Prince Basi

Highly experienced Well Engineering Consultant with 10+ years of expertise in the oil and gas industry. Proven track record of delivering safe, efficient, and cost-effective well engineering solutions to clients worldwide. Skilled in well integrity surveillance and management, rigless well intervention operations, well design, drilling operations, completion, workover, decommissioning and abandonment planning, and project management.

Proficient in industry-standard software and proficient in leading cross-functional teams.

WELLS ENGINEER (well integrity surveillance and rigless well intervention Engineer) - SEPLAT ENERGY

(2023-05)

• Coordinate Deepwater well maintenance (both first line and second line well head maintenance), well integrity testing of critical A and B valves and carry out well repair.
• Perform leak-off testing, annular pressure monitoring, risk screening and MOC.
• Develop and maintain well operations and maintenance strategies aligned with production target
• Oversee all rig-less well intervention activities (e.g., wireline, coiled tubing, pumping, well testing) according to the approved workover or completion program.
• Coordinate with service companies and contractors for timely mobilization of equipment and personnel.
• Maintain accurate inventory and documentation for all rig-less tools and consumables
• Scope, prepare and review work program for non-routine and high risk well.
• Provide technical input during troubleshooting and emergency situations for Deepwater projects
• Ensure adherence to approved workover programs and Management of Change (MOC) procedures
• Enforce Health, Environment, and Safety (HES) policies at the site
• Maintained and prioritized integrity concerns to support maintenance planning and execution.
• Supported Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and recommended sustainable engineering solutions.
• Utilized SAP and Energy Components for data analysis, reporting, and operational planning.
• Managed well integrity throughout the lifecycle, ensuring compliance with regulatory and company standards.
• Managed well barriers and ensured integrity of idle wells through restoration and maintenance programs.
• Maintained idle well/asset integrity through surveillance, restoration, and reactivation strategies.
• Designed and developed well work procedures for SCSSV repairs, tree valve maintenance, sand control, conductor and casing repairs, gas lift valve changeouts, and other rigless operations.
• Provided routine operational support and prepared detailed field cost estimates for planned interventions.
• Collaborated with subsurface and production teams to optimize well performance and extend asset life.
• Collaborated with asset engineers to assess wellbore utility and integrity using risk-based techniques.
• Follow-up the movement of materials and personnel involved in operations, in order to ensure the proper and timely supply of the equipment, optimizing the cost of transporting materials and manpower within established programs.
• Identified and managed integrity risks; implemented preventive and corrective actions to mitigate failures.
• Support corrosion control initiatives, including proactive surveillance and performance monitoring.
• To supervise the progress of the workover and well services operations, maintaining cost optimization and operation effectiveness.
• Co-ordinates and give directives to all client making recommendations when problems arise to get them

WELLS ENGINEER - Deep water (Rigless well intervention planning, Well integrity Surveillance Engineer/Well head maintenance focal point) - CHEVRON NIGERIA

(2020-01 - 2023-04)

• To supervise rig and rig less well services/intervention operations, workover and any associated Well operations that may be carried out during the life cycle of a well.
• Maintain accurate inventory and documentation for all rig-less tools and consumables
• Scope, prepare and review work program for non-routine and high risk well.
• Provide technical input during troubleshooting and emergency situations
• Ensure adherence to approved workover programs and Management of Change (MOC) procedures
• Enforce Health, Environment, and Safety (HES) policies at the site
• Maintained and prioritized integrity concerns to support maintenance planning and execution.
• Supported Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and recommended sustainable engineering solutions.
• Utilized SAP and Energy Components for data analysis, reporting, and operational planning.
• Managed well integrity throughout the lifecycle, ensuring compliance with regulatory and company standards.
• Managed well barriers and ensured integrity of idle wells through restoration and maintenance programs.
• Maintained idle well/asset integrity through surveillance, restoration, and reactivation strategies.
• Designed and developed well work procedures for SCSSV repairs, tree valve maintenance, sand control, conductor and casing repairs, gas lift valve changeouts, and other rigless operations.
• Coordinate with service companies and contractors for timely mobilization of equipment and personnel.
• Participation in all planning meetings and provide input to well services programs & operations.
• Make recommendations with the support of my wells manager when well services problems arise to get them solved.
• Ensure that all Service Company's crew understand the tasks at hand and understand any risk associated with executing the procedures through toolbox talk.
• Follow-up the movement of materials and personnel involved in operations, in order to ensure the proper and timely supply of the equipment, optimizing the cost of transporting materials and manpower within established programs.
• To produce daily/periodic reports according to Company standards, collecting all the significant information about workover and well services activities, materials and technologies applied contractor performance and possible difficulties that might arise in operations
• To ensure that all materials received on wellsite are coherent with waybill or delivery Manifest
• To supervise the progress of the workover and well services operations, maintaining cost optimization and operation effectiveness.
• Co-ordinates and give directives to all client making recommendations when problems arise to get them
• Approve/Validates invoices related to work carried out on swamp or offshore location solved
• To supervise the technical performance ensuring the correct implementation of Safety Well Services Policies and Procedures, and to ensure that operations comply with Company policies.
• plan and Supervise all well intervention operations
• Well intervention equipment inspection and selection (Pre-Mob).
• Evaluate intervention risks and costs, select appropriate equipment and techniques.
• Document intervention activities and prepare reports.
• Conducted first and second line maintenance of wellhead equipment and instrumentation to ensure optimal performance.
• Performed flushing and hydrotesting of production flow lines and manifolds to verify integrity and safety standards.
• Monitored production and storage processes of crude oil in a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) unit.
• Developed and implemented maintenance schedules to minimize downtime and enhance equipment reliability.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve operational issues in real-time.
• Prepared technical reports detailing maintenance activities, system performance, and recommendations for improvements.
• Managed inventory and procurement of tools and spare parts required for maintenance activities.
• Liaised with stakeholders to provide updates on project status, challenges, and resolutions.
• Led planning and execution of well interventions operations (slickline, E-line and coiled tubing operation), including workovers, stimulations to enhance production and reservoir performance.
• Ensure that all Snubbing/work over, drilling operations are performed in compliance with current safety regulations and procedure.
• Well intervention supervision from proposal writing, well program writing, economics, mobilization, job execution and decommissioning/abandonment protocols.
• Supervise first line/second line wellhead maintenance, slickline run, reservoir saturation evaluation, corrosion and noise tool run, production profiling tool run, cement parker installation and other rigless operation to improve well productivity
• Supervise E-line operation ranging from C/O logging, Perforation extension with specialty on oriented perforation and tubing punch.

University of Nigeria: Master degree in energy

University of portharcourt: bachelor of Engineering ( Petroleum and gas)