Muhammad Abduhu Email & Phone Number

Calgary, AB, CA

Fort Mcmurray, Alberta, Canada

Optimize SRU, Amine and SAGD operations.

Fort Mcmurray, Alberta, Canada

Started up and optimized pilot plants to test new SAGD technologies in collaboration with Suncor and industry partners.

Fort Mcmurray, Alberta, Canada

Fort Mcmurray, AB, Canada

• Monitored performance of sour water strippers balancing energy usage against product purity specs.
• Turnaround: Inspected tower/trays, identified damaged items and recommended scope reductions.
• Worked with Coker and Hydrotreater teams to identify bottlenecks in Sour Water Treatment network.
• Supported CSU of ammonia incinerator to eliminate ammonia flaring.
• Worked with Calgary SMEs to update operating envelopes to reduce corrosion.

Fort Mcmurray, Alberta

• Monitored process parameters to ensure on-spec dilbit product and produced water.
• Reduced chemical program costs in collaboration with Operations, Engineering and Vendor.
• Implemented Lean/Six Sigma Optimization project to reduce Laboratory Sampling costs.
• Monitored Produced Water Cooler fouling and optimized cleaning schedule for improved uptime.
• Executed MOCs to improve safety, production throughput and environmental performance.
• Completed Process Engineering calculations: e.g. PSV sizing, pump selection, hydraulics.

Fort Mcmurray, Alberta

• Extensive engineering support for successful sulphur plant turnaround.
• Quick process troubleshooting to comply with strict environmental regulations.
• Started up and ramped up a liquid oxidation sulphur recovery process – first one in the Oil Sands.
• Supported debottlenecking project to improve boiler capacity to 110% of nameplate.
• Worked with Calgary Engineering team to reduce NOx emissions from boilers.
• Participated in revalidation HAZOP for Steam/Utilities Unit.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Part of team that commissioned Control System (DCS) at Sunrise to meet start-up deadline.
• Supported boiler start-ups and characterizations to ensure safe and efficient combustion.
• Designed and developed Sunrise Collaboration Hub in PI and XHQ – a tool to allows Operations, Engineering and Management to monitor Key Performance Indicators.

Waterloo, ON

• Investigated use of bacterial cellulose as filler for novel bio-composites
• Coated corn fibres with bacterial cellulose from A. xylinum
• Characterized coated fibres with SEM and TGA tests
• Investigated the effect of silage treatment on coating

Calgary, AB

• Worked with process engineering team to create HYSYS model of SAGD facility.
• Studied economic impact of diluent losses and evaluated cooling options.
• Programmed tools for process models in C# and VBA.
• Developed specialized tools to model Water Treatment plant.
• Implemented Best Practices for oil characterization and viscosity modelling.

Toronto, ON

• Improved a polymer-based adhesive to provide superior corrosion protection for steel pipes by altering raw materials and manufacturing techniques.
• Performed tests on sample pipes according to ASTM standards.
• Analyzed failure modes for adhesives and presented results to team.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Characterized rheological fluid properties of filamentous fungi.
• Built overall and strain-specific models for changes in viscosity and surface tension.
• Identified oxygen mass transfer characteristics of production-scale enzyme fermentation runs.
• Employed statistical analysis to determine empirical relationship between fluid properties and oxygen mass transfer
• Assisted development of pilot-scale models of new bioreactor processes.

Waterloo, ON

• Summary: Our research team is working on developing cheap and durable Nickel-based catalysts for the reaction between Carbon Dioxide and Methane (Syngas) to produce Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide. We are studying ways of.
• Preparation of catalysts and supports.
• Characterization of spent catalysts.
• Measuring coke formation.
• Process simulation on AspenPlus.

Basc., Chemical Engineering, Graduated With Distinction

Activities and Societies: University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels Team (UWAFT), UW Debate Society, Chemical Engineering Students Society.

Power Engineering 4Th Class, Plant Operations