Niteesh Dingare

About

I am a Chemical Engineer and have more than 25 years of experience in Process Design, Commissioning & Operations Support. Upstream Oil & Gas experience-14 years (9 offshore + 5 onshore), Petrochemical experience -11 years. Offshore experience includes Process Design of Offshore Production and Processing Facilities such as Offshore Wellhead Platforms, Production Platforms, Trunk-lines etc. I have worked in Senior/ Lead level position in Process, Operations Support and Development fields and also as Process Technical Authority. I have worked for Consulting, EPC and Operating companies and have done conceptual studies, engineering proposals for tenders, basic / front-end engineering design (FEED), detailed engineering, pre-commissioning/commissioning of plant and day-to-day trouble-shooting of problems in plant. I have strong process optimization skills that has helped Client companies to reduce capital and operating costs.

Experience

Freelance

Aug 2016 – Present

Dubai, UAE

Process Consultant

Working as a Process Consultant to do proposal work and evaluating FEED / EPC work (for various clients in UAE, India and Iraq) that includes checking process scope, process simulation and optimization, PFDs/UFDs, Heat & Material Balance, Equipment List, updating Project Design Basis etc..

McDermott MiddleEast

Mar 2012 – Jul 2016

Dubai, UAE

Lead / Principal Process Engineer

Work includes working as a Lead Engineer for the projects and doing FEED and detailed engineering work. Other is proposal estimation work that includes checking process scope, man-hour requirement and doing process optimization if any. Also work actively in guiding lead process engineers in completing the project by conducting technical reviews (including making visits to Saudi Arabia), leading process team for HAZOP and sorting out technical issues. Worked as a Lead Engineer for Saudi Aramco “Safaniya-3” project. The EPC project scope involved work on 26 new and existing production platforms spread across four fields along with pipelines carrying production to onshore facilities. Reduced flange rating from 1500# to 900# for Safaniya on-shore facility, eliminated about 100 nos. of 4”-300# valves, 4 nos. of 24"-1500# valves and one no. of 30"-900# valve. Worked as a Lead Engineer for ADNOC Offshore “4GI-WP3-3BT” project. EPC Project scope involved work on new /existing production /gas injection platforms and oil production /sour gas pipelines. Worked as a Lead Engineer for Saudi Aramco “Karan-45” EPC project. Worked as Lead Engineer for Enhanced Oil Recovery FEED projects - Alternate Gas/Water Injection project and Fuel Gas Filter project for Dubai Petroleum (DP). Giving technical guidance to Lead Engineer for Saudi Aramco “Safaniya-2” EPC project. Worked as a Lead Engineer for RasGas “Barzan Helideck modification” project. Worked on more than 15 proposals. One of the major proposals was for Maersk North Sea Culzean project for extracting and processing oil from very high pressure wells. Reduced capital cost by optimizing and simplifying the process scheme and ensured McDermott place in the final short-list of EPC bidders.

Dubai Petroleum

Aug 2007 – Nov 2011

Dubai, UAE

Senior Development / Facilities Engineer

Assigned mainly for Development and Operations Support work for the off-shore facilities along with FEED and EPC work. Worked as Technical Authority on Process Engineering related issues. Other work includes doing concept studies (going through Assess and Select stages) to get management approval for upgrading existing facilities to meet production forecast and to reduce utility consumption.  Identified the constraints that inhibit production and made recommendations to remove them for three separate facilities. Successful implementation increased liquid production by about 17000 bpd.  Developed process control scheme for Production Separator that would result in improved operation of Production Separators. Worked on Utilities and stopped two operating pumps and one power generator.  Conceptualized and initiated a project that would increase the oily water treating capacity by 40000 bpd with nominal capital cost which envisaged making use of existing equipment meant for other purpose.  Managed to reduce fuel gas consumption by 0.8 MMSCFD by updating the load-shed logic and stopping one operating power generator. Stopped operation of two pumps without affecting the overall process and reduced power consumption by 400 kW. Also worked on similar load-shed logic in another facility.  Reduced the discharge pressure of gas-lift compressor trains and improved its performance. Also worked on segregation of gas compressor trains to reduce overall utility consumption of compressor trains.  Developed a cost-effective scheme to reduce the possibility of hydrate formation in gas lift lines in the facility. This scheme reduced the amount of chemical injection and thus reduced operating costs.

