PROFILE

26 years in the international environmental engineering and  hydrocarbon development business sector. An engineer and change manager with capabilities in process engineering design of hazardous waste management systems, oil spill management solutions and sustainable management of the environment, upstream oil and gas recovery systems, organizational transformation management, project/asset management, and human resource management. Technical authority with over twenty international publications and published book on relevant issues and perspectives on ethical behaviour in business.

 Qualifications Obtained    [ top ]

1973-1976: University of Wales, Swansea, B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering; graduated with First Class Honours

1976-1977: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, M.Sc. Environmental Engineering Science

Affiliations/Memberships of Professional Bodies [ top ]

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1984)

Member, Nigeria Society of Engineers (1986)

Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (1997)

Chartered Engineer, Council for the Regulation of Engineering (COREN), Nigeria (1988)

Brief Career History [ top ]

10/2004- Date: Principal Consultant, Hospitalia Consultaire, Ltd

Hospitalia Consultaire Ltd is an international consultancy active in the fields of Environmental Health, Environmental Management, and Environmental Engineering.

11/2000-06/2004: Chester Mead Associates                                                  

CMA is a technology-based organization delivering facilities design, project management and Information Technology services across the upstream sector of the oil industry. CMA is delivering these services to clients in West Africa, the UK, Gulf of Mexico and the Middle East. CMA’s client list is available separately.

10/1999 to 09/2000: Head Field Engineering & Deputy Engineering Manager, Shell Petroleum, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Leadership of team responsible for initiating new oil and gas projects in Shell Nigeria. Specifically accountable for front-end and conceptual designs as well as development of initial execution strategies for projects of cumulative value of US$6 billion over the next five years.

As the discipline leader, responsible for managing acquisition and development of project and process engineering skills by some 450 field engineers who work in The Shell Companies in Nigeria.

Coordinator of the Surface Engineering Network, responsibility includes ensuring that engineering methods, procedures, practices and technologies are consistently applied, shared and effectively disseminated across the entire population.

SPDC's focal point for the development of new technologies for surface facilities; services delivered by Shell International's technology experts.

10/1997 – 09/1999: Development Manager, Team Leader & Skills Manager, Land Area, SPDC, Warri, Nigeria

Member, Nigeria Leadership Team of 60 members transforming and leading Shell Nigeria for optimum performance in the 21st Century.

Asset manager for all hydrocarbon resources and production facilities within the land area of SPDC western division operations; annual budget of US$190m with oil production rate of 150,000 barrels per day, resource base of 1,100 million barrels of oil reserves, 19 oil fields with 11 gas processing and compressor plants, one dehydration centre, 15 oil pumping stations and 1,000 km of pipelines.

Team leader of a business unit of 500 staff with responsibility for developing and operating the above resources

Responsible for managing the skills development for 150 surface engineering technology staff.

03/1996 - 09/1997: Chief Engineer (Eastern Swamp/Offshore), SPDC, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Responsible for all field engineering business processes from project initiation, through definition, to detailed design, construction and abandonment.

Supervision of 37 staff organised in four units spending average of US$60 million per annum on new build and integrity enhancement projects for well-head facilities, pipelines, flow stations and gas plants, as well as civil infrastructure (i.e. jetties, dredging and living accommodation) in the eastern swamp and offshore areas.

Project manager of 24" x 22km Cawthorne Channel – Bonny Terminal Pipeline project; US$45 million completed with no safety incident and within schedule

Chairman, Technical Change Control Panel, SPDC-East

Member of Committee that re-organised SPDC-East technical and operations functions into area teams

Member of Corporate Team of staff handling the re-organisation of SPDC to achieve a ‘New Way of Working’ into the 21st Century

01/1993-02/1996: Head Human Resources General Services, SPDC, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Head of a department of about 200 payroll staff and 1500 service contractor personnel spending approximately US$30 million per annum on the provision of welfare, catering, offices management and estates maintenance services.

Key challenges and achievements was directing a change initiative that resulted in the introduction of a staff competence improvement programme, improved working practices and standards, pursuit of timely service delivery with increased customer focus; especially in the area of housing (civil, plumbing and electrical) maintenance engineering on an asset base of some 500 housing units in Port Harcourt.

