A chemical engineering professional with 26 years of experience at various capacities in the refining industry with high technical and managerial skil

Looking for a suitable opening in the field of production managemnet, business development, refinery managemnet and project management in Oil & Gas Sector

LUKOIL, Middle East, 2005 - onwards
Senior Technical Advisor,
-Refinery operation
-Developing new business opportunities
-Support to trading

Oman Refinery Company LLC,1999- 2004

Production Planning & Engineering Manager,
-Controlling refinery operations & product slate
-Deciding buy vs make & buying/selling products in international market
-improving refinery margins & business development
-Supported management decision making process.
-Developed DHDS project(awarded FEED/selected process licensors,EPC contract & commissioned the project)
-Awarded EPC contract for Isomerisation,refinery revamp,crude tank farm & cross country pipeline projects and initiated Cogeneration Plant project
-Implemented projects without external PMC
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited ?V India 1979 ?V1998
Deputy General Manager ( International Trade, Supplies & Refinery Programming & Planning ) ?V 1996 to 1998
- Buying Selling of products & led production planning & economics, product distribution and shipping departments.
- Was advisor to Director (Refineries) for new refinery & petrochemical projects.
-Led the Refinery Team for organisational restructuring (consultant- Arthur D?¦Little). Developed plans like team based structure to enhance refinery effectiveness, strategies and evolved a road map of enhancing refinery capacity from 7 MMTPA to 15 MMTPA.
Chief Manager (Energy & Environment and Refinery Planning & Blending) ?V 1994 to 1995
Refinery fuel & loss control, refinery production plans, rolling plans and optimization of refinery for maximizing value addition.
Deputed to Port Harcourt Refinery Company, Nigeria ?V 1992 to 1994,
-Technical Advisor to GM(Planning & QC)
-Led Process back up team & worked closely with UOP engineers.
Senior Manager(Production Planning & Blending) ?V 1989 to 1991
Refinery planning & economics,blending optimization, tank farm management and product supply coordination.
Process Manager, FCC Unit ?V 1987to 1988
Operated UOP riser FCC unit & increased capacity and yields
Project Technology Manager ?V1985 to 1986
Developed Xylenes & n-Paraffins projects,evaluated process licensors and implmented various in-house projects.
Deputy Manager & Senior Process Engineer in Refinery Technical Services Department and Operations Officer in Crude Distillation Complex from 1979 to 1984.

Academics „X Bachelor?¦s degree in Chemical Engineering.
„X Master of Technology with specialization in Fertilizer & Heavy Chemicals.
Major Trainings received „X 3 month?¦s Refinery Technology from Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun, a premier R & D institution f or petroleum studies in India.
„X Management courses from IIM/ASCI, premier management institutes in India.
„X Attended an invitation course by British Petroleum in London for Third Party Trading Course and awarded 1st prize for Screen Trading.
„X Attended a course on Trading at College of Petroleum Studies, Oxford.

I have not taken any formal certification. However, I led Hazop team and was a faculty for RISK Management programmes.

Worked in refineries in India, Nigeria, Oman and Dubai. WIth my exposures in operations, Technical Services, Production planning & Economics, Business development, Project managemnet adn International Trading I can handle any challenging assignments in the Oil & Gas Industry.

I imparted training and had interacted with major process licensors.
Major Trainings imparted
-Was a regular faculty at Bharat Petroleum and delivered lectures in Refineries in India and outside India.
-Conducted HAZOP work shop and carried out HAZOP for refinery process units as a team leader.
-Presented papers in International Symposiums.
Other exposures
-Visited several refineries in India, Europe, Canada, Middle East, Korea for technology selection and exchange of ideas on refinery technology, fuel & loss, best practices and organization restructuring issues.
-Interacted with major Process Licensors, Engineering Consultants, EPC contractors & R&D facilities of major process licensors.