Engr Yakubu Abubakar

Engr yakubu abubakar

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Manager Assets @ WAGL Energy a JV company between NNPC & Sahara Group

  • Education

    • Bayero university kano

      1998 - 2004
      B. eng electrical engineering electrical power and electronics
    • University of aberdeen

      2012 - 2013
      Master's degree oil and gas engineering facilities msc
  • Experience

    • Nigerian national petroleum corporation (nnpc), ppmc

      May 2007 - Jan 2011
      Electrical instrument engineer

      • Interpreting various Process Instrumentation Diagrams (PIDs) for field implementation and operations.• Checking designs and drawings of design team for accuracy and conformance to technical specifications and procedures.• Reviewing planning charts and other planning documents and confirm correctness of sequence of operation, by date and time intervals.• Timely Logging of activities and effective record keeping of maintenance activities for all equipment and devices.• Ensuring an effective General Station Emergency and Process Shutdown Systems at all times.• Routine Maintenance & Repairs (where applicable) of Pressure, Temperature and Level Gauges & Switches on the Process line, Power plant and Storage tanks including their calibration checks and re-calibration. • Performing periodic meter-proving of Multiphase Flow meters (Turbine and PD meters) and Single phase Ultrasonic meters.• Ensuring correct and efficient operation of Safety Installations such as Ultraviolet (UV) & Infrared (IR) Smoke and Fire detectors; Pressure/Safety Relief Valves (PRVs); Anti-spill System & Emergency Shutdown Valves (ESDV); Process check Valves etc.• Carrying out testing of heavy medium and smaller electrical motors in case of failure and other routine periodic maintenance.• Power transformer testing and high, low voltage panel maintenance. To maintain continuous plant operations with minimal down time.• Ensuring effective protection and control Show less

    • Aberdeen college athens centre, aberdeen scotland uk

      Aug 2012 - Jan 2013
      2. lecturer on measurement and instrumentation

      Lecturing various course to different level of student ranging from: HNC, NC, OPITO, ECITBCourses: Fundamentals of control Systems and Transducers, Electrical Principles, Electricity Power System, Fundamental Electrical System, Engineering Hazard Protection methods and Functional Safety, Petroleum process Control and Utilities.

    • Nigerian national petroleum corporation (nnpc) joint venture oil operations facilities napims lagos

      Feb 2013 - Dec 2019
      Electrical supervisor

      • Participate and Review in the (FDP) Field Development Plan of First E&P and Seplat JV OML53.• Review of work programmes with our JV partners (Shell, Exxon Mobil, Total, Chevron, Agip) in line with the joint venture agreement (JOA) in order to sustain/increase oil production.• Review of annual budget and end of year expenditure for all the JV partners for OPCOM,FINCOM, TECOM, MACOM consideration.• Review and recommend for top management approval proposals for projects upgrade/overhaul submitted by our JV partners. • Liaising with all the IOC’s ventures relation Managers as regard to the joint venture oil facilities.• Carry out facilities assessment visit to various locations both offshore and onshore and recommend for management areas of improvement/upgrades.• Making presentations to top NAPIMS management on Budget and expenditure submissions from our JV partners.• Processing of Tenders via Nipex Portal for all the IOC’s from contracting strategy to contract award.• Making presentations to the department of petroleum resources (DPR), NCDMB where necessary with our joint venture partners to fast track securing approvals and permits.Experience on the maintenanace of diffrenent type of power Turbine engines such as Rolls Royce RB211, Siemens and Solar Turbines(Centuar 40, Mars 100, Titus 130 and Titan 250 etc Show less

    • Nnpc napims

      Dec 2019 - now
      Deputy chief engineer gas projects

      Participate in some major Gas projects to meet up with the NLNG Train 7 gas supply and also to meet up with the Domestic gas demand.Few of the projects are the Spdc HA field development Projects and Spdc Rumuji off take header upgrades etc

    • Wagl energy a jv company between nnpc & sahara group

      Apr 2021 - now
      Manager assets wagl

      Responsible for the execution of NPSC Escravos Export Terminal Rehabilitation Project with an haulage capacity of about 260Kbb/dThe terminal has Import Bed Platform and SBM that makes it suited for both Export & import of crude oil.WAGL and NPSC has signed a 15years contract for the rehabilitation and maintenance of the terminal.WAGL Energy has also signed a funding and technical services agreement with NPDC on OML11. The block has about 1.7billion of barrel equivalent with a lot of potential. Responsible to carry out STOG and other asset development activities on the block to increase the production from about 20kbbl/d to 200kbbl/d in 15years. As part of the joint project management team. We are also looking at the potential of investing in the CNG Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Coren

      Ni
    • Nse nigerian society of engineers