Commercial & Planning Management | Asset Management | Business Management – Oil & Gas

Atif Mirza

Address: United Kingdom
Contact/WhatsApp: +44-7917277124 | E-mail: aatifghafoor@hotmail.com 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atif-mirza-b923467/    

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Commercial & Planning Management | Asset Management | Business Management – Oil & Gas
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• An executive management professional and commercial & planning strategist with over 19 years of progressive and quantifiable success in assets delivery and commercial management in the Oil and Gas sector.
• Spearheaded assets, involving upstream Joint Venture operation and major re-development projects in BP’s global portfolio with a CAPEX of $10 billion plus, annual OPEX of $400 million plus, and production over 130 mbd.
• Chairman JV management and operating committees; successful in leading JV & third-party negotiations for all upstream/midstream agreements.
• Hands-on experience in driving commercial operations, negotiations, asset management, upstream/midstream legal agreements, planning & performance management and stakeholder management
• Gained strong expertise in agreement management, investment governance, optimisation & risk, planning, team leadership and capability development in a senior level leadership role.
• Holding solid grasp over JV asset management in upstream & midstream, investment governance, including AtNs, FMs, Strategic Life of Area Development Plans, Upstream executive and BP Group Board level investment papers and chairing JV management committees to align BP & JV plans.
• Maintained contractual & JV relationships, deal development, driving cross-functional business plan integration by closely coordinating with the functional VPs & Managers (Global Wells, Global Projects, ResDev, Global Operations), Senior Legal Counsels, Advisers, Partners, General Counsel of BP, Regional President and CFO.
• Proficient in external Stakeholder Management - supervising the delivery of JV obligations, agreement management, including existing contractual obligations and securing JV approval for all BP planned activity.
• Instrumental in handling commercial costs (tariffs, gas purchase, cost share), spearheading cross functional leadership teams, identifying analytical demand by supervising economic analysis and ensuring delivery against JV budgets.
• A recognised people manager with capabilities in leading and mentoring diverse teams from different cultures and backgrounds to increase commercial capabilities.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jun 2006 – Present: BP, plc, Aberdeen, UK
As Area Business Manager / Commercial & Planning Manager (Sep 2013 to Present)
(Holding an increased direct accountability as BP restructured its business & consolidated roles in 4Q 2015)

As Area Commercial Lead – North Sea Region (Jun 2011 – Sep 2013)
As Region Business Advisor – PPM, North Sea Strategic Performance Unit (Jul 2009 – Jun 2011)
As JV Business Advisor & Asset Lead Negotiator (Jun 2006 – Jul 2009)

Nov 2004 – Jun 2006: BP, plc, London, UK
As Global Manufacturing Planning and Performance Manager - Global Commercial & Planning Team

Jun 1999 – 2004: BP, plc, Middle East & Pakistan Region
Engineering & Technical roles

