Your Workshop Leader

 

Name           :   Bijan Pourkarimi

 

Origin           :   Canada

Nationality    :   Canadian

Title              :   B.A.Sc.

Study           :   Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering from the University

                        of British Columbia

 

Experiences.

 

Mr. Pourkarimi is a professional engineer with over 30 years of experience in the energy and natural gas sector.  He  is a registered Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geo-Scientists of British Columbia.

 

Mr. Pourkarimi has held a number of positions with progressively higher responsibilities and was responsible for new customer connections and annual sales of $30,000,000 with one of Canada’s largest natural gas distribution companies. He is also an instructor at Douglas College, one of the leading post secondary education colleges in British Columbia, Canada.

 

Mr. Pourkarimi has worked on several international projects, including in projects in UAE, Qatar, Iran, Turkey, Chile, Canada, and Malaysia.

 

Mr. Pourkarimi has managed the pre-feasibility study of supplying LNG and CNG to a copper and gold mine in northern BC and the pre-feasibility study of supplying LNG to four communities in Northern Manitoba. Mr. Pourkarimi was also responsible for conducting the market study and marketing plan for a new gas distribution system in Abu Dhabi, UAE that was used in the Front-End Engineering Design for the new gas distribution system. He also managed the feasibility study of using CNG and L-CNG in the transportation sector in Qatar.