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PERSONAL INFORMATION
NAME: AUGUSTINE PORBENI
SEX: MALE
PRESENT EMPLOYER: THE INITIATES PLC
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED
NATIONALITY: NIGERIAN
DATE OF BIRTH: 1st August, 1966
CONTACT ADDRESS: 12 Akintunde Akintan Street, Mercy Land Estate, Ayobo, Lagos. Nigeria
TELEPHONE: 09020355622
EMAIL: porbeniaugustine7@gmail.com; porbeniaugustine@yahoo.com

2. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSION QUALIFICATIONS

A. TERTIARY
Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Rivers State (1987 – 1992)
Qualification obtained: Bachelor of Technology Degree Mechanical Engineering

B. SECONDARY
Stella Maris College, Harbour Road, Port Harcourt (1980 – 1985)
Qualification obtained: West Africa Examination Council Certificate

C. PRIMARY
St Mary’s Primary School, Harbour Road (1974 – 1980)
Qualification obtained: First School Leaving Certificate

D. PROFESSIONAL MEBERSHIP
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE Number 40984)

3. FURTHER TRAININGS

1. Regional Maritime Academy, Accra - Ghana, (September 2003 – October 2003)

Certificates-
✓ Elementary First Aid
✓ Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting
✓ Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities
✓ Personal Survival Techniques
✓ Oil Tanker Familiarisation
2. Institute for Industrial Technology, Lagos, Nigeria, (April – May 2007)
3. BLABO Tank Cleaning Operations, Phase 1, Denmark (November 2007 – December 2007)
4. BLABO Tank Cleaning Operations, Phase 11, Denmark (May 2008)
5. BLABO Steam Generator Operation, Denmark, (September, 2008)
6. DRAGER Course for Gas Calibration, Denmark, (September, 2008)
7. Basic First Aid Course, Safety Center International Ltd, Port Harcourt, (November 2014)
8. Confined Space Entry, Entrants & Rescue Course, Safety Center, Port Harcourt, (November 2014)
9. Exxon Mobil Benzene & Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness Training, QIT (November 2014)

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10. Exxon Mobil Global Work Management System & ePTW, Module 2 for Permit Holders, NNPC/Exxon Mobil
Technical Training Center, Eket. ( April 2015)
11. Exxon Mobil Fire Extinguisher Training. NNPC/Exxon Mobil Technical Training Center, Eket (September
2015)
12. Exxon Mobil Global Work Management System & eJSA, Module 3 for Approving Authorities, NNPC/Exxon
Mobil Technical Training Center, Eket. (7th November 2015)
13. Exxon Mobil Authorised Gas Tester Training. NNPC/Exxon Mobil Technical Training Center, Eket (12th –
13th November 2015)
14. Chevron Confined Space Training – Conducted by BSS Consulting/HSE on behalf of Chevron Nigeria
Limited, Venue: Chevron Administrative Office, Topcon, Warri (17th of February 2017)
15. Chevron Operational Excellence Training – Venue: Chevron Tank Farm, Escravos (25th February 2017)
16. Chevron Fire Watch Training – Venue: Chevron Tank Farm (26th February 2017)
17. Chevron Work At Height Training – Venue: Chevron Tank Farm, Escravos (27th February 2017)
18. Chevron Managing Safe Work (MSW) Training – Venue: Chevron Tank Farm. Escravos (10th April 2017)
19. Chevron H2S, SCBA, Gas Testing Training – Conducted by BSS Consulting/HSE on behalf of Chevron Nigeria
Limited, Venue: Chevron Tank Farm, Escravos, (25th – 26th July 2017)
20. Chevron Respiratory Protection Awareness Training - Venue: Chevron Tank Farm (27th January 2018)
21. Chevron Fire Watch Training – Venue: Chevron Tank Farm (8th March 2018)
22. SPDC Approved Confined Space Training – Venue: Oil Train Port Harcourt (14th March 2019)
23. Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training – Venue: Charkin Maritime & Offshore Safety
Centre (5th – 7th February 2020)
24. Chevron Confined Space Training – Venue: Chevron Training Center – Warri (11th March 2020)
25. Chevron Respiratory Protection Awareness Training – Venue: Chevron Training Center – Warri (12th
March 2020)
26. Chevron Fire Watch Training – Venue: Chevron Training Center (14th March 2020)
27. How to launch life boat and life raft awareness training – Agbami FPSO – 21st March 2020
28. Incident report, Fire watch awareness, Work at height awareness and Confined space awareness trainings
– Agbami FPSO 23rd March 2020
29. Safety video on ‘’ I decided to turn the other way’’ – 24th March 2020
30. Offshore Safety Permit (OSP) – 0189815: Issued date: 04-03-2020
31. Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training (BOSIET): Issued date: 07/02/2020, Expires:
06/02/2024

