Context & EnvironmentThere is no equivalent project of such an industrial drilling magnitude in a remote and sensitive area within the Company today. The Tilenga oilfields are partly situated in a protected National Park, partly beneath the river Nile wetlands area, and within densely populated area in a rural and remote part of Uganda. Activities exposed to the risk of major incidents with se...
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Context & Environment
There is no equivalent project of such an industrial drilling magnitude in a remote and sensitive area within the Company today. The Tilenga oilfields are partly situated in a protected National Park, partly beneath the river Nile wetlands area, and within densely populated area in a rural and remote part of Uganda. Activities exposed to the risk of major incidents with severe potential consequences due to local environment and important presence of NGO’s. Factory Drilling with a well delivered every 4 days using 3 drilling rigs simultaneously will necessitate standardization of equipment and procedures, strict enforcement of Drilling & Well instructions, safe and efficient logistic management on site. The project is focused on delivering the lowest possible cost, which requires challenging TotalEnergies design concepts as well as substantially challenging the TotalEnergies referential.
Heavy and waxy oils will be produced from 29 well pads, (with 9 located in a national park) and treated in a Production Center of 200,000bopd oil capacity and 650,000 bwpd of water treatment capacity. Reservoir pressure maintenance is ensured either by water injection and by polymer water injection depending on the reservoir’s characteristics. The project also includes an extended interconnecting network with temperature preservation. LPG extraction, storage and tankers loading facilities are part of the CPF facilities.
Multicultural environment
Ugandan rules and regulations, administrative requirements and technical authorizations as well as international codes for onshore plant will apply. Due to staggered development on CPF, it is expected that SIMOPS (Operations vs Construction), will occur on CPF.
Activities
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Project Phase :
- Become site and process system familiar,
- Review of Operating manuals submitted by Mc Dermott / Sinopec,
- Review of Operational Tests Procedures submitted by Mc Dermott / Sinopec,
- Review of Leak Test Procedures submitted by Mc Dermott / Sinopec,
- Preparation of start-up sequence, marked-up PIDs,
- Contribution to Black start procedure,
- Familiarize with ESP initial Start Up & operating, Creation of L4 start-up and operating procedures, including pigging procedures
- Population of the Routine Task lists,
- Preparation of the Operator round Check lists .
- Preparation of Shift report templates,
- Preparation of pre-start-up check lists,
- Coordinate with Site training coordinator for the organization of the OJT phase for new operators.
Operational Phase :
- Acts as the Delegated Operating Authority once units / packages have been HO to Company and Company PTW applies.
- Ensure safe working conditions for all personnel and perform last minute risk assessments, toolbox talks and site safety rounds,
- Performs regularly daily safety rounds and ensure proper housekeeping and restore anomalies ASAP,
- Identify downgraded situations and propose mitigating measures; then ensure that these mitigation measures are applied,
- Contribute to the reporting of anomalies, incidents, Stop card participate to the investigations including Cause Tree Analysis and apply corrective actions as necessary,
- Participate to the Risk Assessment
- Participate to PTW audits,
- Participate to the Weekly Safety meeting,
- In case of emergency situations, ensure proper safeguarding of process facilities and follow up requests of the Production Superintendent,
- Follow strictly the Inhibition and override Management system, ensuring CCR teams are fully in compliance,
- Ensure correct follow up of defined mitigation measures of SIMOPS dossiers, PTW, Job Safety Analysis and DGS,
- Opening of all deemed high risk permits on site,
- Ensure that all mechanical and electrical isolations, flange tagging and logging, flushing, pressure test and start up programs are fully prepared and executed when required.
Activities (SU / Operations / Production/ SIMOPS)
- For system start-up, drive the whole Production team on CPF side through the start-up sequence. Ensure adherence to the SU procedures; Identify gaps or issues and propose action for correction.
- Follow-up the implementation of Production operations programs in coordination with Field Engineer,
- Ensure that all the set-up of the facilities is within the process limitations and in line with the objectives of Production/Injection,
- Ensure smooth and proper Start-Up of the ESP and good follow-up and ramp-up,
- Plan / Organize all routine & non-routine activities of field operator and control room operator team on CPF,
- Ensure adherence to chemical injection guidelines,
- Ensure that the daily and weekly sampling program has been properly executed and recorded,
- Coordinate with Logistic for the top-up of chemical on CPF
- Participate to the Pre-Job Meeting
- Contribute to the preparation of the PTW dossiers,
- Review latest site conditions and open daily authorized PTW on the behalf of the Production Superintendent.
- Ensure proper Close out of PTW (works commissioned, isolation removed and location in safe and clean conditions).
- Ensure proper daily event reporting and update of all relevant routine check lists and operator round logs,
- Ensure and check the daily production reporting on production issues
- Verify the status of all inhibitions at each shift and crew change,
- Ensure at shift change that the actual status of the facilities is known to the incoming shift,
- Contribute to analysis of the production loss and propose corrective actions,
- Lead resolution of abnormal production situations,
- Contribute to operational feedback on production issues,
- In case of malfunctions, create or make sure that a clear notification is raised with the correct priority,
- Highlight miss-function, compile all relevant documentation, participate to investigations and to the establishment of a diagnosis, propose corrective actions and enforce agreed corrective actions. Contribute to ESD report,
- Prepare operational procedures and specific procedures including during shutdown preparation, as per OPERGUID format,
- Contribute to the update of engineering documentations.
Team Leadership
- Supervise the activities of CPF Field operators and Control Room Operators
- Contribute to the yearly assessment of personnel,
- Ensure proper handover between shifts,
- Organize all the crew change for the SU Support Team Personnel and ensure systematic hand-over at crew change
- Assist to train production team members in liaison with Site training coordinator,
- Contribute to improve skills and know-how of teams.
Candidate Profile
Qualifications & Experience:
- Diploma of Higher Education or BTCE. Education on operational safety, production operations, well operations
- Professional experience of minimum 10 years, and 3 years in similar position.
- Good technical skills in Oil &Gas.
- Knowledge of ESPs operation.
- Conversant with DCS based process control.
- Good knowledge of TotalEnergies HSE Safety Rules, SIMOPS, PTW System, or equivalent in Oil & Gas industry.
- Ability to work under pressure and stressing conditions.
- Ability to lead a team. Natural Authority.
- Responsible, able to take decisions.
- Adaptability and ability to work in an international environment.
- Good communication skills. Clear and concise reporting both verbal and written.
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