ENGR.

OWAIS MANZOOR
Sr. Corrosion Technologist| MICorr| API 571 |API 580

Address: 12, Building 7426, Street Al Kharj, Al Thuqbah, AlKhobar, KSA.

Cell no: +966 583941100
E-mail: owaismalik14@gmail.com

PROFILE SUMMARY:

Experienced Metallurgy and Corrosion Engineer with a demonstrated history of working with the Petrochemical
plants, Power generation as well as Oil & Gas Refining industry. Skilled in Asset Integrity management,
Metallography and Failure Analysis (RCA), Corrosion Damage Mechanisms, Risk Based Inspection (RBI),
Corrosion inspection, Corrosion control and Management, Remaining Life Assessment (RLA), Fitness for service
(FFS) and Boiler Condition Assessment studies. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor (Hons) degree
in Materials Science and Engineering focused on Corrosion Engineering from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute,
Pakistan.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Total: 08 Years

Metallurgy & Corrosion Team Lead | PetroMaster Ltd. Saudi Arabia/ United Kingdom | March 2016 – Present

Roles & Responsibilities:

▪ Serving in different client’s plant on permanent basis as materials and corrosion engineer in Saudi Arabia.
▪ Materials Selection and Corrosion Control Studies (FEED & Detailed Design).
▪ Corrosion Rate Calculation Using Predict 6.0, Norsok M-506, ECE5.4, ECE5.3, ECE5.2.2, ECE5.1.1 and
ECE4.
▪ Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment & External Corrosion Direct Assessment for Pipelines.
▪ Cathodic Protection System Design for Pipelines (Onshore and Offshore) and Above Ground Storage.
Tanks during FEED and Detailed Design.
▪ Development of Corrosion Control Manual and Corrosion Management Systems.
▪ Chemical Injection and Operational Pigging Optimization Studies.
▪ Failure Investigations (Metals & Coating).
▪ Development of Line Pipe, Field Joint and Riser coating standards.
▪ Corrosion Risk Assessments & HAZID Studies.
▪ Life Extension Studies for production facilities, flow lines and trunk lines.
▪ Remnant Life Assessments for Pipelines.
▪ RBI Studies for Pipelines & Facilities (Midstream & Downstream).
▪ Development of Corrosion Philosophy, Corrosion Management System & Corrosion Control Manual.
▪ ILI Data Analysis for Corrosion Assessment & Development of Pipeline Internal & External Corrosion
Control Strategy.
▪ Pipeline Integrity Assessment and Fitness for Purpose Studies.
▪ Techno-commercial proposals and Business development.
▪ Statistical Analysis and Correlation Studies.
▪ Achieve the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) analysis and participating in the reassessment program.
▪ Dealing with Failures related to Corrosion, Welding, coating & Paints, improper materials design
mechanical failures.
▪ Participation in failure analysis studies for varied class of equipments and components.
▪ Identifying/characterizing innocuous flaws and flaws that can cause catastrophic failures in equipment’s.
▪ Optimization of corrosion Inhibitor through Gamry Software and remnant inhibitor analysis for specified
time interval.
▪ Preparing corrosion loops and Circuits through software and manually.
▪ Establishing the inspection frequency based on deterioration rates and expected damage mechanisms.
▪ Lead periodic discussions with teams and ensure that all RBI recommendations are implemented as
agreed
▪ Provide high level support to area inspection engineer for sophisticated corrosion cases which requires
detailed RCA and may requires follow up with external specialization.
▪ Materials Selection Consultancy during the design & construction phase of the facilities.
▪ Enhanced troubleshooting and recommendation provision for materials up-gradation.
▪ Onsite testing to detect susceptibility to environmental, operational, and mechanical degradation.
▪ Risk base inspection of machines to identify potential hazards and risk associated
▪ Carrying out on site NDE, specifically for In situ hardness testing and microstructural replication.
 ▪ Co-ordination on projects execution and completion.
▪ Preparing In-House Technical Procedures for mechanical Testing, Corrosion Testing and Metallurgical
investigation.
▪ Injection of Corrosion Inhibitors for all flowlines. Maintaining the desired concentration of Corrosion
Inhibitor in pipelines by residual inhibitor analyses
▪ Corrosion rate monitoring through Corrosion Coupons, ER probes and iron count.
▪ Corrosion rate calculations through Ultrasonic Thickness Survey. Calculation of remaining life and
Maximum Allowable Working Pressure (MAWP)
▪ Provide technical expertise and consultancy in cathodic protection and coating for a variety of structures
including pipelines, storage tanks, pressure vessels, gathering centers, booster stations, oil and effluent
water wells, insulated pipelines.

