Dr Nilesh Popat, Ph.D

Dr nilesh popat, ph.d

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    General Manager HSSE: Oman Shell

  • Education

    • University of bristol

      1983 - 1986
      Bsc hons (first class) mathematics
    • The university of sheffield

      1995 - 1997
      Meng (distinction) process safety and loss prevention
    • University of bristol

      1986 - 1989
      Phd mathematics
    • Cranfield school of management

      1990 - 1992
      Btec msnagement studies pass
  • Experience

    • Bg group

      Jan 1990 - Jan 1996

      Managed team of technical safety/risk/consequence engineers and software engineers. Main product was risk assessment packages for upstream and downstream LNG and gas assets and pipelines. Developed and applied technical safety CFD and phenomenological explosion models for offshore installations and onshore LNG, gas, and LPG plants. Developed and applied technical safety Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and phenomenological dispersion and liquid pool spreading models for operating offshore installations and onshore LNG, gas, and LPG plants.

      • Senior Engineer I: LNG Assets Risk Management

        Jan 1993 - Jan 1996
      • Senior Engineer II: LNG Assets Hazard Management

        Jan 1991 - Jan 1993
      • Engineer I: LNG Assets Hazard Management

        Jan 1990 - Jan 1991
    • Atkins

      Jan 1996 - Jan 2008

      Delivered business development capability, interfaced, and won contracts for Americas Oil & Gas Division (USA, Trinidad, and Canada). Continued to lead safety business with Shell, Chevron, and other clients. Successfully delivered HSSE&SP activities for design and construction during the front-end engineering design to first injection phases of the venture. Led team of over 10 HSE engineers and construction personnel. Led team of HSE engineers to deliver HSSE&SP scope for the Perdido/Great White venture. Delivered HSSE&SP for venture urban planning, initiation/feasibility, concept selection, and Front-End Engineering Design phases. Led and operated team of over 30 staff and contractors supporting the Houston and wider Americas markets. Grew and led team of over 10 HSE engineers to deliver HSE scope of Shell Gulf of Mexico Brownfield projects. Led process safety engineering team in Amec offices that delivered Hazard Management and Safety Engineering for the detailed design, commissioning, and start-up of Shell Shearwater installation in UK North Sea. Conducted technical safety assessments for the BP Eastern Trough Area Project at EPC offices. Focused on gas facilities.

      • Business Development and Relationship Manager

        Jan 2005 - Jan 2008
      • Venture and Project HSSE&SP Manager: Ursa-Princess Waterflood, Shell Projects & Technology

        Jan 2005 - Jan 2008
      • Venture HSSE&SP Manager: Shell Perdido/Great White, Shell Projects & Technology

        Jan 2003 - Jan 2005
      • Group Manager and Director for Technical Safety/Major Hazard Assessment

        Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
      • Project HSE Manager: GOM Brownfield Deepwater and Shelf Platforms, Shell Projects & Technology

        Jan 2000 - Jan 2003
      • HSE Manager: Shearwater, Shell Exploration & Production

        Jan 1997 - Jan 2000
      • HSE Lead: BP Eastern Trough Area, BP

        Jan 1996 - Jan 1997
    • Shell

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2012
      Venture and project hsse&sp manager: mars b/olympus venture, shell projects & technology

      Delivered HSSE&SP performance in assess, select, design, and execute phases. Managed CO2/energy management interface with operating business and Shell HQ. Regulatory and permitting focal point in select and design phases for Venture Leadership Team. Interface Manager with Enbridge Gas Pipeline Company in early execute phase.

    • Shell

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2017
      General manager hse: deepwater, downstream, and arctic projects, shell projects & technology

      Led department of over 100 staff and contractors to support, coach, and challenge deepwater, arctic, and downstream/LNG portfolio of >$3bln capex per year to deliver business and Goal Zero HSE performance.

    • Karachaganak petroleum operating b.v. (kpo)

      Jan 2018 - Sept 2021
      General manager hse: project execution directorate

      Senior member of KPO Project Execution Directorate Leadership Team leading a function of 30 to 40 staff to support, challenge, and coach KPO NOV/JV portfolio of ~$2-3bln capex to deliver Goal Zero HSE performance and business requirements.

    • Shell

      Oct 2021 - now
      General manager hsse: oman shell

      General Manager HSSE for Shell Development Oman (SDO)

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Chartered engineer (ceng)

    • Chartered mathematician (cmath)

    • Chartered physicist (cphys)

    • European engineer (euring)

    • Uk registered safety professional