Advancing Safety, Sustainability, & Innovation in Static Equipment Management

Abdelgader Abdelgalil

Chief Engineer

SABIC’s Manufacturing Center of Excellence (CoE)

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada. Joined SABIC in 2003 and has since built extensive expertise in stress analysis, fatigue, creep, buckling, and thermal evaluation of pressure equipment and critical assets. Specialized in applying these disciplines to Fitness-For-Service (FFS) assessments, failure investigations, and mechanical design reviews, utilizing both rigorous theoretical frameworks and advanced finite element analysis (FEA) tools. Actively engaged in numerous technical initiatives across SABIC affiliates, contributing to the enhancement of engineering standards, troubleshooting methodologies, and reliability practices. Has played a key role in the development and authorship of Technical Alerts, Best Practices, and internal guidelines, ensuring alignment with SABIC’s OMS and SES frameworks as well as international codes and standards (ASME, API). These efforts have helped strengthen knowledge-sharing, improve asset integrity, and mitigate risks across the organization.