Chirag Patel

I have total 12 years of experience in petrochemicals tankfarm operation & refinery tankfarm operation as well vessel handling.

Associate Senior Manager (SFE) – Tank Farm Operations & Product Transfer Department at Reliance Industries Ltd. (VMD) (2019-06 – Present)

• Tank farm operations including storage, transfer, and dispatch communication with bulk & marketing department (Logistics)
• Managing product receipt and dispatch through tanker, pipeline, and rail
• Monitoring tank level, temperature, pressure (with less utilities consumption)
• Product loading/unloading operations (safe movement of all tankers)
• Pump and compressor handling start-up & shutdown routine maintenance planning and safe operating
• Nitrogen blanketing and safety compliance
• Handling emergency situations like leakage, fire risk, and PSV lifting
• Emergency handling with interlocks, cause & effect, Emergency shutdown system and PTW compliance
• Proper Flare header pressure maintain & protect environment from hydrocarbon emissions in atmosphere steam using for dilution

Senior Executive (Console Operator) at Reliance Industries Ltd. (JMD) (2017-09 – 2019-05)

C2 Tank Farm caters to new petrochemical complex. C2TF facility consists of 24 tanks & Spheres, an extensive piping network, along with flares, compressor house and various pump houses. The entire C2TF operations are carried out by means of Distributed Control System (DCS) and Automation Packages to ensure the most optimized operation as well as safety.

These packages include: Tank Information System (TIS), Terminal Automation System (TAS), Order Movement Management – Movement Automation System (OMM - MAS).

• Finished product receipt and dispatch through road loading facilities
• Intermediate storage and handling
• Cryogenic Storage (CYC614): Ethylene produced in Cracker plant is stored in a 25,500 ton capacity cryogenic storage tank (largest Cryo tank at any RIL site)
• Cold Flare (CYC692): Dedicated flare for Cryogenic System
• Intermediate Storage (CYC621): Acts as surge capacity for intermediate hydrocarbon streams such as LCO, Ethylene spheres & vaporizer, Propylene Sphere, Methanol vaporizer, C5+ storage, C7/C8 cut storage, Ethane spheres & vaporizer
• Finished Product Storage (CYC631): Handles finished products such as Mixed C4 and Glycols (Mono Ethylene Glycol, Di Ethylene Glycol and Poly Ethylene Glycol)
• Loading/Unloading Gantry (CYC651): Consists of unloading pumps for Demo Furnace Feed, Wash Oil and Sick tanker of Mixed C4 and Glycols; Loading arms for Mixed C4, MEG, DEG and PEG
• Flare System (CYC671): Consists of HC flare (2 stacks), Acid flare (1 Stack) and MEG flare (1 Stack), Low Calorific Vent (1 stack); Flare connected KO drums and LSD

Senior Engineer Hydrogenation Plant at Gujarat Floro Chemicals (2019-04 – 2019-05)

Shift Incharge at Aarti Industries Ltd (2019-01 – 2019-04)

Engineer (Production) at Kilburn Chemicals Ltd (2018-04 – 2019-01)

Shift Incharge at Lonsen & Kiri Chemicals Industries Ltd (2017-09 – 2018-03)

Shift Engineer at Camphor & Allied Chemical Pvt Ltd (2014-07 – 2017-09)

B.Tech in Chemical Engineering – Government Engineering College Valsad (2014)

Diploma in Petrochemicals Technology – M.S.U. Polytechnic (2011)