A Production Operations Engineer with capacity in Maintenance and Reliability Engineering. I have over 19 years Shell working experience in HSSE, Field Operations, Production Coordination, Asset Management, Deployment of Global Processes, Process Safety, Risk Management, Asset Integrity, Operational Excellence and the implementation of the Ensure Safe Production (ESP) work process. Currently coordinating the ongoing deployment of the Asset Management System (AMS), an Operation Excellence model across Shell Companies in Nigeria.

I combine excellent technical, analytical, leadership, management, interpersonal and communication skills with a strong practical skill of Ensure Safe Production work stream.

As a leader of teams, I bring to the table good communication, technical, non-technical leadership, operational excellence principles and safety leadership skills.

My asset integrity, process safety and work place safety management as well as collaboration skills is a great enabler to guarantee my success.

Competencies & Skills

•  HSE & Process Safety:
Demonstrated strong HSE culture & Practice by ensuring Asset Monthly HSE meeting are held and involve in organizing safety workshop (Safety days).

Supporting the Goal Zero drive (No Leaks, No Harm to People) for the Land East Asset & reporting HIR. Performed safety ranger during major shutdowns to ensure incident/accident prevented.

Participated in HAZOP, SAFOP, SIL, IPF and RISK ASSESSTMENT studies for various Onshore Assets.

Performed Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) for Assets to manage risk profile with adequate mitigation and controls.

•  Asset Management:
Competent Asset Management practitioner. Member of Institute of Asset Management (IAM) & Institute of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE). Hold MSc in Maintenance Engineering & Asset Management (University of Manchester) and a BEng in Manufacturing Engineering.

Collaborate effectively with other functional unit (Asset Engineering, Project, WRFM, CWI, Corporate Maintenance, other Assets, Asset Leadership, PMC, Pipelines, Warehouse, Engineering, & Process Optimization) for effective Asset performance, optimization and continuous improvement.

Champion Barrel Chasing initiative across Land East Asset for production optimization, Itemizing wells with challenges for possible quick fix and restore back to production.

Champion the Operational Reliability/Integrity Improvement Process (OE Blade 21 ORIP) for Land East Asset to minimized unscheduled deferment, improving facility integrity and equipment reliability.

Champion the Management of Change process (OE Blade 13 MoC) for the Land East Asset and provide support & coaching to other Onshore Assets to ensure all are fully equipped with MoC process.

Acted as stand in during absence of the Asset Management Lead and be accountable for personnel safety and Asset integrity.

Has sound technical knowledge in areas of Operations, Maintenance, Management of Change, Reliability Engineering, Projects, Process, Budgeting, Contract, Hydrocarbon Management and WRFM.

Coordinate and manage the Alakiri Gas plant Re-Start up project. (Project Management)

•  Frontline Leadership & Management skill:
Good visibility & transparency with Asset Leadership and Onshore Leadership team by supporting & delivery MoC training across Onshore & Offshore facilities, participation in leadership Meeting (PDLT, Cross Asset IAP, & Onshore Leadership meeting).

Providing Coaching & Mentoring to team members and create a learning culture by supporting and promoting development initiatives.

Ability to handle Difficult Conversations, Supporting & Sustaining Change

Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audience and has sustained impact with people at all levels to build trust and confidence when dealing with substantial opposition.

Ability to lead and motivate a group of people towards the achievement of a significant goal

Promote diversity and inclusiveness and function effectively in a multi-culture and multi-discipline team to enhance business performance.

•  Maintenance and Reliability Engineering:
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to use problem solving tools for decision making effectively (Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA), Apollo, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Reliability Block Diagram (RBD).

Competent in Maintenance Systems Auditing and Assessment: Conducted intensive Maintenance Auditing and Assessment with the PEPSICO International Skelmerdale United Kingdom 22nd – 26th April 2013 Using the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Business Excellence Model.

•  Hydrocarbon Management:
Performed real-time surveillance information and maintain regular communication with field facilities, Third Party fields and customers to ensure pipeline integrity is maintained and optimize production.

Monitored planned maintenance activities against approved IAP performance in line with NLNG shutdowns

•  Operational Excellence:
Coordinating continuous improvement in Operating Integrity, Ensure Safe Production and Global Asset Management System.

