Qualifications & Education
• 2000-2003 BTS Diploma in Refining and petrochemical engineering from API (Algerian Petroleum Institute).
• 1997-2000 Baccalaureate specialized in natural and life’s sciences (Algeria).
• 1994-1997 Fundamental school (Algeria).
• 1988-1994 Primary school (Algeria).
Work Experience
From January 2006 to June 2012
At SONATRACH/ANADARKO ALGERIA Co (ALGERIA).
1. Job title: Process Operator:
• Crude oil plant operator: (separation and stabilization).
Startup and shutdown according to the instructions, safety orders and procedures.
Common control and check of crude oil processing train’s equipment including: two-phases/three-phases separators, desalters, exchangers, column, heater, rundown coolers and dosing pumps (desemulsifier injection skid).
Participate in shutdown activities by preparing equipment for maintenance and start up after work commencement and completion.
Carry out and ensure all works are performed in accordance with established safety rules and regulations.
Data collection of parameters such as: pressure, temperature, level and flow rates in hourly basic through outside rounds of crude oil train process equipment.
• Gas process operator: (Process gas compressors).
Startup and shutdown according to the instructions, safety orders and procedures.
Maintain properly suitable control and check of the process gas centrifugal compressors marked DRESSER-RAND including lube oil and seal gas system.
Remote control of the compressors from the supervisory HMI.
Participate in shutdown activities and maintenance by preparing equipment for isolation, shutdown and startup after work commencement and completion.
Data collection each two hours outside round of unit equipment parameters records (pressure, temperature, level and flow rates).
• Gas dehydration by TEG process operator:
Startup and shutdown according to the instruction, safety orders and procedures.
Common control and check of glycol regeneration plant parameters and equipment (contactor, reboiler, condenser, flash drum, surge drum, glycol filters, pumps (regeneration, PH and antifoam), exchangers and the recovery system).
Participate in shutdown activities and maintenance by preparing equipment for isolation, shutdown and startup after work commencement and completion.
Two hours outside round for unit equipment inspection with reading parameters records (pressure, temperature, level and flow rates).
• Re-injection gas process operator:
• Startup and shutdown according to the instruction, safety orders and procedures of the SOLAR TURBINE with the turbotronic system control.
• Common control and check of both gas turbine normal run and centrifugal compressors marked DRESSER-RAND.
• Remote control by monitoring on the supervisory screens both gas turbine and centrifugal compressors.
• Check of the lube/seal oil system both the gas turbine and the centrifugal compressors.
• Participate in shutdown activities and maintenance by preparing equipment for isolation, shutdown and startup after work commencement and completion.
• Two hours outside round for the reinjection area equipment inspection with reading parameters records (pressure, temperature, level and flow rates).
• LACT metering and fiscal export process operator:
Startup and shutdown according to the instructions, safety orders and procedures.
Common control and check of the streams including the storage area (Booster pumps and main centrifugal pumps driven by 5.5 KV electrical motors).
Monitor the storage stabilized oil tanks and measurements.
Participate in shutdown activities and maintenance by preparing equipment for isolation, shutdown and start up after work commencement and completion
Carry out and ensure all work is performed in accordance with established safety rules and regulations
Two hours outside round for storage area equipment inspection with reading parameters records (pressure, temperature, level and flow rates).
LACT metering plant:
Daily check task of parameters and mechanical counters provided by OMNI system.
Weekly prove operation of the streams.
Ensure the sample system normal run and bring the samples to the laboratory.
Remote controls of the plant throw the supervisory computers using the IFIX and TP6000
systems controller provided by EMERSON.
• SCADA HMI operator:
Remote control of production wells, gas injection wells, water injection wells and water source
wells as per schedule and production requirements.
Wells remote shutdown and parameters monitoring (flow line pressure, flow line temperature, well head pressure, well head temperature, gas lift pressure, gas lift flow rate, well status, FGSS and satellite wells).
