Inspectioneering

Manikandan Palanisamy: About the Author
Lead Engineer - Asset Integrity, OQ Base Industries


Manikandan Palanisamy

Manikandan Palanisamy is a Lead Engineer in Asset Integrity at OQ Base Industries (OQBiI), Salalah, Oman. Manikandan is a Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) and API Certified (510, 570, 581, 571, 577) and has over 23 years of experience with refining and petrochemical companies in the Middle East, Southeast Asia in Quality Assurance & Quality Control, Plant Inspection, Corrosion, and Risk Based Inspection Management activities. His professional experience has concentrated on the discipline of Asset Integrity, including Static Equipment Inspection, Fitness for Service Assessments, Implementation of Risk Based Inspection Methodologies, Incident Investigations, Root Cause Analysis and work process improvements.

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Published Articles

July/August 2025 Inspectioneering Journal

This article discusses a prominent damage mechanism found in the outlet pigtails of steam methane reformers: creep deformation.