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KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Worked as the Schiehallion Hub and Quad 204 Area Business / Commercial & Planning Manager, drove sanction of $10 billion plus investment proposals and finance memos.
• Quad 204 mega project (combined three major projects) was of national significance with prime minister of the country inaugurating and was widely reported in press.
• Successfully led highly complex commercial and planning start-up/first oil of major oil and gas field operation with largest subsea infrastructure in overall BP portfolio.
• Spearheaded an annual JV operating budget & work programme approvals of $400m and annual capex programmes of $350m with a cost recovery of 2/3rd of the non-BP share and activity approvals over several years.
• Led team on over 50 major joint venture and third-party commercial agreements valued over hundreds of millions of dollars with range of 5 to 30-year duration.
• Approved activity and funding by chairing and leading various management cross functional JV committees.
• Successfully delivered the savings of $25m opex per year in addition to an increase differential of $2/bbl over 45million bbls per year in oil sales value by driving change in major oil export route delivery from UK to Europe (involving UK Government, JV partners and various disciplines in BP).
• Directed on early off station decision of a producing FPSO with 1-year early delivery of a mega re-development.
• Led host & concept selection of Alligin major project integrating key global functions on commercial, economic and pace drivers resulting in 1 year earlier first oil and significant NPV & IRR improvement.
• Acted as the lead negotiator for 7-year Rig share agreement new build rig $1.2 billion among the several deals and agreements delivered.
• Led, negotiated and completed numerous midstream/upstream new deals (& restructured existing) in excess of NPV $300 million BP share with gross JV value 3 times this. Also, developed standard life of field transportation & processing agreements for a key UK gas asset. Achieved significant improvement in the North Sea UK Region investment governance processes while reducing approval time of major investments from 4 months to 6 weeks.
• Boosted delivery from North Sea production centrally and improved value to around $7 billion of hydrocarbon sales per year (via oil sales term deals, equity sales to Integrated Supply & Trading and via a number of gas sales agreements with third parties).
• Fronted cash options tracking and delivery for the UK region. Delivered cash Optimisation / reduction at Region level on multiple assets ($100m + / yr).
• Achieved 30% reduction in costs over two years by planning & forecasting, economic analysis, assurance, performance management and reporting of CAPEX, OPEX, performance on technology spend globally.
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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

As Area Business Manager / Commercial & Planning Manager – Schiehallion Hub and Quad 204 – (Sep 2013 – Present)
• Chair of JV Operating Committees for ongoing operations, wells (28 new, 53 existing) along with a major project in concept development with the accountability of aligning a major project in define/execute and a project in exploration phase. The area production is second highest in all of UK continental shelf.
• Represented all critical senior level JV & government relationships on behalf of BP.
• Led development of senior executive briefings and papers and provided strategic support to regional president, VP wells, VP projects, VP C&P, VP reservoir development on x-functional integration issues internally and externally with JV partners.
• Conceptualised life of area development plans and strategies to drive commercial success in line with the organisational objectives.
• Successfully managed dynamics of existing operations and their impact on a major development, including:
    New build FPSO, new build 6th Generation long term deepwater rig, 20 new wells, multi-billion dollar offshore subsea program - new subsea infrastructure, flow lines, control systems.
• Integrated multi-disciplinary BP team & stakeholders to ensure delivery of strategy and plan, leading to resolve disputes where required and managed delivery of various significant JV Annual Work Program & Budgets.
• Led on group level investment proposals and associated JV/3rd Party negotiations.

As Area Commercial Lead – North Sea Region - (Jun 2011 – Sep 2013)
• Negotiated and implemented Oil & Gas major project commercial agreements, including development, new build rig sharing, operations, midstream, decommissioning, JOAs, multi JV cost & capacity sharing, gas sales, gas import, tie-back & services, shuttle tanker, H2S Life of Field plant cost & capacity sharing, oil export, water handling and oil storage.
• Member in major Projects Global Leadership team & Chaired JV Committees by managing project team spread across UK, Singapore, South Korea and Monaco.

As Region Business Advisor – PPM, North Sea Strategic Performance Unit - (Jul 2009 – Jun 2011)
• Led Oil, dedicated and de-dedicated Gas and NGLs portfolio (Long Term Gas Contracts, Non Arm’s Length and Direct Equity Sales) and maximised value from un-contracted gas produced from the Region via rigorous performance & contract management in North Sea Region.
• Integrated supply & trading and treasury divisions, managed Oil production lifting and successfully delivered cash optimisation at Region level on multiple assets ($100m + / yr.)
• Worked as the Performance Manager for IST Gas, IST Oil and NGLs London based teams directly supporting North Sea CFO in the quarterly performance reviews
• Interfaced between North Sea Region (Upstream), several supply companies and Integrated Supply & Trading (IST Oil, IST Gas, IST NGLs).

