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Water Treatment and Desalination Expert
Mourad Ben Boudinar
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Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Throughout my professional career, spanning more than 25 years in the water industry, I have dealt with both industrial and municipal water treatment applications. I have been involved in numerous desalination projects both onshore and offshore using reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, membranes based filtration technologies (such as Ultrafiltration and Microfiltration) and conventional media-based filtration systems. Other areas of extensive expertise include pre-treatment, chemical conditioning, system design, operation, optimisation, troubleshooting, training, R&D and feasibility studies.
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United States
United Kingdom
Ireland
Rest of Euro area
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Finland
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Language
English
Fluently
Spanish
Good
French
Fluently
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Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
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My experience
2019 - ?
freelance
DESALINATION & WATER TREATMENT CONSULTANT
SELF EMPLOYED.
2020 - 2021
job
Desalination Technical Advisor
Confidential Developer.
Acting as a Technical Advisor reviewing the technical parameters of a 115,000 m3/day hybrid wind farm & desalination project .
Technical Advisor
2020 - 2020
freelance
Consultant Water Treatment Engineer
UK Ballast Water Treatment Co..
investigation and data analysis related to an under-performing proprietary Ballast Water Treatment System.
Data Analysis, Troubleshooting
2019 - 2019
job
Technical Advisor
unknown.
working on an Optimization and Resilience Improvement Programme for a 36,000 m3/day reverse osmosis plant in North Africa. The plant suffered from severe algae induced biofouling resulting in frequent shutdowns and chemical cleans. Following an on-site investigation involving short trials measures aimed at minimizing biofouling and improving the plant availability were implemented.
2019 - 2019
job
Principal Desalination Engineer
WSP- Middle East.
In that role, I was acting as an Owner Engineer reviewing the EPC contractor process design related documentation/calculations for a SWRO plant with a capacity of 450,000 m3/day. This plant, known as Shuqaiq 3 IWP, is located in Shuqaiq in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Parallel to this engaging duty, I was also involved in providing supervision services for a larger SWRO plant of a capacity of 600,000 m3/day -known as the Rabigh 3 IWP project. This latter project is also located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Design, Supervision, Process design, Calculations
2019 - 2019
job
Technical Advisor
unknown.
dealing with an existing seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant in the UK which had operational problems and needed rehabilitation. The investigation identified several design issues and remedial measures were proposed.
Design, Feasibilty studies, Desalination plant survey & rehabilitation, Desalination plant troubleshooting
2014 - 2018
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TECHNICAL SUPPORT MANAGER
VWS WESTGARTH LTD (SUBSIDARY OF VEOLIA WATER).
The key objective was the provision of technical support to projects, tenders and sales areas of the business.
Main duties included:
- Provision of technical guidance to the process / technology groups for projects and tenders.
- Taking a leading role in the identification and specification of the process required to meet the contractual specification in preparation of proposals and in project execution.
- Maintain and update know-how in key processes and emerging technologies through R&D activities.
- Participation in hazard studies and design reviews performed both internally and externally..
- Mentoring and training of junior process engineers.
- Delivery of technical presentations to potential clients to demonstrate the depth of the company expertise.
Major projects where my involvement was across all phases of development (tender to project execution) included:
➢ BP's Mad Dog2 140,000 BPD sea water injection treatment located in the Gulf of Mexico. This was a LoSalTM application where the required specific water injection salinity was provided through a combination of two membrane separation technologies: Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) and Sulphate Removal (SRP).
➢ Woodside's Greater Enfield 80,000 BPD sea water injection treatment located offshore NorthWest Australia. The treatment system include the first use of an SRP in Australia.
Main duties included:
- Provision of technical guidance to the process / technology groups for projects and tenders.
- Taking a leading role in the identification and specification of the process required to meet the contractual specification in preparation of proposals and in project execution.
- Maintain and update know-how in key processes and emerging technologies through R&D activities.
- Participation in hazard studies and design reviews performed both internally and externally..
- Mentoring and training of junior process engineers.
- Delivery of technical presentations to potential clients to demonstrate the depth of the company expertise.
Major projects where my involvement was across all phases of development (tender to project execution) included:
➢ BP's Mad Dog2 140,000 BPD sea water injection treatment located in the Gulf of Mexico. This was a LoSalTM application where the required specific water injection salinity was provided through a combination of two membrane separation technologies: Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) and Sulphate Removal (SRP).
➢ Woodside's Greater Enfield 80,000 BPD sea water injection treatment located offshore NorthWest Australia. The treatment system include the first use of an SRP in Australia.
Design, Training, Mentoring, Sales, Technology, Offshore, Development, Processes, Manager, Project coordination, Technical support, R&D to market
1999 - 2005
job
SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER
WEIR WESTGARTH LTD.
