Abdulrahman Salim Babakhan

Responsibilities

• Led QA/QC teams and implemented inspection strategies for welding, piping, steel structure, painting, and mechanical systems.
• Led the development and execution of project-specific Quality Assurance and Quality Control strategies in alignment with client requirements and international standards (ASME, API, AWS).
• Promoted quality awareness among site teams and ensured adherence to the Project Quality Management System (PQMS).
• Oversaw the implementation of Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs), ensuring continuous quality improvement.
• Managed and track Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and implemented CAPAs.
• Supervised and guided a multidisciplinary team of QA/QC inspectors across welding, mechanical, and NDT disciplines.
• Ensured that project documentation, including Manufacturer Data Books (MDBs), Inspection Records, and Quality Dossiers, was properly compiled and maintained.
• Prepared and implemented Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), and procedure qualification record (PQR).
• Review Welder Qualification Tests (WQT), and verify welder performance.
• Prepared NDT procedures for projects.
• Monitor and verify material traceability, welding activities, and pressure testing.
• Supervise daily inspection activities across welding, piping, structure, and mechanical disciplines.
• Ensure all construction and fabrication activities comply with approved procedures and ITPs.
• Attended regular meetings with the client to discuss QA/QC issues, progress updates, and project coordination.
• Filling out and reviewing the inspection test record (ITRs), and following up on their completion for each project.
• Conducted system walkdowns and facilitated the handover of completed projects in coordination with GOC and the client’s commissioning teams.
• Handled punch list clearance to ensure systems were ready for handover and met client requirements.

Projects:

Project title: DS04- FLOW TANK DEWATERING PROJECT-MOC259. 2024-present

The objective of this project to eliminate the discharge of free water into open, uncontained areas by redirecting it to closed systems. This aims to minimize environmental impact, ensure regulatory compliance, and enhance the overall efficiency of water management within the production facilities.

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/KBR

Project title: DS03-CONNECTION OF SKIMMED OIL LINE TR1 TR2 2ND STAGE SEPARATORS INLET. 2024-2025

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/KBR

Project title: DS04 TANK 5 TRANSFORMATION TO PRODUCED WATER SERVICES. 2024-2025

The objective of this project To enhance produced water management at DS04 by converting Tank 5 into a Produced Water (PW) buffer tank. This will mitigate disposal interruptions due to PWD skid upsets and power outages, improve water quality by enabling better oil-water separation, and protect the injectivity of Dammam disposal wells

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/KBR

Project title: DS04 MOC317/MOC346/MOC332 TEMPORARY PRODUCED WATER DISPOSAL CAPACITY UPGRADE. 2023-2024

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/KBR

Project title: DG04 BLACK FLARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 2023-2024

The objective of this project To design and implement a new air-assisted common flare system for DS04 flow tanks (Tanks 2, 3, 4, and 5) to improve combustion efficiency, reduce smoky emissions, and achieve Ringelmann 1 performance.

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/KBR

Project title: DG04 - LLTV (PHASE - 1 & 2) PROJECT.2023-2024

LLTV Project To minimize health and safety risks from flash gas venting by upgrading vent systems and recovering valuable condensate, especially in Rumaila’s degassing stations where poor system conditions and underground line blockages pose operational risks.

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/KBR

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the quality of construction works implemented in accordance to project’s requirement and standards.
• Performs daily site patrol surveillance to prevent and identify site quality problems.
• Attends quality control’s walkthrough with client.
• Inspection of materials and review of material certification prior to delivery to fabricators/manufacturers where required.
• Perform quality control inspections on welding, coatings, piping, and structural activities..
• Responsible for implementing and witnessing all inspection and testing activities in accordance with the approved ITPs for painting, piping, structural works, and other project scopes.
• Provide support to as-building processes and handover for completions
• Conduct visual welding inspections, non-destructive testing (NDT) coordination, and compliance checks
• Prepared and review of Inspection Test Plans (ITPs) and Quality Control Procedures (QCPs)
• Provide technical guidance to welders, painters, and other trades regarding quality
• Identify and report defects, deviations, or potential issues and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepared and implemented Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), Welder Qualification Tests (WQT), and procedure qualification record (PQR) according to the national standard, e.g., ASME IX, AWS D1.1, API, etc.…
• Prepared and implemented coating qualification test for the paint system and paining applicator.
• Participated in project meetings with the client to review progress and address any quality concerns.
• Reviewed Third party NDT report e.g. (RT, UT, MT, & PT)
• Managed the punch list process, ensuring all issues were cleared before project handover
• Responsible for completing Inspection Test Records (ITRs), coordinating and conducting joint inspections with client inspectors, and ensuring timely closure and documentation for each project.

