Darshan Battiwala

KIPIC (Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company) – Water Treatment Plant

Mechanical Engineer – Rotating & Static Equipment | Kuwait | [Sep 2024]

• Managed maintenance & reliability of major equipment Decanters, Incinerators, CFBC Boilers, Pumps, Compressors, and Blowers.
• Utilized MAXIMO for PM scheduling, work order management, and spare parts tracking.
• Developed and implemented PM plans to improve equipment uptime and reliability.
• Led daily technical meetings and asset review meetings, solving chronic equipment issues.
• Prepared and reviewed MOC proposals for system upgrades and modifications.
• Directed a team of 50+ supervisors and technicians, ensuring adherence to safety and reliability standards.
• Planned and executed shutdowns and turnarounds.
• Achieved significant reduction in unplanned downtime through optimized PM and RCA.

• Overhauling & Inspection of Crack Gas Compressor & Turbine.
• Compressor Make - Elliott Ebara , Model – 88 MD2-2, 88 M4I & 60 M4/4I.
• Turbine Make - Elliott Ebara ,Model – SNV 10.
• Major job attended - Rotor replacement & installation, Dry Gas Seal replacement & installation.
• Journal & Thrust bearing inspection & replacement.
• Diaphragm cleaning & installation.
• Turbine Governer valve seat inspection & replacement.
• Inspection of Ethylene Compressor , Make – Elliott Ebara ,Model -46M9-8 & 56M6I.
• Turbine Make - Elliott Ebara ,Model – SNV-7.
• Major Job Attended – Journal & Thrust Bearing inspection &replacement.
• Inspection of Propylene Compressor , Make – Elliott Ebara ,Model -70M8-6.
• Turbine Make - Elliott Ebara ,Model – SNV-7.
• Major Job Attended – Journal & Thrust Bearing inspection &replacement.
• Currently working in Compressor Area , Duel Feed Cracker Unit @ Dahej Plant ( South East Asia's one of Largest Cracker Plant )
• Maintenance, overhauling, commissioning & MRT of Compressors including all the relevant auxiliary systems in the Elliott Ebara compressor & turbine Pkg.
• Dry Gas Seal installation & removal from gas compressor.
• Compressor rotor preservation & Journal bearing preservation.
• Compressor & Turbine rotor sent to OEM vendor workshop for HSB.
• Played active role in commissioning of Cracker Plant.
• Maintenance of Rotating equipment such as Pump , compressor , turbine , valve , motor operated valve.
• Commissioning & MRT of Centrifugal Compressor with Dry Gas Seal with Multi stage Turbine – 03 Casing - 05 Stage , 02 Casing -04 Stage , 01 casing – 03 stage. ( Make – ELLIOTT EBARA )
• Maintenance ,overhauling & commissioning of Reciprocating Compressor , 02 Nos - 03 Stage( Make -Dresser Rand )
• Maintenance of small auxiliary turbine - Make ELLIOTT EBARA.
• Maintenance of Governor , actuator -Make ROTORK , TTV ( Trip & Throttle valve ) , Make DRESSER RAND.
• Manages preventive , predictive and breakdown maintenance & troubleshooting of rotary equipments including centrifugal pumps, Diaphragm pumps, Dosing Pump, Vertical high speed integral gear Sundyne pump, multistage vertical pumps for cryogenic section, Turbine driven Pump , small size vertical dosing pump.
• Replacement of seal & bearing. Maintenance of API Seal and piping plan.
• Maintenance of Dry Gas Seal for John crane & Eagle burgmann.
• Alignment checking for pump & Reciprocating compressor belt drive. Critical equipment alignment & soft foot checking through laser alignment kit.
• Accumulator charging & bladder replacement.
• Participates in annual shutdown or major equipment overhaul.
• EOT overhead crane inspection & maintenance, MAKE FAFECO, Capacity 100 MT & 60 MT.
• Planning & bar chart preparation through PRIMAVERA P6 & Microsoft Project during compressor & turbine major overhauling.
• Rotating Equipment Handled at ONGC Petro Additions Ltd
• Compressor - Total 08 Compressor Crack gas compressors, 03 Casing, 05 stage with turbine drive, Make- Elliot Ebara, Ethylene compressor, 02 Casing , 04 stage with turbine drive, Make Elliott Ebara, Propylene compressor, 01 Casing ,03 stage with turbine drive, Make Elliot Ebara, 02 Nos. Reciprocating compressor , 03 stage, Make Dresser Rand
• Turbine - Total 05 Nos. 10 stage condensing type Turbine -03 Nos. Make – Elliott Ebara, Model –SNV 10 & SNV 7, Auxiliary small turbine – 02 Nos. Make – Elliott Ebara, Model – YR

