CURRICULUM VITAE

MUHAMMAD TAJ

Purpose

Seeking a senior position like CEO / COO / Operations Manager / Engineering Manager etc. in a private sector Oil & Gas / Energy operating or Sales & Services company within or out of Pakistan.

PERSONAL

Name : Muhammad Taj ArainS/O : Muhammad Rafiq.Date of Birth : June 9, 1963

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering ( Electrical) and a lot of professional trainings in the field of Gas Plants Engineering, Operation & Maintenance, Control & Automation, DCS / PLC, Gas Flow Measurement, Gas Flow Computers and Boiler Burner Management System in Pakistan, South Korea, Malaysia, Italy, UK and USA.

SKILLS SUMMERY.

- 27 Years gas industry experience in mid-stream sector including Gas Plants Operations, Pipeline operations, Instrumentation , Valve Automation & Gas Measurement.

- Good presentation skills. Regularly conduct Training Courses on Gas Measurement, Operation & Maintenance of Pipeline Valves & Actuators, Plant Instrumentation & Controls at Gas Training Institute – Karachi, Pakistan.

- Good negotiating Skills. Participated in many negotiations as Member of Gas Sale & Purchase Agreements negotiation Team of Sui Southern Gas Company.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Presently working with SSGC as Dy. General Manager/Head of Department (Measurement – Transmission).

Here my responsibilities mainly include following functions.

1. Leading a team of about 80 engineers & technicians posted at multiple locations in Sindh & Baluchistan Province and to manage to achieve planned tasks done by the staff through their seniors / sectional heads.

2. Manage to provide required man & machine resources at all job sites so as to complete assigned tasks within budget & agreed timelines.

3. Keep all down the line teams / staff motivated & focused so as to get out best from them to achieve desired results.

4. Keeping close coordination / communication with multiple departments and all levels so that permissions / approvals are obtained in time for smooth workflow.

5. Responsible for witnessing of Fiscal Gas Meters of our gas supplier companies to make sure they are working accurately and SSGC is being invoiced correctly in terms of volume & energy. There are 26 Points of Delivery (POD) at which gas enters in the transmission pipelines of SSGC. These Point of Delivery Meter Stations range from just 2 MMSCFD to giant 400 MMSCFD Stations and operate under different Gas Sale Purchase Agreements (GSPA).

6. Responsible for operation , maintenance, calibration / validation of Check Meters ( Gas Meter Stations owned & operated by SSGC and installed just down stream of POD Meters ).

7. SSGC is owner operator of two pipelines which transport gas for an other company under Gas Transport Agreements ( GTAs ). These lines transport about 100 MMSCFD Gas and I am responsible for operation & maintenance of Gas Meter Stations at entry & exit points and reconciliation of gas received & re-delivered in terms of volume & energy to raise tariff invoices as per Gas Transportation Agreements.

8. SSGC is in agreement with a company, which is entitled to extract Liquefied Petroleum Gas ( LPG ) from the gas flowing in one pipeline segment of SSGC. I am responsible for operation , maintenance of Gas Metering Stations installed to measure gas volume & energy exiting from SSGC network & entering back into it, so as to invoice them for energy shrinkage. About 250 MMSCFD Gas is metered at these stations.

9. Responsible for operation & maintenance of 120 Meter Stations where, gas is taken out of Transmission Pipelines for supply to cities, towns, industrial customers and power plants.

10. Responsible for preparation of reconciliation statements for all the gas entries & deliveries on the entire Transmission Network.

11. To work as technical authority for sizing & selection of metering systems & technologies for transmission metering. Presently, following type of metering equipments are being used.

12. Orifice Meters, Turbine Meters, Ultrasonic Meters & Rotary Meters, Gas Flow Computers, Electronic Gas Volume Correctors, Gas Chromatographs, H2S Analyzers, Moisture Analyzers etc. We are using various brands for these equipment including, Fisher, Daniel, Sansus, Mercury, Dresser, Romet, Bristol, Ametek, Control Micro, ABB & Envent etc.

13. To develop & keep them up-dated Technical Specifications for gas measurement & allied equipments, prepare cost estimates for measurement projects, initiate procurement process, Technical Evaluation & Approval of received bids. Inspection of Material to confirm the delivered goods are as per ordered specs.

14. Prepare Operation & Maintenance cost estimates and proper utilization of available resources for smooth functioning of the department.

15. To mange a pool of 80 Engineers & Technicians stationed at 09 Strategic Locations on 3500 Kilometer Pipelines, to execute all of the above referred jobs.

16. Training & Development and performance appraisal of down the line engineers & staff is also my responsibility.

17. In addition to my above job responsibilities, I regularly conduct Training Courses at SSGC Gas Training Institute on following subjects. Fiscal Gas Measurement, Pipeline Valves & Actuators, Pipeline & Plant Instruments.

18. Recently Pakistan has started importation of LNG. I am responsible for witnessing & verification of volume & energy delivered to our company by our LNG re-gasification service provider under LNG Services Agreement.