2- Job title: Panel Operator:
The role is principally consisting of operating the DCS (Distributed Control System EMERSON Delta V from the CCR for all plants’ startup, shutdown and maintaining their normal running conditions according to trends, alarms logs and customer requirements.
Oil treatment (Separation and stabilization) plant:
Operate the oil/gas separators (bi and tri-phases).
Operate the oil stabilization unit including the stabilizer heater, column and rundown coolers.
Operate the flare systems minimizing wastage of gas where possible.
Control the operation of the drains systems.
Operate the produced water system.
Control the operation of the API separator system.
Request and co-ordinate any maintenance works on the area through the supervisor instructions.
Maintain a log of all process plant operations and handover to the oncoming shift.
Assist in controlling any emergency situations on the facility.
Co-ordinate with laboratory technicians to ensure safe and accurate production specifications.
Injection and Gas process compression plant:
Operate the Process Gas Compressor.
Operate the Injection Compressor.
Carry out routine checks and record the status of all equipment.
Request and co-ordinate any maintenance works on the area through the supervisor instructions and orders.
Ensure that all maintenance works on the area are safely conducted.
Assist in controlling any emergency situations on the facilities.
Minimize wastage of gas through optimal operations of compression equipment.
LACT metering, storage and export of stabilized crude oil plant:
Operate the crude oil storage tanks, metering system and export pumps to meet the demand.
Operate the crude oil re-run system to maintain production specification.
Operate the meter proving system at assigned intervals to confirm on-line instrument results.
Maintain accurate logs of exported products.
Carry out routine checks and records the status of all export equipment.
Request and co-ordinate maintenance work in the area, liaising with the supervisor.
Assist in controlling any emergency situations on the facility.
Co-ordinate with laboratory technicians to ensure safe and accurate sampling activities.
Co-ordinate with Customs officials for the timely and efficient movement of product.
Gas dehydration by TEG plant:
Operate the TEG regeneration plant parameters to ensure the safe run and normal operation conditions to avoid wastage of glycol.
Take corrective actions in case of emergency (troubleshooting).
Co-ordinate with the laboratory technicians to ensure accurate and desirable unit analyses
of the dry gas and the lean glycol.
Fuel Gas distributed system:
Operate the fuel gas distribution area in safe manner to ensure the providing of FG to the heaters, turbines and flares.
Take corrective actions in case of emergency (start up and shutdown).
Co-ordinate with the laboratory technicians to ensure accurate FG analyses.
Fire and gas system control located in the CCR:
Control the fire and gas system panel and take corrective actions in case of activated alarms (Fire alarms, gas leak alarms, smoke alarms)
Report and maintain a log of all alarms.
Ensure safe check and repair of all type of detectors in accordance with the maintenance team.
From June 2012 until August 2014
At RasGas Company Limited, QATAR.
1- Job title: Process Operator:
1. AGR unit: acid gas removal (gas sweetening) by UCARSOL (amine) (UOP)
2. Gas dehydration by molecular sieves and mercury removal plants.
3. Regeneration gas treating plant by Selexol (UOP).
4. NGL Recovery unit by ORTLOFF.
5. Fractionation, ethane and LPG treating units (UOP).
6. Propane Loop unit.
Tasks and responsibilities:
Startup and shutdown according to the instructions, safety orders and procedures of RasGas Company.
Common control, routine inspection, equipment change over and reporting to shift
supervisor for any further abnormal operating conditions including:
– Feed filter separator
– Exchanger preheater
– Absorber column
– Rich flash gas drum
– Rich flash gas column
– Regenerator
– Booster pumps
– HP amine pumps
– Regenerator reboilers
– Lean/rich amine exchangers
– Acid gas trim coolers
– Lean amine trim coolers
– Pre coolers,
– Drier beds (molecular sieve beds)
– Treated gas filters
– Mercury removal vessels.
– Effluent gas filters and regenerant furnace
– Steam turbines.
– Centrifugal compressor (lube oil system, seal gas system and separation gas system).
– Demethanizer, Deethanizer, Depropanizer, debutanizer, depentanizer, deisopentanizer columns
– Turbo expender machines.
