KARITU CHARLES BUKENYA

Work History

Field Training & Empowerment Director

Rural Child

06.2020 - 09.2021

Overseeing technical skills development for the youth, researching and implementation of the most useful skills for the youth, identifying economic empowerment projects for the youth.

Senior Wireline Operator

Schlumberger oilfield Eastern limited

Kampala

06.2010 - 08.2017

Maintained and performed safety inspections on equipment and tools.
Assists the Engineer and other operators to ensure that quality, cost effective service is provided to each customer.
Assist Engineers and co-workers in assembling,preparing, checking and loading of equipment required for a scheduled job.
Assist Engineer and co-workers in setting up truck or logging unit, unloading equipment, assembling, preparing tools and rigging-up on wellsite location.
Guide surface tools in and out of well bore under the supervision of the Engineer.
Operates IDW & CMTD, performs routine measurement checks, calculations and adjustments to ensure accurate depth measurements.
Perform various other duties and activities as assigned by supervisor within the physical constraints of the job.
Assist the Engineer and co-workers in rigging down, loading of equipment and driving truck to wellsite when it is required.
Clean and check unit, tools and equipment, performs routine maintenance in preparation for next job.
Respond to customer assignments on short notice, day or night.
Making sure work assignments carried out to the highest quality level.
Maintain a clean work environment at all time.
Safety and Environmental Responsibilities
Performs all duties in a safe manner.
Complies with Company safety policies and procedure.
Complies with clients and local safety regulations and procedures
Attains and applies comprehensive knowledge of safety regulations and procedures, corrects obvious hazards or unsafe working conditions and reports those that cannot be immediately corrected to the Engineer.

Senior Wireline Operator/Crew Chief

- 01.2016

As wireline Operator my responsibility was to safely and efficiently operate and maintain all assigned equipment including a wireline logging truck, servicing mechanical devices, building logging cable heads and rope sockets, tool maintenance and rigging up/down well site equipment in open-hole and cased-hole oil and gas operations.
Main duties and responsibilities:.
Assists the Engineer and other operators to ensure that quality, cost effective service is provided to each customer,.
Assist Engineers and co-workers in assembling, preparing, checking and loading of equipment required for a scheduled job.
Assist Engineer and co-workers in setting up truck or logging unit, unloading equipment, assembling, preparing tools and rigging-up on wellsite location.
Guide surface tools in and out of well bore under the supervision of the Engineer.
Operates IDW & CMTD, performs routine measurement checks, calculations and adjustments to ensure accurate depth measurements.
Assist the Engineer and co-workers in rigging down, loading of equipment and driving truck to wellsite when it is required.
Clean and check unit, tools and equipment, performs routine maintenance in preparation for next job.
Respond to customer assignments on short notice, day or night.
Making sure work assignments carried out to the highest quality level.
Perform various other duties and activities as assigned by supervisor within the physical constraints of the job.
Maintain a clean work environment at all time.
Safety and Environmental Responsibilities.
Performs all duties in a safe manner.
Complies with Company safety policies and procedures.
Complies with clients and local safety regulations and procedures.
Attains and applies comprehensive knowledge of safety regulations and procedures, corrects obvious hazards or unsafe working conditions and reports those that cannot be immediately corrected to the Engineer During this time, I worked on the following Rigs:.
Tanzania: 2015, March I worked in Tanzania on Paragon and the client was Pan African oil, I was the crew chief who prepared for all the jobs together with other operators and Engineers, we had open hole logging and production logging we used explosives and production bridge plugs setting, correlations and completion packer setting using WHE for well control in all four offshore wells.
Madagascar 2015 I worked onshore and the client was Mosa oil.
I was the crew chief who prepared for all the jobs together with one operator and one engineer there.
And we preform jobs with HRLA, PEX and DSI tools for all the wells there.
Uganda 2014 worked in Uganda on ZEP26 rig client was CNOOC I was second crew chief and we prepared for all jobs together with operator and engineers it was onshore we run FPIT BACKOFF, JET CUTTER CUTTER, super combo, MDT (sample takers), in casing we run also perforation and bridge plug.
Kenya.

