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Abstract Glass Building

ExxonMobil,
Lagos

Oct 2017 - Jan 2019

Upstreams Nigeria

Projects SHE Manager

Dec 2016 - Sep 2017

Cost & Schedule Supervisor/ Business Manager

Aug 2014 -  Nov 2016

Business Manager - Offshore & Revamp Program Groups

Oct 2011 - Jul 2014

Business Lead - Offshore Program Group (OPG)

Apr 2009 - Sep 2011

Cost Schedule Lead - Pipelines Program

Jan 2006 - Mar 2009

Senior Production Engineer

Jan 2001 - Dec 2005

Reservoir Engineer 

Jul 1996 - Dec 2000

Facilities Engineer

1991 - Jun 1996

Database Analyst, Estate Services

Engineer

NYSC Engineer

  • Managed and championed effective deployment of safety initiatives across Nigeria Projects Organization (NPO) multiple office and offshore work locations (>23 work sites).

  • Stewarded safety programs and initiatives that supported NPO’s achievement of 28M+ work hours without Lost Time Injury (LTI) and ensured continued safe ramp-up in projects work activities.

  • Deployed Year-end Finish Strong Campaign and Start-of-year Safe Start Campaign to over 30 contractors leading to identification of focus areas /action plans. Managed monthly NPO-wide safety meetings.

  • Engaged in Incident Management, reporting and categorization across work sites; Assured Lessons Learned development and deployment; as well as Incidents' Trend Analysis and dissemination of Best Practices across work force (500+ personnel).

  • Ensured flow down of safety practices and expectations to contractor personnel via knowledge sharing, site visits, Management Safety Walkthroughs, Contractor Partnership initiatives.

  • Ensured robust Organizational structure, Resource Hiring /Optimization, Skills gap analyses and training.

  •  Supervised estimate development /oversight for multiple (~$5M - >$1G+) projects which enabled funding approvals and commencement of both onshore and offshore projects. Projects included platform restorations, pipeline replacement, dredging, Mooring line replacement, pigging etc.

  • Ensured /supervised Project Controls for ongoing projects.

  • Sustained integrity and consistency of Cost & Schedule practices by stewarding deployment of best practices (monthly team technical meetings, quarterly group training sessions, effective organizational structure and resource allocations).

  • Provided oversight for NPO Contract Administration (CA) activities - this included development /implementation of CA Health Checklist across all NPO contracts (x#) for stewardship and gap analysis, monthly group training sessions, preparations for audits etc.

  • Work Portfolio: Offshore Program Group (Comprising of Slot Addition, Gas Lift, Pigging & Riser Repair programs); Revamp Program projects (Ubit PP and Asabo Restorations, Etim-Inim Life Extension etc).

  • Managed /Led a multi-disciplinary group (36 no.) comprising of Cost & Schedule, Contract Admin, Accounting, Document Control and Material Expediting teams to achieve team goals.

  • Achieved efficient cost control of cost centers (83 no. AFEs); Cost estimating and forecasting

  • Managed contracting activities for 9 Installation /Fabrication contracts valued at (>2$G); Involved interfaces with NAPIMS to achieve approval of Work Orders (57 no.); About $394M WOs were executed with contractors.

  • Upgraded Invoice reporting tools; Achieved processing of over 4500 invoices in one year.

  • Developed people via organizational restructuring, trainings, mentorship programs.

  • Successfully managed the Business Team to support overall team completion of Slot Addition projects for volume add; Pigging projects for pipeline integrity; Gas Lift projects for crude optimization and >30 Riser Repairs to sustain production and mitigate environmental hazards.

  • Managed Business Team comprising of 17 no. staff (Project Control Engineers, Accounting, Contracting, Document Control, External Interface, Materials Expediting groups); with activities across 77 no. active cost centers (AFEs); 33 Active Contracting Agreements.

  • Achieved: Consistency in Cost Estimating methodologies, Monthly C&S Analysis, Reporting, Accruals, Cash Calls, Company Plan submissions, Bench marking analysis for improved projects' execution, Work Order process upgrades, Contractors' Issues tracking logs, Invoice Logs, Cost savings initiatives workshop etc.

  • Successfully led cost estimating effort for 7 major offshore pipelines ($1.9G) leading to funding approval - All pipelines have since been installed.

  • Supervised /engaged in Project Controls for Pipelines Program projects and achieved budget control.

  • Led /coordinated Pipeline Program team effort to achieve a satisfactory audit result

  • Managed external interface with JV Partner for the group - monthly performance reviews, reporting, Nigerian Content Development (NCD) initiatives, cash calls.

  • Reservoir Engineer for the Asabo Field; as well as Asabo Asset Level Team Lead.

  • Maintained an effective reservoir /wells surveillance program achieving 18 kBD vs 19 kBD stewardship for Asabo field.

  • Prepared Annual field reviews, Oil/Water/Gas forecasts for Company Plans /Budget allocation; Water/Gas production seriatim used by Operations for wells’ management; Gas Utilization assessments for Asabo ALT (Inim/Enang, Adua & Ekpe fields) in respect of flare management, internal/ external reporting and facilities optimization.

  • Team effort with Geoscience group to identify drill wells and work over opportunities led to addition of 16.2 kBD oil production.

  • As Reservoir Engineer for the Adua Field - maintained comprehensive reservoir /wells surveillance program to sustain x kBD production. Tools used included production performance and pressure plots; identification of Bottom Hole Pressure requirements, Reservoir (OWG) production forecast for effective reservoir management.

  • Conducted reserves assessment leading to 2P (proved+probable) reserves addition of 18.9MB; and New reserves assessment of an Ekpe field reservoir resulted in a drill well that added 2.2 kBD.

  • Led team /effort to put in place contract for Core Analysis and Core Resination; Offshore supervision of Core resignation and preservation services for 2 wells; Maintained database of all core-related activities in ExxonMobil Nigeria.

  • Dedicated Facilities Engineering resource to the Inim /Enang offshore fields, comprising of 2 Production Platforms and 7 Well Head Platforms. Supported steady production of X kBD by:  

    • ​Day to day surveillance - Monitoring of production process /equipment to identify and eliminate bottlenecks; Checked and approved flow lines design drawings and approved required test pressures

    • Led /coordinated the execution of Enang offshore 16” Riser Replacement thus safe-guarding xKBD production and preventing environmental pollution

    • Led the effort to successfully convert the Inim PP (Production Platform) instrument gas system from fuel gas to safer instrument air

    • Coordinated a successful Inim PP turnaround shut-down maintenance with Operations

    • Led execution of the Inim PP Open and Closed drains replacement

    • Achieved field-wide replacement Inim/Enang field defective valves

ExxonMobil,
Eket

SPDC,
Residential Area
Port-Harcourt

SOIMI Nigeria Ltd.
Port-Harcourt

NNPC (R&D)
Port-Harcourt

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