Dinesh Subramanian B.Eng., M.Sc.

Senior Flow Assurance Engineer

Phone number: +447562990679,

Email address: dineshkumar.petro@gmail.com

Home Address: 23H, Riverside drive, Aberdeen, AB117DF

Summary

• Senior Flow assurance engineer with over seven years of oil and gas industry experience especially in
modelling from sandface (wellbore) to topsides using OLGA.
• Masters in Oil and Gas Engineering with in-depth multiphase flow, pipelines and general subsea
engineering theoretical background during which I acquired third place in SPE Europe region Student
paper contest.
• Advanced user of Flow Assurance software such as OLGA, HYSYS, Multiflash, PVTsim.
o Intermediate user of Pipenet (transient module)

• Completed numerous projects ranging from Feasibility, Concept, Pre-FEED design and Operation stages
of field development. Projects include, but are not limited to:
o Steady state and transient analysis
o Formulation and review of operating philosophies

o Optimization of flow assurance processes

o Well start-up and ramp-up operations support
o Well clean-up operations support

o Slugging mitigation trouble shooting and control

o Hydrate plug remediation operations support
o Debottlenecking studies

• Experience within process engineering, safety engineering and development engineering disciplines and
in working in multidiscipline, integrated team environments.
• Mentoring students from University of Aberdeen as alumni through Career Mentoring Programme (From
2015 to present).
• Project management (Time and Budget)
Education / Qualifications
Masters (1st class) in Oil and Gas Engineering, University of Aberdeen, 2011

Bachelors (1st Class) in Petrochemical Technology, Bharathidasan University, 2010

Professional Bodies
Associate Member IChemE

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Current Employment
LLOYD’S REGISTER (SENERGY UNTIL JUL’16)
Senior Flow Assurance Engineer August’18 - Present
Role Description:

As a Senior Engineer, I act as technical lead on projects where I provide technical guidance and supervision
to junior engineers and deputise for the Team Lead occasionally. I am involved in project management (time
and budget), technical training, formulation of efficient tools and work methods.

Recent Projects (Client, Project Title and Scope of Work):

WINTERSHALL DEA
Vega Well & Pipeline Clean-up Study
• Flow assurance support to Wintershall who wished to determine a procedure to effectively clean-up the
Vega gas condensate production wells post drilling and completion operations.
• Analysis involved the development of a procedure to clean-up the to a (rate limited) well test package
on the rig, and also back to the host production system c.51km away whilst observing all subsurface,
subsea and topsides processing (including emission) constraints.
• As the senior engineer on the job I provided technical leadership on the flow assurance part which
involved checking results and presentations prepared by a junior engineer and interfacing with the client.

SPIRIT
Chestnut Slugging Analysis
• Spirit were experiencing continuous vibrations on the pipework downstream of the riser on the platform
and Spirit asked LR to identify the system slugging performance.
• Analysis was therefore undertaken to determine the flow assurance impact of which hydrodynamic
stability and slugging are the key components.
• Key deliverables of the project were to detail the frequency of slugs to topsides, slug volumes and
subsequent forces acting on the topsides piping during steady state operation over field life.
PREMIER OIL

Corrosion Inhibitor Partitioning OLGA Modelling

• Premier approached Lloyd’s Register (LR) to model the injection of the corrosion inhibitor proposed by
NALCO Champion to determine how the chemical will partition across the target locations.
• As the senior engineer on the job, I checked the OLGA model and the results that was issued to the client.
I also managed the cost and time on the project.

CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT
Operations Support – Hydrate Plug Remediation
• Performed calculations to determine the hydrate plug length and mass based using OLGA and Multiflash.
The calculation was based on a stoichiometric level to determine the limited reactant (water/gas).
• Subsequently duration to melt the hydrate plug with the ambient heat was calculated.

