Professional process operator with strong expertise in field operations and commitment to achieving optimal results. Adept at monitoring and controlling equipment, ensuring safety protocols, and enhancing operational efficiency. Known for effective team collaboration and adaptability to changing environments. Highly skilled in troubleshooting, process optimization, and maintaining high standards of performance.
1.Shutdowns/Startups were in progress, and we are asked to break a line by isolating a block valve, When I start to isolate, it's mechanical gland start slow leaking (High Pressure Hydrocarbons). That block valve for a long time never been touched, my instant thought was if further proceed could lead to failure of the gland and a major disaster of relishing high-pressure hydrocarbons and that could turned into an explosion. The nearest another isolation block valve was 3km away in another unit. My immediate response was to put utility steam on the leak and inform Safety/Maint.to do Furmanite first on the gland and then isolate after.
2.After a Major Refinery Turn-Around (MRTA) Hydrogen production unit got started and almost a month after I was called to cover a shortage there. On my Spine-Thrill I noticed a line from High Pressure Feed-Gas Compressors bottom bleeder small block-valve before a Heat Exchanger was fully open to atmosphere without a plug (Most probably valve was opened earlier in shutdown time to purge or to clean the line, but bottom bleeder was found chocked and kept open to attend later and was forgotten open. My first instinct was to put plug and to close after, since there was chance if first isolate the block-valve can lead the bleeder chock got unchoked and instant release of high-pressure hydrocarbon could catch fire and that part of the loop(line) was out of safe logic auto isolations and lead a major catastrophe.
3.In Unit Battery limits all isolation Block Valves available that we isolate in major shutdowns, one small block valves (on 2" line) were not isolated fully and that single valve cause from other unit to back flow kerosene in the stopped unit of us and that was falling on hot line with smokes, that day was really a high demand with much other important/impromptu works to do(as we are nearing only a day or two to get back our Hydrogen recovery unit after major Turn Around) .After churning/thinking/looking for the cause, In no time that clicked my mind to follow the line and to reach on the isolation block valves rack, where I re-tight the block valve and immediately spillage stopped.