Coating Engineer · Pipelines & Field Joint Coating Specialist
27 years protecting oil & gas, LNG and subsea assets from corrosion — for ADNOC, TotalEnergies, Shell, DNV and Oman Gas. Now bringing Python and data analytics to the inspection floor.
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Years in coatings & corrosion protection
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Countries where inspectors trained & certified
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Engineers & technicians led at Shawcor
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Minimum first-time quality approval rate
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A career built on one problem: keeping steel from corroding, in the harshest places on earth.
I've spent 27 years in coating and corrosion protection across oil & gas, LNG, subsea and pipeline projects — from an offshore barge in Arctic Sakhalin, to 48″ gas pipelines in Qatar, to the Mozambique LNG project today. I've worked as a site inspector, as technical services manager for a global coatings supplier, and as the certification authority signing off other people's work at DNV.
That range matters. I've seen coating failures from every angle: the applicator's, the contractor's, the supplier's and the client's. It's why I can usually tell within a few minutes of arriving on site whether a job is going to hold up.
What I've added recently is data. I taught myself Python, pandas and machine learning, and I now use them on inspection work — turning DFT readings, NCR logs and test records into something that shows where problems are forming before they become failures. Most coating engineers don't do this. Most data analysts have never held a gauge. I do both.
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I use the right column to make the left column better — analysing inspection data to predict coating failures before they happen, not document them after.
Professional & Leadership
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TotalEnergies — Mozambique LNG Offshore Project
Archirodon — BAB & WAVE Projects
DNV Energy
Shawcor (Canusa-CPS)
Oman Gas Company
TOCO / Willbros — Kawther Project
GL / Total — Dolphin Project (offshore)
GL / Shell — Sakhalin Phase 2 (offshore)
Various inspection agencies
Clients & principals
ADNOC · TotalEnergies · Shell · DNV · Statoil · QatarEnergy · Qatargas · Oman Gas · PDO · Saudi Aramco · SWCC · Shawcor · Saipem · Allseas · Technip · Petrojet · GUPCO · MIDOR · Petrobel
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Two decades of field work across four continents — coating application, qualification testing, offshore inspection and technician training.
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At DNV I was the certification authority for coating works, and on ADNOC projects my procedures and ITPs were the approved ones. I'm not learning the standards on your project — I've been the person deciding whether other people met them.
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Python, pandas and machine learning applied to what coating engineers actually generate: DFT readings, NCR logs, test records, vendor performance. Fewer surprises, earlier warnings, better decisions on repair versus replace. This combination is rare.
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Site inspector, technical services manager for a global coatings supplier, third-party certification authority, client representative. I understand the applicator's constraints and the client's requirements — which makes me useful when the two are in conflict.
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Trained and certified inspectors and applicators in over 30 countries — Saipem crews offshore Australia, Allseas technicians in India, contractor teams across Oman and Saudi Arabia. Led 18 engineers and technicians at Shawcor. Presented at NACE and international pipeline coating conferences. The capability I leave behind outlasts my contract.
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Available in the Gulf, North Africa, Europe and internationally. Egyptian national, with valid driving licenses in the UAE, Oman and Egypt.