POSITION DESCRIPTION

Job Title Bonga Southwest / Aparo (BSWA) Senior Process Engineer

Department BSWA Project
Location Lagos, Nigeria
Reports to BSWA Topsides Lead
Purpose The SNEPCo Deepwater Projects Organisation is
responsible for safely delivering deepwater projects in the
Gulf of Guinea. As an organization with portfolio covering
greenfield and brownfield projects, we aspire to become a
recognized industry leader in Safety and Project delivery.
For Bonga Southwest Aparo Project, a Senior Process
Engineer is required.
The Senior Process Engineer will be a member of a team of
highly motivated process engineering professionals
reporting to the Lead Process Engineer. As a team
member, he/she will be expected to apply his technical
skills and commercial acumen to promote project
competitiveness and capital efficiency. He will provide
process engineering support to the BSWA Project team
during tendering, detail design, fabrication, testing,
installation, and the final commissioning offshore.
Accountabilities  Demonstrate a commitment to Goal Zero and visible
HSSE leadership that fosters appropriate behaviours
and compliance with HSSE rules and policies.
 Provide process engineering support for Front-End
maturation of greenfield/brownfield opportunities.
 Provide Process support during tendering, detail
design, fabrication, testing, installation, and support
the final commissioning offshore.
 Respond to process engineering related technical
queries and clarification questions from vendors
while seeking avenues for cost savings
 Validate process engineering deliverables from EPC
contractors including but not limited to Process
Design Premise, Philosophies, Process Study reports,
Heat and Material Balances, Process Calculations,
Process and Utility flow schemes, Utilities
consumption list, Datasheets, specifications and
P&IDs.
 Provide input into detailed design of new facilities or
modifications to facilities undertaken by the project

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 team with special emphasis on the Flares Down
Policy, energy efficiency and optimization of facility
uptime/availability.
 Work with multi-disciplinary topsides professionals in
applying in-depth technical expertise required for
the design, manufacture, assembly, testing,
installation, and commissioning of FPSO systems.
 Provide Process Engineering inputs in technical
reviews and Management of Change to ensure
technical integrity, efficiency, and safety of facilities.
 Promote capital efficiency in project delivery through
competitive scoping, sound surface facilities
decisions, application of new technologies, external
benchmarking and continuous improvement
initiatives.
 Collaborate with other engineering disciplines to
ensure process design intent is always met, with
emphasis on safety and operability.
 Interface with OR&A team to ensure lessons learned
from Operated Assets are implemented in new
projects.
 Participate in HAZOP Studies and close out action
items.
 Drive the development of define and execute phase
Project GHG/EE Management Plan
 Lead process design activities for specific process
units and supervise work efforts on small projects as
may be delegated by the Lead Process Engineer.
 Perform other assignments as may be required.
Project Dimension The Bonga Southwest / Aparo (BSW/A) project is a green
field oil development located in the Gulf of Guinea,
approximately 130 km offshore in water depths ranging
from 1160 m to 1410 m. The field lies predominantly
within OML 118 (formerly OPL 212) operated by Shell
Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited
(SNEPCo), about 12 km southwest of the Bonga Main field,
and straddles Chevron operated OML 132 and OML 140
acreages. SNEPCo (55%) operates the OML 118 license on
behalf of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) in partnership with Esso Exploration and
Production Nigeria Ltd (ESSO - 20%), Nigerian Agip
Exploration Ltd (NAE - 12.5%) and Total Exploration and
Production Nigeria Ltd (TEPNG - 12.5%). Texaco Nigeria
Outer Shelf Ltd. (Chevron) is operator in OML 132 while

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STAR Ultra Deep Petroleum Ltd (Chevron) acts as operator
in OML 140 on behalf of Lukoil and Oil and Gas Nigeria.
The project objective is to develop 3.2 billion barrels
STOIIP from 7 major deepwater turbidite reservoirs.

