Profile

Engr. Owais Manzoor (Inspection Engineer)

He is a proactive, veteran, quality-driven Asset Risk, Reliability & Integrity

Management Professional with analytical, critical thinking, investigative
problem-solving skills necessary to manage & control opportunities within
Defense, Automobiles, power plant, petrochemical, refining and fertilizer
market, where he dealt very closely with plant problems and learned how
operation and maintenance deal with those problems he use sophisticated
strategies to consistently build & improve business performance.

He is a graduate Engineer in Metallurgy & Materials, encompassing more than 7 years of experience. He
has served in Power generation related projects in Pakistan and Middle East. He specializes in materials
characterization, Metallic Materials testing, selection of material based on NACE, Shell DEPs and project
specification, international practices including NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156 and NACE MR0103Lab
analysis, damage assessment and corrosion failure investigations, Life Extension Studies for production
facilities, flow lines and trunk lines, Remnant Life Assessments for Pipelines, development of Corrosion
Philosophy, Corrosion Management System & Corrosion Control Manual. He possesses substantial
materials knowledge He have many achievements in problems solving, team leading, innovation and
training. His exceptional people management, interpersonal and consultative skills with my Asset
Performance & Management skills to forge impactful union that enables me to work cohesively with key
stakeholders while delivering vision, leadership, courage necessary to transform operations. Identified &
implemented improvements through the aging plants life assessment, failure investigation conditions
assessment, reliabilities studies and mechanical integrity analysis

International Certifications and Academia

NACE : Sr. Corrosion Technologist (License No: 80776)
API: 571 Certified (License No: 72487)
API: 580 Certified (License No: 75129)
ASNT Level II (RT, UT, MPT)
Professional of Institute of Corrosion (MICorr)
B.E Metallurgy and Materials Science (2010)
ISO 9001-2015 LEAD AUDITOR (certified by LRQA)
 Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience

Petromaster, KSA Inspection and Corrosion Engineer (2016-Present)

 Serving in different client’s plant on permanent basis as materials and corrosion engineer
in Saudi Arabia.
 Worked as Corrosion Engineer in Sadara Petrochemicals through Axis Inspection.
 Served as Corrosion Engineer in Petrokemya (Sabic) during shutdowns for identifying and
establishing the damage mechanisms and selection/optimization of inspection techniques.
 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).
 Supervises the inspection and certification of all plant and equipment in the Plant and
ensuring the reports are compliance as per code Requirement
 Plans, establish and supervise Plant Inspection scheduling, reporting and recording systems
to confirm to the requirements / accepted code of practice for inspection and testing. It
includes liaising with the Planning Department for scheduling of equipment due for
inspection and maintaining on-stream programme of all Plants.
 In-service – Baseline / corrosion monitoring / Asset Integrity, Risk Base Inspection, Pre
Turn around Test pack preparation
 Sets up and maintains comprehensive records of all Plant and equipment and compiles
technical reports and memoranda for Management review as reported through Head of
Corrosion & Inspection.
 Assesses and advises the need for the services of specialist contractors and the capability
of potential contractors to satisfy such needs.
 Provides technical advice to ensure compliance with accepted Company Standards.
 Maintains Plant and Equipment ‘overdue for inspection schedules and takes appropriate
control action
 Reviews all new and modification development work to advice on construction standards,
material selection and testing requirements in line with company and international
standards.

Exova Group Ltd Inspection Engineer (2011-2015)

 Served in Petroleum development Oman and ORPIC refinery in Muscat, Oman through
Exova Cayman.
 Assisted Materials team at plant helping with materials testing and composite Testing
 Guide Corrosion & Materials Department on the material selection with respect to the
welding.
 Developed experiments to test for different composite mechanical properties used for finite
element analysis.
 CUI visual inspection on columns, heat exchangers, vessels, storage tanks and pipings.
 Identifying areas of special concern and deterioration (e.g., dead legs, injection points,
buried piping, corrosion under insulation (CUI), erosion & corrosion/erosion), preparation
of inspection procedures to follow-up their resolution to improve Plant integrity.
 Work with other engineering groups to provide data, information and recommendations
related activities such as facility modifications, corrosion programs, chemical treatment
processes, and chemical injection applications
 Attended Corrosion Prevention and Pollution Prevention Seminars .
 Assisted in reviewing engineering drawings for coatings and sealants.
 Corrosion Rate prediction by using ECE-5 for all process and utility streams.
 Carry out failure analysis and finding solutions to welding related problems.
 Maintain database of welding related problems and their status.
 Evaluates new developments in welding field for possible application to current welding
problems or production processes.
  Support on materials selection and corrosion control issues in design and operational
activities
 Interpretation, assessment, evaluation and approval of NDT Inspection results including
recommendations for monitoring, repair or replacement.
 Worked on CuNi (9-Cu-10 Ni grade), Stainless steel (Austenitic grades), CRA clad pipes
with INCONEL 625, solid INCONEL (ASTM B444-N06625), Duplex stainless steel
(UNS S31803 ASTM A790-S31803).
 Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment & External Corrosion Direct Assessment for
Pipelines.
 Development of Corrosion Control Manual and Corrosion Management Systems.
 Corrosion Control techniques.
 Development of Asset Integrity management Systems.

