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SR. HYDROCRACKING TECH SERVICE ENGINEER
Profile

Senior Engineer and a Certified Energy Manager with core competence and experience in downstream support (Projects and Technology) and Refining (Technical support and Operations) including energy optimization studies, designs, projects, catalyst services and tools development.

Embrace challenges and enjoy finding innovative solutions to new and complex jobs. Flexibility and reliable to handle unscheduled and out of the box jobs - lead new business opportunities as well as help  establish some best practices into the team. Service incumbent units.

Coach and mentor team members as well as review local and global team deliverables. Contributed to, presented articles in technical conferences and at Criterion courses to customers and other departments.

Skills
  • Process engineering
  • Operations/ commissioning/ Operations support
  • Process design/ Project Lead
  • Supervising/ Coaching/ mentoring
  • Reviewing/ verification
  • Presentations
  • Collaboration/ Team Building/ Relationship building
  • Hydroprocessing: 
  • Hydrocracking/ Hydrotreating/ Gas treatment/ Sulfur recovery/ Hydrogen manufacturing
  • Refinery energy management
  • Refinery Business Improvement Programs (BIPs) and Optimization studies
Professional Experience
Sr. Hydrocracking Tech Service Engineer
October 2012 to CurrentShell - Criterion Catalyst and Technologies Ltd － Houston, USA
  • Technical lead to win new business opportunities and retain incumbencies for Criterion in hydrocracking. Won units from competitors, retained units that went into competitive testing and retained all incumbent units.
  • Coach team members and help global team on items requiring experienced support (global proposal reviews, start-up assistance and test runs, etc.,) - Coached engineers to perform duties like unit monitoring, proposals, pilot test runs, process modeling and day to day troubleshooting.
  • Help customers to optimize catalyst cycle life, increase margins, optimize product yields through estimating tools, unit monitoring, proactive technical services and troubleshooting. Review/Prepare proposals with value addition, regular monitoring support and pilot studies. Example: Helped two incumbent units add in excess of 10 million USD per year for two consecutive years as value add from previous cycle.  
  • Service Shell, Phillips 66 and Valero units.
  • Review hydrocracker unit start-up procedures, provide round the clock start-up support and troubleshoot assistance where required.
  • Collaborate with Shell's R&D team, internal network of global solutions and criterion network  to develop new catalysts as well as improve on existing catalyst targets. Question/ Challenge R&D programs to help prioritize programs.
  • Study effects of feed changes, changes in operating conditions, product cut points and limitations (eg., hydrogen limitation) by providing short and long term solutions.
  • Review proposals/ estimates for regional and global team.
  • Deliver presentations in Criterion hydrocracking course / other Technical presentations representing Criterion including lunch and learn events.
  • Provided Several inputs to improve Criterion-Shell Hydroprocessing simulation model.
  • Lead a continuous improvement initiative program as well as actively participated in other improvement initiatives.
Technologist - Gas treating and sulfur processes
September 2008 to October 2012Shell - Shell India Markets Pvt Ltd － Bangalore, India
  • Technical Lead for several Basic Design Package (BDP)s and a Basic Design Engineering Package (BDEP).Developed conceptual design tools and updated existing tools.
  • Lead projects for internal/ external clients in India, Australia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, S. Korea, etc.,
  • Supported units in India and Shell Asian units outside including BUKOM (Singapore) and TABANGAO (Philippines). Help desk support for other units in Asia.
  • Conducted Amine quality improvement programs, Process safety assessments (PSA) and start-up support. Supported SRU debottleneck study using enriched oxygen and Euro-IV compliance (Reduction of sulphur in diesel) adequacy study and required revamps, etc., support for 3D model reviews, process safeguarding, cause and effect diagram, HAZOP, PSFS, plot plan and equipment datasheets.
  • Bukom: Helped get clearance to replace sulfur legs with sultrap to solve water contamination and corrosion issues.
  • Tabangao Refinery: STAR TREC project technicalities and clearancesLead Dry R&D studies involving: Design manual updates for SRU and amine units, short cut tool to determine amine plant size (based on feed gas composition and flow rate - building block tool) and H2S toxicity limit in amines for process safety manual (PSM).
  • Other Developments: Shadow verifier for columns and vessels for gas treatment units - Usually done by distillation group. Coaching junior staff on projects and project work including R&D activities. Coached three engineers. Several Proposals (conceptual studies) for gas treatment line-ups.
Shift Supervisor
March 2005 to August 2008Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) － Bahrain
  • Lead one of the four teams that Commissioned this $725 million low sulfur diesel production project.
  • Supervised a team of 25 Engineers/Operators
  • Safety reviews, P&ID reviews.
  • Developed and Reviewed Operating/ Startup and Emergency Procedures, Training and Qualifying Shift Operations staff.
  • Completed operation procedures for startup/shutdown/ emergency handling to commission a $150 million refinery gas desulfurization project.
  • Participated in Refinery Production Planning meetings. Meeting production targets, coordinating Maintenance activities and troubleshooting. Refinery Hydrocracker, Hydrogen and Sulfur Recovery Units complex.
  • Daily operations, troubleshooting, coordinating maintenance activities, participating in relevant meetings and preparing required reports/ records.
  • Performing unit start-ups and shutdowns.
  • Cryogenic Nitrogen storage vessels with steam and atmospheric vaporizers.
Senior Process Engineer
January 2002 to March 2005Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) － Mangalore, India
  • Unit process contact for phase 1&2 hydrocracker and hydrogen Units.
  • Conducted Hydrocracker-1 stabilizer section revamp studies to increase light ends recovery.
  • Hydrocracker-1 catalyst specification and technical bid evaluation.
  • Catalyst change out support and one in-situ regeneration.
  • Involved in preparing energy policy.
  • Improved refinery energy factor by ~10 numbers and obtained national award in energy conservation.
  • Operation analysis (OA), troubleshooting, heat and mass Balance, process modifications, technical specifications for chemicals and catalysts, limited tenders, technical evaluation of proposals/bids for the units.
  • PRO-II, HTFS simulation models.
  • Process datasheets, proposals, cost estimation preparation, P&ID updates.
  • Technical audits and HAZOPs. 
  • Monthly monitoring, technical reviews, reports and presentations.
  • Catalyst skimming & change outs overall responsibility.
  • Carrying out regular data exchange and correspondence with licensors.
Operations Engineer
December 1997 to December 2001Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) － Mangalore, India
  • Lead a team of 2 engineers, 5 operators and a trainee.
  • Shift in-charge, hydrocrackers (3 years) and hydrogen complex (1 year) (hydrogen complex consists of hydrogen unit, diesel hydrotreater, platformer, amine units, sour water stripper units and sulfur recovery units).
  • Shift production, start-ups and shutdowns, procedures preparations, etc.,
  • Conducted daily Operations to maintain unit conditions and product specifications, coordinated maintenance activities, HAZOP committee meetings and safety committee meetings.
Education and other Certifications
Bachelor of Engineering : ChemicalM.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT) － Bangalore, India
Certified Energy Manager : 2002Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) － New Delhi, IndiaFirst place at all India level during CEM-IV.
Professional Affiliations
AFPM (USA)-2014, AIChE (USA)-2014, CHT (India)-2002-2005, FICCI (India)-2002-2005 and Toastmasters International-2014-current.
Awards, Representations and Publications

