Engr.

Owais Manzoor
Lead Materials and Corrosion Engineer

Mobile KSA: +966583941100 Email :owias-malik@live.com

Passport No: APO763533 Current Location: Khobar, KSA

Profile

Engr. Owais Manzoor (LEAD MATERIALS & CORROSION ENGINEER)

He is a proactive, veteran, quality-driven Asset Risk, Reliability & Integrity Management Professional
with analytical, critical thinking, investigative problem-solving skills necessary to manage & control
opportunities within Defense, Automobiles, power plant, petrochemical, refining and fertilizer market,
where he dealt very closely with plant problems and learned how operation and maintenance deal with
those problems he use sophisticated strategies to consistently build & improve business performance.

He is a graduate Engineer in Metallurgy & Materials, encompassing more than 7 years of experience. He
has served in Power generation related projects in Pakistan and Middle East. He specializes in materials
characterization, Metallic Materials testing, selection of material based on NACE, Shell DEPs and project
specification, international practices including NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156 and NACE MR0103Lab
analysis, damage assessment and corrosion failure investigations, Life Extension Studies for production
facilities, flow lines and trunk lines, Remnant Life Assessments for Pipelines, development of Corrosion
Philosophy, Corrosion Management System & Corrosion Control Manual. He possesses substantial
materials knowledge He have many achievements in problems solving, team leading, innovation and
training. His exceptional people management, interpersonal and consultative skills with my Asset
Performance & Management skills to forge impactful union that enables me to work cohesively with key
stakeholders while delivering vision, leadership, courage necessary to transform operations. Identified &
implemented improvements through the aging plants life assessment, failure investigation conditions
assessment, reliabilities studies and mechanical integrity analysis

International Certifications and Academia Goals

International member: (ASM)
Executive Member (IMMM)
API: 571 Certified ( Corrosion and Materials)
API: 580 Certified ( Risk Based Inspection )
ASNT Level II (RT, UT, MPT)
Executive Member (MICorr)
B.E Metallurgy and Materials Science (2010)
To be part of a team where he can exhaust his
skills set and make contributions in line with
organizational targets and vision for long term.
Engr. Owais Manzoor enjoys working in
metallurgical forensic and corrosion
methodology development and aims to develop
technical skills to deal with emerging problems
faced by industry. and passion for his work
makes him as a strong professional asset.
 Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience

Axis Inspection , Saudi Arabia Lead Materials & Corrosion Engineer (2015-Present)

 Serving in different client’s plant on permanent basis as materials and corrosion engineer in Saudi
Arabia.
 Worked as Corrosion Engineer in Sadara Petrochemicals through Axis Inspection.
 Served as Corrosion Engineer In Petrokemya (Sabic) during shutdowns for identifying and
establishing the damage mechanisms and selection/optimization of inspection techniques.
 Achieve the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) analysis and participating in the reassessment program.
 Dealing with Failures related to Corrosion, Welding, coating & Paints, improper materials design
mechanical failures.
 Participation in failure analysis studies for varied class of equipments and components.
 Identifying/characterizing innocuous flaws and flaws that can cause catastrophic failures in
equipment’s.
 Optimization of corrosion Inhibitor through Gamry Software and remnant inhibitor analysis for
specified time interval.
 Preparing corrosion loops and Circuits through software and manually.
 Establishing the inspection frequency based on deterioration rates and expected damage
mechanisms.
 Lead periodic discussions with teams and ensure that all RBI recommendations are implemented
as agreed
 Provide high level support to area inspection engineer for sophisticated corrosion cases which
requires detailed RCA and may requires follow up with external speciali

 Materials Selection Consultancy during the design & construction phase of the facilities.
 Enhanced troubleshooting and recommendation provision for materials up-gradation.
 Onsite testing to detect susceptibility to environmental, operational, and mechanical degradation.
 Risk base inspection of machines to identify potential hazards and risk associated
 Carrying out on site NDE, specifically for In situ hardness testing and microstructural replication.
 Co-ordination on projects execution and completion.
 Preparing In-House Technical Procedures for mechanical Testing, Corrosion Testing and
Metallurgical investigation.
  Injection of Corrosion Inhibitors for all flowlines. Maintaining the desired concentration of
Corrosion Inhibitor in pipelines by residual inhibitor analyses
 Corrosion rate monitoring through Corrosion Coupons, ER probes and iron count.
 Corrosion rate calculations through Ultrasonic Thickness Survey. Calculation of remaining life
and Maximum Allowable Working Pressure (MAWP).
 PSP Surveys of the flowlines, trunklines, buried plant piping (BPP), tanks bottom, underground
vessels. To ensure that the protection criteria are met. To spot interference in the structure

Exova Group Ltd Materials Expert (2011-2015)

 Served in Petroleum development Oman and ORPIC refinery in Muscat, Oman through Exova
Cayman.
 Assisted Materials team at plant helping with materials testing and composite Testing
 Guide Corrosion & Materials Department on the material selection with respect to the welding.
 Developed experiments to test for different composite mechanical properties used for finite
element analysis.
 CUI visual inspection on columns, heat exchangers, vessels, storage tanks and pipings.
 Identifying areas of special concern and deterioration (e.g., dead legs, injection points, buried
piping, corrosion under insulation (CUI), erosion & corrosion/erosion), preparation of inspection
procedures to follow-up their resolution to improve Plant integrity.
 Work with other engineering groups to provide data, information and recommendations related
activities such as facility modifications, corrosion programs, chemical treatment processes, and
chemical injection applications

 Attended Corrosion Prevention and Pollution Prevention Seminars .