Wireline Operator

schlumberger

Kampala

01.2013 - 07.2014

I worked in Mombasa Kenya at slb base doing maintenance on wireline tools and also caring out inventory for all tools and parts.
Romania 2014 I worked in Ploiesti Romania just at the base while on training on WHE and other pressure equipment’s.
Uganda 2014 I worked in Uganda on rig les and the client was Tullow Uganda was senior operator running cement plug on Ngasa 1 well.
Onshore.
Congo Brazzaville 2014 September 5, 2021.
Uganda 2013 I worked in Uganda OGEC K-900 Rig, client was Total Ep I was senior operator prepared all jobs with crew chief, operators and engineers we had open hole logging and production logging we used explosives and production bridge plugs setting, correlations with packeroff.
Ethiopia, I worked in Ethiopia WDI-804 Rig client was Tullow.
Kenya: I went back to Kenya to work for African oil which later turned to Taipan on two well using the same rig, ZEPB unfortunately all two wells were dry and didn’t last for long.
I was the crew chief on both wells during preparation and job execution.
Kenya: In match 2012 I joined Wireline crew in Kenya after working for a year in Uganda for surface well testing.
I worked on Ngamia-1 on Lokichar exploration Area in northern Kenya for Tullow Oil, WDI-804 RIG, Total depth was 3700m and heavy oil were I gained experience in TLC (tough logging condition) operation, because the tools couldn’t go freely on our wireline cable.
Because of that the client representative asked us to use TLC on drill pipes, second well was Twiga, WDI-804 RIG (Weatherford Drilling International), which was around 2800m also heavy oil and we didn’t get much problems as the first well Ngamia, we had Paipai as the third well in Turkana exploration block, Pyramid 5 rig (Sakson Rig-Egyptian), it was 4200m high temperature well unfortunately was a dry well, after paipai which was on another block the client decided to move the Rig to Locichar Exploration area and we started preparing and working on two wells at the same time.
We started Etuko in 2013 on Sakson rig; I gained experience on pipe recovery where we released the rig after 3 days’ waste time on the rig because of drill pipes got stuck.
As we were working on Etuko, where I acted as crew chief when other crew went to another well called Amosi which was also going on other side but close to Etuko as we decided to divide ourselves and we worked on both wells during open-hole logging and cased hole including setting bridge plugs and HSD perforations to be able to test the well using wireline tools MDT (Modular Formation Dynamics Tester) instead doing the whole well testing process.
After Amosi and Etuko, we lost the contract to another service company.
We were given one more oil well which was Agete where we only do open-hole logging.
Ethiopia: I worked in Ethiopia on OGEC Rig, on tuletule with New Age as the client, we had TLC experience, fishing because we got stuck twice and fish our tools twice, it was (HPHT conditions) high temperature and high pressure well Total depth 3500m.
I worked on another well Shimela for Tullow Oil on the same rig OGEC where we had only one section of logging 17” section and the rest of the sections were done by another service company after clearing all the equipment because we had lost the contract with our client.
After losing the contract with Tullow oil to another service company in Ethiopia, I was sent back Uganda to work on several wells including workover well and exploration drilling wells for example at walaga3, Ngasa2, Kasemene2, nsoga6, walaga2 which were exploration drilling and after turned to cased hole wells, used OGEC K-900 Rig, workover wells, Ngiri1, Rii-1-3, Mpyo3-7, Gunya1-3 to but a few these were for Tullow oil & Total E & P on OGEC 750 rig, ZPEB-26 rig and Caroil-6, where I set a number of bridge plugs, DST and TCP-correlations, Tubing Puncher, chemical & power cutter which a combined operation between Schlumberger and baker Hughes using WHE 5k and sometimes dual pack off 5k in absence of WHE (well head equipment) plus some CBL-VDL jobs.
Uganda: we got another client CNOOC and we did two wells for them including king fisher 4 and 3 where we lost two weight bars on colliding tools (Swetech) and the client decided to leave them in the wellbore, we done open-hole logging and production logging.
