KHALED ALGHADHBAN خالد الغضبان

Experience

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  Saudi Aramco

  Mar 1997 - Mar 2009

  Managed the Energy Conversion Agreements and was acting as single point of contact for all issues related Commercial, Legal and Technical to the third party Cogeneration Company. The Energy Conversion Agreements covers four sites at Uthmaniyah Gas Plant, Shedgum Gas Plant, Juaymah Gas Plant and Ras Tanura Refinery where the third party generates power and steam to Saudi Aramco host plants for a contracted period of 20 years. The capacity of each site was 300MW of Power and 1,200 Million Pound of Steam except at RTR site where the power capacity was 150MW and the steam capacity was 650 Million Pound of Steam. Commercial issues include prior period adjustment of monthly invoices related to the Saudi Consumer Price Index adjustment and US Producer Index adjustment that are interlinked to the capital, O&M and Variable payments in the monthly invoices. Technical issues include the Net Dependable Capacity Tests that occur one month before the Commercial Operation Date for each facility.Legal issues include increased cost to the third party where we worked with the legal and financial teams to agree on the new tariff for the capacity payment to cover the increased cost. Developed agreed procedures as working procedures to streamline communication with the third party and to govern the operation between Saudi Aramco and the third party. These procedures include billing, dispatching, availability notices, maintenance and others. Show less Started with Saudi Aramco on March 1997 at Abqaiq area where I have worked at Abqaiq Power Distribution Division for two years field assignment under the Power Distribution Department. The field assignment included working with field crews in the power service, power relay and power cable and line to get familiar with maintenance and operation activities related to power distribution responsibilities. Power service relates to the maintenance and testing of power equipment including power transformers, power breakers and high voltage switchgear and its accessories. Power relay relates to the maintenance, testing and troubleshooting of mechanical or electronic type relays that are used to protect equipment and trip in case of fault in the power system. In September 1999, joined Abqaiq Power Distribution Engineering Unit working as a relay and operation engineer and did various relay setting for new and existing facilities. In September 2001 went for my Master's degree in Sweden and came back December 2003. On January 2004, joined Dhahran Power Distribution Engineering Unit and worked on the western region reliability assessment where the task was to identify obsolete equipment that needs to be replaced or upgraded to avoid any future spare and support problems by the manufacturers. Worked on the Performance Index Reliability Database web based application. This application was to automate logging and monitoring the reliability of the power system and recommend action of improvement to increase the overall availability of the power system. Worked on the development of the Settlement System and Fuel Demand Model to be used as a verification tool for the monthly payment of third party projects. This model is an automated way to calculate monthly payments of third party and to insure compliance of third party with the ECA payment appendix. Show less

  • Managing the Energy Conversion Agreements

    Feb 2006 - Mar 2009

  • Engineer (1997 to 2006)

    Mar 1997 - Jan 2006
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  Saudi Energy E

  Apr 2009 - May 2013

  Worked on the business development of the expansion projects for the third party Cogeneration Plants to expand the existing facilities and add one additional gas turbine unit at Uthmaniyah, Shedgum and Juaymah Gas Plants. The project added a 150 MW of Power and 650 Million Pound of steam to each plant. Worked on the development of the Greenfield cogeneration projects at Hawiyah Gas Plant, Abqaiq Plants and Ras Tanura Refinery. The project will add an 850 MW of Power and 3300 million pound of steam to these facilities. In addition, I worked as a Saudi Aramco secondary member for the Grid and Distribution code groups. The Electricity and Cogeneration Regularity Authority governs these codes. The Grid Code covers the rules and regulation for connecting to the power network starting at voltages 110KV and above. The Distribution Code covers the rules and regulation for connecting at voltages 69KV and below. Show less Worked as Multicraft Foreman at Shaybah oil fields between 2009 and 2010. Was responsible for the Operation and Maintenance of High Voltage equipment. High voltage equipment starting from 13.8kv and above. Was resposnible for the mainteancne and operation of the transmisison network that connects all GOSPs together. Was responsible for system troubleshooting and power relay settings of all equipment in the GOSPs and community. Was responsible for underground cable system at the community and GOSP starting 13.8KV and above. In addition, I have supported the commissioning and testing of the new facility during that period at GOSP-4. Show less

  • Business Developer

    Feb 2013 - May 2013

  • Engineer (2010 to 2013)

    Jul 2010 - Jan 2013

  • Multicraft Foreman at Shaybah Oil Fields

    Apr 2009 - Jun 2010
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  Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa'ed)

  Jun 2013 - Feb 2014

  Business Development Manager

  Worked with the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) development group at the Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (AEC) formally known as Wa'ed. The main activity was sourcing companies for AEC funding. Participated in both local and regional energy related exhibitions/conferences, covering oil and gas, solar energy, energy management, power, non-metallic, and process automation sectors. Established formal collaboration with embassies and commercial attaches to assist AEC in sourcing foreign companies.

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  Aramco

  Mar 2014 - now

  Currently managing the localization of equipment and services related to the Electrical, Instrumentation and Fire Protection sectors at the Industrial Development and Strategic Supply Department. Developed and published a total of 32 investments opportunities related to these sectors that were published during the 2020 iktva forum and can be found at www.iktva.sa website. Working in attracting and facilitating new Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) that contributes to the local content. Facilitating meetings with technical team to streamline communication and share required technical information. Developing and signing NDA documents with investors to smooth data sharing and communication. Supporting investors in the registration and qualification process. In addition, I am currently a member of several government teams supporting localizations initiatives. Show less Currently I am working with the Local Business Development Unit under Industrial Development and Strategic Supply Department. Our mandate is to increase the local content to 70% by year 2021. To achieve this goal, we are adapting the newly developed program titled IKTVA (In-Kingdom Total Value Add). IKTVA is a program developed in house by Saudi Aramco to enable localization of goods and services and to monitor supplier’s achievement in regards to local content. IKTVA is measured using four basic factors, the first is the dollar spent on goods and services procured from in-kingdom, the second is the dollar spent on salaries paid to Saudi employees, the third is the dollar spent on training and development of Saudis, and the last is the dollar spent on In-kingdom supplier development. Show less Working with the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) development group at the Industrial Development Department with the mandate to localize Saudi Aramco commodities and services.In addition, we have supported various SME companies during the feasibility studies including providing data and information, and facilitating discussions with government entities for licensing and land allocation. Moreover, facilitated SME companies' discussions with proponents and technical departments within Saudi Aramco to address technical requirements. Show less

  • Head of OEM Investments

    Dec 2024 - now

  • Business Development Specialist

    Jul 2019 - now

  • Business Development

    Jan 2016 - Jun 2019

  • Business Development

    Mar 2014 - Dec 2015