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WINTERSHALL
Nova Development Execute Stage Support
• As part of the study, it was desired that any potential risks or show stoppers for the clean-up to the host
for the three producers is identified in a review which starts at the well sandfaces and includes the wells,
pipelines, risers and host reception facilities.
• As the senior engineer on the job;
o I managed cost and time on the project.
o I provided technical leadership on the flow assurance part which involved:
 Checking results and presentations prepared by a junior engineer.
 Interfacing with the client.
 Modelled detailed well, pipeline and topsides in OLGA.
 Fluid modelling, tuning and characterisation using Multiflash.
• Formulated a clean-up procedure for the three producer wells which provided added visibility of the
actual operation whilst minimising clean-up duration and gas-lift requirements.
• Performed HYSYS simulations to verify the constraints on the separation which affected OiW
specification, export gas specification and turbine fuel specification using the topsides HYSYS model.
• Participated in HAZID and Peer review sessions.
CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT

OLGA - Fluent Coupling

• As part of an in-house product development, I worked closely with a CFD engineer to couple OLGA with
Fluent. To enable the coupling OLGA was required to run in the server mode using the OPC interface.
• An OLGA model including the well and the rig topsides was built and run in the OLGA OPC server and
connected to the Fluent. In this way, the data transfer occurred without any user intervention.
• This is well received by the client and has been approved to be used in the upcoming well clean-up work
scope.

WINTERSHALL
Maria Water Injection Well Completions Selection and Clean-up Support
• Wintershall has approached LR to assist them in selecting a suitable lower and upper completions based
on the effectiveness on the water injection and an effective cleaning.
• As the senior engineer on the job;
o Managed cost and time on the project.
o Provided technical leadership on the flow assurance part which involved:
 Checking results and presentations prepared by junior engineer.
 Interfacing with client.

Flow Assurance Engineer Feb’12 – Sep’18

OIL & GAS AUTHORITY

Irish sea Rationalisation

• Performed hydraulic analysis/ line sizing exercise aimed at selecting appropriate pipeline and gas lift line
sizes to aid the re-rationalisation of the east Irish sea.

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IRANIAN OIL COMPANY
Pardis, Yeoman & Hooman Concept Appraise
• Performed hydraulic analysis/ line sizing exercise aimed at selecting appropriate pipeline and gas lift line
sizes to aid the development concept.

TAMARIND ENERGY
Tui Development Study
• Tamarind Energy requested Lloyds Register (LR) to review the existing OLGA model for the Tui
developments’ subsea system and incorporate the updates where applicable.
• This included five gas lifted subsea wells flown to a FPSO via two manifolds and risers. A sensitivity study
on the lift-gas flowrates was also carried out to optimise the production.

LR Consulting
Johann Sverdrup Gas Export Pipeline Leak Analysis
• As part of the detailed engineering design of the gas export pipeline, Lloyd’s Register Consulting (LRC)
provided Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) for the gas export pipeline. I performed the following:
• Provided input to the QRA of gas dispersion in the event of a leak/rupture on the gas export pipeline.
• Built and OLGA model of the pipeline and simulated three sizes of leaks at three different locations.
• Provided leak rates, volumes and duration of effluent dispersion before and after isolation from the host
facility.

CENTRICA
Chestnut Start-up Modelling
• The Centrica operated Chestnut asset is nearing late field life and as such, water cuts are increasing in
from the wells in the process.
• An OLGA flow assurance model was built to represent the wells, subsea tie-back and topside FPSO facility
including the 3-phase separator.
• A benchmarking analysis of historical restarts was undertaken to confirm that the OLGA model is an
accurate representation of the current flowing system.
• A transient study was then undertaken to determine the maximum water cut that allows for a natural
restart of the individual wells in the Chestnut system. Where a natural restart was not possible, gas lift
sensitivities were completed.

MCDERMOTT MIDDLE EAST (On behalf of RASGAS and QATARGAS)

Qatar’s North Field - Firewater Transient Analysis
• McDermott asked Lloyds Register (LR) to perform a transient firewater analysis for the QG1 facilities on
Qatar’s North Field to which a new platform was being added.
• The purpose of this PIPENET study was to determine the peak surge pressures in the fire water system
for different transient operating scenarios such as valve closure (deluge, monitor etc.), pump trip and
pump start-up.

VIETGAZPROM
Bao Vang Development Study
• Vietgazprom (VGP) requested Lloyds Register (LR) to carry out a Development Study on the Bao Vang
Discovery located in the Southern portion of Sing Hon basin of Vietnam shelf.
• Based on VGP production profiles and a development scenario, a HYSYS model was built to perform sizing
calculations for equipment, pipelines and onshore Gas Reception Facility (GRF).
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MAERSK
Culzean Field Development – Start-up Studies
• Transient flow assurance analysis was undertaken for the cold low-pressure start-up (CLPSU) of the Ultra-
High Pressure High Temperature (UHPHT) Culzean gas condensate development.
• The analysis included development of a steady state and a transient OLGA model and input into the
development of the start-up philosophy and procedure.
• Several transient operations were required to accurately model the CLPSU of the system, including a
shutdown from steady state, a cool-down of the system to ambient temperature conditions and
identifying the no-touch-times (NTT) of the system.

