Name: Jamil A Ghani
Nationality: USA
Last Corporate Title: Principal Process Engineer.
Last Functional Title: Principal Process Engineer.
Years of experience up to Present 30 years
Possesses a total of 30 years in the Process Engineering Design of Petrochemical/Refinery Plants, Offshore Hydrocarbon Processing & Production Platforms. Has experience of LNG/LPG Terminal Design. Experience also includes supervision, co-ordination of Engineers, Operation, Budget Planning, Technical Support & Project Management.
Professional History
Black & Veatch Corporation, February 2008 to April 2009
CB & I (UK) Ltd, March 2007 to February 2008
Shaw Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, USA, March 2005 to March 2007
ABB Lummus USA, November 2004 to January 2005
Foster Wheeler USA Corporation, June 2003 to September 2003.
Fluor Corporation, Houston, Texas – January 2001 to November 2002
ABV Rock Group, Saudi Arabia, April 1997 to April 1999
Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Houston, Texas - April 1989 to April 1997
The Shell Company of Qatar (now QGPC, Offshore Operations), Doha, Qatar - Nov 1986 to Mar 1989
Brown & Root (UK) Ltd. - Mar 1980 to Aug 1981 & Jan 1984 to Nov 1986
Foster Wheeler Petroleum Development Ltd, UK - Aug 1981 to Jan 1984
Davy McKee, UK Ltd. - Apr 1979 to Mar 1980
Ameron Process Systems Ltd, UK - Sep 1977 to Apr 1979
Rank Hovis McDougall’s Ltd, UK - Apr 1976 to Sep 1977
Weston Research Laboratories Ltd, UK - Jun 1974 to Apr 1976
Areas of Expertise
Process Engineering Design, Feasibility Studies, Technical Support, Project Evaluation, Operation, Plant Commissioning & Start-up, HAZOP Studies, Supervision & Project Management, Budget Planning, Executing Management Presentations, Liaison with Client, Vendors.
Licenses, Registrations and Certifications
Chartered Engineer - England, UK - 1986
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Member
British Institute of Chemical Engineers - Member
British Institute of Petroleum - Member
Languages
English, Norwegian, Hindi and Urdu.
Computer Software Capabilities
· Proficient in the use of steady state process simulation programs, e.g., PRO-II, HYSYS, ASPEN PLUS, PIPEPHASE, FLARENET, and other in-house programs.
· Capable of performing unsteady state pipeline simulations using Stoner Associate’s SPS Program.
· Skilled in the use of software for general support work, e.g., AUTOVIEW, GENCAD, and Microsoft’s WORD, EXCEL, ACCESS, POWERPOINT & PROJECT.
Experience Summary
Mr. Ghani has thirty years of experience in Process Engineering Design, Project Management, and Operational experience, primarily focussed in the Oil / Gas, Refinery and Petrochemical Industries. He also has LNG / LPG experience. He has been involved in all phases of projects including Feasibility Studies, Conceptual Design through Detail Engineering, Procurement, Commissioning and Plant Start-up.
His last Black & Veatch assignment was working as a lead process engineer for Occidental Corporation for their LPG Terminal at Deer Park, Texas. He also worked on the Hovensa Refinery Project for reducing the NOx emission.
He has worked for CBI on a detailed engineering design project for an LNG Liquefaction Plant in Peru, South America.
Whilst employed by Shaw Stone & Webster he worked on a grass roots refinery to be built in Ulsan, Korea by SK Corporation. As a Lead Process Engineer for the Wet Gas Scrubber Unit. he was responsible for the preparation of the PDP Package. The Licensor for this unit was BELCO Corporation. There were a total of 12 other Refinery Units through various Licensors for this Project.
He also worked on the Shenyang Paraffin-Wax Chemical Company Project located in the People Republic of China. It was for the PDP package for an Ethylene Plant using Stone & Webster Technology.
Other project included the expansion project of Valero Energy Corporation’s Refinery situated in Houston, Texas. The project comprised UOP’s Unicracker and Saturated Gas Plant. His responsibility was developing detailed engineering deliverables & supervising engineers. He also conducted QC work for the deliverables.
He was assigned by ABB Lummus Global to work for a grass roots ethylene plant to execute a process study to help develop a cost estimate for a confidential client. His previous assignment was with Foster Wheeler USA Corporation where he worked on a revamp Project for Premcor Refining Company. An additional Crude Atmospheric Tower was required and modifications to the existing Vacuum Tower were to be implemented.
He fulfilled his duties as Principal Process Engineer at Fluor Corporation working on Exxon Mobil Refinery at Baytown, Texas. This revamp Hydrotreater Project involved lowering the sulphur in the Gasoline product.
He also conducted flare study for Marathon Ashland Garyville Refinery in Louisiana involving upgrading of the Crude and Vacuum Unit.
