Saqlain Abbas | DCS / Senior Field Operator

Profile

A team player with 14 years of experience in Oil & Gas Sector Process units & Onshore - Crude Sweetening Unit Upstream - NHT / Platformer CCR units Downstream. Experienced in Projects Pre-commissioning, commissioning & stabilization. 5 years of experience in DCS/Panel & 7 years as Field Operator.

Professional Experience

Aramco – Khafji Joint Operations, Saudi Arabia

Role: DCS / Senior Field Operator (100,000 BBL/Day)
Duration: March 25, 2024 – Present

Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company, Lagos, Nigeria

Role: Junior Panel Operator – World’s Largest Single Train Refinery (650,000 BBL/Day)
Duration: July 2022 – March 24, 2024

CNERGYICO PK LIMITED (Byco Petroleum Pakistan)

Role: DCS / Field Operator (155,000 BBL/Day)
Duration: October 2015 – July 2022

Pakistan Refinery Limited, Karachi, Pakistan

Role: Field Operator (50,000 BBL/Day)
Duration: September 2010 – October 2015

Steady State Activity

Maintain process parameters and operate plant as per instructions.
Monitor process trends and take corrective actions for deviations.
Maintain records/logbooks for jobs and interlock bypasses.
Coordinate with field engineers, supervisors, and panel operators.
Handled emergencies such as cooling water failure, hydrogen failure, and fire incidents safely.

Precommissioning and Commissioning Activities

Checking and closing punch points.
Testing alarms, trip points, interlocks, and relief valves.
Checking logics, vibration switches, gas detectors, and ESD systems (FAT & SAT).
Vessel/column box-up, seal pan test, and loop flushing (CDH/Flare/AG).
Pigging and Rotomol cleaning for large lines, leak testing of circuits.

Major Emergency / Shutdown Jobs Handled

Heat exchanger channel head gasket leakage and fire.
Main crude fire heater tube rupture.

Equipment with Hands-on Experience

Pumps: Centrifugal, PD, turbine-driven & motor-driven.
Compressors: Centrifugal & reciprocating.
Fire Heaters: Natural, forced & balanced draft.
Heat Exchangers: Shell & tube, double pipes.
Columns: Sieve trays, bubble caps, valve trays.
Vessels & Separators.
Desalters & Dehydrators.

Education

2006 – 2009: DAE in Chemical Engineering Technology (Islamabad, Pakistan)

Personal Details

Date of Birth: 03.03.1990

Nationality: Pakistani

Marital Status: Married

Driving Licence: Yes (Saudi Arabia)

Address: Nawazish Nagar, Garh More, Tehsil Ahmed Pur Sial, District Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan

References

Mr. Wahid Bukhsh – Senior DCS Operator, Dangote Refinery & Petrochemical Co., Nigeria
📞 +234 811 377 1459

Mr. Hafiz Imran Mehmood – Deputy General Manager – MHC Operations, Dangote Refinery & Petrochemical Co., Nigeria
📞 +234 916 008 2945