Meet The Speakers
Meet the world-class speakers presenting at Corrosion Management 2009
Dr. Oluwatoyin Ashiru
Senior Staff Engineer
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)
Dr. ’Toyin Ashiru obtained Ph.D. in Industrial Metallurgy from the University of Birmingham, UK; and B.Sc. (Honors) in Materials Science from the University of Sussex, UK. He has about 30 years experience in corrosion control, coating applications, materials engineering, and failure analysis. His professional experience which includes academia, research, and industrial consultancy spans: UK, USA, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia. Currently, he is Senior Staff Engineer and Career Development Coordinator in SABIC Technology Center, Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia. He is responsible for providing technical support on corrosion control and coating applications for SABIC plants. Dr. Ashiru has patents on processes and systems that he developed for the mitigation of corrosion related problems. He has published more than 100 papers in journals and conferences on corrosion related topics. He is the Secretary of NACE, Jubail Section of Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Mabruk Issa
Head of Abu Dhabi Refinery Inspection
Takreer
Dr Mabruk has more than 29 years experience both in upstream and downstream processes. He has produced more than 100 corrosion investigation reports and published several papers on stainless steel corrosion; He obtained both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester Corrosion Engineering Research Centre. He is a professional member of the Institute of Corrosion (UK), and one of the founders of corrosion engineering society in Libya. He has given various training courses in the fundamentals of corrosion, corrosion monitoring, and corrosion control, plant integrity and remaining life estimate, and supervised several research projects.
V. Balraj
Senior Project Engineer
NPCC, NACE Section Chairman Abu Dhabi
Balraj Velu is involved in the area of Materials and Construction for Oil and gas facilities. He is a NACE certified Materials and Corrosion Specialist. NACE member for 14 years. NACE Abu Dhabi, UAE section board member and has published several papers on Welding and Materials Performance.
Ahmed Al Bosaeedi
Senior Corrosion and Material Engineer
ADNOC Group
Ahmed Albosaeedi- working as a Senior Corrosion & Material Engineer graduated with the Inspection Department- Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company-ADGAS- DAS Island LNG Plant. Graduated with Chemical Engineering degree from high technical college (UAE-Abu Dhabi). More than 16 years experience in corrosion and plant integrity field, covering corrosion monitoring and inhibition program, Risk Based inspection, Cathodic Protection and failure analysis.
Dr. Faraj A. Garman
Senior Corrosion Consultant
Libyan Corrosion Society, NACE Section Chairman Libya
Obtained his PhD in corrosion Science and Engineering from the University of Manchester, England in 1992. Has over twenty year of working experience in the oil sector and currently, working as a senior corrosion consultant. Active as a member of NACE and the Libyan Corrosion Society and currently is the chairman of NACE Benghazi, Libya Section.
Mahmoud Selim
Senior Corrosion & Materials Engineer
ADGAS
Has been over 25 years of multidisciplinary experience in the area of integrity. He has developed / retrofitted corrosion control and inspection/monitoring programs for several operation including Oil, Gas, waters and LNG plants. The current working with ADGAS inspection department, much of his working experience related to the field of corrosion control, RBI, material selection, cathodic protection, chloride Risk Rating (RR) and assets integrity management. Member of NACE since 1990.
Surinder Pal Bangard
Senior Corrosion Engineer
Dolphin Energy Limited
Surinder is Mechanical Engineer with 25 years of experience in the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical & Fertilizer Industry in the field of Inspection & Corrosion. Out of 25 years experience he spent 13 years in the oil refinery.
Presently Surinder is working with Dolphin Energy Ltd., Qatar since 2007 as Sr. Corrosion Engineer and also handling RBI project.
“I love material failure investigation as it teases my brain.”
Dr. Chun Wang
Senior Research Associate
University of Leeds
Dr. Chun Wang is currently working as research fellow in the Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces and Interfaces (iETSI), in the school of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds.
Awarded PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, 2007
Areas of research interests are: Electrochemical corrosion, wear of material, surface analysis using various techniques, material characterisation, self-healing of materials.
