Experience

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  Schlumberger sedco forex

  Sept 1993 - Aug 1995

  Drilling engineer trainee

  • Worked as Assistant Driller in the supervision of drilling crews. • Supervised preventive maintenance and repair of drilling equipment.• Monitored mud system, solid control equipment and mud mixing operations.• Prepared Daily drilling data report and organizing drills, and safety meetings.SkillsMoReS and CHEARS Simulation Softwares ;Stochastic Uncertainty ManagerWell Evaluation ModelWellFlowPANSYSTEMGood organizational Techniques;Communication Skills; Intergrated Petroleum Modeling(MBAL, PROSPER and GAP), Genopt. Show less

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  Shell nigeria exploration and producing company

  Oct 1996 - May 1997

  Well engineer

  • Planned and designed 3 deep offshore wells using Wellplan and Compass softwares. • Developed drilling and completion programs for Bonga 2 and Ngolo 1 deep water wells. • Supervised drilling of Bonga 2 well by monitoring drilling activity to ensure full compliance & advised Supervisors of non-compliance.• Participated in developing procedures to optimize cost, production potential, time & safety.

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  Chevron nigeria limited

  Jun 1997 - Jan 2007

  • Developed 3 annual simulation schedule with Asset Teams to support major projects by prioritizing based on available budget.• Completed and documented 4 simulation studies by utilizing Reservoir Simulation CPDEP process and best practices. • Recommended 5 new drills and 2 infill drillings for Meren field to increase production by 16,000 bopd and P1 reserves of 26 mmbo.• Worked with Asset Teams in all simulation studies by holding interim reviews to compare reservoir/well performance and applied lessons learned. • First to use Genetic optimization and assisted history matching in reservoir simulation. • Carried out Probability Forecast of oil-water-gas using Experimental Design. Show less • Analyzed all aspects of production operations and water injection systems to optimize production, economics and ease of operation of 7 fields offshore Niger Delta maintaining production of 146,000 bopd.• Added 14,000 bopd production by optimizing gas lift systems in the North Offshore Asset fields.• Participated in well Review programs, Prepared and recommended Non-Rig Workovers and Major Rig Workovers in conjunction with Reservoir Management.• Coordinated North Offshore Area projects with supporting engineering agencies, i.e., Reservoir Management, Production Engineering, Facilities Engineering, Process Engineering, Construction, Drilling, Gas Processing Engineer, etc.• Scheduled, analysed and performed specialized testing required, such as de-bottlenecking back pressure testing, gas lift efficiency testing, etc.• Test run the Roxar sand detection package in Meren field and used same to optimize production resulting in 3,300 bopd production gain. Show less • Responsible for monitoring well/reservoir performance to recommend appropriate actions to optimize recovery. • Planned 4 Infill-development wells that increased production by 9,300 bopd.• Monitored/Participated in reservoir management activities by preparing programs for well work and well packages used in major rig and non-rig workovers, resulting in production increase of 12,160 bopd. • Designed artificial lift (gas lift) for 27 old and new wells using Well Evaluation Model software adding about 7,100 bopd. • Monitored the performances of 5 Waterflood reservoirs using Hall’s plot and recommended well interventions where needed.• Optimize production by preparing and maintaining wellbore utilization plans for 82 wells in Meren field.• Prepared and maintained depletion plans for 21 reservoirs in the Meren, Malu and Parabe fields in OML 95 offshore Niger Delta.• Provided guidance and training to junior engineers, interns and technicians through the effective utilization of their services on the job.• Provided support to Operations, Facilities Engineering, Drilling etc. Show less

  • Reservoir Simulation Engineer

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  • Operations Field Engineer

    Feb 2002 - Jan 2004

  • Petroleum Engineer

    Jun 1997 - Feb 2002
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  Sunlink petroleum limited

  Feb 2007 - Sept 2018

  • Coordinated 3 Exploration and Development projects by managing and analysing the work of third-party technical consultants and supervising project team members with focus on value optimization. • Developed economic and financial models for projects by incorporating Capex, opex, production profiles and fiscal regimes to generate key economic indicators for decision making.• Evaluated technical and commercial viability of assets for acquisition.• Reviewed 7 annual work programmes for presentation to DPR.• Participated in Technical Committee by evaluating the technical progress of the project and providing direction for the Project Team as well as making recommendations to the Operating Committee. • Participated in Operating Committee with Directors and Project Managers on the JV to provide steer for the Project Team. • Participated in Financial Committee meetings with co-venture partner (Shell) to review project budgets, planned and actual spending, and make recommendation to the Operating Committee for budgets approval.Short Time International Assignment: Shell Global Solutions Rijswijk, Netherlands (Apr 2012 to July 2013);Developed an integrated asset model using MoReS/Gap / Prosper modeling tools.Developed Gas Water Saturation models using SCAL data interpretation.Took responsibility for the integration of Production requirements within engineering design, and implementation of required Operational Procedures into planned gas and condensate facilities.<script type="text/javascript" src="https://platform.linkedin.com/badges/js/profile.js" async defer></script> Show less Worked as project lead for the Sunlink Petroleum HI gas project with Shell Petroleum and Development Company. • Built 3 reservoir models for HI gas field reservoirs and constructed IPSM models for the HI field Front end FDP by coupling the dynamic models with surface production network models to generate production forecasts for Field Development Plan.• Managed the reservoir uncertainties for a gas development by Introducing Design of Experiment and Probabilistic forecast in the Front End Study workflow. • Built and run dynamic models for 4 deep water turbidite reservoirs in the Shell Bonga Field by using Monte Carlo simulation and experimental design to reduce model cycle time by 45%.• Proved additional reserves of 117 MMBO in Bonga 702 simulation.• Reduced number of earlier planned wells from 5 to 3 by using streamline simulations thereby saving about $150m for SNEPCO.• Solved a complex history matching issue in Bonga 690 reservoir by using 4D seismic signature to constrain history matching. • Built 6 reservoir models for Bomadi field in Okpokunuo Domestic gas development for SPDC. Show less

  • General Manager Exploration and Production

    Feb 2012 - Sept 2018

  • Senior Reservoir Engineer

    Feb 2007 - Feb 2012
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  Pillar oil limited

  Sept 2018 - now

  I directly supervise Petroleum, Drilling and Geosciences Managers ensuring all subsurface development studies/activities carried out to support reservoir management and production operations are HSE compliant towards achievement of company’s production target. I am responsible for all subsurface input to support the POL Asset development and growth into gas processing. Management of POL interests in the straddling fields to achieve execution of Pre-Unitization Agreement (PUA) and Unitization and Unit Operating Agreement (UUOA) on schedule, while ensuring strict compliance and performance of the budgets. Show less

  • General Manager Subsurface Development

    Sept 2018 - now

  • General Manager Subsurface Development

    Sept 2018 - now
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  Pillar oil ltd

  Jan 2024 - now

  Chief operating officer