Responsible for providing on-site technical support for refineries during the commissioning, start-up and operation of UOP proprietary technologies. This involves both licensing field services, which include vessel inspection, piping checkout, commissioning and performance testing of new UOP licensed units and revamps, as well as catalyst services such as reloads and regenerations.

Worked with the Marketing, Technology Services and Research & Development groups for the Career Development Program. Sep 2014- Aug 2015 Research and Development, Aromatics GroupSupporting projects to develop next generation catalysts and processes by carrying out testing on pilot plants for Tatoray and Ethylbenzene Isomerization technologies.• Scheduling testing plan for projects• Daily monitoring of plant operations, checking data quality and coordinating with… Show more Worked with the Marketing, Technology Services and Research & Development groups for the Career Development Program. Sep 2014- Aug 2015 Research and Development, Aromatics GroupSupporting projects to develop next generation catalysts and processes by carrying out testing on pilot plants for Tatoray and Ethylbenzene Isomerization technologies.• Scheduling testing plan for projects• Daily monitoring of plant operations, checking data quality and coordinating with operations team to implement changes in operating conditions as needed. • Troubleshooting issues with pilot plant operation• Analysing and interpreting pilot plant data for each test run and summarising key findings for Research team.Feb 2014- Aug 2014 Technology ServicesWorking for UOP’s Technology Services group to provide technical expertise to customers on how to optimise units for safe and economical operation• Providing technical expertise to customers on UOP’s proprietary technologies for Catalytic Reforming, Hydroprocessing, Hydrocracking & Fluid Catalytic Cracking • Monitoring the operation of UOP processes, equipment, catalysts and adsorbents and analysing commercial plant data to optimise unit performance and develop solutions for on-going issues with the unit or catalyst performance• Writing data review reports for customers, providing analysis of the operating data and delivering recommendations for any operating changes that should be made to improve performanceSep 2013- Feb 2014 Marketing Worked on a project to develop a Strategic Marketing Plan for Africa• Delivered analysis of the size of the refining sector in Africa, evaluating the maximum total market value and the maximum market available to UOP. • Developed a petrochemicals value chain to show the monetary value that each of the various phases of refinery development potentially represent, from the initial conceptual studies to the start-up of units in the region. Show less

• Worked on a project to formalise a step-by-step method for carrying out a PVT characterisation of crude oil samples• Generation of subsea cause and effect chart from ESD Philosophy and subsea P&IDs