SPE Aberdeen Young Professionals (YP)The SPE Aberdeen section is at the heart of the YP programme. The activities of the Aberdeen YP are managed by a volunteer committee with collective and specific responsibilities for various facets of the organisation.
The Aberdeen YP committee was founded to bring together people in an atmosphere of education and fun. It provides a strong combination of professional development, technical learning, social networking and educational support. The programme is specifically created for the younger segment of our membership, which makes up approximately 35% of the Aberdeen section members. Name | Organisation | Position | | Sankesh Sundareshwar | Bluewater Services UK | Chair | | Lola Ajagbonna | Rushmore Reviews | Secretary | | Alex Nappez | Nexen | Media/Website | | Folawole Sanwoolu | Shell | Events Coordinator | | Jai Chainani | Chevron | Student Development | | Graham Dow | BP | Student Development | | John Costaschuk | BP | Student Development | | Oludare Elebiju | Wipro | SCG | | Wonuola Scott | Rushmore Reviews | Website | | Ashwini Bhagwat | Wood Group PSN | Technical Events | | Javier Torres | Landmark | Member | | Michael Dimude | BG | Media Manager | | Atul Bhadauria | CNR | Technical Events |
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Sankesh Sundareshwar, Asset Process Engineer, Bluewater Services - YP Chairman
Sankesh graduated with honours in Mechanical Engineering from R.V.C.E, Bangalore, India in 2003. He then worked as a Research Assistant in India’s premier institute for science and technology development, The Indian Institute of Science for a year. His research focused on brainstorming techniques and other methods to make design teams efficient. Inspired by working with the best minds in his country he chose to do a challenging Master’s course in University of Manchester in Advanced Chemical Process Design from which he graduated in 2005.
He soon started his career in the Oil and Gas industry as a process engineer in ETA Process Plant Ltd and specialized in design and commissioning of Water Injection systems. This role took him all over the world from Sakhalin to Brazil on offshore commissioning work. After two years of this experience he moved to Aberdeen and worked at Maxoil Solutions for the next four years. Here he gained valuable experience in flow assurance, field development projects and troubleshooting of production and operations issues. He has currently started his own business as a limited company and provides operations support and process engineering services to Bluewater assets.
Sankesh joined the SPE YP in 2008 initially to develop his contacts through the networking opportunities available in SPE. However as an active volunteer he has got out much more than industry contacts from the SPE such as mentoring from experienced professionals in the industry, satisfaction of guiding students and organizing events to serve other young professionals in Aberdeen and globally. He has served as the SPE YP Chair since 2010.
In his free time Sankesh practices yoga and has been fine tuning the various Indian recipes passed on to him from his mother.
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Wonuola Scott, Data Analyst, Rushmore Reviews - Website Wonuola graduated with a BSc. honours degree in Chemical and Polymer Engineering at the Lagos State University, Nigeria. During his first degree, he concurrently developed skills as a programmer and web developer at the prestigious NIIT. He got himself involved with several IT projects and always saw himself as a catalyst and translator between the worlds of engineering and IT. In his final year, it became apparent which industry in which to direct his passion. Wonuola decided to pursue a Masters degree in Oil and Gas Engineering at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen in 2006. In 2008, Wonuola started his career in the Oil and Gas industry with the Rushmore Reviews where he is involved with providing drilling and completions performance benchmarking services to global oil companies. As a data analyst, he gets to interact with engineers from all over the world to discuss well data requirements and data errors. He inevitably built a network of technical experts from which he learns everyday about the industry.
He is recently contracted to Statoil to extract and submit their global drilling and completions performance data to the Rushmore database. When he is not working, he enjoys relaxing with his family and reading. He also performs in a jazz band and choir as a bass player.
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Atul Bhadauria, Drilling Engineer, Canadian Natural Resources International
Atul Bhadauria has two MSc degrees i.e. Geology (Goa University) & Drilling & Well Engineering (The Robert Gordon University Aberdeen).
He started his oilfield career in 2001. Atul has worked his way up working in various roles, Mud logging Geologist (Geoservices), Data Engineer (Geoservices), Well Engineer (Senergy Ltd), UBD/MPD Drilling Engineer (Weatherford) & Drilling Engineer (Schlumberger).
He has recently joined CNRI (Canadian Natural Resources International) as Drilling Engineer. Atul was Co-Chair at SPE YP (2010-2011) and currently still involved with SPE YP as Technical events co-ordinator (2011-2012). For Atul the SPE YP is a great opportunity to meet new people & contribute back student community by help prepare them for challenging future.
