CV

Experiences

 

LAST POSITION BEFORE RETIREMENT 

Corrosion expert at Total EP / Paris from 01 Sep. 2017 to March 2020

  • Involved in field development projects and oil and gas production operations worldwide
  • Research and Development projects
  • Intensive corrosion courses (3 to 5 days) within Total and for some universities abroad.

Joined Total S.A in 1982 as corrosion engineer.

Based in Paris at the headquarters of Total during the following periods:

  • 1982 to mid-1987 as corrosion engineer
  • 1994 to 2006 as corrosion specialist
  • 2016 to March 2020 as Corrosion expert.

Seconded to:

  • ZADCO (UAE) as senior corrosion engineer from mid-1987 to end of 1992
  • Qatar gas LNG project (based at Huston- USA) as materials engineer in 1993
  • PTTEP- Thailand as corrosion expert from mid—2006 to mid-2010.
  • The Petroleum Institute (UAE) as Chair Professor from mid-2010 to mid-2015.
  • Total Nederland as Corrosion Expert from mid-2015 to mid-2016

PUBLICATIONS :70 publications and conference presentations.

LANGUAGES Fluent : English, French and Turkish.

Degrees

MS in electrochemistry (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble/ France)
PhD in corrosion ((Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble/ France)

NACE level 4 in cathodic protection.(not renewed). No: 9184

teaching

Corrosion teaching at universities and petroleum institutes.

Regular courses:

  • The Petroleum Institute (UAE) Undergraduate students
  • Chulalungkorn University (Thailand) Undergraduate students
  • Undergraduate students 

Intensive five day courses

  • PTIT (Thai Petroleum Institute): Training of engineers
  • IPA (Indonesian Petroleum Association): Training of engineers
  • Chulalungkorn University (Thailand): Master and PhD students
  • Koya and Kirkuk universities (Iraq) Undergraduate students
  • Politechnika Warszawska (Poland) Undergraduate students
  • PTTEP – oil and gas company (Thailand): Engineers and operators
  • BUCT – Beijing (China)                         Undergraduate students
  • Total (worldwide): Engineers and operators

Short one day courses

  • ISITV (University of Toulon /France): Undergraduate students
  • ITS (Surabaya / Indonesia ) : Undergraduate students
  • ENSPM (Petroleum Institute / France) : Training of engineers

Conferences at universities

  • USA: Ohio University
  • France ENSEEG (Grenoble)
  • Indonesia: ITB (Bandung), Trisakti (Jakarta), UMG (Yogyakarta)
  • Turkey:         Yildiz Teknik University (Istanbul), Middle East Technical University (Ankara)
  • Thailand: Suranaree University.

Activities

  • Involved in field development projects worldwide
  • Involved in technical support to field operations worldwide
  • Initiation and follow up of R&D projects related to corrosion and corrosion control (related to CO2 & H2S corrosion, top of the line corrosion, development of new inhibitors, biocides, materials, coating and painting and cathodic protection)
  • Developments of corrosion prediction, corrosion control & monitoring tools and products:
  • Development of CO2 prediction models (Lipucor)
  • Development of spray pig for top of line corrosion control.
  • Development of condensing probe for top of line corrosion monitoring
  • Development of volatile corrosion inhibitors for top of line corrosion control
  • Development of corrosion inhibitors for CO2 corrosion control
  • Development of corrosion testing and training facilities
  • Design and installation of a cathodic protection test station for training of engineers and university students (The Petroleum Institute – UAE)
  • Design and installation of corrosion inhibitor selection laboratories at ITB (Indonesia), KMUTNB (Thailand) and Petroleum Institute (UAE)
  • Development of Corrosion Centres at KMUTNB (Thailand) and The Petroleum Institute (UAE)
  • Active participation to international and national conferences.
  • Vice chairman of NACE Corrosion 2004 – CO2 corrosion symposium
  • Chairman of NACE Corrosion 2005- CO2 corrosion symposium.
  • Organiser and chairman of two special symposiums on CO2 and H2S metal loss corrosion- Ten years review / NACE Corrosion 2006 and NACE Corrosion 2015. Published by NACE as “CorrCompilations” in 2017.
  • Organiser and chairman of the top of line corrosion conference at Bangkok in January 2009
  • Chairmen /vice chairmen of some SPE and IPTC conferences in the Middle East
  • Initiator and chairman of the working party for the preparation of “Guideline for corrosion and corrosivity prediction”. Published by IFE – Norway
  • AFFILIATIONS
    • NACE International
    • European Federation of Corrosion (EFC)
    • CEFRACOR (French Corrosion Association)
    • Turkish Corrosion Association
    • Active member of Total Professors Association

Courses & Talks

Language: English
Planned duration: 4 hours,
Language: English
Planned duration: Adjustable (usually 5 days)