Babar Sharfuddin

About Babar Sharfuddin

Chartered Chemical Engineer with 18 years of experience at Shell delivering major capital projects, process design, and energy transition solutions across petrochemicals, refining, hydrogen, and utilities systems.I specialize in front-end development, concept selection, process integration, utilities master planning, and techno-economic evaluation for complex industrial projects. My work spans projects involving Blue Hydrogen (SMR + CCS), Ethylene Oxide, Mono Ethylene Glycol, Alpha Olefins, and large utility systems. Currently serving as Process Integrator for a US Gulf Coast project, where I lead the process engineering scope, technology selection, greenhouse gas management strategy, and decision-quality studies through concept selection and value assurance reviews.Over the course of my career I have:• Led process engineering teams and multidisciplinary project teams across concept, Select, and FEED phases• Delivered Decision Quality evaluations (~30 studies) to optimize project scope and capital efficiency• Led technology and licensor selections for SMR and CO₂ capture units• Developed GHG and Energy Management Plans enabling credible pathways toward Net Zero• Identified energy saving opportunities across global refinery and chemical assets• Developed digital tools such as CEMIS and EEST used globally to optimize energy and CO₂ performance. My experience combines technical depth with project leadership, enabling effective integration between engineering disciplines, licensors, EPC contractors, and business stakeholders.I am particularly interested in roles involving:• Capital Project Management• Process Engineering Leadership• Low-Carbon Energy / Hydrogen / CCS• Energy efficiency and decarbonization programs

Experience

1. Process Integrator

   Shell

   Jan 2023 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Process Integrator for a large-scale project on the US Gulf Coast involving Hydrogen Production and CO₂ Capture & Sequestration.Key responsibilities:• Lead the Process Engineering function across SMR, CCS, and site integration scopes• Supervise process engineering deliverables, schedules, and technical quality• Interface with Project Manager, FED Manager, licensors, EPC contractors, and SMEs• Lead concept selection studies and value assurance reviews (DG2.5)• Developed Greenhouse Gas and Energy Management Plan and pinch integration studies• Led CO₂ capture technology selection and licensor tender evaluation• Developed carbon intensity models and decarbonization pathways for the project. Impact:• Delivered decision-quality analyses to optimize CAPEX, carbon intensity, and operability• Enabled project progression through Stage Gates.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Chemical Engineering

  2003 — 2007

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Chemical Engineering

  2007 — 2008

Skills

• Heat Transfer
• Aspen Hysys
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Lng
• Chemical Engineering
• Distillation
• Heavy Oil
• Cogeneration
• Co2 Capture
• Pinch Analysis
• Cfd
• Petroleum
• Oil/Gas
• Steam Turbines
• Simulations
• Process Modeling
• Gas
• Advanced Numerical Computing
• Olefins
• Refinery
• Power Plants
• Benchmarking
• Steam
• Process Simulation
• Thermodynamics
• Ghg Management
• Latex
• Energy
• Gas Turbines
• Gtl
• Downstream Oil & Gas