As Lead Engineer for Marathon Detroit Refinery in Michigan, he executed and supervised work associated with numerous relief valves and flare studies involving the Alky Unit, Gas Oil Hydrotreater Unit, Naphtha Hydrotreater Unit and the Crude and Vacuum Unit revamp projects.
As Deputy Chief Engineer in ABV Rock Group’s Process Section, he supervised a team of Process Engineers and CADD Operators who were assigned to the SSSP Project. The project required providing the Saudi Government, with engineering design and installation of facilities for the strategic storage of refined hydrocarbons. He developed the dynamic pipeline simulation models using the SPS Program to analyse surge pressures in the Pipelines, which interconnected the Refineries and the respective Cavern Storage Facilities. The study evaluated the consequences of various mal-operating scenarios developed as a result of inadvertent operator error or equipment failure.
He co-ordinated Engineers involved in vendor equipment inspections. Supervised Sub-Contractor’s assignments, reviewed progress reports and Vendor Documentation. He monitored man-hours and was involved in budget forecasting & resource planning. He visited Universal Pumps in England to witness and approve the performance of hydrocarbon product pumps.
During his employment with Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation (SWEC) as Principal Titled Engineer, he executed various HAZOPS & Safety Audits for the Petrochemical & Refinery Projects. He carried out process simulation studies and tray ratings to evaluate the operational capabilities of the primary fractionation section of Ethylene Plants. Among the various process simulations performed, he executed simulations on PRO-II for the design of reactors for the C2 Hydrogenation for ethylene plant. He also performed PRO-II simulations to extract Aromatics from C6-C8 hydrogenated pyrolysis gasoline, using high selective Sulfolane solvent. The latter two projects were for Reliance Industries in India.
He was seconded to SAMAREC (Saudi Arabian Marketing and Refining Company, now part of SAUDI ARAMCO) for a period of two years. His work involved reviewing engineering design, de-bottlenecking operational problems associated with SAMAREC’s Refineries and Bulk Plants. He performed Crude Atmospheric Tower and Vacuum Distillation Tower simulations using ASPEN PLUS program.
He supervised Process Engineers & Engineering Contractors, prepared ITB documents and participated in the Bid Evaluation. He served as a Project Co-ordinator for the operational improvement for Jeddah & Riyadh Refinery’s Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units.
Prior to joining Stone & Webster, Mr. Ghani worked for The Shell Company of Qatar (now Qatar General Petroleum Corporation) as a Senior Process Engineer, where he provided Technical Support for the three Offshore Oil / Gas Production Platforms and an Oil Terminal. He served as a Lead Engineer and supervised Process Engineers. He was responsible for overseeing Contractors and co-ordinated Project Engineering activities associated with various Plant modifications, improvements & revamps. He reported to the Engineering Manager for the production, planning, resource evaluation & budgeting of engineering tasks.
While employed as a Principal Engineer by Brown & Root (UK) Ltd., he organised and scheduled all engineering and design efforts associated with the North Sea Oil / Gas Production Platforms, including feasibility studies, conceptual through detail design and construction. He supervised Process Engineers, provided administrative and technical guidelines and maintained client and vendor liaison. During this period, Mr. Ghani also assisted in the performance of HAZOP studies, an adjunct to the design process.
He has lead various process studies and executed topsides engineering design work for Offshore Oil & Gas Production Platforms, whilst working for other prominent contracting companies namely, Foster Wheeler, Davy McKee and Ameron Process Systems Ltd.
Education
University of London, United Kingdom - Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Chemical Engineering, 1973
University of Karachi, Pakistan - BSc in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, 1969
Training
· Completed various training courses for HYSYS, FLARENET and PRO-II Process Simulation Programs, presented by Hyprotech & SimSci within the period June 2001 to July 2002.
· Attended Stoner Pipeline Inc.’s training program for the application of their SPS Dynamic Pipeline Computer Simulation Program at Birmingham (UK) and Pennsylvania (USA) offices in June 1997.
· Completed ABV Rock Group course, Effective Presentation, Saudi Arabia, November 1997.
· Attended the Introduction to Petroleum Refinery Processing Course at the Center for Professional Advancement, Amsterdam, Holland, 1992.
· Brown & Root (UK) Ltd. - Quality Control Course, 1980.
· Rank Hovis McDougall’s Ltd, England, UK - Management and Job Instruction Course, 1976.
Licenses, Registrations and Certifications
Chartered Engineer - England, UK - 1986.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Member
British Institute of Chemical Engineers - Member
British Institute of Petroleum – Member
Present Contact Address
5714 Dove Ridge Lane
Houston
Texas
USA
Home Phone and email Address
Phone : 713 466 0095 (Home) 713 213 3941 (Cell)
E-mail Address :
Detailed Experience History
Black & Veatch Corporation
Occidental Corporation LPG Import Terminal at Deer Park, Texas – Feb 08 to Nov 08
As lead process engineer he was responsible for the preparation of a FEED package for Occidental Corporation LPG Import Terminal at Deer Park, Texas. Unloading facilities was designed to unload 80,000 m3 ships via three unloading arms. Refrigerated storage capacity at the terminal was 600,000 Barrels. A 16 inch, 20 mile pipeline was designed to transport the LPG to Mount Belveiw. He supervised process engineers working on the project.