He believes to be successful in his career and personal front as it is vital to have a work life balance.
Atul Bhadauria, Drilling Engineer, Canadian Natural Resources International
Atul Bhadauria has two MSc degrees i.e. Geology (Goa University) & Drilling & Well Engineering (The Robert Gordon University Aberdeen).
He started his oilfield career in 2001. Atul has worked his way up working in various roles, Mud logging Geologist (Geoservices), Data Engineer (Geoservices), Well Engineer (Senergy Ltd), UBD/MPD Drilling Engineer (Weatherford) & Drilling Engineer (Schlumberger).
He has recently joined CNRI (Canadian Natural Resources International) as Drilling Engineer. Atul was Co-Chair at SPE YP (2010-2011) and currently still involved with SPE YP as Technical events co-ordinator (2011-2012). For Atul the SPE YP is a great opportunity to meet new people & contribute back student community by help prepare them for challenging future.
He believes to be successful in his career and personal front as it is vital to have a work life balance.
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Lola Ajagbonna, Data Analyst, Rushmore Reviews - YP Secretary
Lola graduated in 2005 with a B.Eng. in chemical engineering from Federal University of Technology, Minna. She got interested in the upstream sector of the industry and decided to pursue an MSc in Oil and Gas engineering at the Robert Gordon University, where she graduated in 2008 with distinction. She has since worked as a Data Analyst for the Rushmore Reviews. Working as a Data Analyst has helped her gain good understanding of the economic, business as well as the technical aspects of the industry. It has also exposed her to the varying new technologies used by operators around the world as well as their performances.
In 2010, she felt she could contribute more to the industry and after having a chat with her SPE mentor, she decided to become actively involved in the SPE. From her first day at the meeting, she volunteered to assist in organising major events across Aberdeen, which have been hugely successful. Her journey with SPE has been exciting as well as challenging and it has exposed her to many opportunities and people she wouldn’t have met if she wasn’t part of it. She currently serves as the SPE YP Secretary.
Lola likes to keep busy, although she cherishes every chance she gets at relaxing. She is a member of the Lion’s club where she is involved in different projects raising money for charity. Lola currently volunteers to work with the kids as she finds them simply adorable.
Lola loves travelling, experiencing different cultures, she doesn’t read as much as she would love to but can’t put a good book down once she’s started. She enjoys playing occasional 5 a side football with her colleagues. She is always up for a laugh, whether it’s watching stand-up comedy, sitcoms or just hanging out with friends and never gives up an opportunity to dance Ceilidh!
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Alexandre Nappez, Reservoir Engineer, Nexen - Website
After spending most of his life in France, Alexandre decided to gain international experience by spending a year at the University of Southampton as an exchange student. Thirsty for more adventure, he then spent five months in French Guiana where he did his Masters project working for CNES, the French arm of the European Space Agency.
This was only the beginning… soon, after completing his Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, he returned to the University of Southampton to spend one year as a research student and then moved to London and studied Petroleum Engineering at Imperial College.
In January 2008, Alex (as most of his friends call him) started his career with Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd in London as a Reservoir Engineer. After more than two years working in the London office as a Reservoir Engineer first and then as an Economist, Alex was transferred to Aberdeen to acquire invaluable operational experience.
In Aberdeen, Alex spent almost one year in the Drilling and Completions department before becoming a Production Engineer; he still holds this position today. Next year, he will return to the London office to perfect his Reservoir Engineering skills, ready for more challenges and adventures!
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Oludare Elebiju - Wipro- Reservoir Engineer/Geologist - Schools Careers Guidance Oludare began his first degree in 2001 from University of Ilorin in Nigeria where he obtained a Bsc (Hons) degree in Geology in 2005. He worked as an intern in 2004 with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC-PPMC) and upon graduation joined AK Geological & Drilling Company working as a well-logging geologist on both on-shore and shallow offshore drilling projects for over 2 years.
Oludare moved to the UK to study for his Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering at London South Bank University where he graduated with an Msc degree in 2009. During his Msc he provided teaching assistant in engineering geology and upon graduation worked as an hourly paid lecturer (HPL) teaching geology and supporting reservoir simulation practical class up till June 2011 after which He moved to Wipro E&P UK limited, Aberdeen where he currently works as a Reservoir Engineer/Geologist with the subsurface consulting team.
Oludare has benefited from the SPE e-mentoring programme since 2008 being mentored by a senior reservoir engineer based in Houston and this has gingered him to give back to the SPE by currently serving as the SPE YP coordinator for the school career guidance (SCG) to help in career mentoring, guidance and continuous development.
