Gopal Mhetre

Key Projects:

1. Green Ammonia and Green Hydrogen – FEED (Norway)
2. KIMA ANNA – Ammonium Nitrate and Nitric Acid – EPC (Egypt)
3. SHCCIG Yulin Chemical – FEED (China)

1. Conducted comprehensive reviews of FEED/EPC documents and engineering deliverables prepared by licensors and engineering contractors, ensuring alignment with project specifications and industry standards.
2. Assessed design compliance during technical design reviews, HAZOP, HAZID, and other safety assessments, ensuring adherence to licensor and client requirements.
3. Responded to technical queries and provided engineering clarifications to support project execution and resolve design issues.
4. Developed and maintained critical engineering documentation, including:
• Assumptions Register
• Isolatable Section Mark-ups
• Part Count and Inventory Calculations
• Phast Input Sheets for consequence modeling
5. Performed consequence analysis using Phast 8.9, including extraction and interpretation of results for:
• Jet Fire
• Pool Fire
• Flash Fire
• Vapor Cloud Explosion (VCE)
6. Prepared technical reports for Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) studies and Dispersion Analysis.
7. Reviewed and evaluated design deviation requests, providing recommendations based on technical and safety considerations.
8. Participated in multidisciplinary safety review meetings including HAZOP, HAZID, and SIL assessments.
9. Prepared and reviewed Firefighting P&IDs, Firefighting General Layouts, and Escape Route Layouts.
10. EERA Study Calculation & Report Preparation
11. Contributed to the development of:
• Plot Plan Layouts
• Pump Data Sheets

• Fire Protection Layout
• Hazardous Area Classification (HAC)
• Fire & Gas (F&G) Detection Layouts
• Escape Layouts

• RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Coordination with colleagues and work associates for the project.

2. Perform duties such as scribing, node marking, and report preparations.

3. Handling maximum project activities independently.

Hands-on Experience in Projects

• HAZOP Study

1. HAZOP Scribe for Navin Florine international limited, Dahej for the project of Incinerator System.

2. HAZOP Scribe for Navin Florine international limited, Dahej for the project of CaCL2 System.

3. HAZOP Scribe for Tatav Chintan Pharma limited for Continuous Distillation System.

4. HAZOP Scribe for Tatav Chintan Pharma limited for Batch and Continuous Process.

5. HAZOP Scribe for Galaxy Surfactant limited for Acid Chloride Plant.

6. HAZOP Scribe for Pidilite Industries for DIB Storage and Pidicryl Project.

• Worked as scribe for HAZOP study.

• Technical scribing and node marking of P&ID’s

• Identify credible causes, consequences, safeguards, and perform risk assessment.

• Prepared Technical Report for Hazop study.

• HAC study

1. Next Polymers Ltd. Celanese, Silvassa.

2. CARGILL INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED. Kurkumbh.

3. Johnson & Johnson Aurangabad.

• Zone Marking as per IP15 by using DraftSight® 2D CAD Drafting and 3D Design Software.

• Technical report preparation for HAC study.

• Client interaction and updating the comments.

• QRA study

1. QRA Study for Galaxy surfactant Limited. Jhagadia, Gujarat.

1. Preparation of Assumptions Register, Isolatable section mark-up, Part counts, Inventory Calculations, Phast Input sheet.

2. Counters extraction for Jet Fire, Pool Fire, Flash Fire and VCE, from Phast 8.71

3. Technical report preparation for QRA study.

4. Client interaction and updating the comments.

Industry type - Refinery/Petrochemical

Unit - SEZ - CDU/VDU (Special Economy Zone Crude Distillation Unit/Vacuum Distillation Unit)

Product - Lean gas/LPG/stabilize full range naphtha/light kerosene/diesel and heavy kerosene/HAGO/LVGO/HVGO/FCCU Vacuum residue

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Have Experience In Both Field and DCS Operations of one of the World's largest SEZ-CDU/VDU Unit.

2. Responsible for operational activities of Crude distillation Unit in the field namely Fractional distillation Column, Vacuum distillation column, Desalters, Strippers, Stabilizer and Fired heaters etc.

3. Analyzing process trends and monitoring the

Critical process parameters through Aspen IP21 or in Plant Interface building.

4. Review the daily Job planning and Prepare/ Issue work permits related to Electrical, Mechanical, and Instrument systems as required by maintenance Engineers.

5. Knowledge of Basic Fire Fighting and First Aid Techniques

6. Skills in Online work order and permit management of the system (SAP)

7. Handled Many Emergencies like water shot, Feed Cut off, Crude Fired Heater Trip, Charge Pump Trip, and Many more

8. Familiar with PFD, P&ID, and HAZOP study

9. Ensuring the equipment runs at maximum capacity with design considerations

10. Activity planning, assigning and scheduling the job to subordinates and Liaison with other departments for the plant performance

11. Carry out HAZOP study and PHA/JHA during major maintenance activities 12.Compliance with health and safety standards to ensure safe working conditions

Industry type - Chemical/Manufacturing

Product - Sodium cellulose xanthate

• RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Handling plant of Production of 400 TPD sodium cellulose Xanthate via DCS. Software used is YoKohawa for process simulation purposes.

2. Knowledge of unit operations like Drying, Absorption and Recovery. 3.Knowledge of Equipment’s like Heat exchanger, Dryer, Scrubber etc.

4. Preparing work permits, JSA for safe work jobs, and implementing the same during work.

5. Knowledge and handling of hazardous chemicals, such as sulfuric acid, carbon disulfide, caustic soda, and sodium hypochlorite, with proper safety.

6. Maintaining first pass yield (FPY) and Uptime of process.

7. Monitoring of process parameters to maintain product quality, and to maintain environmental compliance.

8. Plant mass balance, PFD, material & equipment data sheet preparation & implement change if any.

9. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) & Standard Operating Condition review and modification.

10. Suggestions & implementation of management of change for smooth operations, increasing production & reducing operating cost. 11.Exposure to RCA, Kaizen methodology. 12.Analysis & monitoring trends for any upset in the quality of final product & troubleshooting

13. Preparation of shift and daily production report.

14. To identify unsafe conditions during safety observations and follow up for corrective action.

Industry type - Chemical/Manufacturing Designation

Product - Refine sodium Bi-carbonate

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Rendering my service as field Engineer in 200 TPD Refine Sodium Bi-carbonate plant.

2. Having Experience of commissioning in 200 TPD Refine sodium Bi-carbonate plant. The plant comes under ISO 22000 which is the food safety management standardization.

3. My job profile as a shift process engineer is to mainly implement, monitor, review and control the process parameters in order to achieve the design objectives and enhance the operational excellence of the process unit.

4. Issue all types of permits.

5. Experience in DCS operations. Software used is Foxboro for process simulation purposes. This has been a part of various shutdowns and start-ups of the plant issuing various Class-I and Class-II permits and complying with safety standards.

6. Handling operations like carbonation, filtration, drying, centrifugation.

Ensure that safety is maintained in all the work carried out in my area.