Abhijit R.

Over 25 years Professional Mechanical and Piping Engineering experience in the Oil & Gas industry.
14 years in EPC with Worley Canada West for Shell Canada (Scotford) and BP Whiting (USA).
12 years in operations and maintenance with WOOD (PSN) for onshore gas processing plants and unmanned offshore platforms.
Leading Engineering Team with Canaben Engineering Inc.

Canaben is a mechanical engineering company and operates in compliance with APEGA (The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta) regulations and is located in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.

APEGA Engineering Permit ID: 17021. Business Number (BN): 775716434.

Canaben Engineering Team is managed by a team with 25+ years of EPC and brownfield experience, proven across complex refinery, chemicals, and upstream/downstream projects. Our key members have delivered projects with WORLEY, SHELL, CAIRN ENERGY, BP, KBR, WOOD, SUNCOR, and others.

All deliverables will be issued in accordance with Canaben PPMP (Professional Practice Management Plan), authenticated by professional engineers (P.Eng.), permitted (P2P) as necessary, and backed by our Professional Liability Insurance

Services Includes:

Project Deliverables:

· Project Execution Plan (PEP),
· Scope Definition,
· Man-hour Estimate,
· Total Installed Cost (TIC),
· Resource Loading,
· Management of Scope Change (MOC),
· Basis of Design (BOD),
· Business Proposal,

Engineering Deliverables:
· Data Sheet (Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Pumps, Package Equipment, Valves, Spring Can/Hangers etc.)
· Equipment List,
· Technical Bid Evaluation (TBE),
· Material Requisition (MR),
· Vendor Document Requirement (VDR),
· Line Designation Table (LDT),
· Material Selection Diagram (MSD),
· Material Take-Off (MTO), Bill of Quantity (BOQ)
· Engineering/Construction Work Package (EWP/CWP): Writeup, P&ID, LDT, ISO, TIE Point Lis, MTO etc.
· Project Specific Piping Specifications,
· Technical Deviation Notes (TDN),
· Inspection & Test Plan (ITP),
· ABSA Registration Packages,
· Project Closeout,

Technical Expertise on
· Mechanical assessment for Industrial building,
· Materials selection for refinery and pipeline systems, aligned with industry practices,
· Proficient in Specs MESC, Shell DEPs, BP, ASME, NFPA, APIs (valve design & test) and APIs (H2 service: API 941, API 934-A/C/D).
· Pipeline codes and regulatory CSA Z662, ASME B31.4, ASME B31.8, API 5L, CSA Z245 series, API-6D/6FA, CEPA, DOT CFR 192 & 195, and Canadian regulators (AER, CER, BCER).


Engineering calculations ASME/TEMA/PCC/ASTM/APIs:

· Pipe/Pipeline wall thickness, hydrotest based on ASME B31.1, 31.3, 31.4, 31.8, B16.5, B16.47, CSA Z2662, API 5L, ASME VIII Div-1 & 2,
· Area Replacement based on ASME B31.1, 31.3, 31.4, 31.8
· Pneumatic pressure test (stored energy) based on PCC-2, NASA.
· Hydraulic Calc
· Water Hammer, Surge Pressure
· Safe Isolation Risk Matrix
· External Pressure Thickness
· Flange leakage and bolt torque,
· PWHT/PFHT requirements (ASME VIII Div-1),
· Impact testing (ASME VIII Div-1),
· lifting lug design (ASME BTH-1),
· Level 1/2 brittle fracture and metal loss assessments in accordance with API 579-1/ASME FFS-1.
· API 650 tank design (excel-based calculations),
· HVAC Heating & Cooling load calculation
· Fire water system sizing with hydraulic & schedule method based on NFPAs
· Plumbing system sizing calculation based on IPC,

Software based calculation/analysis
· CAESAR II, PV Elite, Nozzle Pro, Elite Fire, Carrier HAP, Duct Sizer (McQuay), PipeData-Pro etc.

Stress Analysis
(CAESAR II & AutoPIPE)

· Piping Stress Analysis (Static & Dynamic)
· Pipeline Stress Analysis
· Expertise on Slug flow, Water Hammer, PSV, Flow Induced Vibration, Acoustic Analysis, Wind and Seismic Analysis
· Equipment Nozzle load evaluation using WRC107/297, ASME Sec VIII div-1 & 2
· Expertise on FEA based software NozzlePro for nozzle load evaluation and FE-Pipe for miscellaneous calculation
· Failure Investigation & Troubleshooting
· Data Sheet for Spring Sangers, Snubber, Expansion Joint etc.
· Detail stress report
· Pipe Supports drawing

FEA/CFD Analysis:
(NozzlePro, Ansys, Solid work)

System design package

· Firewater system design (sprinkler, standpipe, pump sizing),
· Plumbing System,
· HVAC design (Air, Chiller, VRF system)

Engineering Drawing:
· Process Flow Diagram (PFD), P&ID, ISOMETRIC, 3D Piping & Equipment Layout, Tie-point List, Tie-point Schedule etc. using AutoCAD, Revit, Nevis work, Solid works.