Materials & Corrosion Engineer | Exova Cayman-Oman | July 2013 – April 2016

Roles & Responsibilities:

▪ Scheduling and performing tests/examinations of incoming material, ensuring deadlines are met and
coordinating with clients throughout the process, Job booking, processing and reporting

▪ Responsible for implementing 5S methodology in Lab

Metallurgical Forensic Failure Analysis

▪ Failure Investigation of service utilized or new components prior installation.

Field Metallurgical Testing

▪ Visual Examination | Insitu Replica Metallography | Portable Hardness Testing | Ferrite Content | PMI

Lab Based Metallurgical Testing

▪ Microstructural Analysis | Grain Size Measurement | Inclusion Content Rating | Phase Volume Fraction
Analysis | Detrimental Phase Analysis | Coating Thickness Measurement | Coating Integrity Analysis

Lab Based Mechanical Testing

▪ Macro Examination | Tensile Test | Bend Test | Hardness Test | Impact Test | Fracture Test | Flattening
Test

Chemical Analysis
▪ Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) | Portable Optical Emission Spectroscopy (Port OES) | Positive
Material Identification (PMI)

Corrosion Engineer | Mol Oil & Gas B.V Pakistan | Aug 2012- April 2013

Roles & Responsibilities:

▪ To provide the company with the appropriate remedies for both internal and external corrosion for the
company’s facilities and equipment.

▪ Monitoring and following up all existing projects, such as cathodic protection (CP), chemical inhibitor and
coating applications during monitoring companies and their contractors.

▪ Work as a focal point to set up the basic and detailed design as well as the material selection for different
facilities used in oil and gas field with focus on those related to corrosion control engineering.

▪ Corrosion Prevention/Protection plans: Evaluation of Corrosion inhibitors (Static, NACE Rotating Cage,
NACE Bubble Tests and foaming/emulsion test). Injection of Corrosion Inhibitors at all production
wellheads at an appropriate dosage. Maintaining the desired concentration of Corrosion Inhibitor in
pipelines by residual inhibitor analyses.

▪ Corrosion Monitoring Plan: Techniques utilized include ER probes, LPR probes, corrosion coupons, iron
count method, thickness monitoring survey. Reporting the summary of all the data in a comprehensive
Corrosion Performance Report.
 ▪ Cathodic Protection Systems: PSP surveys of flowlines, tanks bottoms, underground vessels and
wellhead casings (instant-off potential surveys). DCVG Surveys and CIP surveys for determining location
of coating damage.

▪ Non-Destructive Testing: Management and liaison with contractors for DPT, MPI, UT, and RT.

▪ Corrosion monitoring and prevention of wellhead surface facilities, flow lines, and processing facilities
using corrosion coupons, corrosion/erosion probes, produced water analysis, iron counts, residual
inhibitors, and pH analysis.

▪ Corrosion control of flow lines by optimization of corrosion inhibitor injection and monitoring| Evaluation of
corrosion inhibitor efficiency and its economics.

▪ Overall supervision of installation and commissioning projects of cathodic protection.

▪ Troubleshooting of problems associated with the installed CP system (Power source, Anode ground beds,
Negative circuit, Positive circuit, Monitoring circuit, grounding system, Permanent Electrode circuit etc).

▪ To advise corrective actions for rectification of problems associated with installed CP systems
▪ Generation of monthly reports highlighting CP data and effectiveness of the system.

CHEMICAL INJECTION PROGRAM

▪ Injection of Corrosion Inhibitors for all flow lines. Maintaining the desired concentration of Corrosion
Inhibitor in pipelines by residual inhibitor analyses.

▪ Injection of Scaling Inhibitor for all jet pumps power fluid lines. Maintaining the desired concentration of
Scaling Inhibitor in jet pumps by residual inhibitor analyses.

▪ Injection of biocides for tanks and flow lines. Monitoring of biological growth by surveying for SRB and
GABs.

▪ Ensuring the periodic pigging of the flow lines. Reviewing the analysis of pigging fluid.

CORROSION MONITORING PROGRAM

▪ Corrosion rate monitoring through Corrosion Coupons, ER probes and iron count.

▪ Corrosion rate calculations through Ultrasonic Thickness Survey. Calculation of remaining life and
Maximum Allowable Working Pressure (MAWP).

▪ Responsible for providing Pre-Start-up Safety Review (PSSR) of Mechanical Integrity for all new projects
e.g. new flow lines, jet pumps, gathering facility etc.

