K Prem Kumar has over 25 years of experience in corrosion and cathodic protection, including 13 years specifically working in cathodic protection. He holds several professional certifications and has worked on a wide variety of cathodic protection projects across industries. Some of the major projects he has worked on include pipelines, tanks, offshore structures, and ships for companies like Saudi Aramco, ADCO, and the Indian Navy.

1. Resume of Technical Experience
K Prem Kumar
MICorr(UK), NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist,
NACE Cathodic Protection Specialist, NACE Cathodic Protection Technologist
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Education and Professional Status:
Polytechnic Diploma in Electronics Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics-CEG, Chennai, Anna University
Professional Courses and Certifications:
NACE CP Specialist
NACE CP Technologist
NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist
MICorr-Professional Member of ICorr
Carrier Summary:
Total Experience: 25 years (12 years in Electrical / Power Electronics and 13 years in Cathodic Protection)
February 2007 to date-CP Specialist / Sr.CP & Projects Engineer, Corrosion Technology Services (Formerly
Corrpro Arabia / Corrpro Companies Middle East)
Feb 2006 to Feb 2007- Asst Manager- CP, Raychem RPG Ltd
Feb 2002 to Jan 2006 – Asst Manager-CP, Sargam Metals Pvt Ltd
May 1990 to Jan 2002- Manager Operations, Magnum Electric Co Ltd / Sanwire-APC
Key Expertise:
A manager and with expertise in corrosion and cathodic protection, experience in project management and
knowledge of other aspects of management such as operations, production, QA/QC. Core value proposition
includes ability to design and deliver cathodic protection design and engineering for large and small projects
covering a wide spectrum of areas including on-shore, off-shore and marine structures. Ability to design and
trouble shoot transformer rectifiers and power supplies for CP applications including design of remote
monitoring and control systems, on-site commissioning expertise for CP and electrical systems, conversant
with various international standards, presentation and training skills, on-site failure analysis expertise for CP
systems and Transformer Rectifiers.
Applicable Professional Experience:
2007 to date: Corrosion Technology Services, UAE - 2007 to Date (Aegis Technical Systems and
Corrosion Technology Services are joint venture companies)
Current Position: Senior CP Engineer / NACE CP Specialist
Joined as a project engineer at Corrpo Arabia in Saudi Arabia and moved on to CTS, UAE branch as a senior
CP engineer. Involved with wide variety of projects covering designs for plant piping, cross country pipelines,
external tank bottoms, buried vessels, mounded bullets, trestle, jetty piles, barge, steel and concrete piles,
steel sheet piles, piers, offshore platforms, submerged structures and concrete foundations. Other activities
includes sitesurvey, trouble shooting and providing on sitesolutions for complex CP systems, CP transformer
rectifiers and commissioning of the CP systems for on-shore and off-shore structures.

2. Resume of Technical Experience
K Prem Kumar
MICorr(UK), NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist,
NACE Cathodic Protection Specialist, NACE Cathodic Protection Technologist
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Career History:
Raychem RPG Ltd (TYCO) New Delhi, India – 2006 to 2007
Assistant Manager-Projects – Projects Management and the core responsibility included designs for CP
systems covering a wide variety of on-shore and offshore structures.
Sargam Metals-Chennai, India – 2002 to 2006
Asst-Manager–Cathodic Protection- Specific responsibilities included CP Designs of SACP, ICCP, Marine
Growth Prevention Systems, and Active shaft grounding systems for Indian Navy Ships and Commercial
ships, ballast tanks, offshore structures. Other activities included design of Electromagnetic compatible
Transformer Rectifiers, CP surveys for ships, supervision and commissioning management of CP systems
for ships, marine and offshore structures.
Other design abilities included design of SACP systems using aluminium, zinc, magnesium sacrificial anodes,
Bracelet anodes for subsea pipelines, aluminium jacket anodes for platforms, Anti-fouling systems for sea
water pipelines that included copper, aluminium and Iron anodes with necessary power control unit.
Other key roles involved in research and development of Antifouling system (MGPS) and active shaft
grounding system (ASG) for ships. Also had exposure to produce in-house retrofit anodes and development
of high capacity inert ICCP anodes such as Pt-Ti, MMO-Ti and Lead Silver antimony for large ships.
Magnum Electric Co Ltd and Sanwire, India – 1990 - 2002
Worked at different levels from R&D Engineer to Manager-Operations
Responsibilities included design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of Automatic Mains Failure
(AMF) Panels for DG sets, MV industrial panels, UPS, Transformer Rectifiers for CP system, Industrial Servo
Stabilizers, production of diesel generators with acoustic rooms/ enclosures and LV transformers for
transformer rectifiers, inverters, UPS and stabilizers.
Other skills: Production management, Scheduling, Resource planning, Production Supervision, Inspection
and Quality control of final products.
On-Site Service Engineer - Worked in production of Transformer Rectifiers, UPS & Servo stabilizers and as
a Field service engineer for these products.

