Pipeline Systems Engineer

Be the licensed Professional Engineer responsible for oil and gas pipeline systems including station piping and equipment.

PIPELINE ENGINEERING
• Selection of Optimum Pipeline Routing and Development of Alignment Sheets.
• Development of FEED (Front-end Engineering)
• Develop DBM (Design Basis Memorandum)
• Calculation of Pipeline crossing under Highways, Railroads, Pipe Sag and over bend and pipe Cover requirement calculations.
• Spill volume calculations.
• Class location study.
• Pipeline pigging design of facilities and integrity management program.
• Pipeline risk assessment.
• Pipeline systems precommissioning and commissioning procedures originating, reviewing and implementation
• Leak Detection.
• Detail Engineering Drawings: i.e; Alignment sheets, Piping Plan, Isometrics, Hazard Identification Checklist, Hydrostatic Test Program, Tie-in Schedule and Material Take off.
• Project Constructability Studies.
• Interface coordination.
• Hot Tap program.
Plant Piping Engineering

• Review and checking of piping layout for rotating/reciprocating and static equipment.
• Review of equipment general arrangement and nozzles orientation.
• Calculation of pipe wall thickness.

Material specification

Development engineering specifications, datasheets, VDDR and Technical Bid Evaluation for:

• Pipe
• Pipe fittings and induction bends
• Valves.
• Pig Traps.
• Bulk Materials

Piping Stress Analysis

• Piping Stress Analysis
• Evaluation of Rotating Equipment, Pumps, Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors based on the code API, NEMA and Vendor Equipment Allowable.
• Reinforcement of welded branch connection as per ASME Code.
• Pipe span and expansion loops calculations.
• Selection of slides, anchors and supports for above ground pipelines

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MBA, ICMS (Harvard Affiliated) 1973
B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, NED University, Karachi, 1970
Arctic Engineering, University of Alaska.
ASME B 31.3 certified, B 31.4 & B 31.8 API 1160 Pipeline Integrity.
Completed Offshore survival training.
Alaska NSTC training for Arctic and H2S Safety.
Company sponsored project management and proposal preparation courses

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Ocean Offshore & Arctic Engineering Division.
P.E. Registration, Texas
P.E. Registration Quebec, Canada
P.E. Registration, Alaska
P. Eng, Alberta Canada
P. Eng, British Columbia Canada
Any US state PE registration.
Project Management Institute PMP ( to be reinstated)

Skills: MS Word, Excel,
Power Point,
MS Project,
Pipeline Tool Box, PRCI
Global Mapper 15
Arc GIS
Spangler-Cornell Stress Analysis.
CoadeCalc PVElite pressure vessel design.
“SmartPlant (MARIAN)” Intergraph materials management system.
Bentley Autopipe XM stress analysis.
Technical writing FEED, DBM, PEP, EEP, HDD,
Material selection and specification
Sizing and design of pipeline systems components
Stress analysis
Pressure vessel design
Integrity Management Program Design
Safety program design
Road, railroad and water body crossings design.
Technical and project management writing