• TDI (Toluene Di-Isocyanate) plants Maintenance and project planning, Inspection & maintenance.
• Displayed skills in managing predictive/preventive breakdown maintenance to ensuring maximum uptime.
• Proven skills in managing the In house projects including commission of mechanical system. Expertise in maintenance of rotary equipments for (toxic services ) like high pressure multistage pumps, Magnetic driven centrifugal pumps, Vacuum pumps, Scrubbing Blowers, Centrifugal Compressors, Pumps with different seal plans and Special Heavy Machine for Tar separation with external hot oil jacket and internal twin shaft dryer as well as stationary equipments like columns its internals and packing, Heat exchangers and PHE, Tanks, Drums & Pressure Vessels.
• HCL & Phosgene Plant equipment Maintenance & Trouble shooting.
• Full Responsible to monitoring of rotating equipment.
• Carried out Job Safety Analysis of TDI plant.
• Pump - Centrifugal Pump , Make-Sulzer , Gear Pump, Make-Sundyne ,Reciprocating pump , Make - Swelore & Milton Roy ,Vertical Multistage Cryogenic Pump , Make-SNM Big size centrifugal pump with turbine drive
• ID Fan - 08 Nos –Make SELAS Linde GMBH
• Seal - Eagle Burgmann ( API Seal Plan )
• Dry Gas Seal – John Crane
• Laser Alignment Kit - Pruftechnik
• EOT Crane - Total 02 Nos – Make FAFECO ( Capacity – 100 MT & 60 MT )
• Compressor TTV - Make - Dresser Rand
• Fire Fighting Equipment - Long Range Monitor
• Energy Saving Equipment - Condensate Lifting Station Pump , Make – Spirax Sarco

• Attended Major shutdown during Oct –Dec 2014.
• Performed Alignment of Rotating Equipment, Laser Alignment, and Maintenance of rotating equipment.
• Bearing & seal replacement.
• Responsible to installation and troubleshooting for rotating equipment until hand over to end user.
• Responsible to maintenance & Troubleshooting of centrifugal compressor, reciprocating compressor.

• Commissioning of Rotating Equipment Pump , compressor & lube oil system.
• Maintenance, Execution, overhauling, troubleshooting of rotating equipment.
• Plant piping checking as per P&ID. Daily piping work completion work updated & report to superior.
• Responsible to prepare & reviewing of all standard maintenance procedure for pump and valve service & repair work, installation & commissioning work.
• Responsible to monitor all project schedules to meet customer requirement schedule.
• Responsible to managed and distribute job and manpower and create detail of daily and monthly maintenance job.

• Maintenance, Planning, Execution & Troubleshooting of rotating & static equipment like pump, compressor, Vessel & Exchanger.
• Central maintenance engineer to cater exigency for units in refinery plant such as CDU/VDU & FCCU, etc.
• Major pump modification & box up. Mechanical Seal Installation in Centrifugal pumps. Alignment of rotating equipment. Overhauling of Pump, compressor & turbine. LLF Taking for rotating equipment. Identifying areas of obstruction / breakdowns and taking corrective measures / steps to rectify the equipments.
• CDU / VDU Column repair & modification. Major piping modification & replacement.
• CDU/VDU Heater modification. Heater support modification & insulation repair. Heater maintenance & pigging job. Boiler Tube Bank replacement.
• CCR/NHT / DHDS Reactor catalyst replacement related tray removal & box up.
• Lifting plan preparation for critical rotating & static equipment.
• Shutdown preparation. Micro level planning turnaround planning. Pivotal in planning daily maintenance activities & arranging resources and safe execution of jobs. Fabrication job planning & execution.
• Calibration & Maintenance of PSV.Check Valve inspection & hydro test.
• Cell & Tube & PHE Maintenance .Tube Bundle removal through Bundle Extractor machine.
• Preparing monthly progress & rotating equipment reports .Material availability & Inspection & store.
• Coordinating material / spare parts planning related activities.
• Strict compliance of safety work permit system.