Worley Parsons Oman Engineering

May 2004 – Jun 2007

Muscat, Oman

Senior Process Engineer

 Worked on FEED for Mukhaizna Field development project for Occidental Petroleum Oman. The project involves heavy crude extracted through steam injection. The other projects (see details below) done were for client PDO (Petroleum Development Oman, LLC).  Worked on four major FEED / EPC PDO projects in Lekhwair area in Oman related to Water Injection. Developed an cost-effective process scheme to limit oil in water concentration in over-board water.  Worked on other six small FEED / EPC PDO projects which include “Relief Valve Rationalization project”, “Marmul Water Injection Wells Automation”, “Birba Gathering Station Wells Hook Ups”, “Yibal ‘A’ bypass project”, Budne-1 well hook-up and Sahma booster station expansion.

Granherne

Apr 2003 – Apr 2004

Muscat, Oman

Senior Process Engineer

 Worked on “Instrument Gas system” project for Oman Gas Company LLC for twelve Pressure Reduction Terminals at various sites all over Oman. Work involved making FEED package for EPC contractor.  Completed the FEED work on “CDU revamp Package” and on “Isomerization FEED Package” for Oman Refinery Co. LLC. Work involved making FEED package for these 2 projects.  Completed the FEED work on Lekhwair – Dhulaima gas / injection water pipelines for PDO, Oman  Also worked on other small oil-gas pipeline projects and proposals in the company.

Toyo Engineering India Ltd.

Oct 1992 – Mar 2003

Mumbai, India

Assistant Process Manager

Completed the work as Commissioning Manager on “LPG Import / Export Facility” for Indian Oil Petronas Ltd. Commissioned this EPC project successfully and reduced the commissioning period and nitrogen purging requirements). By changing the operating philosophy, reduced the number of operating equipment including gas compressors, boilers, cooling water pumps and amount of utility dosing chemicals) which reduced the operating utility bills by 30%, resulting in reduced maintenance costs and improved plant safety with no adverse impact on plant performance. Worked as Lead Engineer on “10000 Ton Ammonia Storage” for Sanjana Cryogenic Storages Ltd. Actively involved right from concept stage to commissioning this LSTK project. Successfully reduced the size and number of equipment. Worked in Toyo Engineering Corp (TEC), Japan on Kertih Aromatics EPC project to manufacture 420,000 tpa of paraxylene for Petronas Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia which included refinery sections including CDU (worked in role of PMC), benzene and paraxylene. Also optimized the number of heat exchangers. Worked on “1175 X 2 tpd Urea Plant” EPC project for Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., Kota, Rajasthan. Proposed improved gas evacuation system and steam turbine to lower operating costs. Completed work on “100000 tpa Polypropylene Plant” EPC project for Petrochemical Industries Corp., Kuwait. Made a proposal to reduce in operating costs by about $100,000/ year. Worked for “Dew Point Control Unit -II” FEED project for Petronas Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia. Worked on “2500 tpa Extreme Pressure Additive” EPC project for Lubrizol India Ltd. Worked on many proposals and concept studies (including Assess and Select stage) during the ten-year tenure in the company. Used innovative ideas to reduce capital costs to win the projects for Company. Had taken initiative and developed a variety of chemical engineering software including flare header network software (TEC, Japan purchased this software after evaluation).

ABB Simcon

Jan 1990 – Mar 1991

New Jersey, USA

Applications Engineer

Duties include doing dynamic (real time) simulation and modeling using GEPURS software package (including start-up and shutdown) for various sections of ethylene plant. Preparation of simulation P&ID's, heat and material balance, Process Control, emulation of Yokogawa Centum DCS for these projects. Worked on two ethylene projects - for Maruzen Petrochemical Corp., Japan and KPIC, S. Korea.

Enseco

Jan 1990 – Dec 1990

New Jersey, USA

Chemical Engineer

Duties included environmental testing and development of engineering software.

Education

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Aug 1986 – Dec 1988

M.S. (Master of Science), Chemical Engineering

IIT (Institute of Technology), Mumbai, India

Aug 1981 – May 1986

B. Tech. (Bachekor of Technology), Chemical Engineering

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