Hovensa Refinery NOx Reduction Project, St Cruix, US Virgin Islands – Nov 08 to Jan 09
He also worked on the Hovensa Refinery Project to reduce the NOx emission to comply with EPA requirements. The project involved retrofitting the five fired heaters with improved burner design.
CB & I (UK) Ltd, March 2007 to February 2008
He worked on a detailed engineering design for an LNG Liquefaction Plant in Peru, South America. The plant is designed to produce 4.45MTPA of LNG rundown for storage and export via tankers. The liquefaction system uses the APCI propane pre-cooled Mixed Refrigerant (MR) liquefaction process.
SHAW STONE & WEBSTER ENGINEERING CORPORATION, USA – Mar ’05 to March ‘07
SK Corporation, Ulsan, Korea – May ’06 to March 2007.
The objectives of this project was to prepare a PDP package for the design of a new FCC #2 Plant which will be added to the FCC #1 plant which already exists at the Refinery. New units added comprise Residue Hydrodesulfrizing, Residue Fluidized Catalytic Cracking, Hydrogen Plant, LPG extraction, Propylene Recovery, Sulfur Plant, Gasoline Desulfurization, Alkylation, Spent Acid Recovery, Butarmer and the Wet Gas Scrubbing. Mr Ghani was responsible for the Wet Gas Scrubbing Unit. His job entails coordination with the Licensor DUPONT BELCO in the preparation of all deliverables associated with the PDP package being prepared for the SK Corporation.
Shenyang Paraffin-Wax Chemical Company, Liaoyang Province, PRC – Jan ‘06 to May ‘06
He was involved in the design of an ethylene plant to produce polymer grade ethylene amounting to 135,000 MTA and polymer grade propylene amounting to 125,000 MTA. He was responsible for contributing towards the preparation of a PDP package.
Valero Energy Corporation, Houston, Texas – Mar ’05 to Oct ’05
UOP’s Unicracker Unit & Saturated Gas Plant was added to the existing Refinery. He was responsible for executing QC work pertaining to the fluid system deliverables and executing a flare study for this detailed engineering project.
ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL, Houston, TX – November ’04 to January ’05
He was assigned to work for a confidential client for a Process Study for a grass root 1200 KTA Ethylene Production Plant. He developed Material Balance, PRO-II simulations, PFDs, utilities and gross margin calculations.
FOSTER WHEELER USA CORPORATION, HOUSTON, TX – June ’03 to Sept. ’03
The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. Port Arthur, Texas Refinery – June ’03 to Sept. ’03
The objective of the project was to perform sufficient engineering and design to estimate capital costs associated with refinery expansion from 250,000 BPD to an interim capacity of 330,000 BPD. Costs for an alternate future expansion case of 400,000 BPD were also required. The project entailed revamping the existing Vacuum Tower and installing a new Crude Atmospheric Tower. New units namely Hydrocracker, Diesel Hydrotreater and Coker units were to be installed. Evaluation of existing Diesel and Naphtha Hydrotreaters for operational capability was part of the scope of the project.
FLUOR CORPORATION, HOUSTON, TEXAS – JAN 2001 TO November 1, 2002
LSM Clean Fuel Project for ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery, Texas, Jan to Jun 2001
As Principal Process Engineer he executed his duties for the revamp of the Hydrofiner Unit to incorporate two independent parallel trains processing a total of 28,800 bpd of Naphtha. The feed consisted of HHCN and SCN having sulphur content of 5263 wppm & 300 wppm of sulphur respectively. The design was to reduce the sulphur content in the product to 60 wppm.
Marathon Ashland Petroleum, Flare Study for Garyville Refinery, Louisiana, LA, Jul ’01 to Nov ’01
As Principal Engineer he executed the Flare Study. Supervised engineer assisting in the review & evaluation of the impact of increased relief load including thermal radiation due to the upgrading of the Crude & Vacuum Unit.
Marathon Ashland Petroleum, Relief Valve & Flare Study for Detroit Refinery, MI, Oct ’01 to Nov ’01
As Lead Process Engineer, responsible for overseeing safety audits and completion of a series of studies aimed at evaluating adequate accidental release scenarios and its consequent effect on the flare system. This project was initiated as a result of the following upgrading & modification of existing facilities and installation of new Hydrotreater units at the Detroit Refinery:
a) Crude & Vacuum Unit – Capacity increase from 71,000 to 105,000 bpd.
b) Alkylation Unit – Capacity increase from 5,900 to 6,500 bpd.