Waqas Hussain Hashmi

Managed 45 API 650-compliant storage tanks at Wren Oil, ensuring operational safety and efficiency for diesel, base oil, NMP, gasoline, and HFO storage and transport to international markets.

• Led the installation of nitrogen valves and vacuum relief valves (VRVs) on tanks to enhance safety and prevent overpressure or implosion.
• Designed and implemented modifications to storage tanks, aligning with industry standards and operational needs.
• Conducted root cause analysis of tank failures, addressing roof and shell implosion issues and implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Created and implemented maintenance policies and SOPs for tanks, pumps, compressors, turbines, and other critical refinery equipment to improve reliability and reduce downtime.
• Supervised tank cleaning operations, prepared scopes of work for contractors, and ensured adherence to safety and operational standards during execution.
• Coordinated risk assessments and provided engineering support to the Operations and Maintenance teams, ensuring seamless operational continuity.
• Collaborated with contractors and multidisciplinary teams to deliver engineering solutions and improve system performance.
• Supported business process development, including preparing scopes for vessel heaters and other refinery systems.
• Completed FEED analysis and implemented bypass filters and stand-up pumps, reducing downtime costs by 20%.
• Procured, installed, and commissioned Atlas Copco GA 26 VSD+FF Compressor and Senator LS30 standby compressor, improving system reliability.
• Delivered a $2M water treatment package, optimizing processes with advanced components like CBT mixers, pumps, and valves.
• Procured and installed critical standby pumps worth $100K, achieving $800K in annual savings through downtime reduction.
• Upgraded fire safety systems by analysing failures, performing hydraulic calculations, and commissioning a new fire pump system and connections to the tanks.
• Led plant expansion and modification projects, delivering detailed scopes of work and schedules.
• Developed and executed shutdown maintenance plans, coordinated contractor activities, and ensured timely inspections, commissioning, and reporting.
• Ensured compliance with regulatory and business standards, supporting safety and operational effectiveness across refinery operations.
• Established and maintained a critical spare parts asset register, categorizing components for risk-based inspection (RBI) and aligning with operational priorities.
• Improved system efficiency by implementing preventive maintenance strategies.

• Verification of the existing assets which includes pressure vessel, heat exchanger, reactor, column, storage tanks, bins, silos, air cooled heat exchanger, air cooled steam condenser, condenser, evaporator
• Planning for the upgrade of rotating equipment include gas turbines, steam turbines, compressor, gearboxes, diesel engines, reciprocating engines, controls and instrumentation, ancillaries, and accessories
• Created and coordinated defect management process formulating methods to capture system defect trends of heavy industrial equipment, thus ensuring quality assurance and reducing defects by 50%
• Collaborated with senior management to develop training programs on risk management processes including quality assurance, safety and risk mitigation, resulting in increasing quality in business processes (95%) for the on-time delivery of items
• Monitored equipment maintenance activities and repair work and organized the cleaning and lubrication of equipment, when required to reduce maintenance costs and report monthly repair needs to the manager
• Ensured a safe, zero hazard workplace environment by implementing and complying with WH&S standards
• Identification and collection of piping line numbers, material, pressure rating, battery limits, insulation types, and other relevant details
• Actively participated in the coordination and execution of the Annual Work Plan

• As a graduate Engineer, I have worked in Jade stone Energy team (Seconded by Vertech)
• Project document review and helping the team in project tender proposals
• Helping fixed plant shutdown and coordinating subcontractors regarding work
• Pro-actively worked around Scope of Work, Concept Design, Tender Design, Detailed Design, for project deliverables
• Reviews Scope of Work documents and ensures project specifications and code requirements are covered within the Scope of Work (NDT & CAD)
• Generated P&IDs for pipeline designs as per client's design standards
• Accurate preparation of material take-offs, ordering materials and estimates for all variations
• Verified pipeline design's limitations and feasibility around battery limits
• Designing of pipeline supports to ensure long life of the system
• Review, create, issue, and follow up all request for information (RFI's) and technical queries (TQ's)
• Collaborated with senior engineers with schedule for project delivery, with available resources, in time
• Performing hydraulic calculations, pump calculations and ensuring the design requirements are met as per standards
• Coordinate and ensure compliance with all technical and quality related deliverables and documentation
• Monitor Compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies
• Provide guidance to technical query ensuring smooth delivery of project
• Assisting with other team members in the installation procedures of pipelines
• Project related meetings with jade stone and woodside teams regarding update and completion of project
• Sketching of varies parts of the frames inside the FPSO which includes bottom plate, Side shell, transverse bulkhead, and different views in drawings
• Reviewing the technical drawings, inspection reports, inspection plans, As bults drawings and field notes

• Company Overview: Applus+ Velosi is a global provider of asset integrity and inspection services
• Compiled daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports on schedule performance, cost performance index (CPI), and earned value analysis for oil and gas piping projects
• Collected engineering, process, and inspection history data for asset integrity evaluations
• Analyses inspection history to determine history-based corrosion rates and remaining life of stationary equipment (vessels, exchangers, piping)
• Conducted Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) studies using VAIL Plant software as per API 580/581 guidelines
• Developed inspection plans for static equipment based on damage mechanism analysis
• Calculated likelihood, consequences, and risks for equipment; categorized risks into HIGH, MEDIUM HIGH, MEDIUM, and LOW categories
• Prepared comprehensive Asset Integrity Reports and Plant Inspection Requirements (PIRs)
• Implemented inspection planning and risk analysis results into VAIL Plant software for effective monitoring
• Directed design and execution of an oil and gas construction project worth AED 10M, including scope, timelines, cost estimations, and budgets
• Performed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) on high-pressure equipment and valves
• Improved equipment reliability and extended operational life through detailed evaluations and corrective actions
• Documented quality assurance processes, probability-impact matrices, risk registers, and cost-risk analysis
• Applus+ Velosi is a global provider of asset integrity and inspection services