Dr. Antonio Martinez
Pressure Systems Technical Advisor
ADMA OPCO
Dr.Antonio Martinez Niembro, Ph.D has a Chemical Engineering degree from Caracas, Venezuela and a Ph.D. in Physics-Chemistry and Corrosion from the University of Dijon, France.
He has worked as corrosion engineer in the petrochemical and oil industries since 1985 in areas related with cathodic protection in congested areas, troubleshooting and maintenance of cathodic protection systems, downhole corrosion, inhibition, internal corrosion, and more recently as integrity management of aging structures and pressure systems.
Dr. Antonio is an author of publications in the field of research of the reactivity of Solids, Inhibitors, Microbiological Corrosion and Cathodic Protection. He is also a NACE Fellow for more than 20 years.
Dr. Chris Fowler
Vice President
NACE International
Following last year’s successful event, the 4th Annual Corrosion Management Summit looks to update and develop the initiatives presented. A range of high-caliber speakers have been invited and in addition, workshops and facilitated panel discussions will take place.
Asset Management and economic Oil and Gas production are the very essence for Worldwide prosperity, particularly in this stringent economic climate. This event aims to focus on how lifetimes can be extended, assets can be maintained, and also provide information for future developments with extended life.
This is a participation event and all attendees should leave with extended knowledge of Asset Management and material selection.
Corrosion Engineers and all levels of Management are encouraged to attend as the discussions benefit from having a diverse range of opinions and views.
Dr. Awajiogak Anthony Ujile
Lecturer
Rivers State University of Science & Technology
Dr. Awajiogak Anthony Ujile was born on 10th March 1960. He obtained his B.Tech. degree Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering in 1985; M.Tech. and PhD in Chemical Engineering at the Rivers State University of Science & Technology. Nigeria.
He had worked in Oil and Gas industries as a Petroleum Engineer, Senior Corrosion Engineer, Senior Process Engineer, Area Manager in Paint/Coating manufacturing company. Presently, he lectures at the Rivers State University of Science & Technology in the Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering.
His areas of specialization include: mass transfer processes, corrosion control (cathodic protection systems), environmental control systems and groundwater modeling processes. He is a professional engineer. He has registration with the following professional bodies:
- Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) R7210
- National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Houston, Texas #207828 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Senior Member) # 9900035766
- Nigerian Society of Engineers (7722)
- Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (M0537)
He has been involved in Cathodic Protection engineering designs for crude oil pipelines, storage tanks, and waste management facilities. He has published some productive works in reputable journals. He is married with four children.
A.S.Khanna
Professor Corrosion Science & Engineering
IIT Bombay
Prof. A.S.Khanna is a full professor in Corrosion Science & Engineering, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay.
He has more than 30 years experience in various aspects of corrosion, especially, High Temperature Corrosion, Surface Modifications, Paint coatings, Oil & gas corrosion and Rebar Corrosion. He has more than 200 publications, and guided 12 Ph.D's 100 Masters students, written 2 books, edited 4 conference proceedings. He is NACE Fellow and Also Fellow of ASM.
He has given more than 100 courses to Industry through NACE India Section, SSPC India or Continuing Educational Programme of IIT Bombay on Corrosion in Industries, Oil & gas Corrosion, Paint Coating Inspection & quality control, corrosion testing etc..
Orlando de Matos
Head of Inspection and Corrosion - Habshan and BAB Plant Division
GASCO
“Reducing down times and improving energy conservation with the approach on line cryogenic insulation replacement” and “Introducing advantages for inspection owner user and “R” stamp accreditation” by Orlando de Matos, Head of Inspection and Corrosion – Habshan and BAB Plant Division
Orlando De Matos is a Mechanical Engineer with more than 25 years experience in the Oil and Gas Industry with over 17 years of these in the Middle East. Previously, he has rich experience of construction and maintenance in refineries in Europe. He held senior management positions during his assignments and has been actively involved in corrosion management, troubleshooting of corrosion-related issues and implementation of corrective actions. He has played an active role in the implementation of Risk Based Inspection across all GASCO sites as well as new major projects.
