Drilling engineering, optimization, well control, drilling data

UGO KELVIN NSAKA

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Houston, Texas 77004 *******@**.***

Objective

To obtain a challenging position that will utilize my educational and work-related experiences and apply my technical and analytical skills in providing world-class solutions to problems in the petroleum industry.

Areas of Expertise

Drilling engineering, optimization, well control, drilling data and analytics

Reservoir engineering, formation evaluation, petrophysical analysis and reservoir modeling

Usage of petroleum industry software (MS Office, IMEX, Wellview, Aries, Landmark, PHDWin, Saphir, Fekete etc.)

Petroleum production engineering, well stimulation/workover, hydraulic fracture design and evaluation

Petroleum production economics, reservoir estimation, financial analysis and project management

Professional Experience

Drill Log Analyst, AKM Enterprises (Moblize), Houston, TX Mar. 2011 – Present

• Provide operators with real time drilling data management and analysis

• Monitor MWD, LWD, sensor, gas detection, mud logging data etc.

• Perform log quality assurance/control, processing and interpretation

Teaching / Lab Assistant, Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston Jan. 2011 – Dec. 2011

• Assisted Dr. Thomas Holley in Project Management class

• Calibrated instruments in rock properties and drilling labs

• Generated and modified standard-of-practice for experiments

Enterprise Risk Management Analyst, Skye Group, Lagos Aug. 2008 – Aug. 2010

• Identified, measured, monitored, and mitigated risk in transactions

• Made reliable financial analyses supporting oil and gas capital investments

• Became an expert in risk management and trained people nationwide

Subsurface Engineering Intern, ExxonMobil, QIT, Eket Feb. 2006 – Jul. 2006

• Managed and improved upon well surveillance information system (WRMS)

• Evaluated SCSSV and wellhead data for threats to well integrity

• Constructed models of wells, identifying gas lift optimization potential

Mud Logging and Mud Engineering Intern, Interdrill Limited, Effurun Apr. 2004– Jan.2005

• Assisted with preparing and implementing mud programs

• Provided support for mud logging units during drilling of Abura 9

• Produced and interpreted mud logs, drilling data and pressure logs

Production Engineering Intern, Shell, Sapele Dec. 2002 – Mar. 2003

• Provided operational support in gas plant and flow station

• Controlled temperatures/pressures of surface facilities

• Supported in maintenance and calibration of surface equipment

Education

University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, Texas Dec. 2011

Master of Petroleum Engineering

• Relevant Courses: Petroleum Production Operations, Natural Gas Engineering,

Reservoir Engineering, Drilling Engineering, Reservoir Estimation. GPA: 3.53

• Projects Completed:

o A Critical Analysis of the Smearing Effect in Casing Drilling. (Course: Drilling Engineering 1)

o Production String Design, Construction and Optimization for High-Pressure, High-Rate (HP/HR) Gas Wells (Course: Drilling Engineering II)

o Constructing a Petrophysical Model for Shale Gas Plays. (Course: Formation Evaluation 1)

o Volumes Uncertainty Analysis and Pattern Alignment and Balancing for an Active and Mature Waterflood. (Course: Reservoir Engineering 2)

o Built fracture design simulator to optimize fracture design using key design parameters. (Course: Hydraulic Fracturing)

o Natural Gas Hydrates: An in-depth study of their worldwide potential, exploration technologies and eventual commercial exploitation. (Course: Natural Gas Engineering)

o Field-wide reservoir simulation with History Matching using IMEX simulator software from CMG. (Course: Applied Reservoir Simulation)

o Economic evaluation of hydrocarbon reserves. (Course: Petroleum Production Economics)

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Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo Aug. 2006

Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering GPA: 3.9

Certifications

• IADC well control certification training course for drilling with stack qualification April 2011

of surface, provided by Wild Well Control Inc.

Leadership / Volunteer Activities

• Organized community development / rural outreach programs 2006 - 2007

• Volunteered with Bridges International in support of international students 2010 - Present

• Participate in International Friendship Program of the University of Houston 2010 – Present

Languages

• Bilingual: Fluent in English and Ibo

Awards and Honors

• Federal Government Scholarship For Academic Excellence 2002

• Texas Public Education Grant (a competitive scholarship) 2011

• University of Houston Petroleum Engineering Department Scholarship Award 2011

• CAMAC Scholarship Award 2011

• Best group project award for petroleum production economics class Fall 2010

Affiliations

• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Gulf Coast Chapter 2002 - Present

• American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE), Houston Chapter 2010 - Present

• National Society of Black Engineers, University of Houston Chapter 2010 - 2011

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