Career Summary | A Project Management Professional with Management responsibilities covering the life cycle of a project from initial estimates and proposals to design management, project planning, procurement, construction, shutdowns, commissioning & handover. Key areas of responsibilities& Achievements include: Experience of Team management of over 150 Engineers and Designers Technical evaluations for Bidding efforts and attend bid clarification meetings with Client as required. Prepare & Issue technical summary & technical risks anticipated to management & Proposal Manager. Interface coordination with other JV Partners, EPC Contractors, PMC & Client. Organize the work for the Project team in the various phases of a Project including various procedures Quality & Execution Plan. Organize & Attend Kick off meetings with client, partners, sub-contractors, vendors etc. Expertise in coordinating complex engineering projects across disciplines involving various stake holders Conduct Design Reviews, Risk Assessment, Value engineering, HAZOP/ P&ID Review/ Plot Plan Review/SIL studies/ Model Reviews, internal & externally with Client. Ensure projects adhere to Quality & HSE System requirements Prepare & issue related contractual & Technical letters & Queries. Expedite with vendors, subcontractors & Client for various engineering & procurement activities. Worked on Projects with Shell DEP’s, HFE, American, Singapore & Vietnamese Engineering Standards |
Brief Responsibilities
| Single Point of Contact for all engineering matters, clarifications, queries & client communication on the Project Manage a multidiscipline engineering & design team to deliver scope of work safely & within quality/cost/schedule Assisting the Project Management Team in all project management activities assigned. Co-ordination with the disciplines and resources of the company in furtherance of the contract Achieve the project’s stated objectives Implement Lessons learned and performance survey. Champion the consistent use of delivery tools/processes which ensure that all parties have an agreed understanding of the project and their part within it Analyze pre-contract correspondence vis-a-vis contract and resolve grey areas, if any, in the contract. Take Lead in preparing the Project Execution Plan, Engineering Execution, Project Quality Plan covering objectives, priorities, directives to be followed and constraints to be imposed on the design & procurement, erection and commissioning of the plant. Coordinate and prepare Project scope deliverables including DOR, strategies for critical Equipment’s & LL Items. Coordinate for ensure all relevant team members are well versed with scope, applicable codes & standards and client requirements. Coordinates & be the focal point for all engineering related inputs & outputs including during field engineering. Resolve grey areas in basic design parameters and design standards with the client/PMC and issue contract design data. Prepare Project Procedures, Quality & HSE plans & Issue the Engineering programme / Schedule. Agree Construction Co-ordination Procedure with the Resident Construction Manager. Study the control estimates. Follow up corrective action where necessary as directed by the Project Manager. Prepare the periodical progress reports to client for Clients review. Prepare Project Closure Report & Engineering Closure Report. Monitor & control RFI, DCN, Variation notices including engineering change orders Coordinate for Model Reviews, HAZOP, SIL, P&ID Review etc. Identify Areas of Concerns with respect to progress and/or quality implementation of corrective actions as required. |
Experience | Company: Abu Dhabi Construction Company Dept. Project Management Duration Oct 2016 till date Company: SK Engineering & Construction Duration April 2010 till May 2016 Designation Lead Engineer (Projects) Company Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions ( Formerly Lurgi Gmbh) Duration Sep 2008 till Mar 2010 Designation Senior Engineer Company Reliance Industries Ltd ( Formerly REAL) – EPC Division Duration Jan 2007 till Sep 2008 Designation Manager Company Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. (HCC), Mumbai. Duration Jul 2004 till Jan 2007 Designation Senior Engineer Company Bhoomi Engg (P) Ltd, Ahmedabad Duration Jan 2001 till Jun 2002 Designation Site Engineer |
Projects handled: | ADGAS IS1 Project-LNG Train 1,2 & Utilities maintenance Project (14 Million USD) ADGAS IS2 Project- LNG Train 3 & Utilities maintenance Project (18 Million USD) KNPC- CFP Project, Kuwait (8Billion USD) Detailed Engineering for Brown Field Units:, Isomerization flare, CCR, Interconnections, Offsites, Steam and Condensate, FCCU, FUP Cooling Tower, including Interface Coordination FEED verification & detailed engineering for Green Field Units, SRU I & II, Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical (NSRP) Project, Vietnam (12 Billion USD). FEED Verification & Detailed Engineering Greenfield CDU, KOHDS, GOHDS, SRU Jurong Aromatics Complex Project, Singapore (1.8 Billion USD) Detailed Engineering for Greenfield Condensate 1 & 2. ISPRL Padur (UG) Crude Storage Facility Storage Units MUA & MUB Interconnection Piping SLM FEED Project , Louisiana , USA CHL (Tahrir Petrochemical