Curriculum Vitae
Name Talabi Adewale Oluwaseun
Date of birth 13th June 1974
Sex Male
State of origin Ogun / Nigeria
Contact address No. 37, Ajibola Crescent, Alapere Ketu, Lagos.
Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel +234-703-***-****, +234-803-***-****, +234-818-***-****
E-mail addres ********@*****.**.**
Education institution attended with dates
University of Calabar, Nigeria. 2011
Deep-Water School, M-I LLC 2010
Well control / Stability (T.R.U.E.), Aberdeen Drilling School 2008
Advance Mud school, M-I LLC, GBU, Dubai UAE 2008
IFE Basic Concepts, M-I LLC Houston 2007
IFE Drilling Waste Management, M-I LLC Houston 2007
IFE Centrifugal Pumps, M-I LLC Houston 2007
IFE Centrifugal Operations, M-I LLC Houston 2007
IFE Fluid Volumes, M-I LLC Houston 2007
M-I Swaco Virtual Hydraulics 3.1 / OneTrax, Lagos 2007
Basic Mud School, M-I LLC Houston 2006
Well control / H2S, M-I LLC Houston 2006
Sea survival & Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) 2006
Fire Fighting course 2006
Drilling /completion Fluids (Engineering) school, Nigeria Aug.2002
Drilling /completion Fluids (Engineering) school, Nigeria Jan. 2002
Ogun state university, Nigeria 1992 -1998
Real vision computer institute, Lagos state, Nigeria 1997 -1998
St. Anthony’s grammar school, Ogun State, Nigeria 1984 -1990
St. Paul’s Anglican school, Ogun state, Nigeria 1983- 1984
St. Peter’s Faji school, Lagos, Nigeria 1977- 1983
Academic qualification
Master’s In Business Administration (A*R)
Deep-Water School, Certificate
Well Control and Stability / Stock Pipe (ADS).
Advance Mud School Certificate (M-I Swaco).
Fire Fighting Course Cert
Drilling Fluids Technology Cert (M-I Swaco).
Sea Survival & Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) certificate
H2S Training, Houston Texas
Drilling / Completion Fluids Technology Certificate (vimatech).
Drilling / Completion Fluids Technology Certificate (vimatech).
Certificate of National Service (NYSC)
B.sc Geology
Diploma in Computer studies
Senior secondary school certificate
Primary school leaving certificate
Work Experience
Company: M-I Nigeria Limited, Lagos Nigeria
Post Lead Mud Engineer
(2006 – 2011)
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain the various fluid systems associated with drilling and completion of
wells.
- Maintain accurate and timely maintenance of drilling fluids records
- Kick prevention, detection and control
- Developing and recommending the proper & efficient m u d program for the rig operations.
- Performing field supervision on the mud system in use ensuring its compliance to the approved
program.
- Perform well-site analysis of all drilling fluids. Participate in pre and post-well planning and presentations.
- Performing other related duties such as discussing mud related problems with the company reps or DS on the rig and the office based drilling fluids personnel.
- I familiarize myself with the company (clients) health, safety and environment policy, procedures, regulations and objectives as they related to my area of responsibility. Ensuring that work under my control is performed in a safe and environmentally sound manner
- Establish & maintain an open dialogue with drilling personnel to facilitate safe and efficient execution of the drilling programme as well as make effective communication with the office based drilling / completion fluids personnel on related operational and informational issues
- Contribution to decision on well bore clean up tools to use.
- Tender writing.
- Ensure that mud spills are prvented and that all means implemented to enusre zero discharge to the environment.
- Develop and maintain a Quality control system for Drilling Fluids Operations
- Assist with Customer Mud (Training) Schools.
- Customer presentations – assist project engineers as required.
- Introducing company’s new product into the market.
- Providing Techical support services.
- Solids control analysis / management.
Company: Best Land and Seas ltd, Port Harcourt Nigeria
Post Lead Mud Engineer (2006)
Company: Cledop West Africa ltd, Port Harcourt Nigeria
Post Lead Mud Engineer (Consultant) (2006)
Company: Geo-Fluids ltd, Port Harcourt Nigeria
Post Lead Mud Engineer (2002 – 2006)
Company: Interdrill Nigeria ltd, wary Nigeria
Post Mud Engineer (2001 - 2002)
Mud systems
Sea water / guargum sweeps
Gel-spud mud
Calcium carbonate / Polymer spud mud
KCl/Polymer
KCl/Polymer/glycol
KCl/PHPA/Polymer
KCl/PHPA/Glycol/Polymer
Gel-Polymer
Calcium carbonate / KCl-Polymer
Synthetic oil base mud (such as Versaclean, Paradril, Rheliant, Lo Tox base mud
etc.)
Reservoir Drill-in Fluids (RDFs) such as Faze-Pro, Flopro-NT, Flopro-SF, Thixial mud, Calcium carbonate / KCl-Polymer, Breaker fluids, PST etc.
