Muthukumar Rajamanickam Email & Phone Number

Mauritania

Lead laboratory setup as part of commissioning by procuring lab equipment, consumables and established calibration procedures• Established and optimized Oil & Gas Analysis procedures based on ASTM and UOP standards• Wrote TQM procedure for salt, water and gas testing in adherence to ISO guidelines• Closely worked with Production Engineering team to create sampling frequency and assisted in troubleshooting• Achieved annual savings of $1.3 million by optimizing Demulsifier usage in sub-sea& topside operations.• Served as PEC (safety) representative for production team and strived for 0 safety issues• Trained and mentored local personal to achieve job proficiency

Mauritania

• Oil Separation− Performed BS&W, salt test to control crude oil quality− Responsible for economic usage of process chemical injection for sub-sea and topside operations− Maintained inventory for process chemicals for 5-week period and achieved 100% availability• Gas Compression− Assisted production team to run natural gas compressors efficiently by means of process monitoring and troubleshooting− Established process frequency to monitor CO2, H2S content in gas sample and lead CFT (cross-functional team) meetings• Dehydration System− Optimized dehydration system performance by creating monitoring plan for glycol− Analysed rich glycol, lean glycol, pH etc. for efficient water removal from gas used in gas injection• Water Injection System− Monitored injection water quality for potential corrosive and hazardous compounds like SRB bacteria’s, dissolved oxygen, free chlorine and residual sulphite− Developed excel dashboards for quality team to track the parameters periodically• Oil in water Control− Responsible for controlling oil content in overboard discharge water adhering to localgovernment policies− Monitored efficiency of Hydro cyclones by analyzing the inlet, outlet water samples for oilcontent by infrared TOG / TPH analyser• Lube oil Analysis− Ensured compressor performance by monitoring oils for moisture, viscosity, particlecontamination and raised preventive maintenance alerts

Mumbai Area, India

• Involved in plant commissioning and start-up activities• Worked as a laboratory shift-in-charge and acquired proficiency in using lab equipment’s likegas chromatographs, refinery gas analysers, HPLC, atomic absorption spectro photo meters,particle size analysers, Karl fisher instruments and coulometer• Gained proficiency in analysing naphtha, LPG and effluent water samples.• Performed 5S Kaizen and Six sigma projects to drive down scrap and non-value-added tasks

Tuticorin

• Laboratory chemist in VCM/PVC plant

Chennai Area, India

• Performed testing of raw materials and finished products to ensure quality