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Engr. Owais Manzoor (Lead Metallurgist)

Engr. Owais Manzoor is a graduate Engineer in Metallurgy & Materials, International
Engr. Owais Manzoor encompassing more than 6 years of experience. He has served in upstream Affiliation
enjoys working in and downstream sector (oil & gas) in Pakistan and Middle East. Owais
metallurgical forensic 1.0 International
specializes in microstructural characterization of materials, Lab analysis, member: (ASM)
and aims to develop
technical skills to deal damage assessment and corrosion failure investigations. He possesses
2.0 Member
with emerging problems substantial and demonstrable Oil & Gas materials knowledge and intrinsic
(IMMM)
faced by industry. He is
expertise including macro and micro examination and fractographic
fully dedicated to ASNT Level II
encompass the working analysis.
scope of Oil & Gas (RT, UT, MPT)
industry in field of He has performed several failure analysis of the in service components in
metallurgical analysis. Petrochemical, Power generation and Oil and Gas sector. His interest lies in Key Skills Highlight
The blend of inquisitive
determining the root cause of the failed components with special emphasis Engr. Owais
mind and passion for his
on their metallurgical properties. He has hands-on experience in performing manzoor is
work makes him as a
proactive when
strong professional asset. innumerable site (In-situ) metallography to evaluate nondestructively the
interacting with
conformity of microstructure of equipments. The ability to determine the customers to
detrimental phases in the microstructural analysis of carbon steels, duplex understand their
testing
stainless steels and Inconel material are his trade mark. He has been the part
Industries Served requirements, time
of corrosion monitoring and testing team, working in the field and scale and when
Oil & Gas Laboratory. These technical traits enable him to conduct the fitness for providing
Power service studies of varied equipments. explanation of test
Defense results
Fertilizer Owais is fully aware and well versed with the latest standards relating to
Refineries
metallurgical evaluation, risk based inspection, fitness for service studies
Automobile
and remnant life assessment. He is pro-active in nature and enjoys working
in team. Moreover he has in depth knowledge of welding procedures,
inspection of weldments and related scope of work. He has been actively
participating in the work related to asset integrity and machinery
maintenance

Baghlaf Industrial Area, Azizia, P.O. Box 70401, Al-Khobar-31952.Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Tel.: +966 13 8903018/19; Fax + 966 13 865 1318
Website: www.amco-consult.com, Email: sales@amco-consult.com
 Curriculum Vitae
Personal details
Name: Owais Manzoor Malik Passport# APO763532 Contact # +966 13 890 3019/18 ext. 109

ID/IQAMA # 2417360076 Address: Baghlaf Industrial Area, P.O Box 70401, Al-Khobar-31952. K.S.A

Work Experience
AMCO, Saudi Arabia Lead Metallurgist (2016-Present)

Supervising the metallurgical laboratory.

To be involved in preliminary discussion with client regarding feasibility of work.
To make arrangement for the quotation to be send to client along with scope of work.
To ensure the receipt of purchase order/work order/service order/ cash payment from the client
before the start of the failure analysis.
To make worksheet/plan for the failure analysis.
Dealing with Failures related to Corrosion, Welding, coating & Paints, improper materials design
mechanical failures.
Consultancy to the Petrochemical and Power plants for high temperature material issues.

To conduct failure investigation as per the work plan and responsible to prepare the report.
Participation in failure analysis studies for varied class of equipments and components.
Identifying/characterizing innocuous flaws and flaws that can cause catastrophic failures in
equipments.
Materials Selection Consultancy during the design & construction phase of the facilities.
Enhanced troubleshooting and recommendation provision for materials up-gradation.
Onsite testing to detect susceptibility to environmental, operational, and mechanical degradation.
Risk base inspection of machines to identify potential hazards and risk associated
Carrying out on site NDE, specifically for In situ hardness testing and microstructural replication.
Co-ordination on projects execution and completion.
Preparing In-House Technical Procedures for mechanical Testing, Corrosion Testing and
Metallurgical investigation.
Maintaining integrated approach towards Lean Laboratory System.
Maintaining ISO 9001 standards at work space.
Conducting Intergranular corrosion testing for austenitic and nickel rich alloys.
 Provide technical support to sales and MET test lab to issue technical bid and quotation to the
clients

Exova Group Ltd Metallurgist (2011-2015)

