Petroleum engineer CV example (Nigeria)

Petroleum engineer

A Nigerian petroleum engineer with 10 years in upstream production - IOC and indigenous operator experience, HSE-certified.

Chukwudi Okoye, SPE

Senior Petroleum Engineer · Upstream Production

Port Harcourt, Rivers State · +234 811 345 6789 (WhatsApp) · [email protected] · linkedin.com/in/chukwudiokoye

Professional Summary

Petroleum engineer with 10 years in Nigerian upstream oil & gas - Shell IOC start plus 5 years at Seplat as the indigenous major. Production optimisation specialist with 18% average well-productivity improvement across 24 interventions. SPE member since 2015, HSE Level 3.

Work Experience

Senior Petroleum Engineer · Seplat Energy09/2020 - Present

Nigerian indigenous major · OMLs 4, 38, 41 · Onshore operations lead.

Led well intervention programme across 24 wells; 18% average productivity gain, ₦8.4bn incremental revenue.
Owner of the field-level production forecast; monthly deviation inside 2% for 18 straight months.
Co-ordinated the OML 38 ESP installation campaign; 6 wells completed on time and under budget.
Deputy HSE Lead for the Oben field; zero LTIs across 2023.

Petroleum Engineer · Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)07/2015 - 08/2020

IOC · Onshore Niger Delta operations.

Production engineering support for the Forcados terminal cluster (40 producer wells).
Completed the Shell Graduate Programme (2015-2017); top 15% cohort rating.
Co-authored 2 SPE technical papers on sand-control production in Nigerian shallow-water assets.

Education

M.Sc Petroleum Engineering, University of Port Harcourt · 2015
B.Eng Chemical Engineering (First Class), University of Nigeria Nsukka · 2013
NYSC, Shell SPDC Port Harcourt · 2013/2014

Certifications & Memberships

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) · member since 2015
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) · Associate, 2018
HSE Levels 1, 2, 3 · HSE Nigeria Council, current
Prosper reservoir simulation · certified 2021

Skills

Nodal analysisProsper reservoir simulationWell intervention designESP sizingProduction forecastingHSE auditingNiger Delta geologySAP PM

Publications

Okoye, C. et al. (2019). "Sand-control strategies for Niger Delta shallow-water producers." SPE Nigeria Annual Conference & Exhibition.
Okoye, C. & Adewale, T. (2022). "ESP optimisation in Oben field: a case study." Journal of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.

Referees

Dr. Olatunde Fashola · Head of Production, Seplat Energy · +234 806 100 2000
Mr. Ibrahim Yakubu · Senior Technical Advisor, Shell Nigeria · +234 803 300 4000

What makes this CV work

IOC → indigenous major career arc is the strongest Nigerian oil & gas CV pattern - signals breadth without reading as hopping.
Measurable productivity gain (18%, ₦8.4bn incremental) - the metric that production engineers get hired on.
HSE record (zero LTIs) - cardinal operations metric; absence of safety track record ends oil & gas CVs.
SPE membership + papers prove engineering seriousness beyond operations.
Specific OML and field names make the CV industry-literate and verifiable to any Nigerian oil & gas recruiter.

Tailoring this for your application

Name specific OMLs, fields, platforms - industry recruiters know them and verify instantly.
Lead with HSE track record if you have one - LTI, TRIR, safety audit outcomes. One safety number can override 5 CV years.
Include SPE membership + conference papers if applicable - the industry weights technical community heavily.
For diaspora applications, note IOGP certification equivalence if you've worked with IOCs on international standards.

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