Idara Otu
Calgary,Alberta
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Coordinator
Obsidian Engineering
Calgary, Alberta
01.2025 - Current
- Coordination with operations, facility engineering for optimization and debottleneck of facility and pipeline systems
- Coordination with integrity / environment / regulatory groups to ensure AER requirements are met
- Management of equipment sourcing, procurement, scheduling, installation and delivery
- Collaboration with EPC contractor to develop optimal facility design and reviews.
- Development of as-built drawings via site visits and project documentation (Decision Records, Scopes of Work, meeting minutes
- Project documentation (Decision Records, Scopes of Work, meeting minutes)
Brownfield Project Manager
Shell Canada Limited
Calgary, Alberta
09.2022 - 01.2025
- Company Overview: (Obsidian Engineering)
- Collaboration with Engineering, Project Controls, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, Operations, Maintenance, Heath, Safety and Environment to ensure the project scope is delivered on time and on budget
- Economic evaluation for all routine and non-routine management of change orders (MOCs)
- Review of design standard variances, and support stakeholder communication and buy-in
- Field scoping and project concept design to enhance production optimization
- Coordination/oversight of EPC contractors to ensure all standards, procedures scope requirement are achieved
- Collaboration with EPC contractor to develop optimal facility design.
- Coordination of MOC, Operational Readiness Review and Pre-Start-up Safety Review
- Review and implementation of stake holders inputs
- Field Planning, Execution & Operations Handover
- Reviewing of progress reports, and endorsing invoices for services as necessary
- (Obsidian Engineering)
Senior Operations Technologist
Yangarra Resources Corp.
Calgary, Alberta
01.2021 - 09.2022
- Responsible for all well spud & fracking notifications, submission of well completions, frack water usage, drilling logs and directional surveys to the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) via DDS or OneStop.
- Coordination of annual field pipeline right-of-way inspections, active & inactive wells annual inspections of 200 average wells, monthly production equipment inspections for 200 vessels/tanks.
- Coordination of semi-monthly pigging & well head / production equipment shutdown device calibration
- Responsible for all pipeline & facility license applications, amendments, and audits with the AER. Liaise with EPC firms to develop optimal facility design.
- Coordination/oversight of EPC contractors to ensure all standards, procedures scope requirement are achieved
- Responsible for updates to pipeline integrity and operations manual
- Tracking & Responding to all AER field unsatisfactory site inspections for wells, facilities, pipelines
- Responsible for daily production validation in Production Manager (i.e. production data capture & reporting system) for 206 producing wells and 10,500 boepd of total company production
Project Engineering Technologist
Grey Owl Engineering Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
01.2013 - 01.2021
- Develop budgetary and AFE quality estimates
- Responsible for equipment technical and commercial evaluation, approval and procurement
- Develop PFD's, P&ID's, plot plans, piping plans and isometric drawings
- Coordination of multidisciplinary team in planning and execution of area project development programs
- Continuously liaise with clients, contractors and engineers during project construction phase
- Preparing, distribution, reviewing and award of pipelines bid packages
- Responsible for AER regulatory compliance, project status update and progress report
- Develop Design Basis Memorandums, Project Execution Plans
Project Engineering Technologist
XXL Engineering Ltd / Allnorth Consultants Limited
Calgary, Alberta
01.2006 - 01.2013
- Independently manage facility, oil and gas pipelines design and construction projects in AB, BC, SK, and MB
- Responsible for interdisciplinary reviews of technical documents, engineering drawings, safety and regulatory standards
- Perform site visit for pipeline and facility projects to complete project scoping and construction support
- Develop as-built drawings via field site visit
- Prepare and compile AER regulatory facility and pipeline applications and audit
- Responsible for review and quality control of drawings packages at all stages
Engineering Technologist
WellTest Specialist
Calgary, Alberta
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Utilized IHSVirtuview to analyzed, validate, format raw field production and pressure test data
- Prepared comprehensive well testing production reports
Well Testing Assistant
Wesco Testing & Wireline Inc
Calgary, Alberta
- Prepared pre & post job safety inspection report
- Recorded and verified raw well production data
- Sampled and analyzed collected oil samples
- Prepared production field report
- Maintained and serviced field equipment for logging
Timeline
Project Coordinator
Obsidian Engineering
01.2025 - Current
Brownfield Project Manager
Shell Canada Limited
09.2022 - 01.2025
Senior Operations Technologist
Yangarra Resources Corp.
01.2021 - 09.2022
Project Engineering Technologist
Grey Owl Engineering Ltd.
01.2013 - 01.2021
Project Engineering Technologist
XXL Engineering Ltd / Allnorth Consultants Limited
01.2006 - 01.2013
Engineering Technologist
WellTest Specialist
01.2004 - 01.2006
Well Testing Assistant
Wesco Testing & Wireline Inc