CAREER HISTORY

Production Management Centre Team Leader

Shell Petroleum Development Company (Nig) Ltd.                                                                                                             July 2018 to date

Accountabilities:

Highlights: PMC Coordinates approximately 600,000bpd of crude oil to Terminal, 2.4bscfd of gas supply to NLNG and 400MMscfd to domestic gas with a supply network of 1600Km Pipelines, 12 Gas plants, 2 FPSO, 35 Oil producing flow stations and 2 Crude oil Terminals for Shell Nigeria and Third Parties Injectors.

Managed interfaces with joint venture partners, internal stakeholders and regulators.
Managed oil & gas transport to resolve constraints that affected pipeline throughput and destination processing.
Developed pipeline models and supervised use to monitor injectors, investigate obstructions, detect leak etc.
Managed real-time execution, scheduling and sequence to optimize Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) in real-time.
Coordinated response of production network to disruptive events like Tanker slippage, pipeline leaks etc.
Managed Shell Nigeria’s gas production, deferment tracking, and recommended recovery actions.
Developed decision support tools for gas export coordination and reporting.
Co-ordinate and maintain overview and real-time surveillance of trunk lines of hydrocarbon streams in a highly complex oil and gas infrastructure with varied interconnections in an unstable environment including third parties production injection and interruptions and provide timely information to ensure compliance.
Performed surveillance on Shell oil and gas infrastructure using real-time information and regular communication with Shell facilities, Third Party suppliers and customers in order to ensure pipeline integrity is maintained and failures are reported promptly.
Optimize gas and oil deliveries from Shell and Third Parties including the management of pipeline inventories in order to maximize revenue streams for SPDC/SNEPCO whilst ensuring all contractual quality specifications are complied with.
Ensure pipeline conditions are optimized for effective control of liquid deliveries to NLNG when performing condensate spiking operations through EGGS infrastructure and manage pigging operations effectively.
Monitor planned maintenance activities that impact on oil and gas delivery against approved IAP.
Performed analysis on captured data and communicate deviations out-with normal operating boundaries to ensure conformity.
Performed stand-in PMC Team Leader duties as required for continuity.
Monitor and report field production and activities both scheduled and unscheduled.
Communicated lost opportunities for sales gas deliveries by maintaining Missed Gas Supply Opportunities for SHELL.
Troubleshoot overall production system operating condition and initiate response and coordination to restore system malfunctions and upsets.
Optimize daily production within constraints. Monitor system-wise emulsion and initiate corrective action.
Manage oil and gas pipeline in terms of online pipeline monitoring, line-pack, pipeline pressure, pigging operations and providing operational performance and notification of any excursions to the pipeline group.
Coordinate oil, condensate and gas production with the aim to satisfy all gas customers whilst maximizing daily oil and condensate production.
Prepare monthly statements for invoicing purposes on volumes and composition for gas supplied to Nigeria LNG.
Manage daily crude oil production in relation to the terminal ullage situation and tanker schedule.
Report daily preliminary production performance against integrated production plan (IPP).
Act as first line of contact for operational emergencies in the field/platform and provide initial emergency response (ER) coordination.

Production Operations Engineer (ESP Implementation Coordinator)

Shell Petroleum Development Company (Nig) Ltd.                                                                                                              Jan 2017 to June 2018

Accountabilities:

Highlights: Ensure Safe Production, ESP, is one of the work processes under the new Asset Management System being adopted across the SCiN, Transforming Operating Integrity with clear focus on behaviour and discipline to deliver Goal Zero. (Process Safety Events – Zero Tier 1 & 2, Unscheduled Deferment/Unplanned Downtime < 3% and Meet and beat Production Plan).

