Mohit Solanki

Mohit Solanki is a Mechanical Engineer with +13 years of experience in the oil and gas sector, specializing in inspection and quality activities across manufacturing and project environments. He has extensive experience inspecting pressure vessels, heat exchangers, structures, fittings, LSAW, HSAW and ERW line pipes, stainless-steel pipes and tubes, valves, castings, bends, coatings and painting systems. His background includes third-party inspection, preparation of WPS, PQR and WOPQ, welding-quality improvement, QA/QC procedures, ITPs, technical documentation, CRS, NCR closure and final dossiers. He has held Senior Manager and Quality Head responsibilities and has supported major clients and organizations including Fluor, Petrofac, PDO, ADNOC, Qatar Energy, Dangote, OQGN and CPECC. He also coordinates client, supplier, auditor and third-party inspection activities.

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May 2025 – Present FREELANCE (Various clients)

Inspected pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, castings, valves, line-pipe manufacturing, coating and fittings.

Jun 2024 – May 2025 M/s Venus Pipes & Tubes Ltd

Sr. Manager

Managed QA and QC activities as Quality Head for the LSAW SS welded plant.
Monitored and certified plant welding activities.
Certified WPS, PQR, WOPQ, welding records and data.
Reviewed and submitted technical comments, ITPs, MPS and other technical documents during enquiry and post-award stages.
Prepared and implemented QA/QC procedures and inspection test plans according to client technical specifications.
Provided raw-material technical specifications to procurement and commented on specifications provided by raw-material suppliers.
Prepared comment resolution sheets during project-document approval.
Attended kick-off and pre-production meetings and prepared minutes of meetings.
Coordinated with foreign delegates, clients, third-party inspection agencies and external auditors during plant visits and pre-production meetings.
Assisted in establishing and maintaining quality norms according to ISO standards and coordinated audit activities.
Performed internal quality audits for the quality-management system.
Maintained quality-department records.
Performed supplier mill audits, raw-material inspection, supplier evaluation, yield analysis, product testing, product release, failure analysis and customer-complaint activities.
Performed inspection and destructive testing of welds and recommended process, application and equipment-calibration improvements.
Maintained daily and weekly progress and quality-control reports as part of document control.

Sep 2017 – May 2024 TPI AGENCY

Inspector Third Party Inspection

Inspected pressure vessels, storage tanks and shell-and-tube heat exchangers.
Reviewed raw-material test certificates and internal reports for material identification.
Witnessed in-process material identification for pressure and non-pressure parts.
Witnessed welder and welding-procedure qualification and endorsement of PTC for mechanical and NDT testing.
Witnessed dished-end dimensional inspection and NDE.
Performed category-wise joint fit-up and NDE inspection for A, B, C and D joints.
Witnessed baffle, skeleton, tube-bundle and tube-parts setup inspections.
Witnessed tube expansion, tube-to-tube-sheet PT and bolt tightening.
Witnessed UT, RT, MPI and PT examinations.
Witnessed pneumatic, hydro, helium leak and cold stretch tests.
Performed final visual and dimensional inspection.
Witnessed draining, drying, surface preparation and painting inspection.
Verified nameplate, CG marking, dew-point temperature, N2 filling and packing slips.
Witnessed inspection of loose items and equipment spares.
Reviewed final dossiers and issued IRNs.
Inspected HSAW, LSAW, ERW and stainless-steel pipes and tubes, DI line pipes, induction bends and stainless-steel welded pipes.
Reviewed raw materials and inspected ID/OD welding, hydro testing, NDT, physical testing, visual inspection and dimensional inspection.
Performed random visual inspection of plates and coils.
Performed plate and coil UT examination of 100% edges and body in accordance with specifications.
Monitored pipe forming and automatic/manual MIG and SAW welding of LSAW/HSAW pipes.
Performed random surveillance of internal UT and real-time radiography.
Witnessed cold expansion and hydro testing of LSAW pipes.
Witnessed tensile, impact, chemical, micro, macro, DWTT, hardness and all-weld testing for consumables.
Witnessed sour and NACE service testing including HIC, SSC, IGC and CTOD tests.
Performed final AUT/MUT examination and radiography of pipes at both ends.
Performed visual and dimensional inspection, reviewed NDT reports and issued final clearance.
Inspected bend manufacturing stage-by-stage, including pig testing, NDT, laboratory testing and final VDI.
Issued non-conformity records and handled them through closure.
Reviewed final QA/QC dossiers and issued inspection release notes to vendors.

Sep 2010 – May 2014 Man Industries (India) Ltd.

Sr. Engineer

Worked as Sr. Engineer Plant Incharge and managed shop-floor quality activities during shifts for pipe manufacturing.
Coordinated with foreign delegates, clients, third-party inspection agencies and external auditors during plant visits and preproduction meetings.
Performed Hydro test, Burst Test and Cyclic Test as per QAP/ITP and witnessed pressure gauges used for hydrostatic testing with a dead weight tester.
Handled documentation and implementation for ISO 9001:2000 and certification as per quality-system procedures.
Liaised with TPI, clients and consultants on quality systems, procedures and project coordination.
Planned and coordinated inspection and testing equipment, materials and manpower for projects.
Executed inspection and testing activities with third-party inspection agencies.
Managed receiving, in-process and final inspection and testing activities.
Prepared welding procedure specifications and procedure qualifications.
Applied piping standards including ASTM, ASME SEC. IX, IS and API 5L and other relevant standards for pipe manufacture.

