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Engr. Owais Manzoor (Metallurgist)

Engr. Owais Manzoor is a graduate Engineer in Metallurgy & Materials, International
encompassing more than 6 years of experience. He has served in upstream Affiliation
Engr. Owais Manzoor
and downstream sector (oil & gas) in Pakistan and Middle East. Owais
enjoys working in
specializes in microstructural characterization of materials, Lab analysis, 1.0 International
metallurgical forensic
damage assessment and corrosion failure investigations. He possesses member: (ASM)
and aims to develop
substantial and demonstrable Oil & Gas materials knowledge and intrinsic
technical skills to deal
expertise including macro and micro examination and fractographic 2.0 Member
with emerging problems
analysis. (IMMM)
faced by industry. He is
fully dedicated to He has performed several failure analysis of the in service components in Key Skills Highlight
encompass the working Petrochemical, Power generation and Oil and Gas sector. His interest lies in
scope of Oil & Gas determining the root cause of the failed components with special emphasis Engr. Owais
industry in field of on their metallurgical properties. He has hands-on experience in performing manzoor is
metallurgical analysis. innumerable site (In-situ) metallography to evaluate nondestructively the proactive when
The blend of inquisitive conformity of microstructure of equipments. The ability to determine the interacting with
mind and passion for his detrimental phases in the microstructural analysis of carbon steels, duplex customers to
work makes him as a stainless steels and Inconel material are his trade mark. He has been the part understand their
strong professional asset. of corrosion monitoring and testing team, working in the field and testing
Laboratory. These technical traits enable him to conduct the fitness for requirements, time
Industries Served service studies of varied equipments. scale and when
providing
Oil & Gas Owais is fully aware and well versed with the latest standards relating to explanation of test
Power metallurgical evaluation, risk based inspection, fitness for service studies results
Defense and remnant life assessment. He is pro-active in nature and enjoys working
Fertilizer in team. Moreover he has in depth knowledge of welding procedures,
Refineries inspection of weldments and related scope of work. He has been actively
Automobile 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
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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
Axis Metallurgical Company (AMCO) Metallurgist (2016-Present)

Supervising the metallurgical laboratory.

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.
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.
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)

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
Turn around at ORPIC Oman 2014 ( replication of SA 533 and SA 508 materials for reactor
vessels)
Failure analysis of super heater outlet header from Ammonia plant.
Macroscopic examination of fillet welds at Sohar Refinery in 2015.
Failure analysis of CO reformer tubes in 2016.

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