CATHODIC PROTECTION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

▪ PSP Surveys of the flow lines, trunk lines, buried plant piping (BPP), tanks bottom, and underground
vessels. To ensure that the protection criteria are met. To spot interference in the structures.

▪ Conduct DCVG and CIPS through contractors to investigate coating condition of flow lines and trunk lines.

▪ To conduct the bell-hole investigation on the basis of DCVG and CIPS. Recommending pipe piece
replacement or recoating on the basis of results.

▪ To ensure that all water tanks are internally protected by Hanging Anodes. To arrange for periodic
inspection of these anodes to access their condition and plan replacement

KEY SKILLS

The Key strengths that I possess for success include, but are not limited to, the following:

▪ Corrosion Damage Mechanisms Identification as per API 571.

▪ Root cause failure analysis (RCA) and Remaining Life Assessment (RLA) of stationary equipment.
▪ Risk Based Inspection as per API 580 and API 581.
▪ Corrosion management and Corrosion Control
▪ Asset Integrity Management
 ▪ PQR and WQT testing & evaluation according to API, ASME & AWS codes.
▪ Experience in Mechanical Testing of materials such as Tensile Testing, hardness testing, Bend Testing,
Charpy Impact testing and NDT as per applicable codes and standards.
▪ Knowledge of welding procedures and Metallurgical evaluation of weldments / weld profiles including leak
path (ASME, AWS etc.)
▪ Micro structural analysis for determining coating thickness, ferrite count, grain size, grains morphology,
inclusion count, band count and corrosion along grain boundaries.
▪ In Situ Replica Metallographic analysis and interpretation for Carbon Steels, Stainless steels, low alloy
steels, Incoloys, and haste alloys.
▪ Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCA) and Remaining Life Assessment (RLA) of stationary and rotating
equipment for Petrochemical, power generation and refining sectors.
▪ User of available engineering codes such as: API 579 for FFS; API 580 & 581 for RBI; API 571 for damage
mechanism identification and assessment.
▪ Metallography and Microstructural Interpretation of metallic alloys for damage assessment and damage
mechanism identification such as creep, fatigue, spherodization, graphitization for SS alloys, low carbon
steels, Incoloy, Haste Alloys, P91, P92, T91, T92 materials.
▪ Hands on experience of operation and data/image analysis of various characterization tools such as
Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Transmission electron
microscopes (TEM) and Atomic force Microscope (AFM) used for failure investigation.
▪ IR Thermography Analysis using FLIR T640 Thermography Camera and Reporting, indicating hot spots
and potential harms to the petrochemical plant components such as furnace tubes, Motors, Electrical
Systems, Heat Exchangers, Rotary Kilns etc.
▪ Chemical composition analysis of materials using SPECTROTEST Spark Mobile Metal Analyzer
▪ Corrosion evaluation; pitting, crevice, intergranular cracking, HIC (hydrogen induced cracking), SSCC
(sulphide stress corrosion cracking) & SOHIC etc according to latest international (NACE) standards.
▪ Phase Analysis, Grain Size Estimation, Volume Fraction, Porosity, Layer Thickness and Inclusion Content
Analysis using Olympus Stream Essentials Software.

EDUCATION:

B.E Materials & Metallurgical Engineering 2008-2012

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Instituted (GIKI) , Pakistan.

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Sr. Corrosion Technologist |NACE International |Licence 80776

• Certified in Risk based Inspection Methodologies | API (580) | Licence 75129
• Certified In Refinery Damage Mechanism Assessment | API (571) | License 72487

TRAININGS:

1. Implementation of Inspection Management System using RBI Approach by Velosi Asset Integrity, HSE
and Engineering Services Company, Abu Dhabi, UAE. April 2020
2. Basic Inspection Methods by Canadian Welding Board May 2020
3. Equipment Criticality Analysis (ECA) & Failure Mode, Effect & Criticality Analysis (FMECA) based
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) by Velosi Asset Integrity, HSE and Engineering Services
Company, Abu Dhabi, UAE. April 2020
4. Understanding the Microstructures of Stainless Steels by Struers Inc. Oct 2019
5. Internal Corrosion Management of Pipelines| NACE International June 2018
6. Corrosion In Refineries | NACE International May 2018
AWARDS:

▪ Received “Best Employee of the Year 2014” based on outstanding performance. Exova Cayman
▪ Received Appreciation Letter from AXIS Inspection for excellent job performance 2017.
▪ Received Appreciation Certificate from Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company, Bahrain for Splendid
work done during Major Turnaround April 2018

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