3. Resume of Technical Experience
K Prem Kumar
MICorr(UK), NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist,
NACE Cathodic Protection Specialist, NACE Cathodic Protection Technologist
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Summary of Major Cathodic Protection Projects:
Specific responsibilities included survey, detailed engineering, project management and commissioning of
ICCP and SACP systems for some of the major projects as listed below:
• Well Casings – Bab ADCO-UAE
• Jetty Pile – Refurbishment of ICCP system- Gasco, Ruwais
• Bab Compression Phase 2- Abu Dhabi- Cross country Pipelines, Piping, tanks, etc, ADCO, Petrofac
• 100m diameter tank bottom CP at Zirku Island- Zadco- Belleli
• Cross country pipeline between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for KOC-Technip
• Well Casings for Al Hosan - UAE
• Chidambarnar Oil Jetty-ICCP system survey-CPCL India
• 220MW Barge Mounted Power plant- ICCP system-GMR-Energy, India
• Cross country pipeline-for Saudi Aramco Pipeline Rehabilitation, KSA
• SBR, PBR, PVC-DBN, OSBL plants of Reliance - Tanks and Piping, India
• BASF – Vessels- Toyo, India
• Reinforcement of Al Jouf Power plant- NCC-Tabuk and Al Wadjh Tank bottom
• KAUST Harbour project -Saudi Arhirodon-Pile jetty
• Qassim Power plant-Bemco- Saudi Electricity
• Yanbu Export Refinery-SK Engineering- Waseet-Aramco
• Yanbu Export Refinery - GS Engineering
• Aramco Bulk plants – Al Suwaidi, KSA
• SK Engineering- YERP, KSA
• Jubail Export -Samsung–Chiyoda-JERP, KSA
• Daleim- YERP, KSA
• Fluor Saudi Kayan-off plot, piping, tank bottom – Sabic-Fluor- Jubail, Saudi Arabia
• KBR Saudi Kayan- piping, valves, casings – Sabic -KBR- Jubail, Saudi Arabia
• Pier refurbishment-steel pipes- Saudi Aramco- AMCDE–Juyaimah, Saudi Arabia
• Bechtel - Kurasaniya Gas Plant - piping- Saudi Aramco-Kurasaniya, Saudi Arabia
• Qurayah sea water injection plant- piping- Snamprogetti- Saudi Aramco- Qurayah, Saudi Arabia
• Safaniya water disposal line- pipeline- Enppi-Saudi Aramco- Safaniya, Saudi Arabia
• Saudi PolyOlefins polypropylene EX-plant piping – Fluor- Jubail, Saudi Arabia
• Sharq 3rd Expansion-off plot pipelines – Sabic-MMG- Jubail, Saudi Arabia
• AMCDE-Tabuk Airbase-UST – Saudi Aramco-Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Aramco-TAIF Airbase-UST and piping –Taif, Saudi Arabia
• NCC-Rabigh power plant – tank bottoms–Saudi electricity -Rabigh, Saudi Arabia
• Bemco-Qurayah GAS plant – tank bottoms–Saudi electricity - Qurayah, Saudi Arabia
• IbnZahr PP3-OCT and U&O–plant piping and tank bottoms- Jubail, Sabic, Saudi Arabia
• Sharq (Sabic) Refurbishment project - piping – Jubail, Saudi Arabia
 IOCL – SSPL- Cross country fuel pipeline, India
 GAIL- India Ltd- HDPE Plant piping, valves and hydrants- Pata-India
 Adani Energy ltd, city gas CNG and PNG pipelines in 4 cities in northern Indian cities
 ICCP system for Ships-Indian Navy Projects- P17, P15A, P28 and SACP systems for ships and marine
 Marine Growth Prevention System Designs for various commercial and Navy ship projects