Mol Oil & Gas B.V Corrosion Engineer (2010- 2011)

o To provide the company with the appropriate remedies for both internal and external
corrosion for the company’s facilities and equipment
o Monitoring and following up all existing projects, such as cathodic protection (CP),
chemical inhibitor and coating applications during monitoring companies and their
contractors
o 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
o 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.

o 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.
o 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.

o Non-Destructive Testing: Management and liaison with contractors for DPT, MPI, UT,
and RT
 PROJECTS & PUBLICATIONS
1. Failure analysis of super heater outlet header from Ammonia plant..
2. Failure Analysis and remaining life assessment of longitudinal welded joint of distillation
tower of a catalytic cracking unit.
3. Failure analysis of adhesively bonded joints in composite materials.
4. Failure analysis of a graphite/epoxy laminate subjected to combined thermal and mechanical
load.
4. Failure analysis and damage initiation in carbon-carbon composite materials under three-point
bending.
5. Failure Investigation of OUTLET SUPERHEATER STEAM PIPE in a thermal power.
6. Failure analysis and Oxidation Analysis of Water wall of Steam boiler.
7. Turn around at ORPIC Oman 2014 ( Replication of SA 533 and SA 508 materials for reactor
vessels).
8. Analysis of manufacturing Induced Fatigue damages in duplex stainless steel flanges.
9. Stress Corrosion Cracking Analysis of welded piping in catalytic cracking Piping.
10. Macroscopic examination of fillet welds at Sohar Refinery (Oman) in 2015.
11. Failure Analysis and remaining Life Assessment of Methanol reformer tubes (outlet pigtails)
12. Root Cause Failure Analysis of Creep and Internal Corrosion in High Chromium Steel due to
overheating.
13. Failure analysis of CO reformer tubes in 2016.
14. Failure Analysis of heat exchanger tubes using microscopic analysis approach.
15. Remedial Study for Acidic/Castic Alternating Corrosion of Ethylene Plant from operational
problems.
16. Failure Analysis of Valve piston rod
17. Failure analysis of drive shaft of ship loader slewing system

Publication
o Technical article on Heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) tube failures and inspection
technologies
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Technical article on life assessment of catalyst reformer tubes and pigtails
o
A case study Failure of 17-4 PH stainless steel components in offshore platforms
o
Technical Article on Stress Induced Failures for reboiler tubes from wrong Material
Selection
o Technical Article on Role of Microstructure on Stress Corrosion cracking in Austenitic
Stainless Steels,

Shutdown Experience in Various Plant

o Ibn Zahr (SABIC)

o IBN SINA (SABIC)
o SADAF (SABIC)
o SAFCO (SABIC)
o SAUDI ARAMCO
o NATPET
o YANPET (SABIC)
o SATORP REFINERY
o SADARA PETROCHEMCIALS COMPANY
o SAHARA PETROCHEMICALS COPANY
 Trainings and certifications
o
Lean manufacturing technology 2 day training at GIK Institute Pakistan
o
Work Management Coarse’ one week program organized by Stress management institute
London UK
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Internal Corrosion Management of Pipelines : Online Course NACE International
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Corrosion In Refineries : NACE International
o
Pipeline Integrity Management , A course organized by Penspen UAE.
Management skills
Organized and diligent, multi-tasking and prioritizing workloads.
Problem solving and analytical abilities
Enthusiastic about public speaking and team work
Experience in event management
Achievements
Gold Medalist of Materials Science and Engineering
Awarded Gold medal at college level

References: Can be provided on request.