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Work History
Education
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References
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SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
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Oweh Ikechuwu Henry

Port Harcourt,RI

Summary

A proactive and highly experienced Instrumentation and Electrical professional with over 20 years of hands-on expertise across Flow Stations, Gas Plants, Associated Gas Gathering Plants, Gas Compressor Plants, Terminal Operations/Maintenance, and Bonga Offshore Operations/Maintenance. Currently serving as a Maintenance Team Leader, providing both technical and leadership support to cross-functional teams.

Demonstrates strong proficiency in the troubleshooting and maintenance of process control instrumentation, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), plant emergency shutdown systems, fire and gas systems, fiscal metering systems, CCTV systems, and tank gauging systems.

Possesses sound analytical skills and a proven ability to resolve complex technical issues. Well-versed in SAP (ME, IA), maintenance strategy reviews, scheduling, and work preparation. Also proficient in eVision (ePTW) for effective permit-to-work implementation.

Experienced in key Asset Management System (AMS) processes including MTO, RCA facilitation, ESP, and skilled in Microsoft Office applications.

Driven by a strong commitment to Goal Zero, emergency response readiness, and cost optimization. Recognized for being resilient, resourceful, and people-focused, with a passion for safety leadership and delivering strategic business outcomes.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Maintenance Team Leader

Renaissance Africa Energy Company (Former Shell)
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
05.2025 - Current
  • Supervised Belema Re-Entry Project.
  • Supervised Flowline replacements on wells 8T, 2T, 1L/S & 10 L/S.
  • Carried out HAZID and HAZOP on EPF deployment.
  • Supervised employee performance on Earthing and Lighening improvement.
  • Supervised Re-entry activity on Corrossion and Inspection Team (PVRV)
  • Delegated tasks to carefully selected employees in alignment with resource management goals.
  • Monitored priorities and liaised between maintenance team and management, delegating tasks to complete on time.
  • Procured pricing information from various vendors to support cost-effective purchasing.
  • Optimized inventory management, reducing waste through careful tracking of parts usage and reordering supplies as needed.

Maintenance Supervisor

NUNR_DC SPDC
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
10.2022 - 04.2025
  • Develop and monitor NunR_DC operations/ maintenance budget is managed effectively and ensure that maintenance plans are achieved.
  • Manage and develop operations and maintenance workforce while delivery the facility targets
  • Perform instrument, control and systems activities with a view to achieving the terminal HSE-targets equipment vendors. Dimension:
  • Custodian of PCD Info Security compliance management including testing / upgrading and development of NUNR business continuity plan against PCD Info Security potential defects.
  • Managing personnel and overseeing 2 flow station producing about 30kpod
  • Maintenance of Community Generators and interfacing with workshop
  • Developed SOP & Communication Protocol for the operationalization of NR/D and Gbaran Bulkflow project.
  • Collaborated with OABP team for shared resources during NRD 2023 TAM, leading to cost savings of $65K being cost of water barge, MPV, Tugboat etc.
  • Championing weekly in-house budget control process/financial analysis from the transaction listing for cost visibility, monitoring and effective decision making. Reallocated wrongly charged cost of $114k to the responsible teams.
  • Played a key role in ensuring diligence in Catering, Housekeeping and Logistics chargebacks, amounting to circa N40m cost savings in 2023
  • Championed in-house cost challenges, avoidance and reallocation including Maintenance execution Team, Corrosion management & OABP vendor rates; Diebu creek fabric maintenance and replacement of MSDVS
  • Championing of Voice and security alarm system installation at NunR FLB. Drive the scope and charter of demand for seamless installation. PO secured and contractor to site 4th week of March 2025.
  • Championed and supervised installation of (ASSETS PERIMETER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT – NUN RIVER) - APIP. Project is 98.9% completed.
  • Championing of the Ex- Oporoma community Gen -Set Overhaul at IA workshop. Follow through with C&P for material delivery to IA
  • Manage Moc within the facility as the focal point to ensure there no overdue open implementation actions. Tracked and follow through all initiated MoC within NunR DbuC facility.
  • Supervised a team of technicians, providing guidance on complex repair tasks and fostering professional development opportunities.
  • Contributed to development, implementation, and execution of maintenance programs.
  • Managed inventories of spare parts and tools to ensure the availability of necessary resources for timely repairs.
  • Improved equipment reliability by implementing a preventive maintenance program and scheduling routine inspections.

