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D. Venkatesh
Experience -33years Manage Plant Maintenance,
Maintenance Planning, Commissioning and start-up Oil &Gas
Rotating Equipment Specialisation
e-mail: dvenkatesh63@gmail.com
Telephone: Off: +974 44736736
Mobile: +974 55223476
Objective
To be an achievement oriented employee able to ensure 100% Plant
availability by establishing and following best industrial practices through
effective communication, mutual understanding and continual learning with the
strong technical and managerial skills acquired through my career in LNG,
Petro- Chemical and Oil & Gas field for the past 33 years.
Educational Qualification
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering -Year-1978-1981
Plant equipment maintenance training (18 months)
Experience profile -33years Manage Plant Maintenance, Maintenance
Planning & Commissioning and start-up
Special Achievement
Special Achievement Award for the contribution and support the company’s
year 2000 objectives.
Several Spot awards for Business support, Safety initiatives and conducting
Technical Training initiatives for Operation and maintenance of Equipment.
SAP user training for Operation and maintenance.
Co-author in Technical presentation on Compressor failure in Middle East
Turbo Machinery Symposium held in 2015 Doha
Experience exposure
Experience in directing, coordinating managing pre-commissioning,
commissioning, day-to-day multidiscipline maintenance, shutdown and
projects and maintaining the facility equipment integrity and reliability through
RCM and implementing best maintenance practices, Project management,
Implement equipment strategy, Contracts management preventive
maintenance plans, spare parts & resources optimization through CMMS-
SAP PM &MM, Manage maintenance & HSE policy compliance , benchmark
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implementation, training implementations and CAPEX & OPEX in the
following plant facilities.
 Refinery
 LNG
 GTL
 On Shore & Off Shore Oil wells, Gathering Stations
 Air Separation & Liquefaction
 Desalination, Steam & Power generation
 Petrochemicals
 Polymer plants
 Fertilizer
Computer skills
 MS Project, P3, PowerPoint, MS office.
 SAP- Plant Maintenance & Materials Management-Super user
 TDMS- Technical Documents Management System & MS Project
 PI process book
Certified Trainings
 Plant maintenance (18 months)
 Centrifugal Compressors Maintenance for Mitsubishi, Dresser Rand,
Elliott Ebara, NP & Siemens
 Compressor and gas turbine Design operation, maintenance and
troubleshooting work shop
 Gas turbines Operation & Maintenance
 LNG Cryogenic Pump maintenance
 FMC LNG & Condensate Loading arms
 John Crane Dry Gas Sealing System ( Large Process Compressors)
 Basic Hydrocarbon drilling technology
 MS Project, Primavera –P3
 SAP- Maintenance and Material Module For Super user
Detailed experience profile
 Managing and supporting the day-to-day activity of the production
facility project & maintenance systems. Maintaining the facilities
integrity, reliability, availability with cost effective of the relevant
equipment to achieve the Production, Maintenance & Plant safety
(HSE) KPIs targets.
 Manage the Combustion inspections, Hot Gas Path inspection and
complete overhauling of Frame 5, 6 & 9 GE Gas Turbines. Steam
turbines. GE-NP, Elliott Ebara, MHI, Dresser Rand, Demag, Siemens,
Kobelco Compressors trouble shooting and major inspections. Dry Gas
Seal replacements, Refurbishment of rotating equipment components.
Maintenance of Fans, Blowers and all type of pumps from leading
OEMs used in Oil & gas.
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 Creating road map for equipment maintenance identify equipment
failure codes through Failure mode and effects analysis( FMEA),
develop equipment strategies as part of plant reliability and for all
maintenance business process. Familiar with latest equipment strategy
techniques followed in LNG & Oil & gas plant. Conducting risk base
work selection (RBWS) meeting for prioritizes work activities. Preparing
maintenance policy and procedures as part of ISO certification
requirements. Setting up Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for
department.
 Integrating maintenance change and control through condition
monitoring implementation and analysis using best practice
maintenance tactics. Provide first line plant support for the planning,
execution and re-prioritizing of the maintenance strategy
implementation of planned and corrective maintenance. Managing the
relevant vendor activities, materials, spares and performance.
 Running compliance and tracking for preventive, predictive and shut
down maintenance of all asset maintenance.
 Managing FAT & SAT on Machinery, Inspections and Upgrades on
components and systems
 Plan & manage day to day maintenance including co-coordinating with
support Services and other multidiscipline like control system,
Instruments, Electrical, outside contracting parties and vendor
representatives. Material and man power planning for day to day
activities.
 Familiar in on shore Well pad cellar pit & flow line piping and well head
instrumentation
 Support Oil & Gas well completion DST, EST Wire line operations, Well
head operation & maintenance. Gathering station and gas plant piping
& equipment resources management.
 Provides maintenance and technical support with engineering and
project management services for minor projects handled by
maintenance including the planning, scheduling execution/supervision
of the project related to new addition and modification on the existing
plant.
 Preparing department budget & Manage CAPEX & OPEX
 Erection follow-up, commissioning, maintenance of Air separation
units, ATRs, LTFT reactors WHBs of GTL plant Manage maintenance
department Pre commissioning & commissioning of GTL, LNG plant,
Sulphur recovery and solidification, Utility plant consists of Boilers,
Desalination Units, Erection follows up of rotating and static equipment
which includes Pre commissioning and commissioning checks.