06/1991-12/1992: Head Front-End Engineering, SPDC, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

 Supervised six graduate engineers handling oil and gas projects initiation, feasibility studies and preparation of basis of design

Developed strategy for the refurbishment of two Ingersoll Rand Gaslift Compressors

Prepared Basis of Design for 90 mmscfd Alakiri Gas Plant Debottlenecking; including CTR sheets for all project phases

Task-force member; Introduction of Cost Engineering discipline in SPDC

1993/94 Programme preparations, including the design and development of field based budgeting system

Coordinator, EP Africa/Middle East Regional Conference, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

 02/1989-05/1991: Senior Process Engr, Northern Systems & Plants, Shell Aberdeen

Supervised three graduate engineers on process and capacity studies for:

a. St. Fergus Gas Plant expansion (Gannet field gas import)

b. Mossmorran NGL Plant Capacity reviews

c. Third Party Gas handling onshore

- Twelve-week orientation on Cryogenic Gas and NGL plants operations at St. Fergus and Mossmorran plants in Scotland

05/1987-02/1989: Senior Process Engr, New Business Unit, Shell Expro, London

- Process design studies on:

a. Osprey field produced water handling with hydrocyclones

b. Auk field Diminishing Benefit Analyses

c. Gannet field development - Concepts selection

d. Tern field gas export options

e. Kittiwake field Gas export & H₂S handling

_{f. Central North Sea Gas export system dynamic simulations}

_{04/1984-05/1987: Senior Design/Planning Engr, Terminals/Offshore, SPDC, Warri, Nigeria}

_{Supervised four graduate engineers handling planning and design of facilities at UQCC, Forcados and Offshore}

_{Prepared functional specifications for Single Buoy Mooring system for Forcados Offshore Crude Loading Facility}

_{Design and material specifications for 6" x 3km Afremo-B offshore flowlines}

_{06/1983-04/1984: Design Engineer, Oil Terminals/Offshore Facilities, Shell Petroleum, Warri, Nigeria}

_{Preparation of functional design specifications and supervision of consultants (Marcon BV) handling structural and topsides design of FODP-A wellhead platform}

_{Supervision of consultants (FPC NV of Belgium) handling design of fire protection systems at Ughelli Quality Control Centre & Forcados Terminal}

_{05/1981-06/1983: Head Engineering Administration Services, Shell Petroleum, Warri, Nigeria}

_{Supervision of a team of 30 staff handling provision of administration, budgeting and invoice processing, field inspection contracting, and, drawing office services to a department of approx. 150 engineers.}

_{Carried out a study on "Time Management by Engineers in SPDC-West"}

_{03/80-04/81: Pipeline Construction Engineer, Shell Petroleum, Warri, Nigeria}

_{Design/construction of oil pipelines scrapper traps for intelligent pig runs}

_{Supervised construction of (a) 8" x 4km Warri River Delivery Line replacement;       (b) 4" dia. swamp flowlines, (c) 8" x 11km Afremo Flowlines offshore}

_{02/1978-02/1980: Trainee Mechanical Engineer, Shell Petroleum, Lagos, Nigeria}

_{Gas-lift compressor facilities design; review of design concepts and supervision of consultants (Worley Engineering of Houston)}

_{Field capacity tests and pressure profiling of the 20" UQCC to Warri River Produced Water disposal pipeline}

_{Review of all lubricants utilised in oilfield operations; developed a comprehensive chart subsequently used in a rationalisation programme}

_{07/1977-01/1978: Research Assistant, Caltech, Pasadena, California, USA}

_{Research work on air quality control and particulate emission from combustion of coal in thermal power plants; Southern California}

_{Tertiary treatment of sewage in centralized systems; Southern California}

_{External Publications}  [ top ]

_{Opportunities and Challenges of an integrated Energy Policy for Nigeria – Perspectives from a Competing Energy Product; SPE Nigeria Annual Conference, Abuja Nigeria, August 2003}

_{Key Professional Contributions}  [ top ]

_{Analyses of business processes leading to the introduction of new technologies, policies, procedures, working methods and practices in the EP sector of the oil and gas industry; namely:}

_{Placement of Multi-phase Boosting & Metering Technology for Satellite Field Developments in Shell Nigeria (1998)}

_{Member, joint industry steering committee that managed Nigeria’s participation at the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston (1999)}

_{Member, Advisory Committee, Offshore West Africa Conference and Exhibition for 2001}  [ top ]