Syed Aamer Hussain E-Mail: aamer.gr81@gmail.

com

Instrumentation Engineer Ph No: +974-55314436

+91-9989889385

BRIEF PROFILE:
Offering 5+ years of Instrumentation commissioning experience in Oil and Gas Industry with
around 1.5 years purely in Gas turbines upgrade commissioning & startup, now working on
the Turbine Control system Upgration project of 7 gas turbines for QP.

CAREER SUMMARY
Jan 2012 – Present EPIC for up gradation of Integrated Turbine/Compressor
Control system for Arab D plant and FNLGCS Dukhan.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 1. QP NGL 1/2 Turbine control system upgrade project.
2. QAPCO CCR up-gradation project

Jan 2009 –December 2010 GASCO AGD – 2/ GASCO OGD – 3

June 2007-December 2008 Jacques Whitford, Abu Dhabi UAE/Doha Qatar

EXPERIENCE DETAILS:
Company: Black Cat Engineering
Project: EPIC for up gradation of Integrated Turbine/Compressor
Control system for Arab D plant and FNLGCS Dukhan
No of Units: 7 Frame 5 Gas Turbines
Position: Instrumentation Commissioning Engineer
From: January 2012 – Present
Equipment worked on: Gas turbines: GE Frame 5
Turbine Control system: Mark VIe TMR control system
Vibration Monitoring System: Bentley Nevada System
Responsibilities:
 Involved in the major over haul of gas turbines during the turnaround which
included replacing all the associated turbine instrumentation with new one
assisting Granite international services.
 Providing design review & technical direction for activities such as cable routing, cable
laying and cable termination in ITCC panels.
 Field instrument installation, mounting pre commissioning and commissioning of
instrument transmitters measuring pressure, temperature, flow and level.
 Hot loop check and troubleshooting of the loops.
 Navigation through control software (ToolboxST), modification of control
constants, logic forcing, complete functionality check and troubleshooting of Mark
VIe based integrated turbine and compressor control system.
 Installation, checking & commissioning of thermocouples on turbine bearings and turbine
exhaust during the major over haul of the machine.
 Calibration and functional check of temperature, flow, pressure and level transmitters.
 Installation loop checking and commissioning of magnetic speed pickups,
seismic, radial and axial vibration sensor, LVDTs, Servo electro hydraulic valves.
 Calibration & commissioning of Speed ratio valve (SRV), Gas control valve (GCV),
Inlet Guide Vane (IGV) and Nozzle valve (NV).
 Loop checking, troubleshooting, commissioning and functional check of the Bentley
Nevada system & Inergen system for the F&G protection.

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 Well aware of Toolbox, cimplicity HMI and historian soft wares.
 Performing the logic tests for the turbine control logic for the lube oil system, hydraulic oil
system, ESD system and primary protective system for the turbine in the Mark Vie
control system.
 Assisting the GE vendor for anti surge valve controller tuning and performing the SAT.
 Integrating the complete system the existing plant DCS system (Honeywell Experion).

Client: QATAR PETROLEUM NGL

Company: Cegelec Solutions & Services Qatar

Project: Upgrade of control systems for the propane refrigeration turbo

Compressor in NGL1 & 2 in Mesaieed industrial City
No of Units: 4 Frame 5 Gas Turbines
Position: Instrumentation Commissioning Engineer
From: April 2011 – January 2012
Equipment worked on: Gas turbines: MS 5002
Turbine Control system: Mark VIe TMR control system
Responsibilities:
 Pre commissioning and commissioning of instrument transmitters measuring pressure,
temperature, flow and level.
 Hot loop check and troubleshooting of the loops.
 Calibration and functional check of temperature, flow, pressure and level switches &
transmitters.
 Installation loop checking and commissioning of magnetic speed pickups, seismic
vibration sensor, LVDTs, Servo electro hydraulic valves.
 Loop checking, troubleshooting, commissioning and functional check of the Water mist
system for the F&G protection provided by SANCO.
 Loop checking and commissioning of Bentley Nevada 3500 Vibration monitoring system
for the compressor.
 Loop checking and commissioning of Motor operated valves and hydraulic valves.

Client: QATAR PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY (QAPCO)

Company: Cegelec Solutions & Services Qatar
Project: Construction and commissioning of new Blast proof Central
Central Control Room for
Position: Instrumentation Commissioning Engineer
From: January 2011 – April 2011
Equipment worked on: DCS: Honeywell Experion
F&G system: Siemens F&G PLC system
HVAC Control system: Siemens S7 – 400 PLC
Responsibilities:
 Pre-commissioning, loop checking & troubleshooting of the new control system, DCS
consoles, F&G system and HVAC system.
 Executing the project as per the OPERCOM methodology, following the related
documentation and updating the project as per the Integrated Commissioning and
Progress System (ICAPS).
 Coordinated for entire Punch List activities by registration, Tracking & updating of Master
Punch list & documentation (more than 20,000).
 Preparing of new forms according to client and site requirement and adding the new
forms to ICAPS database.

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 Preparation of the control system and the field instruments for the smooth transfer from
the existing control rooms to the new blast proof Centralized control room.
 Performing the hot & cold transfer of loops from the existing system.
 Functional testing and troubleshooting of the HVAC control system using the Siemens
S7-300 PLC.

Client: GASCO/EASTERN BECHTEL

Company: Tyco Fire and Security UAE
Project: OGD3 Habshan & AGD 2 Project GASCO
Habshan & Asab, Abu Dhabi UAE
Position: Instrumentation Commissioning Engineer
From: February 2009 – December 2010
Responsibilities:
 Pre Commissioning and commissioning of process analyzers temperature, pressure&
flow transmitters in the demineralization unit, boiler unit, acid gas stripper unit, gas
dehydration unit, NGL extraction unit.
 Calibration and commissioning of temperature, pressure, flow switches.
 Activities included loop checking, review of P&IDs, cause and effect diagrams, loop
drawings, hookup drawings, checking instrument data sheets.
 Daily operational checks of the sample conditioning system of GCs, moisture, pH,
conductivity, Silica, Sodium analyzers.

Client: ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY ABU DHABI (EAD)

Company: Jacques Whitford International Holdings, UAE & Qatar

Project: Installation, commissioning and maintenance of Ambient Air
Quality Monitoring Network for Environmental Agency of Abu
Dhabi
Position: Air Quality Engineer
From: June 2007- December 2008
Responsibilities:
 Installation, commissioning and maintenance of the 12 ambient air quality monitoring
stations and development of the associated network of communication for the
environmental agency of Abu Dhabi including the FAT & SAT of the analyzers

TECHNICAL TRAININGS:
 Underwent intensive training in industrial automation as part of the Advanced Diploma in
Industrial Automation (ADIA) which included 6 major brands of PLCs such as
Siemens, Allen Bradley, GE Fanuc, Omron, Keyence, SCADA interfacing, with
PLCs.
 Successfully completed certificate course on Project Planning & management using
Primavera P6 at CADD Center (primavera authorised training institute).

EDUCATION: 2003-2007, Osmania University.

Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation with 82.3%.
2000-2003, QQ Polytechnic Institute,
Diploma in Instrumentation with 75.3%
Present Status: working on a residence visa in Qatar
Availability: 1 month (can join in 1 month from the date of confirmation)

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