WINTERSHALL
Maria Well & Pipeline Clean-up Study
• As part of the completions strategy for two deviated wells, LR was requested by the operator to provide
support for the cleaning up of drilling mud from the wells prior to start-up.
• Analysis was performed to determine; whether it was possible to successfully clean-up the wells; to
determine the duration of well clean-up to a rig, to determine the duration of a well clean-up via the
production pipeline to the production platform and to estimate the quantity and rate of drilling mud to
be displaced from the well to the receiving facility.
• Formulation of clean-up procedures for the two producer wells (to a rig and via the production pipeline)
were developed to maximise well clean-up whilst minimising clean-up duration, gas-lift requirements
and observing topsides gas and liquid handling constraints.

CENTRICA STORAGE
Rough Well Unloading Study
• Flow assurance support to Centrica who were conducting integrity tests on wells in the Rough field, using
water as the test medium, which would then be left sitting in the well after the test.
• Centrica were concerned that the well may not restart after the integrity test due to the increased static
head and that the limited topsides liquid handling would be unable to handle any water that did come
back.
• The scope involved building well in OLGA, conditioning it with the in-situ water post-test and then
restarting the well to determine if the well could start, and if it could, determining if the limited topsides
liquid handling capacity deal with the water produced during the well unloading operation.

CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT
Pilot Field Steam Injection
• The client requested that LR Senergy review specific areas of the concept of using steam injection and
horizontal wells to improve potential recovery from the Pilot field, offshore UKCS.
• LR Senergy built HYSYS models which included the process from sea water lift on the topsides, through to
the downhole sandface injection point in the wellbore.
• To cover a wide range of operating conditions, sensitivities have been performed on Overall Heat Transfer
Coefficient (OHTC) of the steam injection well, steam injection rates (cold water equivalent) and wellbore
tubing ID.

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DRAGON OIL
Sand Transportation Study
• Conducted a sand transportation study for the LAM fields in Turkmenistan. The study was to determine the
relationship between flowrate and transportable sand particle size.
• Of interest was the rate of sand production to topsides vs the rate of bed formation in the well sump (rat
hole) for each particle size.

DRAGON OIL
Water Hammer/Column Separation Study
• Conducted a water hammer/column separation study for two wells in Turkmenistan.
• The study’s aim was to determine the magnitude of the negative transient pressure (column separation
effect) at the zone of interest down hole which created a temporary drawdown from the wellbore after
a surface shut-in.
• The results were an input to an ongoing geomechanical analysis.

MAERSK
Courageous Pre-FEED Flow Assurance Study
• Flow assurance support to Maersk for the Courageous Pre-FEED project. The scope was to perform a fast
track scope of work to incorporate findings from the Appraise scope and allow the Subsea FEED to kick
off.
• The work included both dynamic steady state analysis and transient analysis, using OLGA software.
• This included; packing analysis to determine SITHP and pipeline temperature and pressure, cooldown
analysis to determine survival time and settle-out pressure, depressurisation analysis to determine the
minimum temperatures and remaining liquid volumes, cold and warm start-up analysis.

TOTAL
Cold Start-up Minimum Temperature Determination Study
• Flow assurance support to determine the minimum temperatures to be expected in the start-up of a non-
gas-lifted topsides well for a range of well start-up cases.
• Conducted various calculations utilising the key inhibition equations (Hammerschmidt, Nielsen-Bucklin
and Margules) to determine the required hydrate inhibition rate during the restart process.
• The outcome of this study resulted in modifications to the current restart philosophy of the asset,
maximising the economic potential of the asset through the optimisation of the restart processes.

TOTAL
Wellbore Depacking Study
• The project involved building a detailed OLGA model of the well from sandfaces to separator.
• The model was used to determine the risk of overpressure of the downstream LP systems in well restart
scenarios.