– Fired heaters.
– C2 treaters, C3 treaters and C4 treaters.
Participate in shutdown activities and prepare equipment for handing over to maintenance and taking over after maintenance activities completion.
Ensures a safe working environment at all time and demonstrate commitment and involvement to Company’s HSE policies.
Act as auxiliary fireman and support fire crew (EMS) during an emergency.
Periodic data collection of process equipment parameters.
Handling of antifoam make up and adjust dosing rate according to safety chemical procedures (MSDS)
Take samples according to safety of chemical sample handling rules and MSDS procedures (Lean amine, sour flash gas, dehydrated gas, Selexol, fuel gas, sales gas, plant condensate,
LPG products, chemical pits effluents)
Checking of breathing apparatus (BA) on daily basis.
Accept responsibility of the job from the outgoing shift operator and hand over the daily activities of all the units in the operator shelter and update the logbook for daily activities.
Report any near-miss and incidents for the safety development program of the company.
Endorse the work permits (general, critical and hot) and close permits after safe completion of maintenance activities.
Review the procedures of units and equipment startup, shutdown, isolation, reinstatement and changeover.
From September 2014 until Present
At SONATRACH/ANADARKO ALGERIA Co (ALGERIA).
Job title: Senior Panel Operator:
• Monitor operating conditions thru trends and make process adjustments either through the control system or by acquiring plant site information from field operator to ensure safe and efficient process operation and report any symptom or abnormalities to Shift Supervisor.
• Respond to emergency or upset conditions taking necessary shutdown or process adjustment action to restore stable operating conditions in accordance with instruction of Shift Supervisor.
• Plants design check and review to improve plants reliability and production (HYSYS).
• Plants equipment datasheets, plants P&ID, PFD, UFD review and update.
• DCS alarm management tracking and maintain a log book for records (daily and monthly reports).
• Plants procedures review (start up, shutdown, isolation, deisolation, reinstatement) and address all process engineering issues.
• Plan, execute and evaluate test-runs for new installations and ensure that appropriate corrective engineering actions for possible design errors are implemented.
• Participate actively in shutdown preparation and execution by planning activities and the review of all the prepared work permits packages for shutdown programs.
• Provides process engineering expertise in support of the production processes and activities in all the CPF units (trains, process compression, gas dehydration and gas reinjection).
• Ensures the effective achievement of department objectives by setting individual targets, developing and motivating staff by providing of formal and informal feedback.
• Participate actively in the safety daily meetings with HSE department coordination.
• Preparation for the management level by liaising with manager’s instructions and daily meetings.
• Participate in training of new operators, panel operators thru the OTS and practice on DCS panels.
• Work permits review, package check and endorsement (open, close and revalidation).
• Preparation and planning of activities (maintenance and operation) using appropriate schedule on daily basic.
• NB: stabilized oil production 130000 bbls/d & 700 MMSCFD of treated gas.
From August 2015 until present
Crescent Petroleum-Dana Gas Company-KHORMOR LPG PLANT, Kurdistan (IRAQ).
Job title: DCS Operator (SCADA) of LPG Recovery Plant:
• Monitor and control of the following units thru SCADA supervisory consoles and maintain a steady conditions of the following units and maintain on daily basic reports:
1- Inlet Separation Area:
Inlet manifold, Inlet Separators, Test separator, Inlet gas scrubber, Inlet gas filter, Produced water degassing separator, Methanol Injection skid.
2- Condensate Stabilization:
Stabilizer feed separator, Stabilizer feed filter, Stabilizer column, Stabilizer reboiler pumps, Stabilizer reboiler, Condensate product coolers (NGL), overhead reciprocating compressor.
3- Sour Gas Sweetening by DEA:
Inlet scrubber, inlet filter separator, amine contactor, flash tank, L/R amine exchanger, amine still column, HOM heater, regeneration reboiler, surge drum, booster pumps, amine coolers, amine recirculation pumps, water and lean amine make up tanks, RO unit.
