDO projects.

Software Skill:

Conversant with hydraulic modelling .Departmental trainer for PIPESIM and In-house programmes.

Well acquainted with process simulation softwares like UNISIM-430, Aspen Hysis, PIPESIM 2009,
Pipestudio (TLnet and TG net), OLGA7.3.5 FREDv6, Flare net HTRI and AUTO CAD.

Computer Language C and MS office.

Languages Known:
Speaking
excellent
very good
fair
working knowledge

Hindi
English
Urdu
Arabic

Reading
excellent
very good
fair
working knowledge

Writing
excellent
very good
fair
working knowledge

Contact Details
Email Address

qayyum_2010@rediffmail.com

Telephone Mobile

(00968) 95942025

Present Location

Ghubara, Muscat; Sultanate of Oman

Permanent Address :

Malik Cement agency Gulaothi, Bulandshahr UP India

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