MOHAMED MOKHTAR ZAYED,

AMIChemE

E-mail: m-zayed@hotmail.com
Phone: +2 01005077923
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamedmzayed
Address: 475 El Horreya Rd., Boulkly,
Alexandria, Egypt

PERSONAL SUMMARY

A Process Engineer with more than 7 years of experience working with one of the natural gas exploration and production
majors (BG GROUP). In addition to a year-long of teaching experience in the Chemical Engineering dept. of Alexandria
University, Egypt.
Current role is Lead Development/Facilities Engineer in BG Egypt corporate office working on field development plans for
recent discoveries as well as expansion opportunities of existing facilities.
Previously seconded to the major single natural gas producer in Egypt as a Process Engineer in the Brownfield Projects and
Engineering Group. I was responsible for the delivery of multi-discipline project packages, in addition to the process
engineering duties of other brownfield projects and operations support requests.
Areas of experience include:
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Concept, FEED, and Detailed Design project phases

Offshore, subsea, and onshore projects
Vent/Flare studies and modifications
Flow assurance & Subsea Systems
High Pressure Protection
Process Safety in Design

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Process design of upstream equipment

Firewater systems
HAZOP, HAZID, SIL Assessment workshops
Process modeling and simulation
Industry Standards including API 520/521, API 2000, API 200
API 14E/C, API 500/505, ASME VIII, and ASME B31.3.

WORK EXPERIENCE
APR 2014 - PRESENT:
Main Scope &
Responsibilities

Projects

LEAD DEVELOPMENT/FACILITIES ENGINEER

BG Egypt/Developments

Liaison between the different corporate functions to generate and optimize field development
plans for new fields and discoveries in Egypt.
Responsible for the facilities engineering input for ongoing projects
Review and approval of Contractor engineering documentation/drawings during conceptual
studies.
Provide technical support to commercial negotiations

Harmattan Deep Field Development

Leading the field development engineering during the Venture Feasibility and Assessment Stage.
Refining the field development plan and framing the field development concepts for the
commercialization of the Discovery offshore Egypt North-eastern coast.
Coordinating the efforts of exploration, subsurface and reservoir engineering teams to optimize the value
of the venture
Definition of economic sensitivities to assess and optimize the value of the venture
Review of project cost estimate, and generating execution schedules.

Rosetta-to-WDDM Crossover Project

Leading the concept selection/FEED stages of a project to link the existing onshore facilities of Rosetta and
WDDM
Generate preliminary cost estimate and execution schedule
Arrange and conduct concept selection workshop with internal company stakeholders to screen the
available options prior to involving external contractors
Prepare contractor scope of work documents for the concept selection and FEED studies.

Condensate Export Project

Define engineering modification required to facilitate exporting condensate with minimum expenditure
utilizing existing infrastructure
Technical Support to the commercial negotiations of condensate handling and transportation agreements

Libra-Taurus 3rd party gas Project

Review and approval of onshore and offshore process engineering, and flow assurance documentation
during the Pre-FEED phase.
Preparation of Metering & Allocation procedure (ongoing)

West El-Burullus 3rd party gas Project

Provided technical support to the commercial negotiations of handling and transportation, and
construction and tie-in agreements
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NOV 2013 - APR 2014:

JUN 2012 - NOV 2013:

LEAD PROCESS ENGINEER

PROCESS ENGINEER
BG Egypt - Seconded to JV/Brownfield Projects & Engineering

Main Scope &

Responsibilities

Projects

Leading small-to-medium sized Brownfield projects from definition phase through to

completion and providing technical support to procurement and construction
Conducting conceptual studies for proposed brownfield projects.
Preparing Scope of Work and Basis of Design documents for engineering contractors to design
and implement brownfield projects and studies.
Review, approval, and follow-up of Contractors deliverables to ensure compliance with project
requirements and Company standards.
Working closely with engineering contractors & suppliers (ENPPI, and others) to ensure proper
engineering for the Brownfield Projects in compliance with industry and corporate standards.
Carrying out process studies and calculations to support ongoing operations and define
proposed modifications.
Coaching Junior/graduate process engineers

Examples of Projects accomplished during this period:

Re-design of the produced water handling system in the onshore plant reducing the amount of hose
connections in the process plant and removing 100+ daily truck movements from inside the process area
to outside the fence.
Process study for bypassing the gas dehydration package and the effect on plant performance and export
gas specs, facilitating the maintenance/repair of a critical fired heater with minimal interruption to gas
production
Study on the feasibility of injecting foamer to subsea wells using existing chemical injection units to
minimize CAPEX expenditure
Study on the feasibility of interconnecting the firewater network of the two neighboring plants, and
develop an integrated hydraulic model for the firewater system.
Developing safe solution to protect against High-Pressure gas breakthrough risk onshore and offshore,
and maximizing the allowable liquid production rates to avoid liquid bottlenecks in the system