Project) FEED Project, Egypt Detailed Engineering for Sulphur Recovery Unit, OHCU, Haldia (EPCM & , IOCL & for Shutdown & Commissioning FEED Package for Iran Liquefied Natural Gas Company, LNG Project at India Detailed Engineering Package, Gas Treating Units, Iran LNG Company at India Jamnagar Export Refinery Project (JERP)- EPC Engineering & construction works under Marine Construction Department, including Trestle fabrication, testing, Pile cap modification, Trestle launching, piping works on trestle, cold & hot insulations, Passive Fireproofing, water proofing, marine erection of trestle, onshore piping works till zero point to LFP, Fire proof painting works on jetty trestle, Jetty modification works, Insulation works of LPG lines etc. One 24” LSWR line, one 24”diesel line & one18” Alkalyte line each 11 KM. Pipe Racks, Tankages & Chiller Plant 3 Major Shutdowns including Onshore & Offshore Golden joint Reliance Ports & Terminals Ltd, Revamp Project Three new SPMs namely SPM 3, SPM 4 and SPM 5 and the associated following submarine pipelines have been planned to be installed as part of JERP project under this contract. Boat Landing Structure Fabrication & installation 2 x 48” diameter pipelines to import crude via SPM 3 2 x 30” diameter product pipelines to export via SPM 4 2 x 30” diameter product pipelines to export via SPM 5 2 Nos Cryogenic Chiller plant 7 lines from 6” potable water to 30 “Diesel lines through new trestles. 2 Nos 1.6 m dia Sea Water system 3 Shutdowns excluding loading arms revamps & MTF hot tappings. Sea Water Intake Channel revamp including dredging, widening, filtration systems. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Package C3 (Onshore) & C6 (offshore) |
Proposals handled: | Proposal Project Engineer for ISPRL, Mangalore (AG) (Process & Utility facilities) Proposal Project Engineer for ISPRL, Padur (AG) (Process & Utility facilities) Proposal Project Engineer for SOHAR Refinery Expansion Project, ORPIC, Oman Proposal Project Engineer for RAPID Package 4 , Malaysia Proposal for HPCL-BPCL Hydrogen Project (BOO Basis) Proposal for FEED Package for Iran Liquefied Natural Gas Company, LNG Project. Proposal for Detailed Engineering Package, Gas Treating Units, Iran LNG Company Proposal for AME- DME , Indonasia Proposal for Resid Up-gradation Project, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd , IOCL, Chennai |
Computer Proficiency | Tools – MS Office, AutoCAD 2014, SAP MM module, Pro-file, Documentum Planning Tools - Primavera Project Planner ( Ver 7, 6.2 ), Microsoft Project, SAP Engineering Tools - SPR (Intergraph), Navis Freedom, Microstation |
Language Proficiency | English, Hindi, Malayalam, Gujarati, Tamil., Marathi, Korean (Beginners) |
Certifications | PMP® Under Progress. Expected by Dec 2018 |
Education | 2002–2004 M. Tech in Construction & Project Management, CEPT, Ahmedabad 1997–2001 B.E. (Civil) from D.N.Patel COE. Shahada, Maharashtra |
Personal Information | Nationality………………………Indian Gender …………………………Male Date of Birth …………………Aug 18th 1978 Place of Birth …………………Kerala, India Marital Status…………………Married Passport No……………………L8490259 valid till 30.04.2024 Skype ID………………………sandeep_b_nair Linked In : https://in.linkedin.com/in/sandeep-nair-17a79821 UAE driving License…………..2443931 valid till 2020 |
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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO)
In its January 2020 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that annual U.S. crude oil production will average 11.1 million b/d in 2021, down 0.2 million b/d from 2020 as result of a decline in drilling activity related to low oil prices. A production decline in 2021 would mark the second consecutive year of production declines. Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic led to supply and demand disruptions. EIA expects crude oil production to increase in 2022 by 0.4 million b/d because of increased drilling as prices remain at or near $50 per barrel (b).
The United States set annual natural gas production records in 2018 and 2019, largely because of increased drilling in shale and tight oil formations. The increase in production led to higher volumes of natural gas in storage and a decrease in natural gas prices. In 2020, marketed natural gas production fell by 2% from 2019 levels amid responses to COVID-19. EIA estimates that annual U.S. marketed natural gas production will decline another 2% to average 95.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2021. The fall in production will reverse in 2022, when EIA estimates that natural gas production will rise by 2% to 97.6 Bcf/d.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO)
EIA’s forecast for crude oil production is separated into three regions: the Lower 48 states excluding the Federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM) (81% of 2019 crude oil production), the GOM (15%), and Alaska (4%). EIA expects crude oil production in the U.S. Lower 48 states to decline through the first quarter of 2021 and then increase through the rest of the forecast period. As more new wells come online later in 2021, new well production will exceed the decline in legacy wells, driving the increase in overall crude oil production after the first quarter of 2021.
