Abdul-Gafar Abudu, Drilling Supervisor

Abdul-Gafar Abudu

Drilling Supervisor

H-PTP Energy

البلد
نيجيريا
التعليم
ماجستير, Subsea Engineering
الخبرات
9 years, 6 أشهر

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الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :9 years, 6 أشهر

Drilling Supervisor في H-PTP Energy
  • نيجيريا - Lagos
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ أغسطس 2021

• Manage rig day-to-day activities of rig contractor personnel and third-party contractors.
• Conduct kick-off meetings with the clients. Manage weekly progress meetings with company site
representatives, client members & company representatives.
• Perform well engineering calculations and analysis to support rig operations such as Torque and Drag,
Hydraulics, cement volume and displacement calculations, mud volume calculations, Casing/Liner
tallies and space-outs.
• Ensure statutory and company’s standards are met.
• Conduct analysis of HSE Issues with HSE Advisors.
• Monitor and report well performance analysis, NPT, time, cost, and non-conformance to management.
• Capture lessons learnt and incorporate them into rig operational procedures and drilling program.
• Rig acceptance: Ensure that all rig equipment is in good conditions before SPUD
• Supervise various drilling operations including drilling, tripping, casing and liner cementing, directional
drilling, cement plug, wireline jobs, whipstock and sidetrack operations.
• Manage drilling problems such as lost circulation, well bore instability and stuck pipe.
• Support and supervise rig move, skid and rig up operations.• Inspect and supervise all BHA’s measure prior to running in hole
• Manage and sign off on rig acceptance (pre-spud) inspections and tests.
• Perform and lead well control drills to assure rig crew well control readiness.
• Support HSE team with inspections, audits, incident reporting and closing actions.

Asssistant Driller في Valaris / ODENL
  • نيجيريا - Lagos
  • مارس 2018 إلى يوليو 2021

• Always monitored the well condition (i.e., depth, mud weight, weight on bit).
• Performed technical calculations required to perform drilling operations.
• Performed drilling related operations such as directional drilling, running and cementing casing strings,
fishing, assisting in wireline logging, well testing, and other special operations.
• Supervised and directed operations in the picking up or laying down of tubular and all drilling related
equipment.
• Maintained accurate record of tubular and tool dimensions (i.e., internal, and external diameter, fish
neck, and serial numbers).
• Ensured the solid control equipment and mud mixing operations are monitored.
• Informed Tool pusher and Client Representative if a deviation from planned operation occurs.
• Completed daily drilling report at the end of each tour.
• Held pre-job meeting with the drilling crew for all non-routine drilling operations.
• Secured well during an emergency or well control situation (i.e., assist in the well killing operations)

Graduate Research Student في Xodus Group
  • المملكة المتحدة - أبردين
  • مايو 2016 إلى أغسطس 2016

Evaluation of Inspection Techniques for Optimising Pipeline Cleaning before Decommissioning
•Developed a flowchart to select suitable inspection techniques for subsea pipelines.
•Recommended research into the amount, in volume, of deposits in decommissioned subsea pipelines that is safe for the marine environment.
•Proposed a new regulation for pipeline decommissioning where a defined volume of deposits per km of pipeline is required to be met before decommissioning.

Directional Well Survey Engineer في Geoplex Drillteq Nigeria limited
  • نيجيريا
  • ديسمبر 2014 إلى أغسطس 2015

•Participated in several drop directional well survey operations.
•Performed two (2) drop directional well survey operations for SEEPCO as team lead.
•Participated in several wireline system integration tests for directional well survey.
•Attained 80% client satisfactory rating in the well survey operations against the 70% average.

Drilling Maintenance Engineer في Geoplex Drillteq Nigeria Limited
  • نيجيريا
  • يوليو 2014 إلى أغسطس 2015

•Deployed of drilling tools to client rig site (e.g. ExxonMobil's Erha, Total's Egina projects, etc.).
•Ensured proper maintenance and tracking of drilling tools (Including Inspection and Repair).
•Completed Baker Hughes essential safety modules (PPE, HSE observation and awareness, etc.).
•Developed a tool tracking spreadsheet for the company.

production engineer في National Youth service Corps
  • نوفمبر 2012 إلى أكتوبر 2013

National Youth service Corps. Novemeber 2012 - October 2013
ADEGBOYEGA FARMS
Served as a production engineer
• Overseeing the production of cassava starch and cassava flour
• Milling, sieving and packing of cassava flour