19. To participate in negotiations for Gas Sale and Purchase Agreements between SSGC & Gas producers.

PREVIOUS JOB ASSIGNMENTS.

From 2002 – 2010

I was head of Pipeline Instrumentation Department & was responsible for following jobs.

1 - Operation & maintenance of about 240 Mainline Valves Local & RemoteOperated from central control room through SCADA, installed on about3300 Kilometers of high pressure gas pipelines of 12, 16, 18, 20 & 24 inchdiameters.2 – Operation & Maintenance of more than 30 pipeline inter-connect & pressureregulation stations spread on entire transmission network.3 – Design & installation supervision of Gas Pressure Regulation &MeasurementStations.

4 – Operation & Maintenance of about 120 Gas Pressure Regulation Stations forgas supply to towns, industrial customers & power plants.5 – I managed a project in which 20 Nos. 18 Inch ANSI-600 Manual Pipeline Valves were retrofitted with Gas Over Oil Actuators to make these valves remote operable from central control room through SCADA. This job included preparation of Project Proposal & Cost Estimate, Preparation of Technical Specification & Invitation to Bid Documents, Technical Evaluation of Bids, Inspection of Material, Removal of Manual Gears & Installation of Actuators, interfacing with SCADA & Testing, Commissioning & Site Acceptance. All the jobs were carried-out in house with out any assistance from consultants or contractors. 6 – I supervised a team of 25 Engineers & Technicians during my this job assignment.

From 1990 – 2002

1 – Served at 850 MMSCFD Gas Sweetening & Dehydration Plant then owned & operated by Sui Southern Gas Company.2 – Joined this plant as a Trainee Engineer & Left as Sr. Engineer & Head of Instrument & Controls Department.3 – This plant consists of power generation plants, steam generation plants & gas dehydration plants. I was responsible for operation & maintenance of all the plant instrumentation & supervised a team of 20 Engineers & Technicians. 4 – Prepared Training Material & Conducted Many Training Courses for Plant Operators & Instrument Technicians.5 – Worked on maintenance , servicing and calibration of instruments of all types used in Oil & Gas industries for measurement and control of level, pressure, flow, temperature & online process analyzers and Boiler Process Control & Burner Management System. I have worked on all major brands of instruments like FISHER, ROSEMOUNT, TAYLOR, HONEYWELL, FOXBORO, MAGNETROL, YAMATAKE , MESONEILENE, NAKAKITA, TRACOR ATLAS ANDENDRESS – HOUSER ETC. PROJECT COMMISSIONING EXPERIENCE: I participated in the commissioning of following plants as a member of Project Commissioning Team.

1 - 1991 - 130 MMSCFD Natural gas purification plant.2 - 1991 - 165 MMSCFD Natural gas dehydration plant. 3 - 1992 - 100,000 lbs./ hr Steam Generation Boiler.

4 - 1998 - 02 Nos. Natural gas purification plants of 130 MMSCFD Capacity each. 5 - 1998 - 02 Nos. Natural gas dehydration plants of 165 MMSCFD Capacity each. 6 - 2001 - 02 Nos. Steam Generation Boiler Plants of 150,000 lbs./hr. capacity each along with ancillary equipment. 7 - 2001 – Worked on 02 No. 130 MMSCFD each gas purification Banks Instrumentation Revamp project in which pneumatic field and control room instruments were replaced with Distributed Control System.

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS:

1 - “Plant Engineering, Operation & Maintenance” conducted by Daewoo Engineering Company at their engineering Department in Seoul - South Korea.

2 - “Honeywell PlantScape Process R–300 DCS Training conducted by Honeywell at Technical Education Center , Malaysia.

3 - “Boiler Burner Management System” conducted by Sicon Oil & Gas Srl. at their Engineering Department in Milan – Italy.

4 - Hartman & Braun Digitric P controllers Configuration, Op & Maint. Conducted by ABB Instrumentation spa in Milan – Italy.

5 - “Fundamentals of Measurement and Control Instruments utilizing Digital Controls” conducted by Oil & Gas Training Institute, Islamabad in collaboration with Canadian International Development Agency( CIDA) and Southern Alberta Institute of Technology ( SAIT )-Canada.

6 - “An Introduction to Petroleum & Liquefied Gases Measurement and Safety Code of Practice” conducted by SGS – Pakistan in collaboration With Redwood International Training Services – UK.

7 - Management Techniques & Managerial Skills Conducted by Gas Training Institute, Karachi – Pakistan.

8 - Operation & Maintenance of Safety Valve Test Bench Model SAV-60 conducted by M/S Italcontrol Srl at their factory in Marnate, - Italy.

9 - Training on E-Chart Flow Computers conducted by Representative of Dynamic Flow Computers – USA. 10 - Training on Fiscal Metering, conducted by Petroleum Training Institute

- UK in Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia.11 - Attended Training Course “ International LNG Business Management Certificate” conducted by International Human Resource Corporation of USA in Kula Lumpur – Malaysia. 12- Attended Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) and Training on Ultrasonic Gas Fiscal Metering Skid in USA.