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4. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

A. THE INITIATES PLC PLOT 400, SHELL LOCATION ROAD, UMUEBULE 5, ETCHE, RIVERS STATE
Duration: 1stApril 2022 – Till date
Position: General Manager (Industrial Cleaning Services)
Industrial Cleaning Services provides the followings:

❖ FPSO Desludging
❖ Heat exchanger/Chiller cleaning
❖ Under-growth removal in Marine structure
❖ Jetting & Blasting including surface preparation
❖ Drainage and Pipe cleaning

Responsibilities:

❖ Strategic implementation
❖ Business Development
❖ Operation/Project Performance
❖ Identifiable challenges
❖ Plant Utilization and Maintenance

Membership Committee
❖ Management Committee
❖ Budget Committee
❖ Investment Committee
❖ Strategy Committee

JOB INTERACTION

internal
❖ Divisional Heads
❖ Unit/Project Managers
❖ All Staff

External
❖ Clients
❖ Regulatory agencies
❖ Partners
❖ Vendors/Subcontractors
❖ External auditors
❖ Industrial stakeholders

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B. GAS GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, PLOT 6B BLOCK 110, OLUKAYODE JACOB STREET, LEKKI, LAGOS

Duration: 28th October 2019 – 8th January 2022

Position: Manager for operations (Cleaning Services) & Offshore Logistics
Responsibilities:
❖ Provision of the various documents prior to any project
❖ Interfacing with all the stake holders
❖ Project Management

Projects on Tank Cleaning with Gas Group:

1. Agbami FPSO Tanks

Position in the project: Manager for operations (Tank cleaning)

Duration of the project: February 2020 – May 2022

Tanks: 3S, 3C, 3P, Diesel tanks, Process tanks and Drain tanks

Types of vessels cleaned: Flotation units, Test Separators

Responsibilities:
❖ Supervision of the tank cleaning operation using the Brain 900 cfm/1200 cfm Air loader
powered by a 1600 cfm air compressor, ensuring that entrants use the appropriate PPE’S
such as SCBA and PAS Airpac 2 trolley (Supplied air), refilling of oxygen cylinders using the
Mariner 320 E compressor, ensuring that the atmosphere of the tanks was properly
monitored using the MSA Altair 5X gas detector
❖ liaising with the client representatives towards ensuring that both negative and positive
isolation of the tanks were done before entry was made.
❖ Project daily and final reports

Depth of the tanks: Most of these tanks were 35 meters deep

C. KTV GROUP NIGERIA. 2C A.J. MARINHO DRIVE, OFF SINARI DARANIJO STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS

Duration: September 2018 – September 2019

Position: Head, Commercial & Technical Services

Responsibilities:
❖ Involved in business development of the Company
❖ Preparation of bid to meet tender requirements
❖ Supervision of automated tank cleaning operations.

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 Projects on Tanks & Sump Cleaning with KTV Group:

1. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Bonny Oil & Gas Terminal
Tank ID: Tank 12
Nature of roof: Floating Roof Tank
Capacity: 400,000 Barrels Crude Oil Tank

Position in the project: Project Manager

Responsibilities:

❖ Documentation process for the project was completed using Shell AHA system for proper
naming, and then sending same documents for review and approval
❖ Ensuring that the premob and third party certification of equipment were secured.
❖ Ensuring that training (i.e. confined space, gas tester/fire watch, work at height, Fitness To
Work etc) of personnel were done prior to the commencement of the project
❖ Ensuring that both the integrated Journey Management and Security Plans were in place and
approved before departure of the equipment to Bonny after fulfilling the terms of the
Freedom To Operator (FOT) in the Island
❖ Ensuring that Shell temporary equipment access process was done and secured

