Rohan Oak, P.E.

Instrumentation, Controls, & Electrical Engineering Team Leader; Consulting Engineer I
Years of Experience:
16
Education & Licenses:

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2007, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, 2005, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India
Registered Professional Engineering, States of Louisiana, and Texas
TUV-certified Functional Safety Engineer

Areas of Specialization:

FSA Stage 1–5 assessments
ANSI/ISA 61511 safety lifecycle, process hazard analysis (PHA), layer of protection analysis (LOPA)
Distributed control systems (DCS) and safety instrumented systems (SIS)
ISA 18.2 alarm management systems
Instrument reliability program
Process measurement & valve application and sizing methods
FEED and EPC projects
Debottlenecking of brownfield projects
LNG plant construction, field engineering, start-up, and commissioning

Overview:

Rohan Oak has over 16 years of instrumentation and control systems engineering experience in detailed engineering, instrument maintenance and reliability, functional safety management, system integration, and alarm management.

Publications:

  1. Gaikaiwari, S. and Oak, R., “Importance of Solenoid Valve Technology in Achieving Safer Partial Stroke Testing in Safety Instrumented Systems,” presented at the Texas A&M Instrumentation and Automation Symposium, January 2020.
  2. Gaikaiwari, S. and Oak, R., “Erosive Life Calculator for Production Choke Valves on Offshore Platforms to Prevent Catastrophic Failure,” presented at the Texas A&M International Symposium, January 2017.
  3. Oak, R., “Interface Measurements in a Three Phase Separator,” presented at the Texas A&M Instrumentation and Automation Symposium, January 2017.

Conference & Training Presentations:

  1. Practical Methods of Understanding Vibration Problems in Sever Service Control Valves – Analysis and Solutions, presented by R. Oak at the 2021 API Conference, November 2021.

Industry Activities:

  • API SOICS committee Chair
  • Task force lead for development of API RP 551
  • Task force member for development of API RP 559
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