PLANNING ENGINEER / ECONOMIST / CRUDE TRADER

To obtain a position as a Planning Engineer / Economist / Crude Trader in Supply and Trading function.

 Organization: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) from 15th Jan2001 till date
 Experience: Functional experience in the following business domains:
• Valuation of 177 crudes using Linear Programming based Aspen PIMS (Process Industry Modeling System) global model.
• Quick and Dirty Evaluation of new crudes based on GPW method.
• Valuation of over 20 grades of Low Sulfur Waxy Residue (LSWR) used as a supplementary feedstock for FCCU.
• Valuation of over 03 grades of Full Range Naphtha (FRN) used as a supplementary feedstock for Aromatics Complex.
• Crude Sequencing and scheduling activity for M+1 month using Mixed Integer Programming (MIP). Done using MPIMS functionality.
• Allocation of crudes between DTA and SEZ refineries based on Global Plan.
• Conversion of crude quantities into ship’s parcel size and further splitting the arrival into 04 weeks.
• Blend feasibility check based on the crude parcel size thrown up by MIP results and fixing the arrival dates. Granular checking of crude blend feasibility on a day to day basis using GeCOS (Generic Crude Oil Scheduling System) Software thereby ensuring alignment of crude processing with the plan thus meeting the business objectives.
• In Jamnagar, worked as a Crude Scheduler, and was entrusted with the job of running the crude unit at 650MMbbls/day within the CTS mandated Crude Blend Window. Major highlights of working as a Crude Scheduler are::
 Eliminated the process of water draining / settling for Ras Gharib crude oil. Ras Gharib was subsequently processed unsettled in crude unit. This drastically helped in processing Ras Gharib as per the quantity suggested in the monthly rolling business plan without major disruptions in crude unit.
 For the first time Dar Blend (a high pour crude) was processed during my tenure as a crude scheduler. Several new crude grades like Vincente, Sty barrow were also processed.

• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University (Dr. B.A.T.U.), Lonere, Taluka Mangaon, Maharashtra State, INDIA in the year 1997, in First Class with Distinction (66.70%). Dr. B.A.T.U. is a World Bank aided autonomous university set up by Government of Maharashtra in the year 1989.
• Standard XII: Passed in 1993 from Ramnivas Ruia Junior College, Matunga, Mumbai and secured 87.00% in PCM Subjects and overall 75.5% marks.
• Standard X: Passed in 1991 from Karjat Education Society’s English Medium School, Karjat and scored 87.14% marks. Topped the Karjat Centre

• 02 weeks at Shell Global Solutions, Amsterdam, The Hague for GeCOS software testing in April 2008
• 02 weeks at IIM Bangalore for Management Development Program – I from 11th – 29th Feb 2008.
• Successfully completed RIL’s in house 24 weeks class room / on the job training for the new inductees into the Supply and Trading function from August 2006 – February 2007.
 5 days on ‘International Oil Trading and Price Risk Management’.
 Leadership Development program.
• 05 days of ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditors Training successfully completed from 27th Feb – 03rd March 2006.
• 02 days workshop on The New ISO 10002:2004 from 21st – 22nd November 2005.

Professional Skills

• Aspen PIMS, PPIMS and MPIMS.
• GeCOS Software development and testing. Synchronization of features from a single refinery crude blending tool to DTA / SEZ (two distinct economic units) bifurcation and different sets of crude blending, tank pump configuration limitations etc.
• Refinery planning and scheduling software development and planning.