Engineering Project

Chijioke Charles Udeh M.Sc. Petroleum Eng., B.Eng. Mechanical Eng., PMP

Postal Address: 125 Cityscape Terrace, T3N0S3, Calgary, Alberta. (Canadian permanent resident)

Email: ************@*****.***, Mobile: +234 806-***-****, +234**********

CAREER SUMMARY

Successfully delivered optimized project planning, maintenance plans and process improvement systems in a world-class multicultural and multinational manufacturing work environment. Served as the Nigerian team lead, SAP PM implementation in Nestle Nigeria Plc, as a part of Nestle’s Global Business Excellence (GLOBE) Project team.

Have overseen the successful and optimal drilling and completion of a cluster of deviated and horizontal production wells to optimally produce oil and gas reservoirs located in the Niger Delta basin of Nigeria in collaboration with the drilling and completion engineering team.

EDUCATION

oHeriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. M.Sc. Petroleum Engineering, November, 2012.

oEnugu State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria. B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering, 2.1, Oct., 2003.

oStanford University, U.S.A., Reservoir Geomechanics, A Short Course by Professor Zoback, May, 2018.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Sterling Exploration and Energy Production Company

JOB TITLE: DRILLING ENGINEER (June 2015 to date).

Responsibilities/Competencies:

Well Planning Operations/Design Engineering

oAccomplishing optimized directional well trajectory designs considering formations type, geomechanics, cost, anti-collision, targets and landing requirements using COMPASS™ software.

oAccomplishing casing design, well head selection and analysis considering fresh water aquifer protection, geomechanics, appropriate casing setting depth, competent formations, pore pressure, fracture pressure, well control/production requirements and temperature effects using CASINGSEAT™, STRESSCHECK™ and WELLCAT™ software.

oAccomplishing Torque and Drag Analysis and Simulation using WELLPLAN™ software to predict the measured weights expected during Tripping in/out, Rotating on/off bottom, sliding drilling and Back-reaming and configuring drill string design to avoid failures during drilling operations and to deduce hole condition during drilling.

oAccomplishing hydraulics analysis, simulation and design using appropriate rheological models and analytical tools to optimize drilling hydraulics and hole cleaning using WELLPLAN™ software.

JOB TITLE: DRILLING ENGINEER (WELL SITE OPERATIONS -February 2013 to June 2015).

oSupervising the drilling and completion of directional wells with total depth varying from 3000m to 4000m, from drilling to completion, well activation and successful hand-over to production.

oPreparing Daily Drilling Report (DDR) using OPENWELLS™ and communicating operations update to the office drilling engineering team.

oManaging deviations from original well plan in conjunction with the office drilling team to ensure that well objectives are met.

oOverseeing the activities of the major contractor as well as the service companies to ensure that operations objectives are met in the areas of mud-logging, directional drilling and survey services, casing and completion string services, cementing services, mud engineering, wire-line/slick line logging and operations and well-head installation services, among others.

oEnsuring that well construction activities are carried out in conformity with regulatory requirements.

oEnsuring that adequate safety, health and environment procedures are followed in every operation and in general rig activities and that all personnel on site properly understands the emergency response procedure.

oDeveloping game plan for each rig operation and ensuring that the drilling and completion programme is adequately understood and implemented.

Achievements:

oSuccessful delivery of efficient and safe well designs and drilling programmes.

oSuccessful construction of various directional oil and gas wells that meet the design objective in terms of cost, quality and time.

Nestle Nigeria Plc

JOB TITLE: ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR November, 2008 to September, 2011.

Responsibilities:

oNestle Self-Assessment Tool (NSAT) Auditor: Driving compliance with Nestlé’s blueprint for process, change management, production, safety, environmental, utilities, project and maintenance engineering standards and assisting to assure readiness for Nestle Group Market Audit.

oLeading the reliability, root-cause analysis and problem-solving teams using the SIX SIGMA problem-solving methodologies to optimize production assets and processes.

oCreating project plans - based on Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - and WBS Budget, project schedules, and procurement requests and carrying out asset creation/classification using SAP ERP project system module as well as overseeing asset handover to production.

oPreparing for management, analytical engineering reports detailing budget, actual/commitment cost based on SAP Business Warehouse and R3 reports to drive performance. Managing, reviewing and reporting project and maintenance engineering Key Performance Indices to drive performance.

oCarrying out business impact analysis for critical process lines and utility systems and evaluation of production stoppages and process prioritization using SAP ERP and Nestlé’s Stoppage Analysis Module (SAM).

oCreating, reviewing and updating maintenance plans, asset master data, material master data, capacity optimisation and shutdown maintenance schedules using SAP ERP plant maintenance module.

oTraining other project engineers on the use of SAP project system module and the interface with SAP purchasing.

oTraining mechanical and electrical engineers and technical store supervisors on the application of SAP plant maintenance module work order types and processing, maintenance plan utilization and optimization as well as material master data and inventory management.

oServing as the SAP PM super user for the engineering and project department, providing SAP PM support to end-users.

