Fishing Services Coordinator - Baker Hughes - Takoradi, Ghana
(2026-12)
- Provided technical advice and supports for clients
- Project planning and management
- BHA Service designs
- Pre-job and post job proposal presentation with industrial best practices
- Tools /Equipment and field personnel management
- Deep water fishing
Technical Manager (Fishing /Thru Tubing Fishing & WHIPSTOCK) - Sterling Oil Explorartion & Energy Production Ltd (SEEPCO) - Port Harcourt, Nigeria
(2023-04 - 2025-10)
- Developed detailed and strategic plans to improve operational performance for Thru Tubing fishing, Conventional/Remedial Fishing and Whipstock operations, including selecting appropriate tools, equipment, and procedures
- Managed field and base operation to ensure seamless execution in problem solving and also oversees the preparation, maintenance, and deployment of fishing and whipstock tools and equipment, ensuring they are in optimal condition for use
- Analyzed and profile solution for complex technical challenges encountered during Thru Tubing/Fishing and Whipstock operations
- Ensured technical Support to fishing supervisor and team building
- Trained and mentored field and workshop personnel monthly
- Engaged the team on quarterly inventory of tools and equipment and involved in technical clearance prior to item purchase
- Ensured that all technical operations, adhered to standard safety regulations, company/client standards policy and industrial best practices
- Provided technical advice and supports for clients
- Performed several open hole fishing and stuck pipe/casing recovery operations
- Milled packers and de-completed wells for enhance production recovery
- Project planning and management
- Performed several Thru tubing fishing: sand cleaning, well activation, junk recovery, SSD manipulation, junk milling, etc
- Pre-job and post job proposal presentation with industrial best practices
Snr. Fishing Tools Consultant - Schlumberger Nigeria - Port Harcourt, Nigeria
(2017-07 - 2023)
- Implementation of operations and maintenance programs
- Drafting fishing proposal/BHA
- Executed several work over jobs: De-completion, packer retrieval/ milling, well bore cleaning, etc
- Open hole and cased hole fishing operations
- Ensure client job delivery timely with good service quality
- Prepared work procedures/proposal for clients
- Performed in DWOP, CWOP, Post job review/presentation and several technical meetings
- Provided technical support to clients and coordinated many field operations successfully
- Involved in the first deployment of Ardyne Trident tool for 9 5/8 casing in Nigeria
- Continually and successfully completed several fishing jobs, whip-stock, packer/ junk milling, well bore cleaning, well abandonment, work-over, operations, etc
- Successfully deployed Smith Whip-stocks and milled several windows
- Deep water P & A and Subsea well retrieval / Decommissioning
Senior Field Operations Supervisor - Weatherford International - Ghana & Ivory Coast
(2016-01 - 2017-06)
- Successfully managed personnel and equipment relating to fishing & re-entry, and well intervention operations across the West Africa geo-market
- Sales of whip-stocks to clients within the West Africa region
- Successfully completed several re-entry (Whipstock) job, fishing jobs, milling, Cut & Pull casings jobs within budgeted time
- Planned work over, drilling and rental contingency packages and determined appropriate tools and equipment for its implantations
- Break even and exceeded forecasted revenue
- Coached & mentored trainees
- Assisted in the implementations of operations and maintenance programs
- Run Multiple application of medium to high risk in well bore intervention products
Fishing & Re-Entry Operations Supervisor - Weatherford International - Cabinda & Luanda, Angola
(2015-01 - 2016-01)
- Prepared and Processed field tickets to accurately for timely submission
- Maintained good service quality, procedures and safety management system policies enforcement
- Ensured equipment are maintained and inspected to relevant standard and fit for purpose
- Handled departmental expenses within budgetary framework
- Increased departmental forecasted revenue with sales of different products and applications to clients
- Provided technical supports to team members in the field to enforce procedures and high service quality
- Assisted in the implementations of operations and maintenance programs
Senior Fishing Tools Supervisor - Schlumberger International - Ghana, Ivory Coast & Remote
(2012-09 - 2015-01)
- Planned several works over, drilling/rental contingency packages and determined appropriate tools and equipment for it implantations
- Assisted in the implementations of operations and maintenance programs
- Run Multiple application of medium to high risk in well bore intervention products across the Sub Sahara area, e.g Rhino reaming, whip-stock, tubular retrieval, packer/junk milling, open and cased hole fishing, etc
- Accurate job ticket reporting and documentation
- Executed several whipstock jobs including dual casing exit, open hole and single casing exits of different casing sizes across the Geo-market of West Africa
Fishing Tools/ Thru Tubing tools Supervisor - Weatherford International - Port-Harcourt, Nigeria
(2008-06 - 2012-09)
- Whipstock: Competently executed several mechanical & hydraulic (whip back/multicatch) whip stock operations (SQAC & QC) casing exit
- Drilling Operations: Successfully executed several fishing jobs onshore and offshore (deepwater/swamp), fishing jobs, cased hole, open hole, deep water, milling & cutting, packer milling, pilot milling, section milling, etc
- Work over operations------packer retrieval, junk milling, de-completion, etc
- Thru Tubing operations: Milling Xmas tree gate valve, scale removal operations, Tubing cutting, down hole motor application, wellbore cleanout, hammering operation, etc. Competent in thru tubing servicing and redressing tools of TT application
- Prepare tools and ensure that all tools/equipment are fit for purpose operation and rental services
- Decommissioning Service: Experienced in well decommissioning using diamond wire saw and DDU(surface and subsea casing/well head abandonment) -----slot recovery operation
- Ensured equipment are maintained and inspected to relevant standard and fit for purpose
- Handled departmental expenses within budgetry framework
- Increased departmental forecasted revenue with sales of different products and applications to clients
- Provided technical supports to team members in the field to enforce procedures and high service quality
- Assisted in the implementations of operations and maintenance programs
Fishing Tools Supervisor - Tecon Oil Services - Port Harcourt, Nigeria
(2005-05 - 2008-06)
- Accurate job ticket reporting and documentation
- Involved in several drilling contingencies and work over operations, milling, de-completion, packer retrieval, etc
- Ensure customer satisfaction by ensure service quality. Assisted in the implementations of operations and maintenance programs
- Conduct all business activities according to laid down HSE policies
- Involved in several work operations, de-completions, parker milling, intervention, etc
Asst. Driller Trainee - Ensco Drilling - Port Harcourt, Nigeria
(2002-11 - 2005-04)
- Assisted the driller and team members in ensuring safe rig operations
- Competent in making of drilling BHA
- Participated in routine equipment maintenance
- Kept accurate records of drilling operations