Projects

Project title: DG04 - LLTV (PHASE - 1 & 2) PROJECT.2022-2023

LLTV Project To minimize health and safety risks from flash gas venting by upgrading vent systems and recovering valuable condensate, especially in Rumaila’s degassing stations where poor system conditions and underground line blockages pose operational risks.

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/KBR

Project title: Shamiya Export Manifold Anomalies and UG/AG piping Scope, Shamiya degassing station DG-10. 2023

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/KBR

Project title: Shamiya Renaissance project Shamiya degassing station DG-10. 2023

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/KBR

Project title: Over pressure protection project,(civil steel structure and piping) Mishrif Shamiya degassing station

DG-13. 2023

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/Petrofac

Project title: Installation of new isolation valve downstream of the Booster Pump and downstream of the gas turbine, Qurainat degassing station DG11. 2022

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/Petrofac

Project title: Re-routing 3rd and 4th stage separator gas PCV lines to existing Train A/B LP flare header for Train A/B/C, Qurainat degassing station DG11. 2022

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/Petrofac

Project title: Strainer upstream of train a FWKO, Qurainat degassing station DG11. 2022

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/Petrofac

Project title: piping Instrument air line upgradation Qurainat Degassing station DG-11. 2022

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/Petrofac

Project title: Qurainat renaissance, Degassing station DG-11, MOC-198 process Vent. 2022

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/Petrofac

Project title: Produced water disposal piping phase 3 project, Qurainat degassing station DG11. 2022

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/Petrofac

Project title: TAR of Degassing station DG02 for over pressure protection system. 2022

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/Petrofac

Project title: DS4 - DRAIN LINES FROM COLD VENT HEADERS TO SAFE. 2021

Location: Rumaila oil field / Basrah /Iraq

Client: ROO/Petrofac

Responsibilities

• Executes visual inspections per Code, drawings, and other applicable standards.
• Plan, and execute NDT testing and conduct a variety of NDT methods (RT, UT, MT, PT, VT, PMI).
• Monitoring and completing hydrostatic, pneumatic testing activities and approving them.
• Interpret test results and evaluate indications accurately, referencing relevant standards and specifications, and prepare comprehensive inspection reports.
Preparepare inspection test plan ITP according to the requirements of each project.
• Witness welding procedure qualification tests
• Conducting and monitoring the qualification of welders WQT in accordance with relevant codes and standards (e.g., ASME, AWS, etc..).
• Led the execution and provided technical assistance for PWHT (Post Weld Heat Treatment) operations, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and welding codes.
• Prepare and review welding maps and weld logs.
• Conducted piping inspections including fit-up, alignment, flange condition, and valve orientation; verified material traceability, ensured proper installation of supports, and internal cleanliness procedures as per project specifications.
• Inspected structural steel works including alignment, verticality, bolt torquing, erection tolerances, and grouting activities, ensuring full compliance with approved drawings and technical specifications
• Carried out inspections for painting and coating activities, including surface preparation, environmental condition checks, salt contamination tests, adhesion and surface roughness tests, DFT measurements, monitoring of application sequences, and verification of paint materials and curing intervals, in accordance with project specifications and approved coating procedures.
• Conducted wrapping inspections and performed holiday testing to verify coating.
• Maintained inspection records, submitted inspection requests, participated in joint inspections with clients, tracked NCRs and punch lists, ensured document control for welding logs, red-line drawings, and prepared final dossiers for project handover.

Projects

Project title: CDU No.4 LPG Unit and Boilers PU-001 Crude Oil Distillation Unit With LPG unit. 2019-2022

This project aims to increase the production capacity of the Basra Refinery from 210,000 barrels per day to 280,000 barrels per day, which will in turn contribute to an increase in the production of various petroleum derivatives.

Location: Basrah / Shuaiba Refinery

Client: SRC/ Chemoprojekt,

Project title: NGL-SPLIT FLOW TO KAZ. 2019

Location: West Qurna -Basrah – Iraq

Client: BGC

Responsibilities

• Conducted inspections of weld joints for fit-up, alignment, and compliance with WPS and project specifications.
• Verified welder qualifications, WPS validity, and ensured correct welding parameters were followed.
• Monitored preheat, interpasses, and post-weld temperature control according to procedure.
• Ensured proper handling and storage of welding consumables and electrode baking procedures.
• execute NDT testing and conduct a variety of NDT methods (RT, UT, MT, PT, VT, PMI).
• Interpreted and reviewed NDT results, ensuring weld quality met project codes (ASME, API, AWS).
• Tracked and followed up on weld repairs, re-inspections, and final acceptance.
• Prepared and maintained weld maps, weld logs, and joint numbering for traceability.
• Ensured all welding and NDT documentation was complete and included in project dossier

Projects

Project title: Compression station 8(CS8 West Qurna 1). 2017-2018

Location: West Qurna -Basrah – Iraq

Client: Basra Gas Company BGC / Shell