Shashikant Murkute

Experience

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  Reliance Industries Limited

  Jul 2011 - Oct 2021

  Key Roles Performed• Prepare Basic Engineering Package & support for Detail engineering for Capital projects.• Support to manufacturing and business group for achieving performance targets.• Lead the technology input into the root cause analysis of complex process/engineering issues.• Define improvements and upgrades in existing processes / equipment / technologies to reach higher capacities, higher process efficiencies.• Identify, justify and prioritize plant improvements for PIOs, CAPEX, REVAMP projects and support its implementation.• Technology / catalyst / chemicals / additives / fuels evaluation.• Audit and benchmark plant/ product / energy performance.• Ensure achievement of set milestones for pilot / scale up studied.• Anticipate constraints / trends in technology and product application range and review and recommend alternatives for implementation.• Participate in commercial plant trial.• Develop, validate, customize & maintain simulation / APC models.• Review process engineering documents• Preparation of final technology comparison reports.• Participate in Process Safety Management activities.• Business Case preparation for new technology projects or modifications.• Conducting inter-site technical meets for knowledge sharing. Show less - Techno-Commercial Evaluation of new technologies. - Conceptualization, design and support in commissioning of value added projects. - Prepare Basic Engineering Package & support for Detail engineering for Capital projects. - Assistance to sites to prepare annual production plans, rolling plans and budget. - Business Case preparation for new technology projects or modifications. - Trouble-shoot process problems; Optimize and stretch the performance for Maximizing the Refinery Margin; Generate Plant Improvement Opportunities (PIO) - Monitor plant performance with respect to KPI, Energy, Product Quality and Catalyst - Active role in planning and handling unit Shutdowns, Catalyst unloading & loading, vessels, column- Internals inspection, Catalyst Sulfiding and Unit Start up - Develop / use tools for monitoring performance of Reactor and Plant equipment’s - Evaluating Catalyst performance, techno-commercial evaluation for Catalyst selection - Benchmarking plant performance for Specific Energy Consumption, Advanced Process Control. - Conduct process hazard analysis (PHA), Safety integrity level (SIL) for plant change orders (PCO’s); -Represent in inter-departmental interface meetings for Process Safety Management (PSM) issues - Conducting inter-site technical meets for knowledge sharing. Show less

  • Senior Technologist ( General Manager )- Aromatics Complex

    May 2018 - Oct 2021

  • Technologist - Senior Manager

    Nov 2015 - May 2018

  • Manager

    Jul 2011 - Nov 2015
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  KBC A Yokogawa Company

  Oct 2021 - now

  Process Consultant

  •Responsible for client deliveries related to downstream refining and petrochemicals as part of Profit Improvement Program (PIP) for IMEA region clients.•Develop strategies, feasibility study, to improve refinery margins (GRM) and sustain bottom lines result. •Engaged at multiple levels of the client organization for idea validation, implementation and successful change management throughout the project cycle. •Close and continuous client engagement exposure by working with refineries to devise execution plans for process optimization, capacity enhancement projects, operational data analysis and troubleshooting. •Business development support in pre-sales process through technical proposal creation and sales visits Show less