 Assisted in reviewing engineering drawings for coatings and sealants.
 Corrosion Rate prediction by using ECE-5 for all process and utility streams.
 Carry out failure analysis and finding solutions to welding related problems.
 Maintain database of welding related problems and their status.
 Evaluates new developments in welding field for possible application to current welding
problems or production processes.
 Support on materials selection and corrosion control issues in design and operational activities
 Interpretation, assessment, evaluation and approval of NDT Inspection results including
recommendations for monitoring, repair or replacement.
 Worked on CuNi (9-Cu-10 Ni grade), Stainless steel (Austenitic grades), CRA clad pipes with
INCONEL 625, solid INCONEL (ASTM B444-N06625), Duplex stainless steel (UNS S31803
ASTM A790-S31803).
 Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment & External Corrosion Direct Assessment for Pipelines.
 Development of Corrosion Control Manual and Corrosion Management Systems.
 Corrosion Control techniques.
 Development of Asset Integrity management Systems.

Mol Oil & Gas B.V Corrosion Engineer (2010- 2011)

 To provide the company with the appropriate remedies for both internal and external corrosion
for the company’s facilities and equipment
 Monitoring and following up all existing projects, such as cathodic protection (CP), chemical
inhibitor and coating applications during monitoring companies and their contractors
 Work as a focal point to set up the basic and detailed design as well as the material selection for
different facilities used in oil and gas field with focus on those related to corrosion control
engineering
 Corrosion Prevention/Protection plans: Evaluation of Corrosion inhibitors (Static, NACE
Rotating Cage, NACE Bubble Tests and foaming/emulsion test). Injection of Corrosion Inhibitors
at all production wellheads at an appropriate dosage. Maintaining the desired concentration of
Corrosion Inhibitor in pipelines by residual inhibitor analyses.
 Corrosion Monitoring Plan: Techniques utilized include ER probes, LPR probes, corrosion
coupons, iron count method, thickness monitoring survey. Reporting the summary of all the data
in a comprehensive Corrosion Performance Report.
 Cathodic Protection Systems: PSP surveys of flowlines, tanks bottoms, underground vessels and
wellhead casings (instant-off potential surveys). DCVG Surveys and CIP surveys for determining
location of coating damage.
 Non-Destructive Testing: Management and liaison with contractors for DPT, MPI, UT, and RT
PROJECTS & PUBLICATIONS
 Failure analysis of super heater outlet header from Ammonia plant.
 Failure Analysis and remaining life assessment of longitudinal welded joint of distillation tower
of a catalytic cracking unit.
 Failure analysis of adhesively bonded joints in composite materials
 Failure analysis of a graphite/epoxy laminate subjected to combined thermal and mechanical
load
 Failure analysis and damage initiation in carbon-carbon composite materials under three-point
bending
 Failure Investigation of OUTLET SUPERHEATER STEAM PIPE in a thermal power
 Failure analysis and Oxidation Analysis of Water wall of Steam boiler
 Turn around at ORPIC Oman 2014 ( replication of SA 533 and SA 508 materials for reactor
vessels)
 Analysis of manufacturing Induced Fatigue damages in duplex stainless steel flanges.
 Stress Corrosion Cracking Analysis of welded piping in catalytic cracking Piping.
 Macroscopic examination of fillet welds at Sohar Refinery (Oman) in 2015.

 Failure Analysis and remaining Life Assessment of Methanol reformer tubes ( outlet pigtails )
 Toot Cause Failure Analysis of Creep and Internal Corrosion in High Chromium Steel due to
over heating
 Failure analysis of CO reformer tubes in 2016.
 Failure Analysis of heat exchanger tubes using microscopic analysis approach
 Remedial Study for Acidic/Castic Alternating Corrosion of Ethylene Plant from operational
problems.
 Failure Analysis of Valve piston rod
 Failure analysis of drive shaft of ship loader slewing system

Publication
 Technical article on Heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) tube failures and inspection
technologies
 Technical article on life assessment of catalyst reformer tubes and pigtails
 A case study Failure of 17-4 PH stainless steel components in offshore platforms
 Technical Article on Stress Induced Failures for reboiler tubes from wrong Material Selection
 Technical Article on Role of Microstructure on Stress Corrosion cracking in Austenitic Stainless
Steels,

Knowledge domain

 API, ASME, AWS, MR0175, NACE, BS EN, DNV, ABS, LLYOD’S

 Oil and Gas field material specifications.
 Dye penetration Testing (DPT),
 Ultrasonic testing (UT),
 Radiography film interpretation/evaluation.
 Thermography testing of heaters tubes.
 Positive material identification (PMI).
 Automobile components and its material specifications.
 Selection of materials, surface engineering and value engineering.
 API 510, API 570, API 653, API 579,
  ASME sec IX, ASME Sec VIII, ASME Sec II, ASME Sec V.

Trainings and certifications

 Failure Analysis of components in Oil and Gas Industry, Failure Analysis Center, IST Pakistan.
 Lean manufacturing technology 2 day training at GIK Institute Pakistan
 Work Management Coarse’ one week program organized by Stress management institute London
, UK
 Internal Corrosion Management of Pipelines : Online Course NACE International
 Corrosion In Refineries : NACE International
 Risk Based Inspection : Organized by Asset Integrity Engineering Sharjah, UAE
 Pipeline Integrity Management , A course organized by Penspen UAE

Management skills
 Organized and diligent, multi-tasking and prioritizing workloads.
 Problem solving and analytical abilities
 Enthusiastic about public speaking and team work
 Experience in event management
Achievements
 Gold Medalist of Materials Science and Engineering
 Awarded Gold medal at college level

References: Can be provided on request