Coordinated and championed Ensure Safe Production (ESP) implementation across SCiN Production Assets including Pipeline and SNG.
Ensure ESP work process sustainability and Supported Asset Managers and their teams in implementing & embedding ESP processes and ensure ESP work process sustainability.
Assisted in providing OE assurance in Production Participate in various reviews/audits of operations and practices including PSUAs/PSURs and CRAs. Support Asset Managers and their teams in implementing & embedding ESP processes
Supported the ESP process owner in managing issues and risks associated with ESP implementation. Work with internal and external stakeholders to manage issues related to ESP Implementation
Embed ESP into normal way of working by changing behavour and culture at lower level and using IT tools like DOI, FLM logging and other applications·
Supported Asset Managers and their teams in embedding Operating Integrity and Ensure Safe Production processes
Actively drive & support the Management of Change (MoC) process across SCiN and providing support to Onshore. Provide inputs to field change proposals and change control process. Coordinates the Management of Change process, support and coach others ensuring awareness and ability to identify, investigate, audit and drive technical change to close out.
Supported & deployed best practices to ensure full alignment of the Global Production Excellence Journey. (Make it Safe, Make it Work & Make it Grow).
Supported and assured all facilities have up to date operating envelopes and Alarm management processes to systematically reduce to a target best in class (maximum of 3 alarms/hour/console)
Effectively coordinated the Permit Vision (PV) deployment across SCiN and focusing on hazard/risk management and behavioral aspects.
Provided ESP and OI technical and operational support to ensure process safety and enhance production efficiency·
Made inputs into the update of ESP draft Recommended Practices
Support Risk management and PTW process embedment in SCiN Assets·
Facilitated and acquired the resources for enabling the ESP processes to work with the goal of continually improving the organization.
Led and implemented the new global ESP work process and compliance.
Coordinated and conducted ESP work process health-checks planning and schedules.

Production Operations Engineer (Senior Field Supervisor (Ops), Gbaran Ubie)

Shell Petroleum Development Company (Nig) Ltd.                                                                                                             May 2015 – Dec 2016

Accountabilities:

Highlights: The Gbaran-Ubie Field comprises of 15 NAG wells, 29 Oil wells with a production capacity of 1.2Bscf/d of Gas & circa 100Kbbl of Oil.

Coordinated and championed Ensure Safe Production (ESP) implementation across SCiN Production Assets including Pipeline and SNG.
Ensure ESP work process sustainability and Supported Asset Managers and their teams in implementing & embedding ESP processes and ensure ESP work process sustainability.
Assisted in providing OE assurance in Production Participate in various reviews/audits of operations and practices including PSUAs/PSURs and CRAs. Support Asset Managers and their teams in implementing & embedding ESP processes
Supported the ESP process owner in managing issues and risks associated with ESP implementation. Work with internal and external stakeholders to manage issues related to ESP Implementation
Embed ESP into normal way of working by changing behavour and culture at lower level and using IT tools like DOI, FLM logging and other applications·
Supported Asset Managers and their teams in embedding Operating Integrity and Ensure Safe Production processes
Actively drive & support the Management of Change (MoC) process across SCiN and providing support to Onshore. Provide inputs to field change proposals and change control process. Coordinates the Management of Change process, support and coach others ensuring awareness and ability to identify, investigate, audit and drive technical change to close out.
Supported & deployed best practices to ensure full alignment of the Global Production Excellence Journey. (Make it Safe, Make it Work & Make it Grow).
Supported and assured all facilities have up to date operating envelopes and Alarm management processes to systematically reduce to a target best in class (maximum of 3 alarms/hour/console)
Effectively coordinated the Permit Vision (PV) deployment across SCiN and focusing on hazard/risk management and behavioral aspects.
Provided ESP and OI technical and operational support to ensure process safety and enhance production efficiency·
Made inputs into the update of ESP draft Recommended Practices
Support Risk management and PTW process embedment in SCiN Assets·
Facilitated and acquired the resources for enabling the ESP processes to work with the goal of continually improving the organization.
Led and implemented the new global ESP work process and compliance.
Coordinated and conducted ESP work process health-checks planning and schedules.
Engaged with engineering teams for all Asset Engineering work to ensure Asset integrity management, Asset production optimization & managed Engineering interfaces for all facility upgrades, new equipment installation and participated in HAZOP, SAFOP, SIL, IPF and RISK ASSESSTMENT studies
Drive the GHG process and ensure 100% compliance
Actively involved in the Land East Asset OPEX and CAPEX budget preparation and performance defense with NAPIMS.
Drive the barrel chasing initiatives and ensure production is effectively optimized, minimized deferment & ensuring wellhead control units are delivered to field with necessary securing devices.
Actively drive the ORIP process sustainability. Participated in ORIP meeting and ensure all best practices are implemented.
Actively drive & embed the Management of Change (Mock) process in Land 2 and providing support to Onshore. Provide inputs to field change proposals and change control process. Coordinates the Management of Change process, support and coach others ensuring awareness and ability to identify, investigate, audit and drive technical change to close out.
Supported & deployed best practices to ensure full alignment of the Global Production Excellence Journey. (Make it Safe, Make it Work & Make it Grow).
Provided inputs to WRFM process for facility optimization and continuous improvement, minimizing deferment and improve equipment reliability.
Drive well testing, sampling and Annulus pressure monitoring for well integrity management.
Production Operation Engineer (Asset Management Support Onshore Asset)