As JV Business Advisor & Asset Lead Negotiator – (Jun 2006 – Jul 2009)
• Chaired CATS (Central Area Transmission System – key UK asset meeting 15-20% of overall UK Gas demand at the time) JV commercial committee; delivered a number of new high exposure midterm and long term deals with NPV in excess of $300m net (post-tax).
• Initiated & delivered on a number of finance memos seeking authority to negotiate from CFO on multimillion dollar commercial deals and monitored regular engagement with UK government regulator on the planning, commercial and operational matters to meet UK supply.
• Restructured offshore and onshore assets commercial framework.

As Manufacturing Planning & Performance Manager – (Nov 2004 – Jun 2006)
• Financial / Commercial Performance Management & Planning of BP’s Global Refining and Chemicals; technology base operations & projects portfolio – North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
• Part of Global Leadership Team Refining and A&A Strategic Performance Units.
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PAST EXPERIENCE

Jun 2001 – Sep 2003: BP, plc, Pakistan & UAE
As Regional Project Manager & Back Office Infrastructure Team Senior Engineer, Middle East & Pakistan

Jun 1999 – Jun 2001: Union Texas Petroleum, Inc.
As E&P Networks Electrical Engineer (Program for Graduate Engineers)
1997/1998 Internships at French and US multi-national companies

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PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS

• Attended several trainings, including on JV structuring & Alliances, asset management, leading negotiations, investment governance, economics, commercial operations management, Asset & business management, engineering, senior leadership programmes and several others. Detailed reference available if required.

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EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS

• MBA, Business School, 2003 to 2004
University of Edinburgh, UK
• BSc. Electronics & Electrical Engineering, 1995 to 1999                                      
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (Center of Excellence in Engineering in Pakistan)
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Nationality: British | Languages Known: English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Arabic (Beginner)

Geologist

Full Name: Mushfique k
E-Mail Address: mushfiquemn@gmail.com
Mobile Number: +971558408939
Current Location - City/Country: dubaiSector : Construction/Scaffolding, Oil & Gas
Job Designation (Current): Assistant Geologist
Job Designation (Wanted): Geotechnical posts
Main Skill Set/Expertise: Exploration Geology, Remote sensing and GIS
Total Experience in Number of Years: 1Highest Degree/Diploma/Certification: bsc
Nationality: Indian

Electrical Engineer

Full Name: Abdelrahman Younes
E-Mail Address: abdelrahmanyounes_95@hotmail.com
Mobile Number: +971504765148
Current Location - City/Country: Sharjah/ UAE
Sector : Engineering, Oil & Gas
Job Designation (Current): Unemployed
Job Designation (Wanted): Electrical Engineer
Main Skill Set/Expertise: IT skills (Siemens Step 7 Micro/Win, MATLAB & Simulink, Code Blocks – C++ , MS Office
Total Experience in Number of Years: 1Highest Degree/Diploma/Certification: • Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Nationality: Egyptian
 
Copy-Paste Your CV Here: Dear Sir/Madam

I take the opportunity to introduce myself as an aspiring Engineering Professional with an exposure of On-site engineering, Electrical Drawing, Electrical Transmission and Team Coordination. My last experience as an Intern with GECO Mechanical and Electrical Limited & Customer Service Agent with Noon.com, Dubai, my educational background and my sheer dedication towards work my strong IT skills (Siemens Step 7 Micro/Win, MATLAB & Simulink, Code Blocks – C++, PSPICE, and MS Office), makes me an ideal candidate to serve this excellent organization.

The opportunity presented by your organization is very interesting, and I believe that my internship experience and strong education background will make me a very competitive candidate for this position. The key skills that I possess for success in this position include: Engineering Administration, Client Engagement, Mathematical Ability, Quality Assurance, and Liaison & Coordination

Academically, I have done –
•       Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Sharjah, Sharjah in 2018.
•       2-months Electrical Design Course from Arabian Info-tech Training Institute, Dubai in 2019.

Academic Projects
•       Image Processing using MATLAB.
•       Remote Controlled Metal Detector Vehicle (Senior Design Project).


Added to the above, my experience and education has reinforced my complete understanding that I, as an employee can play in the entire business life-cycle of the organization and play my part in enhancing business operations. I am a quick learner with amazing skills at excelling in new technologies as needed.

