Resume

T. MANEKSHAH

Old No.62, New No.106,

West Street, Krishnan Koil,

Mobile : +91 9894727597Nagercoil - 629 001.

Kanyakumari District,

e-mail : Tamilnadu, INDIA.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Total 17 Years of Experience ( 12 years in Oil&Gas Production and Operations in Wellhead, Plant and Control Room, both Onshore and Offshore. 5 years in Chemical Company, Process side in Plant and Control Room.)

  1. Working as Senior Operator in Oil India Ltd., Jodhpur, Rajastan, India since May 2007.
  2. Worked as Production Operatorin British Gas Exploration And Production India Limited (BGEPIL), Panna Production Platform(PPA), Panna Complex, Panna/Mukta and TaptiField-MumbaiBasin Offshore, INDIA from January 2004 to April 2007.
  3. Worked as Production Operator in ONGC offshore, Bombay High, India from October 1999 to December 2004.
  4. Worked as Commissioning Operator in GAIL, Vaghodia, Gujarat from June 1997 to August 1999.
  5. Worked as Process Technician in M/S Chemfab Alkalis Ltd., Pondicherry, India from June 1992 to May 1997.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

1. B.Sc. Chemistry

Year of Completion : 1992

Institution : S.T.HinduCollege, Nagercoil.

University : MaduraiKamarajUniversity, Madurai,

Tamil Nadu, India.

2. Diploma in Industrial Safety, AnnamalaiUniversity, Chedembaram.

SAFETY & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

  • Personal Survival Techniques (PST)
  • Elementary First Aid (EFA)
  • Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting (FPFF)
  • Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities (PSSR)
  • Permit to Work System (PTW)
  • Authorized Gas Tester (AGT)

PASSPORT DETAILS

Passport No.: H 7007280

Date of Issue : 18-09-2009

Place of Issue : Madurai

Date of Expiry :17-09-2019

ECNR status : Not Required

COMPUTER SKILLS

  • Excellent in Windows Operating System.
  • Very good knowledge in MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint & MS-Access.

EXPERIENCE DETAILS

1. Oil India Ltd., Jodhpur, Rajastan, India.

Working as Senior Operator since May 2007in Gas Dehydration Unit, Gas Gathering Station (GGS) & Well Head.

There are 37 High Pressure Gas Wells producing 1 MMSCMD Gas which is given to GAIL after dehydrating. Producing little condensate which is transported by road truck and Produced Water send to Borrow bit.

Nature of Work:

  • Operations and trouble shooting of Vertical 2-Phase Separators, Horizontal 3- PhaseSeparators, Test Separators.
  • Operations of Glycol Dehydration Unit (GDU) : Coalescesor Separator, Glycol contactor and Glycol recovery scrubber.
  • Operations of Glycol Recovery Unit (GRU) : Glycol re-boiler, Glycol still, Heat exchangers, Hydrocarbon flash drum, Cartridge and Charcoal filters, Stripping gas operation.
  • Maintaining the Dew Point, by adjusting operating parameters.
  • Custody Transfer Metering (CTM).
  • Well testing and Procedure, Well Closing and Opening, Well bean/choke/orifice Changing Operation, Safe Shutdown Releasing through panel board and its all Operation and Maintenance.
  • Knowledge of flaring system.

2. British Gas Exploration And Production India Limited (BGEPIL), Panna Production Platform (PPA), MumbaiBasin Offshore, India.

Worked as Production Operatorfrom January 2004 to April 2007.

Process Key Roles & Functions:

  • Worked with Distributed Computer Systems (DCS – control logix), Programmable Logic Controls (PLC), Office Computer Operations – MAXIMO Work Orders, TOWCS( HMI –Honeywell TDC 3000).
  • Experienced in Commissioning, Start-up, Shut-down, Emergency shut down system(ESD), Plant shut down system (PSD), Emergency and Safety procedures.
  • Process gas drying with Tri-ethylene Glycol, Glycol Dehydration ( Bubble Cap ) & Regeneration system.
  • Crude oil separation, oil movement and metering. Read PID’s/drawings and understand from them the various operational implications and limitations of equipment.
  • Experience in controlling and monitoring of, 2-Phase, 3-Phase, Production and Test separators, Filters, Driers, Hot oil heater, electrostatic treaters (Desalters), Slop oil system, knock out drums, surge vessel, water treatment (Wash water & Produced water), crude transferring system and shipping.
  • To issue Safe Work Permits and direct maintenance crews, ensuring their work will be accomplished safely and with minimum disruption to Plant production.
  • Start-up, controlling and monitoring of air compressors, pumps (Centrifugal (rotary screw), Reciprocating &Pneumatic), Stand-by Generators.
  • Experience in depressurizing high-pressure vessels and equipments, Pigging operations (Pig launching and receiving).

3. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation of India, HEERA Platform, Bombay High, India.