Achievement:

oSuccessful implementation of DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control) projects in resolving persistent agitator problem on a pressurized vessel and resolving continuous 30% underproduction by a high speed cubes pressing process.

JOB TITLE: TRAINEE ENGINEER - GLOBE PROJECT (Nestle Globe Project - Globe: Global Business Excellence). October, 2006 to October, 2008.

Responsibilities:

oLeading the Nigerian technical team on the implementation of Nestle’s business re-engineering project, specifically the implementation of asset and project management best practices and its process architecture supported by the implementation of SAP ERP enterprise software solution.

oOrganizing and carrying out the training of personnel on SAP ERP.

oPrepared SAP material, equipment and functional locations master data loading sheets.

oLed the Nigerian technical team on the successful execution of SAP PM Market Integration Test 1 and 2, respectively.

oLed the Nigerian technical team on the successful execution of SAP PM pre-production tests and subsequent successful go-live.

oLed the Nigerian technical team on providing post SAP PM Implementation support during the SUSTAIN phase of the Globe project.

Achievements:

oLed the engineering team to a successful Globe project implementation and go-live in 2008 under the guidance of my line manager, my regional stream lead and my local Globe manager.

oOfficially recognized by Nestle with a Prize

CERTIFICATIONS, COMPUTER SKILLS AND SHORT COURSES

oBasics of COMPASS (A Directional Well Design and Analysis Survey Software), Halliburton, 2015.

oCOMPASS: Create Boundaries, Targets and Well Plan Trajectories, Halliburton, 2017.

oCOMPASS: Introduction to the EDM Structure and Work Environment, Halliburton, 2017.

oSecond Line Supervisor’s Well Control-Test Well (ENFORM, Canada, 2015).

oH2S Alive (ENFORM, 2015).

oFirst Line Supervisor’s Blowout Prevention (ENFORM, Canada, 2015).

oProject Management Professional (PMP- Project Management Institute, 2012)

oBehaviour-Based Safety (ETSCAF, France, 2010)

oExecutive Masters Certificate in Project Management (PM College, United Kingdom, 2009).

oAsset Efficiency and Optimization; Basic Vibration Analysis; Infra-red Thermography (SKF, 2010).

oFoundational skills in using Eclipse®, Petrel®, PanSystem®, Wellflo® and Autocad®. Quick in learning new computer applications.

oVery good skills in the use of MS Office suite- MS Word, MS Visio, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel-skillful in using pivot tables, graphs, V/H-lookups and a combination of excel to analyse data.

oVery good working knowledge of SAP ERP-PS and PM.

oReservoir Geomechanics (Stanford University, 2018)

AWARDS

Petroleum Technology Development Fund Scholarship:

Competitive scholarship to study Petroleum Engineering (Master’s degree) in the United Kingdom, 2011-2012.

NIGERIAN NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS (NYSC), BORNO STATE- SEPTEMBER, 2004 TO SEPTEMBER, 2005.

oTaught Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics to Senior Secondary School Students as part of National/Community Development Service; Served as the secretary, NYSC, Baga Corps Members.

ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP, NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC), NIGERIA – JUNE TO NOVEMBER, 2002.

oTrained on safety, health, fire and the environment in a petrochemical production complex.

oCarried out the remote operation of process pumps, compressors, turbines and valves installed on pipelines during trouble-shooting and process operation/control. Monitored Olefins plant’s thermal cracking process.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND OTHER LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE/CASE STUDIES

oTeam Leader, North Sea Field Development Project, Heriot-Watt University, 2011-2012.

oParticipated in Royal Dutch Shell Malampaya Oilfield Development Case Study and Team Exercises in the UK, 2011. Fire Marshal, Petroleum Engineering Class - Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 2011-2012.

oClass Representative- Elective Position, Petroleum Engineering Class, Heriot-Watt University, 2011-2012.

oSix Sigma White Belt- Nestle Nigeria Plc, 2010.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

oMember, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

oMember, Project Management Institute (PMI).

oMember Council for Regulation of Engineers in Nigeria (COREN)

oMember, Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).

REFERENCES

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