Reliability Engineer · P.Eng Candidate · Fort McMurray, AB

Engineering tools
built for the field

A personal hub for engineering apps, self-hosted AI, and technical resources — built by an engineer who actually uses them.

0+
Years in oil & gas
0
Engineering apps
R1
Self-hosted AI model
P.Eng
In progress
Applications
Tools that solve real field problems
Engineering

Piping Calc

Pressure drop and wall thickness calculations for process piping per ASME B31.3.

live
AI Tool

RCFA Assistant

AI-powered root cause failure analysis tool for equipment failures.

beta
Reliability

Equipment Strategy

Build and manage equipment maintenance strategies with risk-based work selection.

in dev
AI Infrastructure
Self-hosted, private by design
Model

DeepSeek R1

Running via Ollama on a private VPS. No data leaves the server.

Ollama7B params
Backend

FastAPI on Hetzner

All engineering computation and AI inference served from a dedicated private server.

FastAPIHetzner VPS
Frontend

Next.js on Vercel

Edge-deployed UI with global CDN. Fast everywhere, zero cold starts on the frontend.

Next.jsCloudflare CDN
About
The engineer behind the tools
AH

Ahmed AlBuessa — Mechanical & Reliability Engineer

8+ years across multinational operators — Suncor, Shell, ExxonMobil, and BP — in oil sands, oilfields, and refinery environments. Specializing in equipment reliability, pressure equipment fitness-for-service, and piping integrity on SAGD assets in the Alberta oil sands.

Currently applying that field experience to building engineering tools — combining deep domain knowledge with Python, AI, and modern web tech to solve real problems faster.

ASME B31.3ASME VIIIAPI 579API 570API 510CSA Z662ABSAFFS / Fitness-for-Service
Currently

Fort McMurray, AB

Contractor · Suncor / Syncrude oil sands

P.Eng registration in progress with APEGA · Fluent in English and Arabic

Next

Calgary, AB

After P.Eng licensure — combining engineering consulting with software

Career
Suncor / Syncrude
Equipment & Reliability Mechanical Engineer
2023 – Present · SAGD oil sands · Fort McMurray
Shell / Wood plc
Construction Engineering Mech/Piping
2021 – 2023 · Field engineer · Basrah, Iraq
ExxonMobil / Calethon
Senior Mechanical Engineer
2019 – 2021 · WQ1 oilfield · Iraq
BP / BACO
Quality Engineer
2017 – 2019 · Rumaila oilfield · QA/QC
The intersection

Engineering knowledge + AI tools

Most engineering software is built by software engineers who don't understand the field. I'm going the other way — a field engineer learning to build the tools that are actually missing.

Current focus: RCFA support tools, piping calculations, equipment strategy assistants — all backed by a private self-hosted AI model that understands engineering context.

PythonNext.jsFastAPISelf-hosted AIOllamaAutoCADSolidWorksCaesar II
Certifications
ABSA · Pressure Piping Fabrication & QC
API 570 · Process Piping Inspector (In Prep)
NDE · VT, RT, MT, PT — ASNT (SMIS)
ASME PDH Certificate
Welding Processes · CWB
Updates
Notes from the field
Links
Find me elsewhere

welren.com / welren.ca — Ahmed · Reliability Engineer

Next.js · Vercel · Hetzner · Cloudflare