Adapting to various work cultures, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and prioritizing have been striking features of my working style. I am keen to learn and am sharp at identifying and solving problems.

Geophysicist, Safety Officer

Full Name: Moshood Eniitan Borokinni
E-Mail Address: mobok75@yahoo.com
Mobile Number: +971565940521
Current Location - City/Country: United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
Sector : Oil & Gas
Job Designation (Current): Geophysicist
Job Designation (Wanted): Geophysicist or safety officer
Main Skill Set/Expertise: Geophysical field Engineer
Experience in Number of Years: 5Highest Degree/ Diploma/ Certification: Master in Exploration Geophysics
Nationality: Nigerian
 
Copy-Paste Your CV Here:  MOSHOOD ENIITAN BOROKINNI
Mobile: +971 565940521, +971 528614521, +234 8034332553 Email:mobok75@yahoo.com
Skype: moshoodborokinni
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/moshood-borokinni-40072549
 
Geophysicist | Environmental Health & Safety Officer
 
A safety focused and analytical professional with over 11 years of diversified and multicultural experience in the areas of geosciences project management and environment health & safety management. Acquired extensive experience in pre-project planning, designing acquisition plans, analysis evaluations, integration and interpretations of diverse geophysical data sets, including seismic reflections / refraction, MASW, down hole, ERT, soil resistivity, GPR and verticality. Experienced in working on seismic interpretation, performing geophysical studies and enhancing reservoirs’ structure with known hydrocarbons reserves, determining new prospects through evaluating geophysical & geological data using advanced seismic attributes & technologies. Well versed in exploration and development geophysics, geology, modeling, prospect identification, reservoir characterization, well planning and geosteering, and multi-disciplinary integration.
 
Skilled in designing and developing safety systems/procedures, managing loss prevention activities, HSE/safety systems, fire management and safety-training programs customized to needs. Core strengths in managing safety, infrastructure, facilities to global standards, proficient in risk analysis, contingency planning, Compiling/presenting HSE statistics and disaster management. Ability to formulate expert opinions, analytical approach & self-setting, effective rules to address issues related to risk prevention & protection & conclusions within the framework of detailed technical reports/guidelines. Proficiency in auditing of environmental, health and safety, contributing to an incident and injury free work environment and well versed with HSE/Safety norms, corporate social responsibilities, systems, procedures, practices and related regulatory provisions. 

Project Management
Procedure Standardization
Resource Optimization
Team Building & Leadership
PERSONAL TRAITS:
Record and Analyses accident data
Client Interaction
On Shore Geophysics Seismic Data Acquisition
Key Strength Areas:
HSE Management
Site Safety Management
HSE Program Assesment
Risk & Crisis Management
HSE Program Assesment
Process Improvement
Audit & Inspection Safety Planning
Emergency Response Planning
Cross Functional Cooridnation
Compliance Management
 
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Multi-Tasking ~ Organizer ~ Planner ~ Good Listener ~ Self Motivated ~Detail Focused ~ Leadership & People Management
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Growth Path
 
May 2018 – Present as Health Safety & Environmental Officer May 2015 – Till now as Geophysical Field Engineer
 
Key Deliverables:
 
As Health Safety & Environmental Officer
 Working on soil investigation of infrastructures project in UAE with the overall accountability of entire project from conceptualization to finish and handover.
Goal Focused and Result Driven.
 
