Education:

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Experience:

Drilling engineer with over 18 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry with positions in production operations, well and drilling engineering operations, well planning, completions, and technology applications. Skilled in project management, team building, communications, and presentations. Experienced and skilled in the planning, design, and execution of oil and gas well construction, well optimization, food processing and packaging, and brewing and bottling projects. Comfortable utilizing technical, operations, and people management skills to lead many projects to successful completion on time and within budget. Geographic experience includes Nigeria and Malaysia. Proficient in MS Office and proprietary applications such as COMPASS, WELLPLAN, WELLCAT, StressCheck, DSD, STABOR, Casing Seat, GeoPath, SUCOP, BGGM, and SSP.

Worked as a consultant well engineer providing well engineering planning support to two business units. Prepared drilling programs, organized Drill the Well On Paper (DWOP) workshops, and peer challenge sessions. Managed contracts for liner hangers, coring, and mud logging services. Planned and coordinated the execution of a production boost campaign and a seven-well drilling campaign.

Worked offshore Nigeria as an assistant drilling supervisor on a jack- up drilling rig and supervised drilling operations during the night. Prepared the daily drilling operations and end of well reports. Processed and issued operations plans and daily sequence of operations to the drilling crew. Updated the operations database. Performed cementing calculations and prepared casing tallies. Supervised logging, cementing, and drilling fluids operations. Successfully drilled two exploration/appraisal wells for a Nigerian offshore field.

Was responsible for wellbore surveying and deviation standards and policies in Nigeria. Defined, disseminated, and enforced surveying standards and policies. Provided guidelines and advice on surveying. Conducted survey audits to assure quality of procedure, equipment, calibration, inspection, operational performance, survey software, and correctness of calculations. Carried out QA/QC on all directional surveys. Maintained a deviation database and approved directional plots. Created a corporate database and introduced a focused well trajectory planning process

Affiliations:

Society of Petroleum Engineers