Intern في Rotating Machinery Company
  • نيجيريا
  • يونيو 2011 إلى أغسطس 2011

Rotating Machinery Company, Alesa -Eleme. June -August 2011
SIWES
Maintenance of turbo machineries
• Pump /electric motor and Pump/turbine alignment with laser align and dial indicator
• Pro-active maintenance (using vibration analysis for investigation and inspection)
• Lubrication of turbines and pumps
Participated in a course on reliability management and maintenance. Organized by RMC for the maintenance staff of Port-Harcourt refining company.
• Introduced to the basics of management, reliability and their relationship
• Lubrication (mode, importance, problems and effects of poor lubrication in machines)
• Machine misalignment (types and methods of correction)
• Machine vibration (causes, implications and deductions)

intern في rotating machinery company
  • نيجيريا
  • يونيو 2011 إلى أغسطس 2011
في Port-Harcourt Refining Company
  • سبتمبر 2010 إلى فبراير 2011

Port-Harcourt Refining Company, Alesa - Eleme. September 2010 -February 2011
SIWES
Worked in four sections of the maintenance department
Power Plant unit
• Participated in changing the out board bearing of a cooling water pump
• Participated in changing the piston rings of a double acting compressor
Fuel Plant unit
• Participated in several machine alignment correction using dial indicator
• Participated in the overhaul of a centrifugal pump
Workshop unit
• Participated in several lathe machine operations (boring, drilling, facing and reduction)
Welding unit
• Gained basic knowledge about welding
• Carried out personally practice session of arc and gas welding
Honda Palace, Waterlines, Port - Harcourt. September 2009
Voluntary work placement
Participated in routine maintenance of Honda cars.
• Changing of oil filter, air filter, engine oil and brake pads

Skills
Computer programming (visual and Q-basic), calculating numerical data, checking for accuracy, compiling figures, drafting reports, operating equipment, drawing skills (AutoCAD and Pro-Engineering), leadership and organizing people and work. Absorbing information, analysing problems, making objective decisions, coming up with original ideas, drive, confidence and resilience to get things done, the flexibility to work well in a team and the credibility to influence others.

intern في port-harcourt refining company
  • نيجيريا
  • سبتمبر 2010 إلى فبراير 2011

الخلفية التعليمية

ماجستير, Subsea Engineering
  • في University of Aberdeen
  • سبتمبر 2016

Modules (Grades): Pipelines and Soil Mechanics (A1), Risers and Hydrodynamics (A1), Engineering Risk and Reliability Analysis (A1), Flow Assurance (A2), Subsea Integrity (A2), Subsea Production Systems (A2), Subsea Controls (A3) and Subsea Construction, Inspection and Maintenance (A4).

بكالوريوس, mechanical engineerng
  • في university of ilorin
  • يوليو 2012
بكالوريوس, Mechanical Engineering
  • في University of Ilorin B.Eng
  • يناير 2012

University of Ilorin B.Eng (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering (Second class upper division) 2007 - 2012 Subjects include: Gas turbines and turbo-machineries, heat and mass transfer, refrigeration and air conditioning, Control engineering, energy systems, electrical machines, instrumentation and measurement, fluid mechanics and tribology. Obtained a cumulative grade point of 4.43/5 (88.6%) My project involved the design of a knife grinder assemblage for blenders.

دبلوم, Mathematics B
  • في Educational Advancement Centre
  • يناير 2007

Educational Advancement Centre 2006 - 2007 A'Levels (Cambridge): Mathematics B, Physics D, Chemistry D.

بكالوريوس, Mathematics
  • في Tessy International Secondary School
  • يناير 2006

Tessy International Secondary School 2000 -2006 WASSCE O'levels: Mathematics B3, English lang. C4, Physics A1, Chemistry B2, Biology A1, Geography A1

بكالوريوس, French

GCE O'Levels: French C4.

Specialties & Skills

Integrity
Flow Assurance
Pipeline Analysis
Drilling Engineering
AUTOCAD
CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
MAINTENANCE
PRODUCTION ENGINEER
project managment
Subsea Installation
Flow Assurance
Pipelines and Riser Design
Problem Solving
PIPESIM
FLEXCOM

اللغات

الانجليزية
متمرّس
الفرنسية
مبتدئ

العضويات

Society of Petroleum Engineers
  • Member
  • October 2015

التدريب و الشهادات

Certified Associate Project Manager (الشهادة)
تاريخ الدورة:
July 2013
صالحة لغاية:
July 2018

الهوايات

  • Football
    Participated actively in sports winning two (2) faculty football competitions.