Associated natural gas production from oil-directed wells in the Permian Basin will fall because of lower West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices and reduced drilling activity in the first quarter of 2021. Natural gas production from dry regions such as Appalachia depends on the Henry Hub price. EIA forecasts the Henry Hub price will increase from $2.00 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in 2020 to $3.01/MMBtu in 2021 and to $3.27/MMBtu in 2022, which will likely prompt an increase in Appalachia's natural gas production. However, natural gas production in Appalachia may be limited by pipeline constraints in 2021 if the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is delayed. The MVP is scheduled to enter service in late 2021, delivering natural gas from producing regions in northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia. Natural gas takeaway capacity in the region is quickly filling up since the Atlantic Coast Pipeline was canceled in mid-2020.
Just when it seems that the drama of early December, when the nations of the OPEC+ club squabbled over how to implement and ease their collective supply quotas in 2021, would be repeated, a concession came from the most unlikely quarter of all. Saudi Arabia. OPEC’s swing producer and, especially in recent times, vocal judge, announced that it would voluntarily slash 1 million barrels per day of supply. The move took the oil markets by surprise, sending crude prices soaring but was also very unusual in that it was not even necessary at all.
After a day’s extension to the negotiations, the OPEC+ club had actually already agreed on the path forward for their supply deal through the remainder of Q1 2021. The nations of OPEC+ agreed to ease their overall supply quotas by 75,000 b/d in February and 120,000 b/d in March, bringing the total easing over three months to 695,000 b/d after the UAE spearheaded a revised increase of 500,000 b/d for January. The increases are actually very narrow ones; there were no adjustments for quotas for all OPEC+ members with the exception of Russia and Kazakshtan, who will be able to pump 195,000 additional barrels per day between them. That the increases for February and March were not higher or wider is a reflection of reality: despite Covid-19 vaccinations being rolled out globally, a new and more infectious variant of the coronavirus has started spreading across the world. In fact, there may even be at least of these mutations currently spreading, throwing into question the efficacy of vaccines and triggering new lockdowns. The original schedule of the April 2020 supply deal would have seen OPEC+ adding 2 million b/d of production from January 2021 onwards; the new tranches are far more measured and cognisant of the challenging market.
Then Saudi Arabia decides to shock the market by declaring that the Kingdom would slash an additional million barrels of crude supply above its current quota over February and March post-OPEC+ announcement. Which means that while countries such as Russia, the UAE and Nigeria are working to incrementally increase output, Saudi Arabia is actually subsidising those planned increases by making a massive additional voluntary cut. For a member that threw its weight around last year by unleashing taps to trigger a crude price war with Russia and has been emphasising the need for strict compliant by all members before allowing any collective increases to take place, this is uncharacteristic. Saudi Arabia may be OPEC’s swing producer, but it is certainly not that benevolent. Not least because it is expected to record a massive US$79 billion budget deficit for 2020 as low crude prices eat into the Kingdom’s finances.
So, why is Saudi Arabia doing this?
The last time the Saudis did this was in July 2020, when the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic was at devastating levels and crude prices needed some additional propping up. It succeeded. In January 2021, however, global crude prices are already at the US$50/b level and the market had already cheered the resolution of OPEC+’s positions for the next two months. There was no real urgent need to make voluntary cuts, especially since no other OPEC member would suit especially not the UAE with whom there has been a falling out.
The likeliest reason is leadership. Having failed to convince the rest of the OPEC+ gang to avoid any easing of quotas, Saudi Arabia could be wanting to prove its position by providing a measure of supply security at a time of major price sensitivity due to the Covid-19 resurgence. It will also provide some political ammunition for future negotiations when the group meets in March to decide plans for Q2 2021, turning this magnanimous move into an implicit threat. It could also be the case that Saudi Arabia is planning to pair its voluntary cut with field maintenance works, which would be a nice parallel to the usual refinery maintenance season in Asia where crude demand typically falls by 10-20% as units shut for routine inspections.
It could also be a projection of soft power. After isolating Qatar physically and economically since 2017 over accusations of terrorism support and proximity to Iran, four Middle Eastern states – Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt – have agreed to restore and normalise ties with the peninsula. While acknowledging that a ‘trust deficit’ still remained, the accord avoids the awkward workarounds put in place to deal with the boycott and provides for road for cooperation ahead of a change on guard in the White House. Perhaps Qatar is even thinking of re-joining OPEC? As Saudi Arabia flexes its geopolitical muscle, it does need to pick its battles and re-assert its position. Showcasing political leadership as the world’s crude swing producer is as good a way of demonstrating that as any, even if it is planning to claim dues in the future.
It worked. It has successfully changed the market narrative from inter-OPEC+ squabbling to a more stabilised crude market. Saudi Arabia’s patience in prolonging this benevolent role is unknown, but for now, it has achieved what it wanted to achieve: return visibility to the Kingdom as the global oil leader, and having crude oil prices rise by nearly 10%.
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