Senior Corrosion Consultant

Senior position in corrosion and protection consultancy,troubleshooting or research and development in oil and gas industry.

1- Employment History:

2001-2006: Senior Corrosion Engineer, Kuwait Santa Fe for Engineeing &
Petroleum Projects Company, Kuwait, (Seconded to Kuwait Oil
Company, 2001-2005).

1997-2001: Biocide Consultant, Imperial Chemical Industries(I.C.I), United
Kingdom.

1995-1996: Corrosion Research Consultant, Faculty of Technology, Tehran
University, Tehran, Iran.

1987-1994: Corrosion Research Consultant, Petroleum Industry Research
Institute, National Iranian Oil Company(N.I.I.C), Tehran, Iran.

1984-1986: Corrosion Consultant, Bina Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran.

1978-1983: Research Assistant, Microbial Corrosion Laboratory,Corrosion
and Protection Centre, University of Manchester
(U.M.I.S.T.), United Kingdom.

2- Technical Skills:

Considerable expertise in dealing with corrosion and protection of oil and gas installations, resulting from more than twenty years of relevant experience in upstream(exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas), midstream(pipeline transportation and storage of crude oil and natural gas) and downstream(crude oil refining, petrochemicals production, distribution of oil products and natural gas)activities in oil and gas industry. Some of the general technical skills are as follows:

* Corrosion testing, monitoring, failure analysis and troubleshooting.

* Corrosion and protection of metallic systems in various environments; control methods for internal surfaces (materials selection, alteration of environment by using inhibitors, oxygen scavengers and biocide chemicals, linings, cathodic protection) and external surfaces in soil and water(coatings, cathodic protection).

* Corrosion control of installations at every stage of oil production, from initial extraction of primary production and secondary recovery to refining and storage prior to use.

1976-1984: Master of Science(M.Sc) and/or Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D) in
Corrosion Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology(U.M.I.S.T), United Kingdom.

1972-1975: Bachelor of Science(B.Sc) in Biophysical Sciences, University of
Houston, USA.

More specific technical skills:

* Field monitoring and control of the primary corrosive agents found in oilfield installations(carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, dissolved oxygen, sulfate - reducing bacteria).

* Control of microbial activity and souring problems in oilfield water handling systems and reservoirs.

* Development of laboratory systems to assess biocide performance against sessile(surface-attaching) bacteria in biofilms.

* Development of efficacious oilfield and water treatment biocides and corrosion inhibitor chemicals.

* Laboratory and field evaluation of coatings for underground applications.

* Cathodic protection of steel structures internal surfaces (pipelines, surface and elevated water storage tanks; condensers and heat exchangers; hot-water storage tanks, processing tanks and vessels, etc.) and external surfaces in soil and water (oil well casings, underground and submerged oil, gas and water pipeline transportation systems, underground fuel/oil tanks; on-grade storage tank bottoms, offshore oil-drilling rigs, etc.)

* Cathodic protection criteria assessment and standardization of underground steel structures by correction of field monitoring potential measurement errors.

* Innovative approach to biocorrosion by utilizing the destructive effects of corrosive bacteria to develop microbial batteries.

* Corrosion monitoring and protection of reinforced concrete structures.