Crew Lead

SNEPCO Bonga Offshore Operations
08.2020 - 09.2022
  • Develop and monitor bonga operations/ maintenance budget are managed effectively and ensure that maintenance plans are achieved.
  • Perform instrument, control and systems activities with a view to achieving the terminal HSE-targets equipment vendors. Dimension:
  • Custodian of PCD Info Security compliance management including testing / upgrading and development of Bonny Terminal business continuity plan against PCD Info Security potential defects.
  • Maintenance of VRU compressor to ensure GHG is achieved on the platform
  • Maintenance of UPS system and ensure availability of the autonomous time is achieved
  • Supervising the crew on daily basis to ensure the PM/CMs target are met.
  • Maintenance of fire water pumps and emergency generators.
  • Supervising power generating sets (Solar Turbine Mars 100)
  • Field Gas compressor maintenance (Nuovo Penone compressor driven by Solar Mars 100 Turbine)

Supervisor

SPDC PACO
12.2019 - 08.2020
  • Responsible for effective implementation and operation of Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and spares/ tools as it relates to instrument, controls and systems to safeguard as :built-integrity of the new Terminal facilities to achieve best value for money throughout the life of the plant.
  • Ensure high reliability of safeguarding, control, instrumentation and systems facilities by developing/implementing appropriate maintenance strategy
  • Perform the roles of the instrument and systems discipline head in the terminal including interfacing with the corporate discipline head, providing inputs to Terminal projects and initiation of best practices and new technology for strategic cost leadership such as trending global changes/improvement in safeguarding, instrumentation and control systems.
  • Raise Service Entries for the CN staff salary payment each month during my monthly work cycle.
  • Initiate Material coding and follow through with coding till MM is generated for the coding of all required instrument materials and plays a lead role in all instrument material procurement process through SCM.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills by working effectively closely with other maintenance disciplines and district production teams to deliver set team goals
  • Raising of commitment control for materials procurement.
  • Participate in contracting planning meetings.
  • Ensure prompt updates of the asset register/HSE case critical documents.
  • Carry out level 1 PTW audit and ensured prompt close out all identified action items.

Instrument Field Technician

SPDC
06.2015 - 12.2019
  • Raise Service Entries for the CN staff salary payment each month during my monthly work cycle.
  • Initiate Material coding and follow through with coding till MM is generated for the coding of all required instrument materials and plays a lead role in all instrument material procurement process through SCM.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills by working effectively closely with other maintenance disciplines and district production teams to deliver set team goals
  • Raising of commitment control for materials procurement.
  • Participate in contracting planning meetings.
  • Ensure prompt updates of the asset register/HSE case critical documents.
  • Carry out level 1 PTW audit and ensured prompt close out all identified action items.
  • Liaised with the logistic team to move instrument device from BOGT through KI to IA workshop for repairs.
  • Achieved 100% export pump availability for crude oil export loading and refinery supplies which accounts for over a hundred million barrels of crude oil export yearly.
  • Achieved BOGT sustenance of MIE/IA calculative status (MIE score of 64% and IA score of 67%).
  • Work with team leader to maintain designed availability and reliability of all Terminal facilities to achieve set hydrocarbon targets.
  • Responsible for team working by delivering results through others, maximizing on business opportunities, motivating, coaching and developing team members (CN) to use systems, applications products in data processing (SAP).
  • Mobilize and control the day-to-day instrument maintenance activities with the available resources.
  • Expedite delivery of ordered materials. Store/Preserve and ensure proper staging of these materials in readiness for utilization on need basis.
  • Carry out cascade sections on 12 Life saving rules and 10 Process safety fundamentals.
  • Developed leadership skills leading small execution teams of contractor personnel to execute work on a daily basis