Secured two national awards for refinery energy conservation in 2002-2003 (India).

  • CHT member as hydro-processing representative, MRPL, CHT-India, 2004.
  • Coordinated Fuel and Loss study for CHT in 2003.
  • Presented at AFPM 2014 Annual Meeting (US), AIChE 2014 Spring Meeting (US)
  • Delivered several presentations at Criterion courses to customers and Shell department Lunch and learns in 2013- 2016 and
  • Competent Communicator award from Toast Masters International in 2016
  • Articles:
  • 1a. http://s04.static-shell.com/content/dam/shell-new/local/business/criterion/downloads/pdf/challenges_of_processing_feeds_derived_
  • from_tight_oil_crudes_in_the_hydrocracker.pdf
  • 1b. https://aiche.confex.com/aiche/s14/webprogram/Session26178.html
  • 2. http://www.digitalrefining.com/data/digital_magazines/file/1884629488.pdf
Competence and Trainings
  • Proposals with customer value propositions.
  • process simulation using: HYSTAR, PRO II, Sulsim, ProMax
  • Startup and shutdown procedure preparation, reviews, onsite support.
  • Coordinate pilot plant studies.
  • P&ID reviews.
  • Process design/ optimization studies.
  • BIP - Business improvement programs/ studies.
  • Technical service, helpdesk and process safety analysis (PSA), Dry R&Ds
  • Project technical lead and process integration (PI).
  • Commissioning hydrocracker, hydrogen manufacturing, gas treatment and sulfur recovery units with tail gas treatment (SCOT).
  • Coach, review and help engineers develop above competence.

Safety in process design - 2009

HEMP (Hazards and effects management program) - 2010

Distillation course - 2011

CAPCO$T - 2011

M191 Manufacturing, chemicals and supply economics - 2015

4D Sales excellence course - 2016

Competent communicator (CC) Award from Toastmasters International - 2016

Training courses by Criterion, Shell, IOCL, Sulphur experts, Amine experts, Chevron & UOP

Personal Information
Sr. Hydrocracking Technical Service Engineer, Shell Technology Center Houston, USA (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakrd ); email: Deepak.Rd@Shell.com
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Shell - Criterion Catalyst and Technologies Ltd
  • Shell - Shell India Markets Pvt Ltd
  • Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)
  • Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL)

School Attended

  • M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT)
  • Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)

Job Titles Held:

  • Sr. Hydrocracking Tech Service Engineer
  • Technologist - Gas treating and sulfur processes
  • Shift Supervisor
  • Senior Process Engineer
  • Operations Engineer

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Engineering : Chemical
    Certified Energy Manager : 2002

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