The project is a 150 kbopd nominal capacity spread-

moored FPSO with 260 kbwpd water injection capacity,
180 MMscfd gas processing, 190kblpd gross liquid
capacity and a minimum storage volume of 1.8 MMbbls of
oil. The project targets the recovery of 594 MMstb in the
Phase-1 development from 23 wells (12 production and 11
water injection) and an additional UR of 202 MMstb from
20 wells in the Phase-2 development. Additional estimated
recovery from Phase 3 is 193 MMstb.

Produced gas (Ph1 440 bcf / Ph2 250 bcf) from the FPSO
will be evacuated to the EA Riser Platform A (EA-RPA) via
a dedicated 12” x 100 km Gas Export Pipeline (GEP) and
then to the existing Offshore Gas Gathering System
(OGGS) pipeline. Processed oil will be offloaded to export
tankers via a Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) buoy
connected to the FPSO via 3 nos x 16” flexible risers as
primary offloading system and tandem offloading as
secondary offloading system. The FPSO will have a
nominal 100 persons living quarters (expandable to 150)
and a helicopter deck.

The Phase-1 subsea development comprises 12 subsea

production trees and 11 water injection trees clustered
around 3nos x 6-slot production and 3nos x 4-slot water
injection manifolds. The manifolds are connected to the
FPSO by 10” x circa 26 km of subsea production flowlines
and steel catenary risers (SCRs) in two flow loops and one
14” x circa 12 km water injection flowline and SCR.
Services and control of the subsea and wells facilities is
provided by circa 32 km of static and dynamic umbilicals
and circa 4 km of composite gas-lift umbilicals.
The project Phase-2 development will be undertaken about
3-7 years following First Oil Date (FOD). This phase
comprises 10 production and 10 water injection trees, a
new 4-slot production manifold, 2nos x 4-slot water
injection manifolds and 2nos x multi-hub water injection
sleds. The existing water injection flowline will be
extended by circa 5 km along with a new 12” x circa 8 km
water injection flowline with new associated service

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 umbilicals.
The project will be executed in six (6) EPC contract
packages. It is currently at the tendering stage, with
Invitation to Tender (ITT) issued for all six EPC contract
packages.
Special Challenges 1. BSWA is a Flagship Mega-project with high visibility and
significant technical complexity.
2. Managing the establishment of a project leadership
team in Nigeria as the project progresses from FEED
through tendering, into execution. All tender
preparation and evaluation will be done in Nigeria and
this will pose some logistical challenges.
3. BSWA project will be executed in multiple locations
globally and simultaneously by different EPC
contractors. Therefore, project control processes will
need to be embedded within each contract team.
Coordinating and aligning practices and schedules to
meet project requirements is one challenge. Achieving a
high standard of HSE performance and Goal Zero
particularly among new inexperienced local contractors
will be another.
4. Support maximization of design and execution synergies
between the company’s projects as mandated by senior
management.
5. Working with and influencing a diverse multi-cultural
team
6. During Execution, BSWA is committed to achieving a
target Nigerian Content (NC) in the approved Nigerian
Content Plan aimed towards meeting host government,
the company and partner aspirations,

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Experience and  A COREN registered engineer with B.Sc. (Hons.)
Qualifications degree in Chemical Engineering (or equivalent).
required  Minimum of 10years working experience in process /
facilities engineering.
 Knowledge of Simulation tools e.g., UNISIM, IPSM,
PIPESIM, OLGA, etc.
 Strong conceptual, innovative, and systems thinking
ability.
 Very good communication, inter-personal and
leadership skills.
 Ability to influence decisions without authority.
 Understanding of subsurface, subsea, operations,
and maintenance working processes.
 Experienced in Field/facility engineering and
technical safety/risk engineering.
 Working knowledge of process equipment and its
impact on other FPSO systems.
 Team player, self-motivated, persistence, with ability
to think outside- the- box.
 Must have ability to work with and influence multi-
discipline and multi-cultural teams.
 Demonstrated capability to proactively implement
plans and follow through with sustained execution,
meeting project milestones.
 Shell Technical Authority 3 (TA-3) level Certification
in Process Engineering
 Familiar with Industry codes and standards.
HSE Leadership Competencies
 Sound knowledge of Process Safety Fundamentals.

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