SEPT 2010 - JUN 2012:

SEPT 2009 - AUG 2010:

PROCESS ENGINEER
GRADUATE PROCESS ENGINEER
BG Egypt - Seconded to JV/Rashpetco Projects

Scope &
Responsibilities

Projects

Defining the project scope and basis of design for the onshore and offshore projects
Work closely with Contractors to progress through the FEED and Detailed Design of phases
Review and approve contractors process engineering drawings and documentation.
Responsible for the delivery of specific work packages
Provide process engineering input to HAZOP, HAZID, and SIL assessment workshops
Tracking & Close-out of the engineering actions that arise from various safety and design
workshops
Provide technical support during tendering and procurement stages of the project
Prepare operation and start-up procedures for the new modifications

Rosetta Upgrade Project (September09 Aug12)

Held the responsibility of process design of the following:
- Platform modifications to enable operating test and production separation trains in parallel
- Installing a topside High Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS)
- Designing proper protection against high-pressure gas breakthrough events
- Addressing low temperature issues in the vent system resulting from higher operating pressures
- Installing a new Chemical Injection package offshore, and modifying existing ones.
- Debottlenecking the onshore facilities to be able to receive 5,000 bpd of produced water.

WDDM Phase IXa FEED: Subsea Process/Flow Assurance (Mar12 May12)

Review and approval of Process Safety and Flow Assurance work of the FEED contractor.
Based in the contractor office in the UK, acted as interface between Contractor Engineers, Company
Project team in Cairo, and Corporate technical consultants.
Contributed to the Corporate Gate review meetings during the FEED prior to sanctioning the project
Provided guidance and support to Contractor Engineers on developing the Process Safety deliverables in
accordance with Corporate Standards.
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AUG 2008 - SEPT 2009

GRADUATE PROCESS ENGINEER

BG Egypt - Seconded to JV/Operations

Highlights

Provided process engineering support to a major hot-tapping campaign for the booster compression
project. Provided gas velocity predictions in tie-in locations as required by API 2201 to validate the hot
tap locations and propose alternatives.
Successfully delivered the Operating Manual for Sapphire and North Sequoia subsea fields
Participated in Safety Studies and workshops; HAZOP, HAZID, ENVID, and SIL Assessments for various
onshore, offshore, and subsea projects as an independent process engineer.
Follow up of the High Pressure/Low Pressure interface protection issues identified during a field-wide
process hazard review.

SEP 2007 - JULY 2008

TEACHING ASSISTANT/DEMONSTRATOR
Chemical Engineering, University of Alexandria

Highlights

Classroom demonstrator for Thermodynamics, Mass/Energy Balance, Modeling and Simulation, and
Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
Prepared student guidance notes for Mass/Energy Balance and Thermodynamics.
Performed regular written and oral assessments to students.

EDUCATION
2002 2007: BSc with Degree of Honor in Chemical Engineering major, Faculty of Engineering, University of Alexandria.
Accumulative Grade: Excellent with Honor degree (93.6 %)

Ranking: First of Class

LANGUAGES & COMPUTER SKILLS

Arabic native speaker

Good Command of HYSYS / UNISIM and FlareNET

Fluent in English (Written and Spoken)

Familiar with PRO /II, PipeSIM, OLGA, ChemCAD, and MatLab

Proficient User of MSWord, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Que$tor

FORMAL TRAINING
Technical
Reservoir Engineering for Other Disciplines, Petroskills, Dubai October 2014
Operation and Control of Confused gas Compressors, ESD simulations Aberdeen, 2012
UniSim Steady State and Dynamic Simulation, Honeywell Brussels November 2011
Basic Offshore Safety and Emergency Training Course (BOSIET), AAST Alexandria, 2010
Pipeline Hydraulics & Multiphase flow (with practice on OLGA), IFP Paris, 2010
Fundamentals of Process Safety, IChemE, Aberdeen UK 2010
Gas Conditioning and Processing, J.M. Campbell, Bergen - Norway 2009
Non-Technical
Effective Communication & Human Relations, Dale Carnegie Cairo, 2012
Influencing Key Stakeholders, BG EGYPT Cairo, Egypt 2011

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 1st of June 1985

Military service status: Exempt

Nationality:

Marital Status:

Egyptian

Married, two children

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