Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
References
Accomplishments
Areas of Expertise
Timeline
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Lowestein Odai

Accra

Summary

Highly skilled professional with a proven record of production optimisation and achievement of targets that align with business goals and priorities. Successful background in leading people, scheduling tasks and exceeding expectations in fast-paced, deadline-driven and goal oriented operational environments. Deep knowledge in field surveillance and optimisation, production, allocation, reporting and analysis, short term forecasting, loss accounting, well integrity, formation damage, well completions and testing, project management acquired during 14 years of hands-on experience managing Jubilee and TEN fields in Ghana

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead/ Senior Production Technologist

Tullow Ghana Limited
07.2011 - Current
  • Integrated Asset Model build for TEN and Jubilee, Reservoir and Well Surveillance & optimisation, Loss management, Production Reporting, Short-term/Lifting forecasting, Data Gathering, Onshore-FPSO communications, Rig/ FPSO well tests and start-ups and management update of same, Formation Damage, Sanding and flow Assurance studies, Virtual Metering and Gauging, Production and Injection operating limits and Mentoring Engineers.
  • Selected Contributions:
  • Use of nodal analysis and surveillance to identify cause of well decline leading to 10 kstb/d increase in TEN field production post stimulation
  • Use network model to identify opportunities for optimisation that added up to 5kstb/d oil to field rate
  • Supervised well tests that led to identifying cause of production decline on Jubilee post first oil.
  • Planned and executed data gathering tests that improved well/ reservoir understanding with minimal production loss
  • Monitored production KPIs and provided regular reports to management
  • Contributed to building systems for tracking production data that improved visibility compared to KPIs
  • Led safety moments during team meetings
  • Supervised coreflood and fluid tests leading to drilling and completions fluid selection for TEN and Jubilee reservoirs
  • Worked collaboratively with team to deploy production and loss reporting systems as well as PI vision for Well, Subsea and Topsides performance monitoring
  • Provided guidance leading to increased water injection deliverability on Jubilee field as part of collaborative efforts to sustain production
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement process improvements, resulting in increased productivity.
  • Developed comprehensive training materials for new hires, ensuring a smooth onboarding process and quicker integration into the team.
  • Reviewed daily production reports to identify trends or anomalies, proactively addressing potential bottlenecks before they escalated into larger issues.
  • Conducted root cause analysis for production issues, identifying solutions that minimized future occurrences of similar problems.

Graduate Petroleum Engineer

Tullow Ghana Limited
07.2011 - 12.2013

- Production and Injection Reporting

- Loss and Production Efficiency Analysis

- Well Flowbacks to Drilling and Completion Rigs

- Well Stimulation execution- scale treatment to improve field performance

Exploration Geologist

Newmont Ghana Limited
09.2007 - 01.2009

- Rock Chips and Core Logging

- Regional Mapping

- RC drilling supervision

- Trench Sampling and Mapping

- Stream sampling and analysis

Petroleum Engineer

Tullow Ghana Limited
2014 - 2019

- Well Flowback and Field start-ups to Rig and FPSO

- Well, Field Surveillance and Production Optimisation

- Sanding Management

- Well and Network Modeling

- Production Loss Accounting and Management

- Flow Assurance

- Upper and Lower completions design

- Well Integrity

- Formation Damage studies - Drilling and Completion fluid Selection

Education

MSc - Petroleum Engineering

African University of Science and Technology
Abuja
12.2010

BSc - Geological Engineering

University of Mines and Technology
Tarkwa
05.2007

Skills

  • Team Building & Leadership
  • Project Planning and Execution
  • Performance Tracking and Reporting
  • Effective Time Management
  • Good Communication
  • Safety Conscious
  • Problem Solving
  • Adaptability
  • PI Vision, OSIsoft
  • IPM, Petex
  • IFM, Petex
  • OFM, Schlumberger
  • EnergySys
  • PowerBi
  • Saphir, KAPPA
  • Serafim FUTURES
  • ArcGIS
  • MS Office (Word, Excel, Publisher, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook)

References

  • George Hayford, Aggrey, Dr, geoaggrey@yahoo.co.uk, +233-544-343930, Tullow Ghana Limited
  • Javier, Bravo, javier.bravo@tullowoil.com, +44(0)789616716 OR +34644384749, Tullow Oil Plc

Accomplishments

2022 CEO Star Award

- Led the team that exceeded average production target for the year by 2 kstb/d


2024 CEO start Award

- Led the Jubilee team to ensure no operational unplanned downtime over 213 days

Areas of Expertise

  • Well Reservoir Management
  • Field Surveillance and Optimisation
  • Network modelling and Nodal Analysis
  • Production Forecasting, Allocation, Loss Accounting, System Efficiency Analysis
  • Production Operations
  • SMART Well Completions Design and Operation, Intervention, Integrity, Stimulation and Testing
  • Formation Damage – Drilling and Completions Fluid Selection
  • Well and Reservoir Data Gathering and Analysis with Minimal production Loss
  • Well and Subsea Flow Assurance

Timeline

Graduate Petroleum Engineer

Tullow Ghana Limited
07.2011 - 12.2013

Lead/ Senior Production Technologist

Tullow Ghana Limited
07.2011 - Current

Exploration Geologist

Newmont Ghana Limited
09.2007 - 01.2009

MSc - Petroleum Engineering

African University of Science and Technology

BSc - Geological Engineering

University of Mines and Technology

Petroleum Engineer

Tullow Ghana Limited
2014 - 2019
Lowestein Odai