Moshood holds excellent time management skills with proven ability to work accurately and quickly prioritize, coordinate and consolidate tasks, whilst simultaneously managing the diverse range of function from multiple sources.
Detail Focused, Analytical and Leader
 
Moshood Borokinni is a goal and result oriented personnel with good knowledge in his expertise discharging his responsibilities diligently in a timely conscious way. He is my mentor and has shown me great ways to explore to have a more successful future
 
  May 2015 – Present: Arab Center for Engineering Studies, Abu Dhabi, UAE
 Conducting incident/accident investigation, implementing and
monitoring policies and procedure in regard to safety management systems in compliance to per International health & safety standards.
 Writing and updating H.S.E Policy and procedures, ensuring KPI compliance and safeguarding all tasks being carried out in an environmentally and safe manner.
 Carrying out risk assessment, reviewing and updating method statements along with health and safety performance; identifying areas requiring improvement to develop and maintaining an effective return to work program.
 Creating awareness about various HSE systems & procedures required at different stages of operation activities, safety trainings not only for employees, but also to contractors' personnel, and also desired HSE awareness for the visitors.
 Involved in Hazard control, monitoring, reviewing the effectiveness & verified suitable to the nature of the hazards, ensuring safe practices, occupational health safety and industrial hygiene.
 Conducting a detailed investigation of incidents causing damages to lives, assets, environment, near-miss incidents and identifying the immediate & root causes contributing to the incident occurrences.

As Geophysical Engineer
 Responsible for On shore geophysical data acquisition & processing of seismic reflections / refraction, MASW, down hole, ERT, soil resistivity, GPR and verticality.
 Working as on shore Geology operation supervisor with the accountability of driving and ensuring smooth functioning of operations in accordance to organizational standards.
 Facilitating strategical consultancy on various geotechnical conditions in surface and underground excavations and managing synergistic collaboration with, geology and geotechnical department on issues.
 Managing entire end to end geophysics project and operational activities, including planning, budgeting, execution and accomplishment, ensuring adherence to standard protocols to achieve operational excellence.
 Acting as a Geophysical lead of onshore and offshore concessions; following-up on seismic interpretation, seismic processing, studies, and well proposal whilst contributing to the creation of a culture of strong and effective team-work.
 Conducting and accountable for 2D and 3D Seismic Interpretation, Seismic Well Tie, Seismic Attribute Generation and Analysis, Structural Interpretation, Velocity Modeling, and Depth Conversion.
 Overseeing geological interpretation, stratigraphic correlation, mapping, 3D structural, geological and property modeling, volumetric calculation, uncertainty analysis, integrated reservoir characterization, well planning and real time geo-steering.
 Handling several knowledge and data management projects, preparing feasibility studies and planning & optimization, including completion of allocated tasks within the time frame and budget set for the task.
 
Feb 2008 – Jul 2012: Arachbode Engineering Ltd. Nig, Nigeria
 
As Geologist
 Handled well site Geological Operation (Mud logging + Wire line +Mud operation) and quick look E – log interpretation.
 Worked as a Site Building Engineer and efficaciously supervised drilling of borehole, piles work Engineering Foundation.
 Conducted analysis and interpretation of oil and gas shows, handled operations and maintenance of gas detection equipments, and other equipments used for operation.
 Submitted accurate & comprehensive Drilling Reports, well site geological reports (Geology, gas, Pressure, Hydraulics, Deviation etc.), Logs (mud/strip logs, Drill, gas, Pressure, D exp logs), plots, Prints and ASCII data to Client Representatives in time.
 Managed well database and maintained integrity of the well data.
 Ensured all information required to complete the final well report is identified, monitored, recorded and available on time in to
inclusion of the Final well report.
 
MEMBERSHIP
 SEG: Society Exploration of Geophysicist.
 NAPE: National Association of Petroleum Exploration.
 Health and safety Environmental professional.
 
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
 NEBOSH International General Certificate, 2019.
 Basic Fire Fighting, HSEpro, 2018.
 Basic First Aid, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and AED, American Safety & Health Institute, 2018.
 Master of science (M.Sc.) in Exploration Geophysics, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 2014.
 Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) honors in Applied Geophysics, Federal University of Tech. Akure, Nigeria, 2005.
 OND (Honors – Building Tech.), Federal Polytechnic Ilaro. Nigeria, 1999.
 
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 23rd Mar 1975 | Nationality: Nigeria Languages: English
Visa Status: Resident | Dependents:5
Driving License: Nigeria | Passport No: A08958229