The metallurgical Testing includes the micro- structural analysis of varied class of materials like
carbon steels, stainless steels especially with Duplex stainless steels. Checking for the conformity
of the micro-structure with the client requirements. Analysis of Ductile Iron, weld microstructure
of different steels.
Review and approve vendors/contractors proposed WPS and PQR.
Guide Corrosion & Materials Department on the material selection with respect to the welding.
Advice and guide contractor's in developing and qualifying WPS.
Develop welding specifications to ensure integrity of equipment and facilities.
Carry out failure analysis and finding solutions to welding related problems.
Maintain database of welding related problems and their status.
Develops welding techniques, procedures, and selection of welding equipment in regard to
problems involving fabrication of metals, utilizing knowledge of production specifications,
properties and characteristics of metals and metal alloys, and engineering principles.
Reviews and evaluates data to assist welding engineering personnel in the development and
application of new or improved welding techniques, procedures and processes.
Evaluates new developments in welding field for possible application to current welding
problems or production processes.
Support on materials selection and corrosion control issues in design and operational activities
Interpretation, assessment, evaluation and approval of NDT Inspection results including
recommendations for monitoring, repair or replacement.
Worked on CuNi (9-Cu-10 Ni grade), Stainless steel (Austenitic grades), CRA clad pipes with
INCONEL 625, solid INCONEL (ASTM B444-N06625), Duplex stainless steel (UNS S31803
ASTM A790-S31803).
Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment & External Corrosion Direct Assessment for Pipelines.
Development of Corrosion Control Manual and Corrosion Management Systems.
Corrosion Control techniques.
Development of Asset Integrity management Systems.
Ensuring the growth of business activities in Middle East region specifically in Oman.
 Providing technical assistance to clients for all their queries related to Metallurgical testing.
Competitive quote issuance of the services.

Mol Oil & Gas B.V Corrosion Engineer (2010- 2011)

To provide the company with the appropriate remedies for both internal and external corrosion
for the companys facilities and equipment
Monitoring and following up all existing projects, such as cathodic protection (CP), chemical
inhibitor and coating applications during monitoring companies and their contractors
Work as a focal point to set up the basic and detailed design as well as the material selection for
different facilities used in oil and gas field with focus on those related to corrosion control
engineering
Corrosion Prevention/Protection plans: Evaluation of Corrosion inhibitors (Static, NACE
Rotating Cage, NACE Bubble Tests and foaming/emulsion test). Injection of Corrosion Inhibitors
at all production wellheads at an appropriate dosage. Maintaining the desired concentration of
Corrosion Inhibitor in pipelines by residual inhibitor analyses.
Corrosion Monitoring Plan: Techniques utilized include ER probes, LPR probes, corrosion
coupons, iron count method, thickness monitoring survey. Reporting the summary of all the data
in a comprehensive Corrosion Performance Report.
Cathodic Protection Systems: PSP surveys of flowlines, tanks bottoms, underground vessels and
wellhead casings (instant-off potential surveys). DCVG Surveys and CIP surveys for determining
location of coating damage.
Non-Destructive Testing: Management and liaison with contractors for DPT, MPI, UT, and RT

PROJECTS
Failure analysis of super heater outlet header from Ammonia plant.

Failure Analysis and remaining life assessment of longitudinal welded joint of distillation tower
of a catalytic cracking unit.

Failure Investigation of OUTLET SUPERHEATER STEAM PIPE in a thermal power

Failure analysis and Oxidation Analysis of Water wall of Steam boiler

Turn around at ORPIC Oman 2014 ( replication of SA 533 and SA 508 materials for reactor
vessels)
 Analysis of manufacturing Induced Fatigue damages in duplex stainless steel flanges.

Stress Corrosion Cracking Analysis of welded piping in catalytic cracking Piping.

Macroscopic examination of fillet welds at Sohar Refinery (Oman) in 2015.

Failure Analysis and remaining Life Assessment of Methanol reformer tubes ( outlet pigtails )

Toot Cause Failure Analysis of Creep and Internal Corrosion in High Chromium Steel due to
over heating

Failure analysis of CO reformer tubes in 2016.

Failure Analysis of heat exchanger tubes using microscopic analysis approach

Remedial Study for Acidic/Castic Alternating Corrosion of Ethylene Plant from operational
problems.

Failure Analysis of Valve piston rod

Failure analysis of drive shaft of ship loader slewing system

Publication
Technical article on Heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) tube failures and
inspection technologies
Technical article on life assessment of catalyst reformer tubes and pigtails
A case study Failure of 17-4 PH stainless steel components in offshore platforms
Technical Article on Stress Induced Failures for reboiler tubes from wrong Material
Selection

Technical Article on Role of Microstructure on Stress Corrosion cracking in Austenitic

Stainless Steels,

Knowledge domain

API, ASME, AWS, MR0175, NACE, BS EN, DNV, ABS, LLYODS

Oil and Gas field material specifications.
Automobile components and its material specifications.
Selection of materials, surface engineering and value engineering.
 Trainings and certifications
Failure Analysis of components in Oil and Gas Industry, Failure Analysis Center,
IST Pakistan.
Lean manufacturing technology 2 day training at GIK Institute Pakistan
Work Management Coarse one week program organized by Stress management
institute London , UK
Internal Corrosion Management of Pipelines : Online Course NACE International
Corrosion In Refineries : NACE International
Risk Based Inspection : Organized by Asset Integrity Engineering Sharjah, UAE
Pipeline Integrity Management , A course organized by Penspen UAE

Management skills

Organized and diligent, multi-tasking and prioritizing workloads.

Problem solving and analytical abilities
Enthusiastic about public speaking and team work
Experience in event management
Achievements

Gold Medalist of Materials Science and Engineering

Awarded Gold medal at college level

References: Can be provided on request