Under his leadership, the Inspection and Corrosion Section at GASCO-Habshan and Bab has been accreditated as an Owner User Inspection Organization, in accordance with provisions of the National Boiler Board USA, and was also certified with ISO 9001:2008.
Abdulhameed A. Bukhamsin
Senior CP Engineer
Saudi Aramco
A.A.Bukhamisn holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Carolina, USA 1985. He is a NACE member since 1996 and also a CP standard committee member at Saudi Aramco. He is a holder of NACE certification in CP and is the CP engineer responsible for a vast area with the Northern Area Producing Department which maintains and operates onshore as well as offshore structures. He has authored several papers and presentations in CP designs for Above Ground Storage Tanks.
Francisco Costa
Buhasa Inspection Section Head
GASCO
“Identifying the hidden threats in Austenitic Stainless Steels and practical repair” by Francisco Costa, Buhasa Inspection Section Head
Francisco Costa is an Inspection and Corrosion Engineer with 35 years experience in the Oil and Gas Industries, including over 27 years in the Middle East.
He was seconded by PARTEX to GASCO in 1982 to work as an Inspection Engineer in Gasco Ruwais NGL Fractionation Plant and in 1992 assigned to Gasco Buhasa NGL Liquefaction Plant as Inspection Section Head. Prior to taking up the work with Partex and Gasco, he worked in two Refiners in Mozambique and Portugal.
Francisco possesses a wide and solid experience in all-round Inspection and Corrosion activities, with a focus on the Plant Asset Integrity Management System.
He represents Gasco in the Inspection and Corrosion Skill Pool Expert OPCO’s Board and regularly attends, participates and presents in workshops and conferences.
Patrick Brady
Head of Inspection, Corrosion & Materials Department
GASCO
Patrick Brady has always been employed in the Oil, Gas & Aero engine industries. His career started with Rolls Royce UK back in 1972, within the Inspection, Corrosion & Materials department and has never strayed from this specialist discipline. He has worked throughout Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and has spent 18 years in New Zealand. Currently Patrick is seconded to GASCO Abu Dhabi, as Head of the new Inspection, Corrosion & Materials Department. Patrick is a 23 year veteran with SHELL and is delighted to be part of the GASCO company in such a period of tremendous growth and expansion within the UAE.
Dr. Ali Morshed
Principal Corrosion Engineer
Production Services Network Emirates LLC
Mohammed Juma Al-Ghafri
Materials & Corrosion Engineer
PDO, NACE Section Chairman Oman
Gopal Sridhar
Senior Corrosion Engineer
Qatargas Operating Company
Gerard de Vries
Global Marketing & Business Development
Manager PC
Sigma Paints
Sam McFarland
Technical Group Leader – Materials Corrosion Engineering
Shell Global Solutions International BV
Anne Neville
Professor School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Leeds
Kevin McQuillan
Workstream Lead
SABIC
Maher Alodan
Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
Alfaisal University
Dr. Maher Alodan obtained his Ph.D. in 1996 from the University of Minnesota in the USA in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Alodan is working at Alfaisal University since 2006 as Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, and acting Dean of Engineering. He also held position of Acting Vice President for Advancement. Dr. Alodan is heading the office of research and graduate studies to foster high quality research at Alfaisal University. Previously he held the position of Director of the Center of Excellence for Research in Engineering Materials (CEREM), at King Saud University in Riyadh, where he was an Associate Professor at the faculty of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Maher worked as a Senior Advisory Development Engineer at Seagate Technology in the USA from 1997 to 2000.
Dr. Alodan has published extensively with over 50 refereed papers, conference papers, and patents to his credit. His research interests are in the areas of electrochemical modeling of transient systems, characterization of electrochemical systems using DC and AC techniques, control and prevention of corrosion,
In 2006, Dr. Alodan was awarded the King Abdulaziz Medal of First Degree given by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, for patent and technology achievement
Midhat Ali Jafri
Manager Corrosion and QC
OGDCL