Ransford Kwesi Biney is a chemical engineer from Ghana seeking a career in the chemical and petroleum industries. He has over 5 years of experience in fuel operations and production engineering roles. His experience includes fuel transfer operations, field operations, production monitoring, product quality testing, maintenance, and safety practices. He is skilled in unit operations, computer programs, and holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering.

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CURRICULUM VITAE
RANSFORD KWESI BINEY
PERSONAL DATA
P. O. Box AS 100,
Asawasi - Kumasi.
Mobile: +233- (0) - 267 - 526- 091
E-mail: ransbeeacid@gmail.com
Date and Place of Birth: September 4, 1988 – Asawasi, A/R – Ghana
Marital Status: Single
Background: Chemical Engineer
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
An engineering career in the Chemical and Petroleum Process Industry
WORK EXPERIENCE
Company: KARPOWERSHIP GHANA COMPANY LTD.
Position: Fuel Operator / Field operator
Date : November 2015 – Up to date
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES
Fuel operation
 Transfer heavy fuel oil from ship into fuel storage tanks
 Control heavy fuel oil reserve during fuel transfer at the control room.
 Check ullaging/dipping of fuel in tanks during transfer and after transfer
 Discharge lubricating oil and diesel oil from trucks into their respective storage
tanks
 Take care and pump out sludges, bilges and grey water into trucks.

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 Take samples of heavy fuel oil (HFO), Diesel and lubricating Oil.
 Give daily feedback of the volume of fuel remaining to the shift leader.
Field operation
 Conduct regular rounds to check equipment and machinery operating readings.
 Operate power house and auxiliary equipment.
 Monitor and record operating data by station instructions.
 To follow up on control room operating instructions.
 Perform maintenance duties when assigned during shift work.
 Inspect and report all malfunctions on the site to shift leader.
 Uphold and follow all safety standards and requirements.
 Perform routing troubleshooting and diagnostic procedures of equipment.
 Take samples and tests on boiler waters to determine chemical structure.
 Check maneuvers in the field conducted by control room operator.
Company: PLATON GAS OIL, GHANA LIMITED
NB: Platon is a mini refinery company that refines Naphtha, Gasoil and Residual fuel oil
(RFO) in a crude distillation unit.
Position: Production Engineer/Production Technician
Date: September 2013 – up to date
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Operational Responsibilities
 Start-up, Shut down and continuous monitoring of the plan
 Responsible for regulating pumps, valves in the plant and at the control room.
 Monitor process variables such as temperature, Pressures, levels, flow rates to
ensure that they meet accepted routine operating parameters of the plant.
 Make recommendation for improving unit and/ or optimizing energy consumption
when necessary.
 Undertake routine checks and monitor conditions of process equipment such as
pumps, air compressors, columns, control valves etc, and report anomalies for
correction.

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 Provide day to day support for safety, maintenance, and operations.
Product quality and laboratory analysis.
 Ensure proper operation of processing unit to produce quality products-diesel,
naphtha etc.
 Check the Viscosity, density (API), flashpoint, initial and final boiling points and
performing full distillation of finished product when required.
 Perform analysis on crude oil to know the quality of the crude ,some of the
analysis perform on the crude are full distillation, salt content, water content,
viscosity, density, sulfur content etc .
 Calibration and maintenance of analytical instruments and preparation of
standards in accordance with ASTM and ISO procedures.
 Perform all calculations and write report on daily activities.
 Ensure regular analysis of crude oil (raw material) and finished product.
Maintenance of basic equipment:
 Responsible for cleaning and lubricating of equipment when required etc.
 Support ongoing repair of basic equipment without stopping Production.
 Responsible for preparing work order and equipment for maintenance.
Tank Farm Operations
 Receive crude oil from ships at the oil berth into plant crude storage tanks.
 Responsible for checking temperature of products in storage tanks.
 Take levels (Ullage, Innage) measurements of crude oil (raw material) and
finished products such as Naphtha, Gasoil, Gasoline, Residual Fuel oil (RFO).
 Responsible for Calculating volume of products in tanks by performing all
necessary conversion.
 Responsible for calculating Tank Volumes, Use of calibration charts etc.
 Drain process and storage tanks containing water.
 Transfer products from tank to tank.
 Maintenance of pipelines and storage tanks as well as pumps.
Specific Equipment Operated:
 Direct fired air heater
 Wet gas compressor starting, Monitoring of heat exchangers.

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 Valves (gate valves, ball valves, motorized valves) and all types of pumps on the
plant.
 Continuous monitoring of columns, vessels etc.
 Starting and Monitoring of air coolers.
Trouble shooting (emergency)
Vacuum failure on ejectors, Power failure, pumps malfunction, cooling system
malfunction, instrument failure.
Safety Practices
 Fire fighting and fire fighting systems.
 Use of work permits systems.
 Proper use of Personal Protective Equipments.
 Knowledge in Spillage handling procedure.
Loading:
 Responsible for loading of Products (Gas Oil, Naphtha, Residual Fuel Oil) into
Tanker trucks at the loading bay.
Company: VOLTA ALUMINIUM COMPANY (VALCO)
Position: Production Engineer
Date: September 2011 – August 2012
Job Title: Production Assistant Manager (Carbon Operations)
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 Manages the safety processes in a way that will ensure the attainment of zero injury work
environment.

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 Inventory Management: put in place a monitoring process for petroleum coke materials,
anodes, tools and raises flag on low inventory levels of critical items
 Ensure that role descriptions are generated for non-managers and all positions that form
my team and that these role descriptions are covered in detail with each member of the
team for complete understanding and concurrence
 Ensure meeting of all environmental and housekeeping standards at all work areas is
maintained through monitoring and audits
 Open and receptive to all employees’ inputs on the job and effectively communicate all
relevant issues
 Review performance of all sub-ordinates regularly, reward them differently and give
appropriate feedback
 Actively participate in the development, implementation and updating of the
Department’s Business Plan
PROFILE
A young, vibrant, dynamic, ambitious and self-motivated Bachelor of Science (Chemical
Engineering) Degree holder with vast experiences in the Chemical Engineering Profession
ranging from internship through to after-academic-study job placements.
EDUCATION
• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2007- 2011), Kumasi
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Major: chemical Process Industry, Petroleum Engineering Technology, safety and
pollution control, etc.
Minor: Basic swimming
• Kumasi Anglican Senior High School (2003-2006), Kumasi Anglican
Senior Secondary School Certificate
Major: Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Elective Mathematics
Minor: Integrated Science, Core Mathematics, Social Studies, English Language

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SKILLS
 Computer literacy: Microsoft Office word, Excel, Powerpoint, celtrol and elke.
 Good understanding of unit operations and process of production
REFERENCES
 Mr Dogukan Derman dgkndrmn@gmail.com
Fuel supervisor / marine engineer
Karpowership Ghana co. ltd
 Mr. Opoku Kwarteng 0244377932
GRA, Custom Division – Tema Oil Refinery and
Head Customs Officer at Platon GasOil Ghana Ltd.
 Mr. Richard Mends 0244855270
Safety Officer
Platon Gas Oil Ghana limited.
 Mr Richard sarkodieAddo 0267692992/024539959
Volta Aluminium Company.