Instrument Field Technician

SPDC
01.2005 - 06.2015
  • Start-up the system interface (Application and pro+ workstation and process line up of all associated gas gathering facilities (AGG).
  • Managed all aspects process and personal safety
  • Follow up Management of MOC process
  • Maintenance of deltaV system and process instrumentation field devices, calibration of control valves using deltaV tool, calibration and tuning of transmitters, configuration and setup of FF devices using 475 communicator
  • Responsible for team working by delivering results through others, maximizing on business opportunities, motivating, coaching and developing team members(CN) to use systems, applications products in data processing (SAP).
  • Undertake regular maintenance and integrity tasks; undertake inspection tasks on both the Preventive Maintenance (PM) jobs and the Corrective Maintenance (CM) jobs.
  • Assure the technical integrity and assess equipment for continued safety.
  • Ensure consistent maintenance of the gas turbine instrumentation and controls interface (GAP Software) for fault diagnostic of field device and elements.
  • Loop testing, calibration, troubleshooting and repairs of field instrumentation
  • Consistently carryout routine, preventive and corrective maintenance on the instrument air compressor system and instrumentations (Hima PLC) maintenance of IPS, SIS systems and fault diagnostics using engineering work station Bentley Nevada (MMS)
  • Responsible for the maintenance of fire and gas system (using alignment kits and handheld interrogator for troubleshooting and maintenance.
  • Maintenance of pneumatic instrumentation in the flow station.
  • Calibrated process instruments (e.g. transmitters pneumatic and electronic)
  • Closed out permit-to-work and updates data base (PCF)
  • Raising of notifications and converting to work order for plant maintenance activities on SAP
  • Certified work preparer through MIE framework.
  • Focal point for FSR (Deferring PMs/CMs that cannot be executed due to material or jobs that require shutdown)
  • Carry out routine, preventive and corrective maintenance of the compressor control systems
  • (Antisurge Control System) (Train view) monitoring and maintenance
  • Possess a good understanding of compressor control corporation# performing downloads and uploads of image files to Antisurge controllers and performance controllers/daughter cards, Troubleshooting and diagnosing of input/output channel field device to Field terminal Assembly (FTA-20), using WOIS configurator for maintenance and configuration Reading and interpreting of indicator lights on controllers for diagnosing cards.
  • Routine/Preventive maintenance on the plant Fire and Gas systems, such as the flame detectors, gas detectors (open path and point gas detectors), smoke detectors and CO2 system (Minimax).
  • Material coding through (MMRF) and Material ordering through SAP and follow up through with SCM
  • Establishing communication link breakdown between operation workstation and micronet
  • Woodward control system
  • Excellent understanding of the use of cause and effect drawings for process line up and operations
  • Using IC&A experience to monitor and control a process efficiently
  • Line up of process facility
  • Participated in alarm rationalization review for CAWG1 control points.
  • Bad actors Analysis

Instrument Field Technician

Shell
04.2003 - 12.2004
  • Maintaining of pneumatic instrumentation across PH2 district
  • Undertake regular maintenance and integrity tasks; undertake inspection tasks on both the Preventive Maintenance (PM) jobs and the Corrective Maintenance jobs.
  • Maintenance of Amflow chemical injection pump and Text team Pump
  • Servicing and troubleshooting of level and pressure controllers
  • Working closely with operations team to ensure the well test carried out monthly by making all the test equipment available
  • Participation in shutdown activities and start up
  • Manage and maintain Pneumatic control / monitoring system
  • Maintenance of hardware barrier in the facilities
  • Ensure ESD test is carried out as at when due.
  • Servicing of PD meters and Rotron meters for metering accountability and well testing

Instrument Technician

Shell
04.2002 - 03.2003
  • Carry out testing of relief valve setting from west land and swamp asset
  • Maintenance of level controllers, pressure controllers and rotron meter calibration
  • Maintenance of PD meter inner mechanism
  • Maintenance of field instrumentation
  • Undertake regular maintenance and integrity tasks; undertake inspection tasks on both the Preventive Maintenance (PM) jobs and the Corrective Maintenance (CM) jobs

Instrument Technician Trainee

Shell
01.2001 - 12.2001
  • Class work and practical work on process instrumentation
  • Calibration of field devices
  • Start up and shutdown of flow station
  • Ensure levels on process vessels while maintaining the static pressure

Education

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) - Electrical/Electronic Engineering (Option Power)

University of Port Harcourt
Choba, Rivers State
01.2024

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) - Electrical/Electronic Engineering (Option Power)

University of Port Harcourt
Choba, Rivers State
01.2015

The City and Guilds of London Institute - undefined

The City and Guilds of London Institute
01.2012

Higher National Diploma (HND) - Electrical/Electronic Engineering (Option Power)

Rivers State Polytechnic
Bori, Rivers State
01.2008

National Diploma (ND) - Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Yaba College of Technology
Yaba, Lagos State
01.2000