Shell Petroleum Development Company (Nig) Ltd.                                                                                                    December 2013 – April 2015

Accountabilities:

Highlights: The Gbaran-Ubie Field comprises of 15 NAG wells, 29 Oil wells with a production capacity of 1.2Bscf/d of Gas & circa 100Kbbl of Oil.

Proactively monitored, reviewed and analyze plant and equipment performance and provide feedback to Line Management, identify opportunities to maximize production and performance and share best practice.
Engaged with engineering teams for all Asset Engineering work within the Asset Facilities to ensure Asset integrity management, Asset production optimization, well testing/sampling. – Managed Engineering interfaces for all facility upgrades and new equipment installation, including plant optimization and associated HAZOP, SAFOP, SiFPro, IPF and RISK ASSESSTMENT studies.
Drive wells test, sampling, GHG process and ensure 100% compliance. and plant operations to produce gas and condensate at agreed quality and volume specification and deliver processed gas at custody transfer point in accordance with contractual agreements and delivery schedules.
Provide inputs into commissioning plan/procedure and operating manuals for new equipment & facilities.
Provide inputs to field change proposals and change control process. Coordinates the management of change process, support and coach others ensuring awareness and ability to identify, investigate, audit and control technical change.
Generate weekly/monthly production forecast & injection targets and well test priorities.
Contribute when required to relevant, regular interface meetings between Development; Engineering; Maintenance; Well Services; Hydrocarbon Accounting; Commercial and Finance Departments, ensuring Production Engineering issues are raised and acted upon
Involved in Asset Safety Integrity Level Classification Using SIFpro software.
Analyze and resolve production/process issues utilizing remote performance monitoring tools, liaising with Maintenance/Reliability and Engineering Services team including external specialists where necessary.
budgets and plans for specific studies or modifications and manage the cost control process and ensure closure expenditure is within acceptable % of original budget.

Production Operations Engineer (Swamp East Asset)

Shell Petroleum Development Company (Nig) Ltd.                                                                                                             May 2013– Nov 2013

Accountabilities:

Highlights: The Ekulama Field comprises of Ekulama 1 & 2 and Belema with 52 well and 91 strings, approximately installed oil/gas capacity of 130Mbpd & 91Mmscf/d.

Assisted in the coordination of the Permit to Work system, production and maintenance operations and management of associated database.
Assisted in the coordinating Engineering interfaces for all facility upgrades and new equipment installation, including plant optimization and attended associated HAZOP, SAFOP, RISK ASSESSTMENT studies with respect to projects, engineering activities and major change proposal.
Involve in Asset Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Classification studies Using SIFpro software for some major process changes like the Belema Upgrade & Santa Barbara Modification.
Responsible for gas wells and plant operations and ensuing Oil production target is achieved, regularly report pipeline challenges to PMC with respect to crude theft, facilities shutdown due to pipeline pressure drop below set point. Followed up to ensure issue is attended timely for facilities prompt start up.
Provide inputs into commissioning plan/procedure and operating manuals for new equipment & facilities.
Provided inputs to field change proposals and change control process. Developed an awareness and ability to identify, investigate, audit and control technical change.
Generate weekly/monthly production forecast & injection targets and well test priorities.
Participated and Contributed to relevant, regular interface meetings between Development; Engineering; Maintenance; Well Services; Hydrocarbon Accounting; Commercial and Finance Departments, ensuring Production Engineering issues are raised and acted upon.
Actively involved in the Swamp 2 Asset OPEX and CAPEX budget preparation and performance defence with NAPIMS.
Successfully coordinate and support the Alakiri Gas plant Re-entry project. Ensuring prompt delivery of all maintenance activities, crew mobilization to site, follow up with contractors to deliver within due dates.