Client	Project	Details of work done in the project
M/s LTHE/IOCL	LTK-1 &2 Package for ‘’Ethylene Glycol’’ at Paradip Refinery, Odisha	10’’ OD to 52’’ OD SS Pipes for General and NACE Service at M/s Ratnamani Metal & Tubes Ltd.
M/s Dangote Oil Refining Company Ltd	Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrrochemical FZE	36’’ OD, 52’’OD SS Pipes, SS 304 & SS304L M/s Ratnamani Metal & Tubes Ltd.
M/s Isarene Group M/s Petrofac International (UAE) LLC	AIN TSILA Development Project, Algeria.	18’’OD, 24’’OD, 32’’ OD, 36’’OD, 42’’OD, 48’’OD SS Pipes, SS 304, SS304L, SS316, SS361L General & NACE Service at M/s Ratnamani Metal & Tubes Ltd.
M/s Petro Tamin FAHM Company, IRN	FAHM Replacement Project	Inspection of Tubes 19.05 mm OD X 1.65 mm WT, TP316L, 16 mm ODS X 2.30 mm WT TP316L.
M/s Dangote Oil Refining Company Ltd	Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrrochemical FZE	36’’ OD, 48’’OD, 52’’OD SS Pipes, SS 304 & SS304L M/s Jindal Saw Ltd.

Client	Project	Details of work done in the project
M/s TOTAL	Bend Qualification as per GS EP PLR 226	20’’OD X 20.62 mm WT X 5D & 18’’OD X 11.1 mm WT X 5D, API 5L X 65MO PSL2, HIB Bend at M/s Welspun Crop PBM Plant.
M/s Carigali-Pttepi Operation Company (CPOC)/ M/s Sapura Offshore Sdn. Bhd. Malaysis	JDA Block-B-17 Development Project	20’’OD X 22.23 mm WT X 3D & 5D API 5L X 65MS PSL2 HIB Bend at M/s Welspun Crop PBM Plant.
M/s GSPL	SWAN FSRU Connectivity Pipeline	30’’OD & 30’’OD API 5L X 70M PSL2, LR Bend (3D & 5D 6D) at M/s Ratnamani Metal & Tubes Ltd.
M/s Mahanagar Gas Ltd	City Gas Distribution Project	8’’ OD API 5L X 70M PSL2, LR Bend (3D & 5D 6D) Fabrication of Bend and Sleeve coating at M/s Ratnamani Metal & Tubes Ltd.
M/s Oil India Ltd	Supply of PRE-Coated Line Pipe and Bends	6’’ OD & 8’’ OD API 5L X 60M PSL2, Fabrication of Bend and Sleeve coating at M/s Ratnamani Metal & Tubes Ltd.

Client	Project	Details of work done in the project
End User: Qatar Energy Customer: Petrofac Qatar W.L.L.	ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING (EPIC) OF EARLY WORKS FOR WWTP UPGRADE	Stage Inspection of Groth Pressure Vacuum Relief Valve @ GROTH CONTINENTAL MANUFACTURING PRIVATE LIMITED
M/s Andritz Hydro Pvt Ltd	Moyar PH & Anrland-HPP	Inspection of Jet Deflector Casting, Runner Blade at M/s Atul Pricision Cast Ltd-Rajkot.
M/s ADMA / M/s Technip France Abu Dhabi	Additional Gas supply to onshore and Flexibility Assurance at USSC	Dual Plate check valve at M/s Intrux Techno casting Pvt.Ltd
M/s Virgo Valve & Controls Pvt Ltd. Pune.	-----	Inspection of Pouring witnessed, Lab Testing, Visual & Final Dimensional for Material WCB, CF8, and CF8M.
M/s Proman, Germany / M/s VAK & Press Engineering	-----	Inspection of Poring witnessed , Lab Testing, Final nd Visual Dimension for Ball Valve- F304L (Body & Ball) at M/s G.M Valve Pvt Ltd-Rajkot.
M/s Petro Valve/ M/s Corrtech International	Steel pipeline construction and associated work for NBPL	Inspection of Ball valve for Body, side pic, steam, Pup piece at M/s Gujarat Intrux Pvt .Ltd-Rajkot.
M/s Hawa Valves	Sabarmati gas line	Casting Ball valve,Butter fly valve of body, bonnet and Plate for gas line at M/s Iceburge Technocast Pvt Ltd.
M/s Elbit System ISRAEL Aerospace	ISRAEL vapoun	ISRAEL vapoun casting body, bonnet, Flange at M/s Hi-Tech Investment casting Pvt. Ltd.

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