West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) - undefined

Utagba-Ogbe Grammar School
Utagba-Ogbe, Kwale, Delta State
01.1994

Skills

  • Scheduling and planning
  • Inventory monitoring
  • Vendor relationship management
  • Teamwork
  • Excellent communication
  • Maintenance planning
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Staff supervision

Accomplishments

  • Member of the instrument team, that maintained, serviced and sustained the AMFLOW CHEMICAL injection unit at Cawthorne channel District. The team won the PD award in June 2006.
  • Re-commissioned the heating Medium in the Gas plant in 2008
  • Collective effort of IC&A team to commissioning of CAWC AGG Plant in 2008
  • Drove the DIY in house effort that resolve over speed trip on NP-TRI Dec 2012.
  • Played a key role in Awoba Gas plants start up (Troubleshoot andcarried out loop checks on field devices after a long shutdown in 2006) activities was carried out in 2010-2012.
  • Running installation work station configuration (deltaV system Loss of configuration data)
  • Re-installation of radar level transmitter reconfigured the field device calibration parameter and downloaded the device installation kits and uploaded into fieldbus library.
  • Re-installation of DVC 6000 series on a level control valve. Since the existing DVC 5000 series was obsolete. Also downloaded the device installation kits and uploaded into fieldbus library

Affiliations

  • Member Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) (Membership Number R45545)
  • Member Nigerian Society of Engineers (MNSE) (Membership Number:46477)

References

Reference available upon request

Training

  • Completed all assigned knowledge and skill Front line barrier management training(FLBM)
  • Delta-V Operation, Maintenance and Configuration Training, AS Owell, Port Harcourt, 2015.
  • Compressor Control Corporation Training-Netherlands, 2012.
  • Advanced Award in Oil and Gas Instrumentation Maintenance, 2010
  • Fire and Gas Detection Training, 2009.
  • Compressor Control Corporation Training -Port Harcourt, 2008
  • Woodward Training, Port Harcourt, 2008
  • HIMA IPS Training, Port Harcourt, 2008
  • Delta-V Operation, and Maintennce/Factory Acceptance Test, Netherlands, 2007.
  • Delta-V Operation, Maintenance and Configuration Training, Warri, 2006.
  • Work Preparation Scheduling and Execution Global tool for SAP (Use of SAP), 2005

SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • I am passionate about competence development for my team, championing multiskilling project to make 90% of NRD PU frontline team multiskilled by December 2024. Developed a Charter, road map, presentation materials, competence & training skill pool matrix. Carried out gap analysis for team members and developed gap closure plan. Commenced in-house knowledge sharing sessions and collaborated with the capability team to get line trainers for daily classroom & hands-on training sessions, sought opportunities and delivered formal trainings/courses & STAs. A lot of success stories are being recorded, including cost savings, reduced Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), multiskilling & upskilling NR/D personnel.
  • As part of cost optimization initiatives in Nun River/Diebu Creek PU, I initiated reduced milk-run demands by leveraging Gbaran route for material movement and waste evacuation utilizing the Monthly PMS barge movement. Savings of about $45K.
  • I Championed the Nun River/Diebu Creek Bulk flow to Gbaran project to drive the reduction in our carbon footprint and greatly reduce high GHG emissions from the flow-stations. This project reduces gas flaring from 20MMscf/d to 0.4MMscf/d.

Timeline

Maintenance Team Leader

Renaissance Africa Energy Company (Former Shell)
05.2025 - Current

Maintenance Supervisor

NUNR_DC SPDC
10.2022 - 04.2025

Crew Lead

SNEPCO Bonga Offshore Operations
08.2020 - 09.2022

Supervisor

SPDC PACO
12.2019 - 08.2020

Instrument Field Technician

SPDC
06.2015 - 12.2019

Instrument Field Technician

SPDC
01.2005 - 06.2015

Instrument Field Technician

Shell
04.2003 - 12.2004

Instrument Technician

Shell
04.2002 - 03.2003

Instrument Technician Trainee

Shell
01.2001 - 12.2001

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) - Electrical/Electronic Engineering (Option Power)

University of Port Harcourt

The City and Guilds of London Institute - undefined

The City and Guilds of London Institute

Higher National Diploma (HND) - Electrical/Electronic Engineering (Option Power)

Rivers State Polytechnic

National Diploma (ND) - Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Yaba College of Technology

West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) - undefined

Utagba-Ogbe Grammar School

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) - Electrical/Electronic Engineering (Option Power)

University of Port Harcourt

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