Oludare enjoys fitness routine and sports. He currently plays for a local league team in Aberdeen as a top striker and do same for his company football team. He enjoy walking out, running and travelling to visit new places across the world and passionate about R&B music having Anita Baker as his favourite artist.
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Michael Dimude, Petroleum Engineer, BG Group - Media Manager
Michael graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2007 with a BEng (Hons) in Chemical Engineering. In the summer of 2006, he worked as a Chemical Engineer intern in BP where he discovered the amazing world of Petroleum Engineering. Michael then went on to obtain an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University in 2008. He again worked in BP as a Petroleum Engineering intern in the summer of 2008 where he wrote his dissertation on the feasibility of an ESP tie-back development which would have been the longest in the world.
In 2008, Michael began his career with BG Group as a Petroleum Engineering graduate on the Graduate Development Programme. During his time on graduate programme Michael worked in Reading (UK), Muscat (Oman) and Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) as Reservoir Engineer, Production Technologist and Production Optimisation Engineer respectively. Michael has since come-off the graduate programme and is currently working the Production Technologist for one BG UKU’s operated assets; Everest. He has also assumed responsibility as the T.A for liquid loading issues in the BG UKU asset
Michael’s a British National but is originally from Nigeria. He’s lived in the UK full time since 2004. He enjoys his work as an operations production technologist due to its technically challenging nature and the level of interaction required with other various functions. Michael’s a big fan of football and never turns down the chance to play weekly. He listens to every genre of music and he loves to travel and experience new cultures.
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Javier Torres, Drilling Consultant. Landmark – Halliburton
The international adventure of Javier started when he won a scholarship from the Venezuelan government after finishing high school; he went to France for three years, studying Physics and Chemistry.
He returned to his home country, taught physics in high school while studying short courses on accounting, broadcasting, improving his Italian grammar and learning computing skills.
Javier then started his studies of Geophysical Engineering. While completing his degree, he worked as Master of Ceremonies, Assistant in the International Relations Office, Usher and Translator in the Public Relations Office, Assistant in the Language Lab for Italian, French and English, Professor Assistant for Petroleum Geology and Mineral Deposits in the Earth Sciences Department. He completed his thesis while rotating (two weeks on, two weeks off) as tour leader on adventure tourism with groups of French, British, Spanish and Italians all around the country (Islands, Jungle, Forest, Mountains and Plains).
He worked on the Geodetics Lab as a field Operator in an international research project on Plate Tectonics where he finished his thesis acquiring, processing and doing data interpretation to obtain his Graduate Degree with Honors.
His first contact with the oil industry was an internship with Anadrill, Schlumberger in Thailand, after graduation he was assigned to Aberdeen to work offshore in the North Sea as an M/LWD. He went home for a year working as a Field Engineer using electrical methods to find groundwater for Geophysical Survey. He came back to Aberdeen, worked for Churchill Drilling Tools as Technical Sales Engineer, went home again to work as an HSE Advisor for Geophysical Survey and came back to Aberdeen for the third time, working for Landmark, Halliburton, starting as a Drilling Consultant onsite at BP.
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Jai Chainani, Control & Instrument Engineer, Chevron - Student Development
Jai Chainani works for Chevron as Control & Instrument Engineer and has been seconded to Britannia Operator Ltd. (joint venture between Chevron & ConocoPhillips) as Maintenance Engineer since Sept 2008. He obtained his Masters degree in Control & Instrument systems from University of Huddersfield, UK in 2004.
One value that defines his career so far is diversity. From his first job as production engineer in the water industry, to automating production of Strepsils throat lozenge at Reckitt Benckiser, diversity has been at the heart of Jai’s career. It was by sheer luck that he entered the Oil & Gas industry in 2006. His role and focus at Britannia is to ensure safe process operations, optimisation, deliver operational excellence and demonstrate compliance of safety critical elements to the regulatory body.
Jai joined SPE YP as Student Development coordinator to leverage his contacts and experience in Oil & Gas industry to the benefit of local students. During his spare time, Jai writes blogs, articles and technical papers on diverse subjects such as Project management, Process safety and Cricket. He is also a total ‘foodie’ and has eaten everything from ‘Brain Curry’ to ‘Birds nest soup’ and ‘Lizard sake’. The Aberdeen YP committee is open to suggestions on events industry YPs would be interested in. Please forward suggestions via e-mail to YPAberdeen@spemail.org
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