SAMI's CV
SAMI ALMENHALI
Team Leader | Pipeline
Profile summary
Team Leader | Pipeline with 24 years of experience in pipeline integrity, asset management, and corrosion engineering. Oversees pipeline maintenance, flowline replacement projects, and regulatory compliance while managing hydrotesting and leak repair programs. Executes integrity assessments and business continuity frameworks to maintain operational resilience. Prioritizes HSE leadership, process safety, and stakeholder management to ensure infrastructure reliability in oil and gas environments.
Career highlights
Pipeline Integrity Leadership: Directs pipeline integrity, maintenance, and operations activities across ADNOC Onshore, ensuring full compliance with internal standards and external regulatory requirements for asset reliability.
Technical Engineering Oversight: Led corrosion engineering activities and integrity initiatives across multiple field locations, executing inspection planning and integrity assessments to support gas and oil operations.
Operational Progression: Advanced through 5 roles, transitioning from field operations coordination in 2001 and 2002 to current leadership responsibilities in pipeline integrity and asset management.
Professional Certification: Maintains ISO 22301:2019 certification as a Lead Implementer for Business Continuity Management, applying standardized frameworks to enhance operational resilience and risk management strategies.
Key skills
Professional experience
Shapes pipeline integrity strategy and oversees maintenance operations across all assets. Steers cross-functional collaboration between engineering, inspection, and operations teams to ensure adherence to ADNOC standards and regulatory requirements.
- Directs pipeline integrity, maintenance, and operations activities to maintain asset reliability.
- Ensures full compliance with ADNOC pipeline integrity standards, internal procedures, and external regulatory requirements.
- Coordinates inspection programs and remedial actions through alignment with SQM, Operations, Inspection, Engineering, and contractors.
- Provides technical leadership and mentoring to pipeline and integrity engineers to support professional development.
- Serves as a member of the Process Safety Committee to influence safety protocols and risk management strategies.
Architected corrosion engineering strategy and integrity management frameworks across Asab, BAB, NEB, and SQM operations. Steered technical integrity assessments and inspection planning to maintain operational standards for oil and gas assets.
- Led corrosion engineering activities and integrity initiatives across multiple field locations.
- Executed inspection planning and integrity assessments to support gas and oil operations.
- Delivered technical studies and managed improvement initiatives for corrosion engineering tasks.
Defined integrity management strategy for gas assets, steering technical oversight for inspection activities. Coordinated with field teams to maintain infrastructure standards and ensure compliance with operational safety protocols.
- Executed inspection and corrosion support programs to maintain gas asset integrity.
- Facilitated field integrity functions to ensure compliance with operational safety standards.
Steered laboratory testing protocols and field operations to maintain data integrity and procedural compliance. Oversaw daily technical workflows and equipment standards across site activities.
- Executed analytical testing procedures to support field operations and data collection.
- Facilitated field operations by maintaining equipment readiness and procedural adherence.
- Executed maintenance protocols for power generation equipment to sustain operational uptime.
- Coordinated field logistics for water distribution systems during 2001 and 2002.
Certifications
Languages
Arabic · Fluent
English · Professional