Duration of the project: Preparatory stage of the project started in December 2018 and I left in
September 2019

2. Warri Refining & Petrochemical Company (WRPC)

Position in the project: Head of operations
Duration of the project: January 2018 – May 2019
Project title: Cleaning of Basin, Sump and Tanks in Refinery waste Water Treatment Plant

Tanks 360 – TK01/02 (Nature of roof for both tanks: Fixed roof)
Sump 311 A & B with a capacity of 7079.6 m3 each
Sump 181 A & B with a capacity of 7383 m3 each

D. NCS TANK CLEANING LIMITED, 90 LADIPO STREET, LAGOS,

Duration: November 2007 – May 2018
Position: Project Engineer
Responsibilities:
❖ Involved in the development of deliverables such Project Organisational Plan, Project Execution
Plan and Procedures, Project Quality Plan, Project Site Specific HSE Plan, Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
etc,
❖ Liaising with the clients on daily basis
❖ Project Management
Operating the ORECO BLABO automated non-man entry system such as the suction module,
recirculation module, skimming module, Separation module and Nitrogen unit to clean
aboveground storage tanks.
❖ Project daily and final reports to all stakeholders

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 Projects on Tank Cleaning with NCS Tank Cleaning Limited:

1. Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) Escravos

Tank ID: Tank 8
Nature of roof: Floating Roof Tank
Capacity: 400,000 Barrels Crude oil Tank
Position in the position: Team lead
Duration of the project: November 2017 - May 2018
2. Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) Escravos
Tank ID: Tank 2
Nature of roof: Fixed Roof Tank
Capacity: 200,000 Barrels Crude oil tank
Position in the project: Team lead
Duration of the project: February 2017 – August 2017
3. Mobil Producing Upstream Nigeria QIT
Tank ID: Tank 6701
Nature of roof: Double Deck Floating Roof Tank
Capacity: 670,000 Barrels Condensate tank
Position in the position: Team lead
Duration of the project: October 2015 – April 2016
4. Mobil Producing Upstream Nigeria QIT
Tank ID: Tank 6702
Nature of roof: Double Deck Floating Roof Tank
Capacity: 670,000 Barrels Condensate tank
Position in the project: Team lead
Duration of the project: November 2014 – August 2015
5. Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) Brass, Nigeria
Tank ID: Tank 18
Nature of roof: Single Deck Floating Roof Tank
Capacity: 560,000 Barrels Crude oil tank
Position in the project: Team lead
Duration of the project: January 2009 – May 2010
6. Tema Oil Refinery, Ghana
Tank ID: Tank 54
Nature of roof: Single Deck Floating Roof Tank
Capacity: 360,000 Barrels Crude oil tank
Position in the project: Team lead
Duration of the project: May 2008 – July 2008

E. ALPHA MANNING, (SHIP CREWING AGENT) NO 85 KOFO ABAYOMI STREET, APAPA - LAGOS
Duration: September 2006 – March 2007
Vessel: M.T. Adriana .B.
Position: 4th Engineer
Responsibilities:
❖ Engine room watch keeping including boiler monitoring
❖ Operations of high-speed separator and pumps

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 F. SHIP & SHORE SERVICES LIMITED, FLAT 2, BLOCK A, LSDPC, ADEOLA ODEKU STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS
Duration: May – November 2004
Vessel: M.T. Sea Explorer
Position: 4th Engineer
Responsibilities: Engine room watch keeping

G. Nigerdock Nigeria Plc, Apapa – Lagos

Duration: June 1999 – June 2003
Position: Mechanical engineer
Responsibility:
❖ Involved in the dry docking of different types of vessels
❖ Repair and maintenance of different types of valves are maintained

H. Dam Seik Services, No 91 Gambia Street, Port Harcourt

Duration: July 1997 – June 1999
Position: Mechanical engineer
Responsibilities:
❖ Maintenance of machineries like pumps
❖ Air compressor operator
❖ Turbo charger repair and maintenance
❖ Electrical diesel engine generators (Perkins and Lister) repair and maintenance

5. CONCLUSION
I certify that to the best of my knowledge, the information contained herein is true and correct.

Name: Augustine Porbeni Current Employer: The Initiates Plc

Signature: Position: General Manager (Industrial Cleaning Services)

Date: 15 – 06 – 2022