It is always interesting to hear the end-user story of our products. Hearing the insider perspective can help us to further understand how to better serve our customers at Power Product Technologies. Check out the story below from our friends at Hose + Coupling World and the challenges Mahsa Bakherad, Piping Lead Engineer, overcomes in her work.
Piping Engineering and Hose Technology for Complex Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Projects An interview with Mahsa Bakherad – Piping Lead Engineer, Orascom E&C USA Inc.
By Sarah Bradley
Mahsa Bakherad began her career in Iran as a Piping Engineer through an internship program. Graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgy Engineering and earning a Masters in Materials Engineering – Corrosion & Protection, Mahsa has gained over a decade of experience working in Oil & Gas and Petrochemical plants.
“Iran is one of the biggest countries in the oil and gas industry. When I was a student, my brother was working as a mechanical engineer and he introduced me to many different types of engineering work in the industry. I found piping engineering to fit well with my interests and also my studies, because having a background in Material Engineering is very important in selecting materials for piping and valves,” explained Mahsa. “Within the industry, piping is a system of pipes used to convey fluids such as liquids and gases from one location to another. The engineering discipline of piping design studies the efficient transport of fluid. Generally, industrial piping engineering involves three major subfields: Piping Materials, Piping Design and Stress Analysis. The knowledge of corrosion and protection is needed for determining how to protect pipeline/piping in corrosive environments.” Mahsa has spent over a decade working for five different companies on eight different big projects. Arriving in the United States in 2014 as a permanent resident, Mahsa began working as Piping Lead Engineer for Orascom E&C based in Houston, Texas. Orascom Construction Limited is a leading global engineering and construction contractor primarily focused on infrastructure, industrial and high-end commercial projects in the Middle East, North Africa, the United States, and the Pacific Rim for public and private clients. Orascom E&C USA Inc., is Orascom Construction’s wholly owned engineering and construction subsidiary based in the United States. With its Head Office located in Mclean, Virginia, Orascom E&C is specialized in the construction of large industrial facilities including two new projects: a Debottlenecking facility in Beaumont, Texas that will increase annual methanol production capacity by approximately 182,500 metric tons and annual ammonia production capacity by approximately 40,000 metric tons; and a USD $1.5 billion natural gas-based fertilizer production facility in Wever, Iowa that will produce 1.7 to 2.2 million tons per year of ammonia, urea, urea ammonium nitrate, and diesel exhaust fluid. This fertilizer plant is the first world scale facility of its kind built in the US in 25 years. Mahsa is currently involved in the NatGas Methanol plant in Beaumont. The methanol production plant is being constructed on a 514 acre plot of land located adjacent to the existing integrated ammonia and methanol production complex. The projects form the first phase of the larger gas-to-gasoline (GtG) plant proposed by NatGasoline. The second phase of the GtG plant involves the construction of a 22,000 barrel per day (bpd) motor-grade methanol to gasoline (MtG) production unit using the refined methanol either from the proposed new methanol production unit or other sources as feedstock. Air Liquid was contracted to supply oxygen to the plant and will also construct a new air separation unit (ASU) at the site to produce oxygen, nitrogen and argon. “EPC projects have three parts; engineering, procurement and construction. This project includes all three parts. The engineering part, which is detail design of our plant, is assigned to our subcontractor Air Liquide in Poland. Procurement and Construction is handled by the Orascom team. In my role, I am interfacing between the different vendors and By Sarah Bradley EPC INTERVIEW http://ift.tt/2u0eCH6 25 EPC INTERVIEW sub-centers within the piping discipline. I check and review all of the piping documents and am responsible for solving any issues that come up related to piping,” said Mahsa. “For example, if Air Liquide’s engineering team issues the valve data sheet for us, and during the purchasing process needs to review vendor deviations, I would review the documents and see if I can alter some requirements or review the technical offer from the vendor, to make sure the deviation is acceptable or not. Then I would negotiate with the vendors, procurement and the design company to decide what is the best available option.”
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