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zelig okontah, senior operations engineer

zelig okontah

senior operations engineer·GAS PLANT

United Arab Emirates

High school or equivalent, Applied Geophysics

Work experience

Total years of experience: 17 years, 8 months

senior operations engineer

January 2015 - Present

GAS PLANT

Basra, Iraq

January 2015 - Present

Project review team
-Project HAZOP and 3D Modelling team.
-Project equipment installation, isometric, pipeline, PFDs, P&IDs and commissioning
-Gas dehydration, Compression and re-injectivity review and installation.
•5-OFFSHORE OIL PRODUCTION CLUSTERS EXPANSION AND 11 ONSHORE ( 91 WELLS FOR OIL PRODUCERS/WATER ALTERNATING GAS WELLS AND WATER SUPPLIERS/DISPOSAL WELLS FOR DABBIYYA CLUSTER EXPANSION

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Oil and Gas

CONTROLLER

January 2015 - January 2018

January 2015 - January 2018

Project review and tie-in pipeline operations
-Project HAZOP, HAZID team
-Equipment layout, installation, pipeline isometric, PFD review, P&ID, commissioning and punch listing.
-SIMOPS tie-in to Phase I/II existing production facilities.
-Modification and expansion of gas injection header, water-alternating has for over 10 wells. Provisions for over 10 wells gas lift skids and equipment.
-Commissioning of over 90 Oil producers, WAG wells, Injectors and water producers wells for the new Phase III Cluster expansion projects.
•RUMAITHA PHASE III -120, 000 BOPD AND 100MMSCF GAS PLANT (

Job role:
Administration

Supervisor

February 2004 - January 2009

NIGERIA GAS COM P ANY LIM I TED

February 2004 - January 2009

Facilities Worked:
•Gas Gathering Stations
•Gas Dehydration and Compression unit
•Sour Gas recovery
•Re-injection unit
•Liquefaction unit Task:
•Logging of process flow variables in gas metering stations, gas accounting, pipeline pigging, using gas chromatography, heater operations, supervision of the maintenance of process instrumentation and controllers,
•Supervise and coordinate third party contracts according to HSE standards.
•Calibration of mechanical recorders.
•Participate in gas plant design projects.
•Lead in natural gas plant start-up operations.
•Compile weekly and monthly report of all activities both maintenance and station upset to operational head.
•Oil and gas well intervention and production optimization while at SPDC.
•Manage and control the use of chemicals and other consumables in the plant, thereby ensuring availability of required resources.
•Responsible for ensuring proper implementation of HSE programs/systems in area of responsibility. Programs such as, PPE plans, PTW system, Tool Box Talk (TBT), accident reporting and investigations, Gas testing, Confined space entry plans, emergency
Response Plan (ERP), safety inspection and audit, etc…
•Actively participate in HSE meetings and implementation of HSE plan.
•Mentoring of Interns and new recruits/staffs on on-the-job training.

2. KADUNA REF I NERY AND PETROCHEMICAL
COMPANY LIMITED (SUBSIDIARY OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION), KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA.

Job role:
Engineering

OPERATION SPECIALIST

January 2004 - January 2009

Atlas Cove FPSO

January 2004 - January 2009

, NNPC production and SBM Jetties (1 &
2) by implementing the Nigeria Port Authority, NPA pilot’s integrated schedule.
•Design, review and implement Gas Injection EOR plans for production sustainability.
•Supervise Gas Injection compressor plants for over 14 Clusters and more than 36 injection wells.
•Prepare maintenance schedule for corrective, preventive maintenance with minimal production losses.
•Prepare job task, TRAs and necessary system overrides for Gas/Oil pigging systems.
•Supervise and manage water alternating gas wellhead, CO2 injection and surface facilities and suggest optimization models.
•Manage gas plant operations with over 200MMSCFD gas production, with over 4 trains and 4 low pressure compressors, 4 Medium Pressure compressors and 4 High Pressure Compressors with associated gas sweeting surface facilities.
•Managed as Mooring Master/Berth Master/Loading masters third party contractors marine support craft, Tug boats provided by B+B, Julius Berger Schedule and ensure safe execution of berthing operations at onshore/offshore platforms.
•Manage and control OPEX budget and department profit baseline.
•Managed the process of designing, operations, and maintenance of surface production equipment: separators including 2/3 phase horizontal/vertical, Desalters, and stabilisation column.
•Designed and manage SOPs, SILs and process safety beacons for offshore atlas cove platform.
•Commissioning of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation production, loading and offloading platforms.
•Reviewed the design philosophy of Dabbiyya vapour recovery compressor and recommended a more efficient design and decommissioning of present unit in North East Bab field, UAE.
•Developed and implemented cost reduction strategy in demurrage cost for loading/unloading schedule by designing a robust schedule and introducing SIMOPS with clear TRA responsibilities, which led to a 33000USD savings per vessel more than 33% cost reduction.
•Proffered short and medium term production forecasts for the integrated production system as well as achieved 100% pipeline integrity KPI for production/gas pipelines by efficient control of injection chemicals.




EM PLOYMENT HISTORY:
PROJECTS

•NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM OFFSHORE FSO EPC/COMMISSIONING AND OPERATION (

Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Petroleum Engineer

November 2002 - November 2003

NNPC

Nigeria

November 2002 - November 2003

Task:
I worked as a

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Oil and Gas

Education

Federal University Of Technology

January 2012

January 2012

High school or equivalent, Applied Geophysics

Nigeria

(Thesis pending-Distinction GPA)

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

January 2007

January 2007

Bachelor's degree, Engineering

Nigeria

Petroleum Resources University

July 2000

July 2000

Bachelor's degree, Automation And Control Engineering

Nigeria

GPA (point): 3.3 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.3 out of 4

PUBLICATION( S ): •Determination of Basement Rock and profile (

University of Petroleum Resources, formerly Petroleum Training Institute

January 2000

January 2000

High school or equivalent, Petroleum Engineering

Nigeria

,

Baptist primary School Apapa Lagos

January 2000

January 2000

High school or equivalent, Electronics Engineering

Nigeria

PUBLICATION( S ): •Determination of Basement Rock and profile (

Randle Secondary School

January 1996

January 1996

High school or equivalent, Petroleum Engineering

Nigeria

courses: Senior School Certificate (7A’s and 1 C’s

Baptist primary School Apapa Lagos

January 1989

January 1989

High school or equivalent, Petroleum Engineering

Nigeria

, Nigeria First School Leaving Certificate (

Skills

Control
Expert
Control
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Project Management
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Project Management
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Decommissioning
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Decommissioning
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Plant Design
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Plant Design
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Plant Commissioning
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Plant Commissioning
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AR
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AR
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BUDGETING
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BUDGETING
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C
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C
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DESIGN
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DESIGN
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ENGINEERING
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ENGINEERING
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
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GRAPHIC DESIGN
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LOGIC
Expert
LOGIC
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MEETING FACILITATION
Expert
MEETING FACILITATION
Expert
MICROSOFT OFFICE
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MICROSOFT OFFICE
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MONITORS
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MONITORS
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Languages

English

Native Speaker

Hobbies and interests

Reading