Worked as Production Operator fromOctober1999 to December 2004 in Process Platforms, Well Testing, and Water Injection.

Seven numbers of unmanned offshore platforms have twenty three oil producers, two gas producing wells and five water injection wells which are monitored and controlled from onshore processing facility by telemetry operation. Worked in various roles for production department in offshore project activities.

Process Key Roles & Functions:

  • Well Head : Well experienced in Well Testing, Start-up and Shutdown Procedures, Inspection of Xmas tree and flow line check-up for leaks. Flow line-flushing jobs. Isolation & hand-over Wells to well services for maintenance, Acid Jobs, Wireline Operations, SSV & SSSV operations. Well Head Panel Operations, Choke changing and collecting the samples. Gaslift Operations, Gas Injection & Water Injection.
  • Chemical Injection System: Handled following Crude Oil injection & Treatment Chemicals such as Demulsifier, Corrosion Inhibitors, Pour Point Depressant (PPD), Wax Inhibitor and water injection chemicals such as Biocide, Oxygen Scavenger, and Corrosion inhibitors.
  • Well Experienced in Pig launchingretrieving operations on oil & Gas flow line from well heads & oil and gas export lines. Fully involved in Bactericide & Corrosion inhibitor chemical dosing prior to, in between and after launching the pig.
  • Gas-Liquid Separation Unit: Well stream Heaters, Horizontal 3- PhaseSeparators, High pressure (HP), Medium Pressure (MP) and Low pressure (LP) Separators. Surge Vessels, Knock out drums, Slug Catchers etc.
  • Gas Dehydration Unit (GDU): Glycol Purification, Natural gas dehydration, Coalescesor Separator, Glycol contactor and Glycol recovery scrubber. Glycol re-boiler, Glycol still, Heat exchangers, Hydrocarbon flash drum, Cartridge and Charcoal filters, Stripping gas operation, Hot - Oil and its heating system. Intermediate pressure separators, Low-pressure separators, Condensate surge Vessel, Condensate coalescer.
  • Oil Plant Operation: Also having experience to handle Chemical injection pumps (Electrical and air drive), Metering of oil & pumping system of shipping products, Chemical charging (Demulsifier, Corrosion Inhibitor, Water Clarifiers etc).

4. Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL), Vaghodia, India.

Worked as Commissioning Operator in GAIL, Vaghodia, Gujarat from June 1997 to August 1999.

Commissioning Roles & Functions:

  • Assisting the pre-commissioning activities.
  • Reviewing P & ID from a process safety point of view.
  • Purging N2 test, water, Air and Steam flashing, Passivation of each & every equipment.
  • Checking the equipment for proper clearing, Leakage and Tightness checking.
  • Trouble shooting during electrical failure, instrument air failure and emergency shutdown etc.
  • Report time-to-time abnormalities and take corrective measures according to the instructions from control room.
  • Ensuring safety of men and machine, doing fire fighting in time.

Shutdown Activities:

  • Shutdown procedures through local panel operations.
  • Safe shutdown, Isolate the equipment depressurizing and N2 purging.
  • Preparation of equipment for maintenance.
  • Handover to maintenance people with safe conditions.
  • Vessel, Column and pipe inspection.
  • Plant start-up after shutdown completion.

5. M/S Chemfab Alkalis Ltd., Podicherry, India.

(An ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 Concern)India’s Greenest Chlor-Alkali unit (CSE Awarded)

Worked as Process Technician from June 1992 to May 1997.

NATURE OF DUTIES

  • To control all process Parameters and Trouble Shooting
  • Operation of individual plants and equipments controlling
  • To maintain the optimum operation conditions.

EXPERIENCE FIELDS:

  • Operation Knowledge in Bi-polar and Monopolar Cell House operation.
  • Operation Knowledge in Brine Purification System and Ion Exchange Column.
  • Operation Knowledge in Hydrochloric acid plant.
  • Operation knowledge in sodium hypo chlorite plant.
  • Operation Knowledge in Chlorine Liquification and Chilled water plant.

UTLITIES:

  • Operation Knowledge of D.M. Water and Reverse Osmosis plant operation.
  • Operation Knowledge of Chilled water Plant and CoolingTower operation.
  • Operation Knowledge of Instrument Air Compressors and Ammonia vapour Absorption Refrigeration Unit (60TR).
  • Operation Knowledge of Fire tube Boiler (IAEC) 2 ton per hour.

EQUIPMENTS HANDLED:

Reciprocating Compressors, Rotary Compressor, Centrifugal and Rotary Blowers, Centrifugal and Reciprocating Pumps, Vacuum Pump, Gear Pump, Screw Pump and Filter Press Operation.

Personal Details :

Father’s Name:Mr. V. Thulasidas

Sex : Male

Age & Date of Birth: 38 Years, 14-07-1972

Marital Status: Married

Nationality: Indian

Languages Known: English, Tamil & Malayalam.

Hobbies : Reading.

(T. MANEKSHAH)