RAKESH CHITTI

• Received Merit certificate from AXENS LICENSOR for Technical Support
• Certified in LEAN SIX SIGMA Green Belt
• External Auditor in Process Safety Management System
• Golden Award in Seven QC Tools
• Auditor for HAZOP Study

April 2022 to Current Working as Commissioning Supervisor in the AXENS TECHNOLOGY PolyNaphtha Unit and LPG Unit at Karbala Refinery (IRAQ) - 2 Years. 

Karbala Refinery Project, Iraq Karbala Refinery Project is equipped with more than 20 processing units to produce LPG, motor gasoline, aviation turbine kerosene, kerosene, diesel, heavy diesel, fuel oil, bitumen and solid sulfur. The capacity of the refinery is 1,40,000 BPSD and handling Poly Naptha Unit having Design to process 11500 BPSD of olefinic rich BUTENE/PROPENE LPG coming from FCC Unit to produce high Octane gasoline blending stock. LPG Unit is designed to process 9200 BPSD of LPG feedstock for Basrah Case and 10950 BPSD for Mishrif Case. The Unit turn-down capacity is 50% of the design charge rate.

● Trained under AXENS Licensor on PolyNaphtha Unit

● Received merit certificate from AXENS LICENSORS for Technical support

● Supported technically and involved in commissioning activities like DCS function tests and complex loops 

● Performed and suggested some ideas on smooth running of Regeneration sequence in PolyNaphtha Unit

● Monitoring of parameters in 3 sections - Alkyfyning section, Oligomerization section and Hydrogenation section 

● Continues monitoring of DCS (Honeywell) parameters and safe running of plant 

● Monitoring and review of trip interlocks and alarm trip settings in DCS 

● Having strong experience in commissioning field activities like catalyst loading, air blowing, steam blowing and purging

● Completed commissioning activities like drying and catalyst activation

● Monitoring critical parameters in Debutanizer, regeneration section, hydrogenation section, polymerization section, caustic wash 

● To maintain records of Log books for important panel readings for current future purpose 

● To take safe shutdown of the unit during Emergency

● Managing DCS panel (Honeywell) and activities related to field operations

● Performing review of vendor’s Piping & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID), ensuring diagrams as per plant design and following up diagram’s punch list 

● Executing internal inspection, leak testing of equipment with the commissioning and charging of plant utilities including Cooling Water, HP Boiler Feed Water, Service Water, MP, HP & IP Steam, Nitrogen, Plant & Instrument Air

● Developing flushing plans, blind list for mechanical handover and coordinating in activities related to chemical & filter cleaning, changing of pumps and activation of equipment as per SOP 

● LPG plant and PolynapthaUnit 

● ‘AXENS Licensor’ 

● Mainly focusing on HMI punch list coordinating with instrumentation clearing HMI punch list

 ● Attending External RFI with instrumentation to PMC persons 

● Prepared the System Line list, Instrument list, Special Equipment list, Valve and Gasket list and Smooth Coordination with Project and Construction people for Commissioning 

● P&ID Markup, Deviation and punch list for each System Prepared as per Formats 

● Preparing Blind List and markup P&ID 

● Following with instrumentation DCS (Honeywell) Pre-fun test and External Function test 

● Following Emergency shutdown interlock 

● Following Complex loops and Simple loops May 2018 to March 2022 Worked as DCS Operator in Naphtha Cracking Unit at OPAL Refiner

May 2018 to March 2022 Worked as DCS Operator in Naphtha Cracking Unit at OPAL Refinery (DAHEJ) - 4 Years

 Roles and responsibilities: 

● Continues monitoring of DCS (Yokogawa) parameters and safe running of plant

● Monitoring and review of trip interlocks and alarm trip settings in DCS 

● Monitoring critical parameters in Feed section, pyrolysis charge heater, waste heat recovery

● To maintain records of Log books for important panel readings for current future purpose 

● To take safe shutdown of the unit during Emergency 

● To handover safely with proper decontamination during shutdowns for maintenance

 ● Performing review of vendor’s Piping & Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID), ensuring diagrams as per plant design and following up diagram’s punch list 

● Executing internal inspection, leak testing of equipment with the commissioning and charging of plant utilities including Cooling Water, HP Boiler Feed Water, Service Water, MP, HP & IP Stream, Nitrogen, Plant & Instrument Air 

● Developing flushing plans, blind list for mechanical handover and coordinating in activities related to chemical & filter cleaning, changing of pumps and activation of equipment as per SOP 

● Conducting lube oil flushing of lines for Compressor & Turbine Bearing and Electrical Drives (Motors), No Load & MRT Trials of Rotary Equipment like Pumps 

● Supervising processing of air compressor, catalyst loading as per design parameters and activation of plants, gas turbine and all equipment as per Standard Operating Procedures

 ● Operating centrifugal compressors, BFWW pumps, charging all process lines and ensuring nitrogen flushing in all equipment prior to activation

 ● Recording important parameters readings in field & board, executing activation and heating of steam driven turbine with inspection and troubleshooting of the equipment during shutdown 

Shift In-Charge May 2016 to March 2018 Worked as DCS Operator in Naphtha Hydro-Treating (NHT) Unit at HPCL Refinery (Vizag) - 2 Years. 

Roles and responsibilities: 

● Continues monitoring of DCS (Yokogawa) parameters and safe running of plant. 

● By hydro-treating unstabilized naphtha to eliminate sulfur, nitrogen olefin compounds. 

● To produce LPG, light Naphtha and heavy Naphtha. 

● Continuous monitoring of reactor temperatures and heater temperatures. 

● Continuous monitoring of distillation column monitor parameters, separating propane and butane products and sending them to tank storage

 ● Recording important parameter readings in field & board and troubleshooting of the equipment during shutdown

 ● Maintained equipment under optimal and safe environment and ensured equipment to be in the proper working conditions 

● Followed instructions from control room & shift in-charge during start-up and shutdown as per the SOP and safety procedures as per organization in case of any emergency 

● Performed field related activities including logging out of field readings, inspection in the field and reporting of abnormalities and job status to 

Shift In-Charge April 2015 to March 2016 Worked Shift Supervisor in Ammonia Tank Storage at Coromandel International Ltd (Vizag) - 1 Years. 

Roles and responsibilities: 

● Looking after Ammonia Tank Storage and ship unloading process & precooling activities. 

● Lead the Ammonia ship unloading lines Decommissioning and recommissioning activity for leak arresting for 16’ unloading line. ● Looking after safe DCS parameters while NH3 tank storage and supervising field activities.

• Date of Birth: 09/08/1994
• Nationality: Indian