Abdullah Altuwairgi
Jeddah
Summary
Chemical Engineer with more than 26 years of Oil refining experience. Expertise in preparing monthly short-range operating plan (SROP), oil movements scheduling/products blending, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), and strong knowledge about refinery economics. Leads and train shift planners and new engineers. A strong background in production planning/scheduling, refinery process optimization, refinery simulation and data reconciliation. Took early retirement from Saudi Aramco on December 2012. Completed a master degree program in sustainable energy and environment at Cardiff University, UK 2016. Awarded a PhD in Solar Energy Engineering in 2022. Forward-thinking Operations Specialist bringing 26 years of expertise in planning for oil refining sector businesses. Cultivates rapport with individuals to optimize project goals and output, resolve complex problems and deliver innovative improvement strategies. Proficient in PIMS and MS Excel. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level project management position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Jiddah Refinery
10.1998 - 01.2012
- Worked with Manufacturing Planning Unit (MPU) in Planning Group responsible for preparing monthly production plan, issuing back casting reports, generating monthly material balance reports
- Developed and maintained refinery data reconciliation model
- Recognized for developing many programs to ease and automate unit activities such as products blending recipes, cutter optimization, issuing material balance report and archiving/manipulate data
- Developed and conducted Refinery Economics Awareness Program to all Refinery staff which involved series of lectures for months
- Designed and developed unit website which intended to be a reference to all unit activities and Refinery Economics information resource.
Jiddah Refinery
12.1997 - 10.1998
- Chosen to join Yield Improvement Team formed by refinery manager to develop program to increase refinery profits and reduce costs
- Team successfully generated many items with no cost, minimum cost and high cost to boost refinery margin
- Many of these items were implemented with great success.
Jiddah Refinery
06.1995 - 12.1997
- Joint Manufacturing Planning Unit (MPU) and was responsible for Oil Movement scheduling, issuing products blending recipes, issuing material balance reports, coordinate with refinery customers, coordinate ships loading/offloading and be focal point for coordinating unit activities with other units inside and outside refinery. Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities
Jiddah Refinery
11.1994 - 06.1995
- Worked with Project Coordination Group and was responsible for coordinating refinery projects (Mami, E-1900 and Capital), developing projects ER and scope of work.
Crude Oil Forecasting
Dhahran
11.1993 - 11.1994
- Following the merge of Samarec with Saudi Aramco, I had chance to work within Crude Oil Forecasting and Scheduling Department which enrich my experience in crude oil scheduling, SA international crude inventory monitoring, crude loss control, SA ship fleet.
Supervisor
SAMAREC
01.1988 - 01.1993
- Refinery Operations Support Systems
- As supervisor of Refinery Operations Support Systems group (ROSS), I was responsible for implementation of three of Master Plan programs in Petromin refineries (i.e. Refinery Simulation, Refinery Oil Movement Scheduling and Refinery Data Reconciliation).
- The three programs were implemented successfully in three refineries and were used efficiently for 10 years.
- Headed three expatriate engineers.
Petroserve
01.1986 - 01.1988
- As a new graduate, I had chance to get a one-year training program for refining Process at Jiddah Refinery
- I joined the developing team with French company in Paris for two of master plan systems.
- I was responsible for implementation and on-job training of these systems in three Petromin domestic refineries for three years.
Education
PhD - Solar Energy Engineering
Cardiff University
Cardiff 01.2017 - 07.2022
MSc - Sustainable Energy and Environment
Cardiff University
Cardiff 09.2014 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Since - Chemical Engineering
King Fahad University of Petroleum And Minerals (KFUPM)
Dhahran 11.1980 - 08.1985
Skills
Expert in using PIMS (process optimization tool based on leaner programming technique)undefined
Accomplishments
- Strategic Hydrocarbon Management”, Singapore
- 2007 - "Clean Fuel work shop", Dhahran
- 2006 - "Process Industry Modeling System (PIMS) Advanced Optimization" Bahrain
- 2000 - "PIMS Advanced course" Dhahran
- 1998 - "Introduction to PIMS" Dhahran
- 1997 - "UOP Training Program for Process Engineers" Dhahran
- 2000 - "Introduction to Research Methods" University of Maryland
- 1995 - "Products Blending” Bechtel
- 1990 - "Petroleum Products Blending" Bonner & moor
- 2005 - "Statistics & Numerical Method for Planning Engineer" Dhahran
- 2000 - "Time Management" Dhahran
- 1999 - "Problem Solving & Decision Making" Jiddah
- 1996 - "Refinery Economics" Dhahran
- 2002 - "Mentor Certification" Jiddah
- 2001 - "Mentor Training Program" Jiddah
- 1990 - "UOP Plant Design course" Chicago, USA
- 1990 - "Instrumentation & Process Control" KFUPM, Dhahran
- 1988 – “Essential Petroleum Refining for Process Engineers”, Japan
- Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel (Expert), Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Project
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Timeline
PhD - Solar Energy Engineering
Cardiff University
01.2017 - 07.2022
MSc - Sustainable Energy and Environment
Cardiff University
09.2014 - 01.2016
Jiddah Refinery
10.1998 - 01.2012
Jiddah Refinery
12.1997 - 10.1998
Jiddah Refinery
06.1995 - 12.1997
Jiddah Refinery
11.1994 - 06.1995
Crude Oil Forecasting
11.1993 - 11.1994
Supervisor
SAMAREC
01.1988 - 01.1993
Petroserve
01.1986 - 01.1988
Bachelor of Since - Chemical Engineering
King Fahad University of Petroleum And Minerals (KFUPM)
11.1980 - 08.1985
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