Celebrating Our Employees: Muhammad Khan

The Midstream Bernstein Tank Farm is a major hub, where 80% of Heritages total production of crude oil is stored and transferred directly to Paria for internal sales. The supervision of this asset is critical and can be challenging at times.

My responsibilities include ensuring a high level of accuracy in the measurement of crude, ensuring pipeline quality crude (less than 2% BS&W) is met, optimising pump rates while maintaining the required discharge pressure rates from Bernstein Tank Farm to Paria. Also, managing tank ullage to be able to receive fiscalised crude from Point Ligoure, Adventure, Point Fortin Central, Los Bajos, Main Field and Leases daily.

Having the opportunity to collaborate and work closely with some amazing people. Also, the fulfillment that comes with overcoming new challenges and meeting each cargo as a team.

Cooking, fishing, Formula D racing, engine modification and repairs.

I am a hydroponic entrepreneur. I designed, built and programmed a system that automatically manages and controls parameters of pH, ppm concentration and temperature for optimum plant growth and is monitored remotely. As a child I was always fascinated with the sight of plants growing with absolutely no soil. This led me to start experimenting on my own with hydroponics.

I have a total of 10 years work experience in the oil and gas industry. Eight of those years were spent in the upstream operations as a production operator. I was responsible for production optimisation and well programming of artificial lift systems. I also successfully programmed the CO 132 in the Catshill field as the first workover at Heritage.

During my two years in midstream operations, I have worked at Point Ligoure, Adventure, Point Fortin Central and now at the Bernstein and Main Field Tank Farms, where I am the crude storage supervisor. In December 2019, I was instrumental in achieving 100,000 bbls of salable crude from slops at the Adventure Tank Farm.

I am pursuing a MSc in Reservoir Engineering at the University of Trinidad and Tobago. Working at Heritage and studying after hours takes a lot but its essential for the growth and development of not only myself but also the company.