4- Cryogenic Train 1 and 2:
Dehydrated gas scrubber, dehydrated gas filter, drier beds, regeneration gas coolers, regeneration gas compressor, regeneration gas heater, train heaters, cold box exchangers, cold separator, turbo expander, deethanizer column, deethanizer reboiler, deethanizer reflux accumulator, deethanizer reflux pumps, debutanizer, debutanizer reboiler, debutanizer reflux drum, NGL coolers.
5- NGL storage area which contains a tank with pumps.
6- LPG storage area: 10 bullets.
7- RGC (Residue gas compressors) (reciprocating type).
8- Electrical generators.
9- Instrument air unit (compressors, coolers, driers, separation vessel).
10- Fire water area: fire water tank, diesel pump, jockey pump, electrical pump.
11- Fuel gas system : fuel gas separators and filters.
From 2001 to 2003
At the Algerian Petroleum Institute:
Topping plant: from 01-11-2001 to 30-12-2001 Oil refinery (SKIKDA).
Catalytic cracking plant: from 01-11-2001 to 30-12-2001 (SKIKDA).
Catalytic reforming plant: from 01-11-2001 to 30-12-2001 (SKIKDA).
Vacuum distillation plant: from 01-11-2001 to 30-12-2001 (SKIKDA).
Polyethylene plant: from 01/05/2002 to 15/05/2002 at ENIP process facilities.
Ethylene plant: from 15-01-2003 to 27-02-2003 at ENIP process facilities.
Training
1- NAFTOGAZ Institute (Hassi Messaoud, Algeria):
Oil treatment plant from 12-07-2005 to 28-07-2005 at GASSI TOUIL field.
LPG plant from 18-09-2005 to 02-10-2005 at HASSI MESSAOUD field.
LPG plant from 12-11-2005 to 27-11-2005 at HASSI R’MEL field.
Special consolidation training at National Institute for Gassier and Oilier Technical Applications: from 28/05/2008 to 28/11/2005.
2- HBNS field (Hassi Berkine, Algeria):
OTS DCS training (Emerson DELTA-V).
Electrical safety training course.
Compressed gases training course.
Hearing prevention training course.
Firefighting equipment training course.
General Electric Turbine (GE) MS-5002C model training.
3- RasGas LTD Trainings:
AKG2 asset plants induction training.
Integrated Safety Induction for getting safety passport (SP).
Work management system (WMS).
Permit to work management system (PTW).
Job safety analysis (JSA).
Job Hazardous Analysis (JHA).
H2S, CO2, CO and SO2 familiarization training.
Hazardous identification (HAZID).
Work area management (WAM).
Confined space entry class one (CSE-I).
Authorized gas testing (AGT).
Simultaneous operations system (SIMOPS).
Process isolation, de isolation, reinstatement, blinding and de-blinding (LOTO).
Dew point measurement by hydrometer (PANAMITRIC GE).
Attend regularly scheduled safety meetings.
Shutdown Preparation inductions (AKG2 and AKG1).
Team building skills in multicultural environment (Spread-head Company).
Problem solving and decision making (Spread-head Company).
Developing effective interpersonal and communication skills ((Spread-head Company).
Self-stress and time management (Spread-head Company).
GE Heavy duty turbines MS-5002D/MS-6001B/MS-9001E.
4- Crescent Petroleum-Dana Gas Trainings:
• Safety and LPG plant induction.
Abilities/Skills/Knowledge
Quick learner and excellent theoretical acknowledges in oil and gas fields.
High safety awareness levels both in normal and emergency conditions.
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
Good maintenance skills for instrumentation and mechanic.
Computer skills (Word, Excel, Power point and Outlook).
Simulation of oil, gas and petrochemical plants for performance review and checks using HYSYS V8.6.
Algerian and Qatari driving license for light vehicles.
Languages
Arabic: Writing: Good Reading: Good Speaking: Good.
French: Writing: Good Reading: Good Speaking: Good.
English: Writing: Good Reading: Good Speaking: Good.
