PEM Offshores Group/ Vessel Managers International (VMI) LLC
12.2019 - Current
Company Overview: Oil & Gas Services & Marine Services.
Ground operations and management tasks for the provision of Oil & Gas, Maritime and Offshore Asset Management and Maintenance services to clients.
Directing and managing global sourcing, charter, and logistics for a wide range of maritime equipment.
In-country (Nigeria) Manager of all Oil & Gas services, and Marine equipment supply, charter, logistics services, and operations.
Extensive travel to onshore & offshore IOCs Oil fields around Nigeria on project monitoring and supervision assignments.
Extensive business travels within West Africa as well as cross-continentally to meet clients’ needs, and to engage in potential new business.
Oil & Gas Services & Marine Services.
MD/CEO
Secatrok Technical Services Company (Nigeria) Limited
10.2013 - Current
Company Overview: Oil & Gas / Marine Services. Real Estate Development.
Overseeing the sourcing of refined petroleum products for potential buyers, off-takers, Tank Farm owners, etc.
Managing the interfacing of suppliers, buyers/off-takers of refined petroleum products for varying delivery modes.
Handling transactions for the sourcing, charter, and logistics for a wide range of maritime equipment locally and internationally.
Project co-director in conjunction with the approved Developer and the Federal Mortgage Bank, for the construction of varied PPP-based and National Housing Scheme (NHS) based low cost housing units for the Nigerian Security Agencies (The Nigeria Police Force & The Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps), and the general public.
Oil & Gas / Marine Services. Real Estate Development.
CEO
Secatrok LLC
05.2011 - Current
Company Overview: Oil & Gas / Marine Services.
Oil & Gas equipment, OEM parts and spares procurement services for LOCs & IOCs in the Nigerian upstream petroleum industry.
Marine equipment, OEM parts and spares procurement services for key players in the Nigerian Maritime sector.
Executing transactions for the sourcing, charter, and logistics for a wide range of maritime equipment locally and internationally.
Oil & Gas / Marine Services.
Controls & On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) Engineer
Cummins Inc. (Automotive Engines Business Unit)
01.2010 - 10.2013
Analyze, architect, design, create, maintain, test, validate, and modify closed-loop controls algorithms and associated software embedded in Cummins engines or engine electronics hardware.
Managing/utilizing algorithms for the purpose of documenting engine controls diagnostics for approval by the US regulating agencies.
Special Skills Set Areas: On-Board Diagnostics, Engine Familiarization, Engine Performance, Air Handling Systems, Aftertreatment Catalysis, & Turbochargers.
Freight Segregation implementation using IATA codes and automated Sort and handling equipment.
Special Skills Set / Training: Airport Security & Sensitivity Training / Certification by U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (TSA/Customs), IATA codes Training and certification - Freight handling & forwarding.
Equipment Parts Scheduler
MI- SWACO (A Business unit of M-I L.L.C/ Schlumberger Inc.)
12.2007 - 07.2008
Providing Assembly-line support by liaising with Job Planners to schedule customer Shop Order materials and parts for the assembly of Oilfield & Separation equipment / instrumentation such as Chokes, Choke Consoles, RTAs & Centrifuges, Mud De-gassers & De-silters, Mongoose & Meerkat Shakers, Multi-Motion Rectangular Assemblies (MM4s), etc.
Scheduling Choke Bodies and Spool heads for inspection by QA department before delivering finished ones to Assembly personnel.
Co-operating with Job Planners, Assembly, and Shipping personnel to ensure OTD (On Time Delivery) of Customer Shop Orders originating from my desk.
Utilization of 'BPCS' (Company patented materials inventory control Application Software) to handle Shop Orders.
Utilization of company’s online databases to track Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and 'SWACO-DOCS' to track detailed engineering schematics / design drawings of shop order materials required for assembly.
RENCO NIGERIA LIMITED, (A division of Renco S.p.A., Italy)
07.2004 - 01.2007
Project1: Oshie Flow Station Lightning Protection 2006 – 2007 Client: Nigerian Agip Oil Company Ltd. (Division of ENI Group) OEM: Lightning Eliminators and Consultants Inc. (LEC), Boulder, Colorado USA
Project2: Escravos Shipping Pumps Control System Upgrade 2005 - 2006 Client: Chevron Nigeria Limited
Project3: Forcados-Yokri Integrated Project (FYIP) - Power Plant Upgrade 2005 Client: The Shell Petroleum Development Company – Nigeria
Project: Shell Oil Company – Ughelli Pump Station (UPS)
Project Philosophy: Conversion of the old Ughelli Quality Control Center (UQCC) from its crude production/dehydrating mode to a Pumping Station (UPS) in order to achieve: Evacuation of hydrocarbons from upstream fields to the Forcados Terminal for another 25 years, with uninterrupted supply of Dry Crude to the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC).
Termination of the existing inland effluent water disposal from the UQCC and meet stipulated legislation on environmental protection criteria.
Job Description: Manual and remote process monitoring and control of crude oil production through the Distributed Control System (DCS).
Calibration and commissioning of field instrumentation such as: Pressure transducers, pressure switches, Level transmitters on Tank Gauging instrumentation (Enraf), pneumatically, hydraulically, and electrically actuated valves etc.
Pre-commissioning and Commissioning of Gas Turbine-driven Crude Oil Export Pumps; OEM: Solar Turbines Inc.
Commissioning of gas scrubber (filter) systems and supply to the turbines from the nearby Gas Plant, as well as the same for Booster/Transfer Pumps, and Air compressors for instrument air supply to pneumatically operated field instruments.
Education
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
05.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical/Electronic Engineering
University of Port Harcourt
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
01.1999
High School Diploma -
Government Comprehensive Secondary School (GCSS)
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
09.1991
Elementary School (First School Leaving Certificate) -
Pabod Model Primary School
Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
07.1985
Certification
Survival At Sea (SAS) Training, Test, and Certification, Onshore & Offshore Safety Institute, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, PEM Offshores Group/ Vessel Managers International (VMI) LLC
OPITO-approved Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) with Emergency Breathing System (EBS), Tolman Allied Company Limited, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, PEM Offshores Group/ Vessel Managers International (VMI) LLC
Application of Turbomachinery To Reciprocating Engines, Cummins Inc., USA, Cummins Inc., USA, 2011-10-01
Fundamentals of Reciprocating Engines Performance, Cummins Inc., USA, Cummins Inc., USA, 2011-11-01
Application Engineering Overview, Cummins Inc., USA, Cummins Inc., USA, 2013-02-01
Integrated DFMEA, Cummins Inc., USA, Cummins Inc., USA, 2013-03-01
Drawing Quality Review, Cummins Inc., USA, Cummins Inc., USA, 2013-06-01
Six Sigma Overview, Cummins Inc., USA, Cummins Inc., USA, 2013-06-01
Timeline
Vice President, Global Operations
PEM Offshores Group/ Vessel Managers International (VMI) LLC
12.2019 - Current
MD/CEO
Secatrok Technical Services Company (Nigeria) Limited