Oil Refinery Operation

More Than 25 Years Extensive Experience In Oil Refining And Gas Processing Commissioning Process, Start Up / Shut Down, Troubleshooting, Process Planning, With Operation Of Different Activities.

2004 – Present Shift Controller (Coordinator)
Qatar Petroleum Refinery – Qatar. 137,000 bbl/d

Supervising & coordinating the process activities, including the following units:
• Atmospheric crude distillation
• Hydrotreating unit for different intermediate products including; Light distillate, naphtha, kerosene and LGO)
• Catalytic reforming of naphtha CCR (UOP process)
• LPG recovery
• Gas sweetening (Amine absorption process)
• Isomerisation, RFCC, sulfur recovery (Clous process) and utilities.
• All finished / blended product were exported through terminals as well as Jete under highly DCS controlling system.


1995 – 2002 Oil Refining Supervisor
Azzawia Oil Refining Co - Libya. 120,000 bbl/d

• Supervising and controlling day-to-day operation, start up / shut down and troubleshooting activities, including:
• Atmospheric distillation unit of Crude oil.
• Vacuum distillation of Reduced crude oil
• All the down stream product treatment /up grading units, U & O site.


1987 – 1995 Coordinator (Lead)
Salahuddine Refinery 1, Baiji – Iraq. 70,000 bbl/d

Supervised down stream products treatment units, including LPG recovery plant, Gas sweetening and sulfur recovery units, U & O. all operations were monitored & controlled by highly advanced DCS system.


1983 – 1987 Senior Process Engineer
Salahuddine Refinery 2, Baiji – Iraq. 70,000 bbl/d

Supervising all activities related to production planning, process development, catalyst performance, catalyst regeneration programs, scheduled maintenance
With crude oil controlling & finished products movement through terminals.




1978 – 1983 Shift supervisor
Basra Refinery – Iraq. (150 MMSCMD)

Pre-commissioning, commissioning and full operation activities of the LPG / NGL project.
Including the following processing units:
1. Gas / Liquid separation.
2. Gas scrubbing.
3. Gas dehydration (Glycol Contactor).
4. Gas sweetening (Amine Absorption).
5. LPG recovery (Naphtha Absorption).
6. Sulfur production (Clous Process).
7. Blow-Down and flare system.
8. Utilities.
9. Off site area.

B.Sc. Degree in Chemical Engineering - 1977