Preparing punch list items for contractor, verification of alignment,
piping strain of all rotating equipments part of RFO (Ready for
operation) RFSU (Ready for startup ) Documentation preparation
based on completion schedule and co ordinate with multidiscipline
team for checking and sign off. Checking and following up Plant
erection for deviation of specification as mentioned in the EPC
contract.
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 Maintenance (Inspection and repair) of Boilers, Desalination units,
vessels, columns, heat exchangers, fired heaters, valves, chemical
dosing systems and connecting piping.
 Supply chain management-Manage spares assign Min Max and
average movement and stock recommendations, Identifying critical
spare parts (SPIR) and recommending for order of spares for Static &
rotating equipment. Identifying interchangeability spares for grouping
optimizing inventory control. Developing equipment and general Bill of
Material.
 Preparation of maintenance standard maintenance work procedures
related maintenance, commissioning & start-up check list. Preparation
of major overhauling procedures, Preparing Quality check documents
on Machinery Commissioning & maintenance and schedules for
maintenance activity.
 Manage Safety of personnel & equipment by HSE compliance and by
conducting Safety audits in Job Safety Analysis (JSA), PTW- Permit to
work systems. Study on risk assessment for critical job activities.
Initiatives to develop safety culture and attitude towards zero accident.
Participating in ERT (Emergency Response Team) and IC Incident
control.
 Managing Preparation of Contractor work scope and cost estimation
bid evaluation for maintenance, shutdowns and special job. Preparing
detailed project plan for the shutdown and other jobs. Preparing
material request for the shutdown and follow up the shutdown activity
during the shutdown execution. Day to day planning activity of creating
maintenance orders and maintenance daily and monthly plans.
 Managing plant facility modification (MOC) and executing
modifications. Handling projects related to de-bottlenecking &
modifications.
 Developing equipment maintenance strategies. Preparation of
maintenance task list for Preventive job activity. Setting up frequency
for the activity. Job scheduling & implementing the Preventive
Maintenance for all type of maintenance equipment.
 Manage complete Shutdown maintenance of Steam generation, Air
separation, Refinery, Petrochemical, Desalination, Gas separation &
LNG process facility. Sulphur recovery and solidification, Oil & gas
separation, Wellhead. Conducting Shutdown meetings, Preparation of
Project plan, Validating Scope and schedule for major shutdowns &
Equipment Overhauls.
 Manage Computerized Maintenance CMMS -S A P database for Plant
Maintenance and Materials Management. Creating equipment, Task
list, preventive maintenance plans, and equipment failure codes in the
SAP maintenance module. Creating maintenance work orders, material
requisitions and other related activity in SAP. Preparing reports and
scheduling monthly weekly and daily plans for the maintenance activity.
Roll out 3monthly, monthly and weekly maintenance plans for the plant
asset. Tracking schedule compliance and back log
 Preparing Training presentations on operation & maintenance of
rotating equipment. Running Training sessions to the subordinates for
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basic equipment design and maintenance work & safe working
methods on plant equipment. Preparing training documents and
Conducting SAP Training for all Operation and maintenance staff.
 Familiar with international standards (API, ASME & ASTM) and
specifications in Mechanical Engineering
 Preparing maintenance reports, performance analysis, reliability study
and failure analysis on bad actors.
 Manage in house resources performance management and
Contractors Technical and HSE performance.
 Manage internal and external audits on maintenance and HSE
compliance.
Present & Previous employment details
Sn Name of the organization Position Period
1 QATARGAS OPERATING CO
LTD
Rotating Equipment
Analyst
2011-Till
date
2 CAIRN INDIA LTD,
Rajasthan Oil & Gas Operations ,
India
Maintenance Manager
2008 - 2011
3 ORYX-GTL, Raslaffan, Doha,
Qatar
Senior Engineer 2005 to 2008
4 QATAR LIQUIFIED GAS CO,
Raslaffan, Doha, Qatar
Mechanical Foreman/
Maintenance Planner 1995 to 2005
5 DEIREZZOR PETROLEUM
CO.,Syria Mechanical Leader 1994 to 1995
6 FINOLEX PIPES PVC RESIN
PLANT (Petrochemical division),
Ratnagiri, India
Mechanical Engineer
Asst. Engineer 1993 to 1994
7 DRACHEM SPECIALITY
CHEMICALS, Hosur, India
Supervisor Mechanical
1991 to 1993
8 RASLANUF OIL & GAS
PROCESSING CO., Raslanuf,
Libya.
Senior Mechanical
Technician 1987 to 1990
9 SOUTHERN PETROCHEMICAL
INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
(SPIC), Tuticorin, India
Senior Mechanical
Technician
1982 to 1987
Permanent Address Passport Details
D.Venkatesh,
No 29 Rivers School Compound,
Adyar, Chennai, 600020
Tamilnadu, India.
Telephone: +914424460383
Cell: +919884880121
E mail :- dvenkatesh63@gmail.com
Name : Devarajan
Venkatesh
DOB: 13th Feb 1963
Number: L 5917911
Validity: 24.08.2024
Issued at: Doha Qatar
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Name& e Mail Address Business Title & Company Telephone No.
Off/Cell/Res
Premsundar.B
Premsundar.B@cairnindia.com
Manager projects
Cairn India ltd Rajasthan
+919001890504
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Name& e Mail Address Business Title & Company Telephone No.
Off/Cell/Res
Premsundar.B
Premsundar.B@cairnindia.com
Manager projects
Cairn India ltd Rajasthan
+919001890504
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