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DATE OF BIRTH: 19th February 1965
NATIONALITY: Nigeria
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1982 - 1987 UNIVERSITY of IBADAN, NIGERIA
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
1976 - 1981 Akinorun Grammar School, Ikirun, Nigeria
West African School Certificate ('O' Level)
CAREER SUMMARY
Production Technologist with 11 years experience in the oil industry. Expert in Field Development (Planning and Implementation), Well Designs (Horizontal/Multilateral), Drilling and Workover Operations, Well Productivity Enhancements (Stimulation, Water Shut-off etc.), Production Optimization, Well Surveillance, Sand Prediction and Control, Artificial Lift etc. The 11 years also include one year dedicated rig work as Well-site Petroleum Engineer, 8 years in various assignments in Production Technology and 2 years stint in Production Chemistry.
A graduate of Mechanical Engineering, with pre-oil industry work experience in steel rolling technology, process engineering, maintenance planning and implementation. Ambitious, smart and mobile.
WORK EXPERIENCE
A) SHELL PETROLEUM DEV. CO, NIG. LTD., PORT HARCOURT
Current Position 1: Production Technologist (SPDC, PBE-PTC) (August, 1999 till date)
- Lead Production Technologist for Soku Oil and gas field projects
- (SOKU FDP, Field Optimisation, Realising the Limit projects, etc.)
- Co-ordinator, Short Term Oil Generation and Well Intervention activities for the Area Team
- Focal Point Nembe Creek Field 'Producing the Limit' implementation.
- Co-ordinated, Nembe Creek FDP Implementation (Campaign Drilling).
- Business Planning and Projects Economics
- Budget Implementation and Control Focal Point
- Team Leadership roles.
Position 2: Well Technologist, SPDC, PBE-WT (Aug. 1998 to Aug 1999)
- Well Surveillance Focal Point
- Co-ordinated Short Term Oil Generation (TT and W/L activities)
- Integrated Field Management Review Focal Point (Nembe Creek Field)
- Acting Team Leader
Position 3: Production Technologist, SIEP, EPT-IF, Rijswijk, Netherlands (Jun. 1997 to Aug. 1998)
- In an integrated, multidisciplinary team environment
- Field Review and Field Development Planning for Nun River, Afam and Champion (a BSP, Brunei) fields
- Well Performance Modeling (Performance analyses and well designs)
- Sand prediction, management and control.
- Team Transformation activities.
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Position 4: Production Chemist, SPDC-E (Oct., 1995 to Jun., 1997):
- Process and Treatment Chemistry, Samling and Analyses,
- Dehydration, De-oiling, De-emulsification, Crude Distillation,
- Oil Typing and Characterization, Geochemical fingerprinting.
- Chemicals Quality Control and Safe Handling ( SHOC),
- Wax and Scale Chemistry, Stimulation and Compatibility testing, etc,
- Auto Distillation focal Point
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Position 5: Associate Production Technologist, SPDC-E (Nov. 1992 to Oct. 1995)
- Field Review and Field Development Planning (Obigbo North and Agbada)
- Well modeling and completion designs (oil and gas)
- Gaslift design and optimization
- Problem well analyses
- Well Surveillance activities (Obigbo North, Agbada and Imo River fields)
- Field Operations for initial Completion, Workover and Through-Tubing Activities
Position 6: Well-Site Petroleum Engineer, SPDC-E (Oct. 1991 to Nov. 1992)
- Rig operations (Drilling and Workover) planning and implementation.
- Drilling and Completion Designs
- Sand control (operations planning and installation),
- Well control and well head installations, etc.
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B) NONE-OIL INDUSTRY WORK EXPERIENCE
1). NIGERIA BREWERIES PLC, LAGOS (Dec. 1989 - Oct. 1991).
Position: Mechanical Engineer /Assistant Manager
Duties: Process Engineering, Maintenance Planning and Implementation, Utilities
2) KEW METAL WORKS NIG. LTD, LAGOS (Steel Rolling Mills) (Nov. 1988 - Dec. 1989).
Position: Pupil Engineer (Mechanical, Steel Rolling)
Duties: Steel Rolling Engineering (Light Sections), Rolls Design and Machining, Quality Control, Operations and Maintenance.
C) PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Year Course Code Course Title
1991 EP100 Basic Production Operations (SPDC, Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
1992 P181 Subsurface Development Operations (SIEP, Leeuwenhorst, Netherlands)
1993 P264 Production Technology (SIEP, Leeuwenhorst, Netherlands)
1996 EP011 Production Chemistry Workshop (SIEP, Leeuwenhorst, Netherlands)
1997 LIMS Laboratory Information Management System ( Seer Green, Britain)
1998 P267 Advanced Production Technology (SIEP, Leeuwenhorst, Netherlands)
1998 P295 Advanced Production Operations (SIEP, Leeuwenhorst, Netherlands)
1999 P266 Cased Hole Log evaluation (SPDC, Port Harcourt, Nigeria)
2002 P214 Reservoir Engineering
2002 WellCAT WellCAT for Well Design
2003 EP10100 Project Management
2003 RTL Realizing the Limit Facilitation (Train the Consultant Course)
(There are Multitudes of other short courses for personal and professional development, which can not be listed here)
COMPUTER SKILLS
- Production Technology Softwares (System Analyses Model (SAM), WePS/HorVIP, FIST, WinGlue, ShellFrac, OFM, STIM2001, EPPROMS, PipeSIM, WellCat, Merak PEEP,)
- Windows Office Tools (Expert)
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- Programming (VB 6, C++)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of SPE since 1996
ACHIEVEMENTS/PUBLICATIONS
1)SPE Paper No. 66066: 'Novel Technique for Oriented Through-Tubing Perforation for Dual Completions' at SPE International Conference and Exhibition, Abuja Nigeria in August 2000
2)SPE Paper No. 79187: 'Stimulating High Water-Cut Wells – A Successful Approach' at SPE International Conference and Exhibition, Abuja Nigeria in August 2002.
3) Developed an automated system for well surveillance data management and reporting (Using Visual Basic)- saves time and manpower.
4) Developing a computer package for strategic production control/allocation (guided by flare limit, API and quota constraints, using VB-6 and MS-ACCESS)-Work has advanced!
LANGUAGES
English (written/spoken-fluent)
OTHER INTERESTS:
Investments, Management Studies and Information Technology
HOBBIES:
Reading and Programming
References will be provided on request.
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