Hydrocarbon Scheduling / Co-ordination (Production Management Centre Shell)

Shell Petroleum Development Company (Nig) Ltd.                                                                                                            April 2004– May 2013

Accountabilities:

Highlights: PMC Coordinates approximately 600,000bpd of crude oil to Terminal, 2.4bscfd of gas supply to NLNG and 400MMscfd to domestic gas with a supply network of 1600Km Pipelines, 12 Gas plants, 2 FPSO, 75 Oil producing flow stations and 2 Crude oil Terminals for Shell Nigeria.

Interpreted and applied delivery strategies to maximize gas deliveries within tolerance of 102% of DCQ for NLNG gas sales, preferentially enhancing increased condensate production by nominating and engaging field asset teams to produce fields with heavier hydrocarbon gas sources, further optimized SPDC gas delivery through driving field assets for enhanced supply of AG, and optimized production of higher gross heating value (GHV) NAG sources.
Co-ordinate and maintain overview and real-time surveillance of trunk lines of hydrocarbon streams in a highly complex oil and gas infrastructure with varied interconnections in an unstable environment including third parties production injection and interruptions and provide timely information to ensure compliance.
Performed surveillance on Shell oil and gas infrastructure using real-time information and regular communication with Shell facilities, Third Party suppliers and customers in order to ensure pipeline integrity is maintained and failures are reported promptly.
Optimize gas and oil deliveries from Shell and Third Parties including the management of pipeline inventories in order to maximize revenue streams for SPDC/SNEPCO whilst ensuring all contractual quality specifications are complied with.
Ensure pipeline conditions are optimized for effective control of liquid deliveries to NLNG when performing condensate spiking operations through EGGS infrastructure and manage pigging operations effectively.
Monitor planned maintenance activities that impact on oil and gas delivery against approved IAP.
Performed analysis on captured data and communicate deviations out-with normal operating boundaries to ensure conformity.
Performed stand-in PMC Team Leader duties as required for continuity.
Monitor and report field production and activities both scheduled and unscheduled.
Communicated lost opportunities for sales gas deliveries by maintaining Missed Gas Supply Opportunities for SHELL.
Troubleshoot overall production system operating condition and initiate response and coordination to restore system malfunctions and upsets.
Optimize daily production within constraints. Monitor system-wise emulsion and initiate corrective action.
Manage oil and gas pipeline in terms of online pipeline monitoring, line-pack, pipeline pressure, pigging operations and providing operational performance and notification of any excursions to the pipeline group.
Coordinate oil, condensate and gas production with the aim to satisfy all gas customers whilst maximizing daily oil and condensate production.
Prepare monthly statements for invoicing purposes on volumes and quality for gas supplied to Nigeria LNG.
Manage daily crude oil production in relation to the terminal ullage situation and tanker schedule.
Report daily preliminary production performance against integrated production plan (IPP).
Act as first line of contact for operational emergencies in the field/platform and provide initial emergency response (ER) coordination.

Production Operations (Soku Gas Plant)

Shell Petroleum Development Company (Nig) Ltd.                                                                                                             June 2000– April 2004

Accountabilities

Highlights: SOKU Gas Plant produces and exports approximately 1Bscf/d including but NAG & AG to NLNG and circa 20Kbbl/d to Bonny Terminal.

Actively involved in plant punch listing, pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up and operations includes Permit to Work (PTW) management system.
Coordinate engineering and maintenance interfaces for all facility upgrades, de-bottlenecking and new equipment installation, including plant optimization and associated risk assessment studies.
Responsible for gas wells and plant operations to produce gas and condensate at agreed quality and volume specification and deliver processed gas at custody transfer point in accordance with contractual agreements and delivery schedules.
Provide inputs into commissioning plan/procedure and operating manuals for new equipment & facilities.
Provide inputs to field change proposals and change control process. Develop an awareness and ability to identify, investigate, audit and control technical change.
Generate weekly/monthly production forecast & injection targets and well test priorities.
Monitor, evaluate, and analyze production/ injection performance against potential performance, maximize and optimize production volumes.
Manage daily production engineering & support to offshore production operations and well services; ensure that any financial, change request and cost commitment projections for any production engineering activity, has a clear work scope, cost and schedule prepared and approved before work commences.
Identify, develop, plan and manage well operation; well testing; well intervention; plant operation or plant modification targets and priorities to maximize production and/or injection.
Investigated, research and make recommendations on the safest and most cost-effective methods of well production, while