Main project roles undertaken included:
- Engineering Process Manager for the Kindasa 25,500 m3/day SWRO Desalination Plant in Jeddah port (KSA)- This was the first commercial full scale use of Membrane Ultrafiltration (UF) system upstream of a SWRO: the UF had a filtrate capacity of 60,000 m3/day. I was accountable for all aspects of the project engineering. This involved coordinating the work and taking full responsibility for the technical output of a multi-disciplined team of engineers, interface internally with the Project Manager and externally with the Client (Kindasa Water Services) and his Consultant (Dar El Teqnia). On completion of the project, I was responsible for clearing any punch list items and minor defects in accordance with the Contract requirements.
- Lead Process Engineer for the world's largest offshore Sulphate Removal Plant- 430,000 BPD for the BP's Plutonio FPSO in Block 18 offshore Angola.
- Lead Process Engineer for a 90,000 BPD offshore Sulphate Removal Plant for FPSO Brasil.
- Lead Process Engineer for a 135,000 BPD offshore Sulphate Removal Plant- for the South Arne platform - Danish Sector.
- Engineering Process Manager for the Kindasa 25,500 m3/day SWRO Desalination Plant in Jeddah port (KSA)- This was the first commercial full scale use of Membrane Ultrafiltration (UF) system upstream of a SWRO: the UF had a filtrate capacity of 60,000 m3/day. I was accountable for all aspects of the project engineering. This involved coordinating the work and taking full responsibility for the technical output of a multi-disciplined team of engineers, interface internally with the Project Manager and externally with the Client (Kindasa Water Services) and his Consultant (Dar El Teqnia). On completion of the project, I was responsible for clearing any punch list items and minor defects in accordance with the Contract requirements.
- Lead Process Engineer for the world's largest offshore Sulphate Removal Plant- 430,000 BPD for the BP's Plutonio FPSO in Block 18 offshore Angola.
- Lead Process Engineer for a 90,000 BPD offshore Sulphate Removal Plant for FPSO Brasil.
- Lead Process Engineer for a 135,000 BPD offshore Sulphate Removal Plant- for the South Arne platform - Danish Sector.
Project Manager, Engineering, Water Treatment for Offshore Oil&Gas Industry, Engineering Process Manager
1994 - 1997
job
PROJECT ENGINEER
MECO (USA).
Reporting to the Vice President of Engineering, the main duties included:
- Conduct design, engineering, specification, and documentation of various water pretreatment and polishing systems (using filtration, chemical injection and reverse osmosis equipment).
- Process design including the preparation of PIDs with the proper configuration and controls as required for each specific application.
- Take projects from conceptual stage through to completion including design control stages, liaison with customers, suppliers and sub-contractors. These water treatment projects involved applying chemical treatment, filtration technology, reverse osmosis technology for sea and brackish water, as well as designing plants for the production of high purity water for demanding applications such as power generation and pharmaceuticals.
A relevant partial list of these projects include:
• The design, commissioning and start-up of Dupont Deslile 1500 USGPM RO plant (8,200 m3/day) - Mississippi, USA.
• The design, commissioning and start-up of Georgia Gulf 2600 USGPM RO plant (14,200 m3/day) - Louisiana, USA.
• The design, commissioning and start-up of Piramysa seawater double pass 400 USGPM RO plant (2,200 m3/day)-Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
- Conduct design, engineering, specification, and documentation of various water pretreatment and polishing systems (using filtration, chemical injection and reverse osmosis equipment).
- Process design including the preparation of PIDs with the proper configuration and controls as required for each specific application.
- Take projects from conceptual stage through to completion including design control stages, liaison with customers, suppliers and sub-contractors. These water treatment projects involved applying chemical treatment, filtration technology, reverse osmosis technology for sea and brackish water, as well as designing plants for the production of high purity water for demanding applications such as power generation and pharmaceuticals.
A relevant partial list of these projects include:
• The design, commissioning and start-up of Dupont Deslile 1500 USGPM RO plant (8,200 m3/day) - Mississippi, USA.
• The design, commissioning and start-up of Georgia Gulf 2600 USGPM RO plant (14,200 m3/day) - Louisiana, USA.
• The design, commissioning and start-up of Piramysa seawater double pass 400 USGPM RO plant (2,200 m3/day)-Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Design, Technology, Engineering, Process design, Power, Production, USA, Design control, UP, President
My education
1988
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1991
Glasgow University
Doctorate, Performance Prediction of Spiral Wound Reverse Osmosis Membranes
Doctorate, Performance Prediction of Spiral Wound Reverse Osmosis Membranes
1986
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1988
Glasgow University
MSc, Heat Transfer and Related Studies
MSc, Heat Transfer and Related Studies
1980
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1985
University of Oran
BSc, Mechanical Engineering
BSc, Mechanical Engineering
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