While working with major oil company, various major EPC companies, and
consulting companies in positions of increasing responsibilities on offshore
projects (Tubular Bells, Mobil Producing
Nigeria-ETIM Production Expansion, Texaco Nigeria-Anayala Madu Development,
PEMEX-Cantarrel Field Development, and Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas-East Cameron
328), refinery projects (multiple Valero’s
refinery upgrades, Sinclair Tulsa refinery’s Delayed Coker project, Grass Root
Refinery FEED project for North American Oil Sands Corporation, Oxy-Qatar
Panama Grass Root Refinery FEED project, and Ecopetrol Barrancabermeja Refinery
Modernization project), Pipeline projects (Alliance Pipeline, Hampshire
Compressor Station-Columbia Gulf Transmission, and Petro China’s West-East
Pipeline, BP’s major gas gathering projects),
various consulting projects, and teaching and research & development work, some
of Dr. Bhargava’s selected activities included:
Provided support in updating critical equipment specifications and technical suggestions in proposal development work including preliminary equipment selection and budget estimates for a FPSO project
Inspections of gas turbine components repairs for a cogeneration company
Advised project management and detail engineering company’s team for spar design offshore facility while actively participating in ensuring equipment and packages were designed and fabricated in accordance to purchase specifications and P&IDs issued for the construction. Identified design/construction deficiencies for installed equipment to prevent potential delays in project schedule
Supervised and inspected packaging including witness testing of LM-2500 power generation units for multiple FPSO projects
Persuaded client to utilize specific compressor technology for a given application by conducting a life cycle analysis and identifying technical and economic advantages
Developed and executed a consulting project to provide expertise in the development of test procedures for a production type advanced cycle/technology gas turbine
Developed data acquisition system, planned and conducted field performance testing of 15,000 HP pipeline centrifugal compressors.
Inspected and evaluated used gas turbine generators (501-KB, 501-K-15A, KG2-3C, etc.) for offshore applications to reduce initial equipment cost
Failure investigation of fuel gas high speed centrifugal compressor
Provided expertise as a technical arbitrator on an international commercial dispute involving turboexpander
Performance retention analysis of GE7F gas turbines as a part of the Durability Surveillance of Advanced Gas Turbines
Developed vibration monitoring and analysis guidelines for GE7F gas turbine as a part of the Durability Surveillance of Advanced Gas Turbines
Field performance testing of steam injected LM-5000 gas turbine generator
Managed inspection, failure investigation, repair, installation and post modification testing of DR-61 power turbines in a cogeneration plant. Proper documentation preparation proved financially beneficial to the client
Managed a team of engineers to successfully complete onsite power plant equipment performance test of a new cogeneration plant using ASME performance test codes
Inspection and failure investigations of BBC Type 11B and FT4C-1 gas turbines
Investigation and stress analysis of LP inner casing of a 160 MW GE Steam Turbine using FEA
Witnessing performance testing of numerous LM-2500 gas turbine generator sets on behalf of client