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TOTAL
Shut-in Tubing Head Pressure Determination Study
• Flow assurance support to determine the maximum SITHP of a gas-lifted platform well and its behaviour
in a shut-in scenario using OLGA. The assumed maximum SITHP was conservatively based on the
maximum potential discharge of the compressor and drove relief cases for downstream equipment.
• Total wished to investigate whether this conservative assumption could be challenged via using OLGA
modelling of the well to determine the well SITHP in gas lift and non-gas lift scenarios.
• Additional operations support that involved detailed modelling of the well in OLGA and benchmarking
FWHPs and FWHTs with calculated PI and reservoir data.

MAERSK
Greater Maclure Area Redevelopment Study
• Process and flow assurance support to try to identify the best development strategy for the Maclure
reserves.
• The scope involved profile development (constrained and unconstrained) from base Maersk
assumptions, steady state flow assurance analysis to configure the subsea system and a high-level
topsides capacity check of key equipment to identify topsides constraints and potential solutions.

CONFIDENTIAL CLIENT
Redevelopment of N. Sea Asset by CO2 Injection
• Process support, assessing the feasibility of redeveloping a North Sea field via CO2 injection.
• The main objectives were to devise a high-level facilities design and size key equipment such as;
separators, pumps, compressors, heaters and coolers for a CO2 flowrate of 250mmscfd.

MARATHON
Alvheim Area Gas Strategy
• Process support to Marathon who were assessing the future of the Alvheim field in the Norwegian sector.
• The main objectives of the study were to; understand the current gas cap processing capability of the
FPSO and the limitations of the existing gas evacuation route, identify any bottlenecks and potential
processing issues such as NGL handling and give options to address these bottlenecks.

MAERSK
Greater Gryphon Area Redevelopment
• Process and flow assurance support to Maersk who had identified a number of infill targets near the
Gryphon FPSO.
• The project involved profile development (constrained and unconstrained) from base Maersk
assumptions, steady state flow assurance analysis to configure the subsea system and a topsides capacity
check of key equipment to identify topsides constraints and potential solutions.

MAERSK
Brochel, Maol & Maria Assessment Study
• Flow assurance support, looking at assess stage options for tying back Brochel, Maol and Maria oil
developments to fixed and floating installations in the surrounding area.
• Analysis included fluid characterisation and property matching, steady state line sizing and U-value
selection.

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SENERGY ALIGNED SERVICES (SAS)
Cross Border HPHT Oil Development
• Flow assurance support on a concept selection study for a cross border HPHT oil development in the
Norwegian sector.
• Flow assurance analysis included model build from sand face to separator, steady state, cooldown, and
preliminary start-up and depressurisation analysis.

GDF
Jacqui (HPHT) and Courageous Feasibility Study
• Process and flow assurance support to Maersk and GDF who were looking at feasibility stage options for
tying back both Jacqui (HPHT oil and gas condensate) and Courageous (oil) to fixed and floating
installations in the surrounding area.
• Process analysis included design of topsides processing schemes. Flow assurance analysis included fluid
characterisation and property matching, steady state line sizing and U-value selection.

BP
Devenick Detailed Design
• Tasks included hydrate inhibition calculation, survival time calculations for the subsea pipeline system,
HYSYS simulation and calculation (Methanol flowrate) in cooldown analysis and compiling reports.

GDF
Jacqui (HPHT) Phase I and II Feasibility Study
• Process and flow assurance support to GDF who were looking at feasibility stage options for tying back
Jacqui (HPHT oil and gas condensate) to fixed and floating installations in the surrounding area.
• Project involved the development of framing criteria developed to screen potential options.
• Process analysis included design of topsides processing schemes and some preliminary equipment sizing.
Previous Employment

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, India 2009 - 2010

Student Trainee

• Acquired hands on experience of 6 months of Field engineering in a Group Gathering Station (GGS) in
onshore, India.
Professional Courses and Certifications

• SPT Group: Flow Assurance with OLGA training course

• Modelling Oil and Gas production facilities using HYSYS
• LR Senergy (In-House): Introduction to the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide
• Multiflash with OLGA, By Schlumberger & InfoChem
• Modelling Firewater Systems using PIPENET, Aberdeen, UK (June 2017)
Software Expertise

• OLGA
• PVTsim
• Multiflash
• Aspen HYSYS
• Pipenet

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