ALI HASAN JAFFAR

Responsibilities

• Led operational readiness for the Residue Hydrocracking operations, with a focus on the LC Fining unit, actively involved in reviewing all EPC deliverables since project inception in February 2018 to ensure alignment with operational requirements and readiness.
• Coordinated the commissioning and start-up readiness of Cooling Water System, ensuring timely availability and reliability for process units’ integration.
• Oversaw the commissioning of the BGS (Bapco Gas Station) in May 2024, working in close collaboration with Bapco Upstream to ensure system functionality and seamless interface.
• Managed the commissioning of the Refinery South Flare (RSF) and 2BAGRU (Bulk Acid Gas Unit), ensuring safe operational by the scheduled milestone of June 2024.
• Directed the handover and readiness activities for critical infrastructure buildings, including the Refinery South Control Building (RSCB) and the operations Building.
• Led the operational external hiring and onboarding process, capability development, and performance management of operations staff, fostering a culture of ownership and operational excellence.
• Engaged with key Refinery stakeholders to resolve interfacing challenges, including steam and acid gas management, while supporting revamps integration across multiple existing process units at the Refinery.
• Provided technical support and led responses related process and utility interface systems, with a focus on tie-in activities, and turndown scopes (T&I), ensuring safe and efficient excursion in line with the EPC design.
• Managing the commissioning of the RSF (Refinery South Flare) in June 2024.
• Overseeing the buildings handover processes and readiness focusing on RSCB (Refinery South Control Building) and Operations Building.
• Liaising with Refinery stakeholders to address interfacing challenges, including steam and acid management, key process interfacing systems and supporting the revamp scope in existing process units at various areas.
• Providing technical support and responses to process and utilities interfacing with the Refinery focusing on the tie-ins streams, revamps, T&I related scope, etc.

Responsibilities

• Provided strategic leadership as Operations Lead during the BMP detailed engineering at the Rome Operating Centre (ROC), ensuring constructability and operability are embedded is design decisions, equipment specifications and layout reviews across all key BMP process units.
• Starting from March 2018, oversaw the review and approval of specifications – particularly for the LC Fining unit (Residue Hydrocracking Unit-1RHCU), Hydrotreater Unit (3HDU), Hydrogen Recovery Unit (1HRU), Spent Caustic Treating Unit (SCTU), new flare system (Refinery South Flare, and revamps scope in existing Refinery to ensure alignment with operational standards and long-term maintainability.
• Directed the validation and implementation of detailed operating procedures (DOPs), promoting consistency, safety, and efficiency across BMP units.
• Delivered timely, technically sound resolutions to unit-specific Technical Queries, Contractor and Stakeholder correspondence, enhancing decision-making and issue closure.
• Represented Operations leadership in high-level safety and design reviews, including P&IDs, PFD, process manual, basis of design, HAZOPs sessions, 3D Model reviews, and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT).
• Championed the implantation of lessons learned from past operational experiences, incident investigation, and global benchmarking – integrated design improvements, procedural safeguards, and operational feedback to enhance reliability and prevent recurrence across BMP units.
• Facilitated seamless coordination and knowledge sharing between IPMT Operations (Integrated Project Management Team) in Madrid and Seoul Operating Centers (MOC & SOC respectively).
• Ensured strict adherence to Bapco’s HSE standards and applicable regulatory requirements across all engineering phases.
• Played a pivotal role in driving the Bapco BMP Readiness Program, supporting a smooth and structured transition from commissioning to sustained operations.