Brine of various weights and composition (KCl, NaCl, CaCl2, CaBr2 etc)
Wellbore Clean-up Fluids e.g DEEPCLEAN etc.
Company: Interdrill Nigeria ltd, Wary Nigeria
Post Mud Logging Engineer (1998 – 2001)
Responsibilities
- Formation evaluation
- Correlation of wells
- Description of cores samples
- Hydrocarbon show analysis
- Gas sampling and storage
- Total gas detection and chromatographic analysis
- Rig-up and rig down of a complete computerized mud logging unit
- Monitoring of drilling parameters such as depth, ROP, WOB, torque, overpull, mud monitoring (pit volume, weight, flow line temperature), pump pressure, flow etc.
- Kick detection
- Casing seat determination
- Interpretation of mud logs, MWD and wireline logs to pick the formation type, GOC, Reservoir, OWC
- Maintain an open dialogue with drilling personnel to facilitate safe and efficient execution of the drilling programme
- Perform effective communication / liaison with the office based geologic personnel & local point of contact for geologically related operational and informational issues
- General well surveillance e.t.c.
Rigs worked on
I have been involved in running several types of drilling/completion/work-over fluids (various WBM, SBM, RDFs & Brine) for many companies including the following companies on land, swamp, shallow off-shore & deep-water offshore rigs for several wells on ( Nigeria and Sao-Tome) :
Deepwater rigs:
BOI Field on sedco-702 rig (BG Group),
Bolia & H-I fields on Jim Cunningham rig (snepco),
Okono, Abo and Oyo Fields on Jim Cunningham rig for Agip Energy,
Bonga field on sedco-709 rig (snepco),
Bonga field on sedco-702 rig (snepco),
Ogide field on sedco-702 rig (BG Group),
BOI field on sedco-702 rig (BG Group),
Bomu field on sedco-702 rig (Sinopec Group) etc.
Okwori & Ndele fields on scarabeo-3 rig (addax), etc most of which the water depths range from 3,500ft and above.
Jack-up rig:
Otuo field Perro-negro #5 rig (conoil),
Awawa field for Exxon Mobil on Adriatic-8 rig
Usari field on Ed-Noble rig for Exxon Mobil etc.
Exxon Mobil Percy johns rig
Adanga and Ebugu north fields on Songa Tellus rig for Addax
Forcados yokri project on Don Walker rig (SPDC-E),
HD-field on Don Walker rig (SPDC-E),
Abana field on Don Walker rig for Monipulo
Ebok Field on HI-7 for AFREN
Okoro Field on HI-7 for AFREN etc.
Swamp rigs:
Gbokoda field with malard bay rig -74 (Chevron),
Opukushi & Otumara fields with Malard bay rig -72 (SPDC-w),
Awoba & Walterkiri fields with Searex-12 rig
Ogbotobo field with Malard bay rig-75 (SPDC-w),
Nimbe, Sangana River, Tebidaba, Obutoru creek, Osiama creek, Ogbainbiri fields for NAOC on Bintang Kalimantan rig etc.
Land rigs:
Gbaran field on KCA Deutag T-76 rig (SPDC-E),
Offa field with Sedco- Forex rig-1 (SPDC-W),
Kwale field on Saipem rig az5823 (NAOC),
Ossu field on DWC-20 rig for Addax
Ibewa cluster field for Total / Elf on Zpeb rig 70516
Samabiri Cluster wells for NAOC etc.
Other attribute & skills
- Excellence interpersonal communication (written & oral) skills
- A good team player
- Ability to work under pressure, without supervision according to borehole & equipment dictate
- Interpretation of well path & inclination in relation to well productivity and hole cleaning.
- Attend operational meeting on drilling rigs and making scouting information to the success and safety of the operations
- Assist in preparing casing tally and completion assy tally as per the operator’s requirement
- Contract strategies and administrations
- Financially accountable
- Emotionally stable.
- High level humility.
Other Trainings
Training in solids’ control equipment & speedwell wellbore clean-up up tools
Pyrotechnics training on the rig (JIC)
Drilling problems workshop (in house)
Stuck pipe prevention workshop (in house)
Health, safety and environment training both on the field and in the office.
Offshore safety training, noise safety training, first aid administration training e.t.c.
Organization joined
National association of geosciences & mining students (nagams)
Dissertation
• Source rock studies in some wells in Nigerian sedimentary
Basin (Niger delta) using geophysical and geo-chemical methods
• An appraisal of ground water resource in Nigerian sedimentary
Terrain (south-western)
• Geologic field mapping of some parts of Ijebu north local govt.
Area Ogun state (field trip)
• Geologic field mapping of some parts of Oyo state (field trip)
• Stock control system using a programming language
Referees
Higgins, Chris
BG Energy Holdings Limited
100 Thames Valley Park Drive
Reading, Berkshire RG6 1PT UK
Telephone: +44 (0-118-***-****
Website: http://www.BG-Group.com
Dr. Adeyemi, G.O.
H.O.D Geology dept.
Ogun state university, Ago Iwoye Ogun state