Uganda: Ngiri-2 at Bugungu exploration area this was exploration drilling for Heritage oil on OGEC 750 Rig, heavy oil – onshore and the Total depth was 1200m, we performed different types of open hole logging including density log, resistivity log, porosity log, wellbore seismic, reservoir fluids and rocks, SP-GR log among others.
Rwensama exploration area on another exploration block in Uganda, I worked on Ngali-1 also drilling Exploration for Dominion oil and gas on KRAKOW Rig, Total depth was 2700m unfortunately was a dry well.
Chrocodile-3 at Bugungu drilling Exploration area which was for Heritage Oil Total depth 700m with Heavy oil looks like black shoe polish.
All these operations were in 2010.
And after that we idle for some months and I was made yard supervisor, I was busy with logistics and other well testing maintenances at the base because of that, Testing Supervisor chose to work with me at the wellsite until when wireline got activities.
My Contribution to the Company.
I have contributed to company’s development by putting a system in place to control flowing supplies in Microsoft Excel sheet forms to track the use of flowing supplies & outgoing materials by sending it to Engineers and other crew members who were assigned to the project to update regularly.
This was due to the fact that we were operating in remote area where accessing supplies was a problem and we had more than 1 Rig operating different exploration areas in northern Kenya, we had to share logging Tools sometimes on client’s request.
Since we had one client who was operating in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia, we used to send and receive tools plus materials and supplies sent from our field support team from Nairobi City.
Because of continuous sending, packing and receiving of tools and other accessories, I developed a way on how we could track our tools, accessories and other flowing supplies by organizing an area for outgoing equipment and incoming equipment.
Somewhere placed in one of the container.
Wooden boxes and carton boxes were labeled indicating whether ongoing or incoming and I implemented Excel sheet which was both on hard copy and soft copy sent to every member on the crew, asking them to update in accordance with equipment whether outgoing or incoming.
This system worked in Kenya and Uganda where we use to be busy in operations., was responsible for the following:.
Making sure all safety precautions are taken in the field.
Keeping workshop neat and tidy all the time.
Responsible for the equipment maintenance and replacement of worn-out parts.
Having to scrutinize technical mechanical problems and follow corrective procedures to fix the problem and avoid recurrence.
Maintain good client relationship at all times.
Keeping customer’s properties safe.
Organized continued operations for rig by creating and overseeing daily preventive maintenance program.
Maintained and performed safety inspections on equipment and tools.
Installed pressure-control devices onto wellheads.

Yard Assistant supervisor

Schlumberger OFS

06.2010 - 10.2011

As a yard supervisor at Schlumberger, Kampala inter freight Yard, my responsibilities were:.
Administer all work yard operations and ensure compliance to company safety policies.
Maintain neat and clean yard at all times, supervise all contractor and company staff in the yard operations.
Coordinate with logistics, procurement and supervisors and receive all materials and prepare necessary paperwork.
Ensure proper handling of all materials and store it appropriately.
Monitor inventory of yard supplies and place purchase orders as necessary.
Perform routine and non-routine maintenance on equipment most especially surface testing, slickline and wireline equipment and prepare report to submit to country manager.
Monitor loading of materials to ensure safe transfer to other stores and fields (Rig sites).
Monitor work of employees and initiate disciplinary actions as required.

Schlumberger Operator

BMS Minerals Ltd

01.2010 - 06.2010

For all segments e.g., Wireline, Slickline Testing &Completions Having worked with many segments at the base during the time when I was yard supervisor, I got opportunity to focus more on testing services including routine maintenance and non-routine maintenance of the equipment like Ever green burners, Separators, Heater, Gauge tank, SSV-surface safety valve , Choke manifold, oil manifold, Oil metering skid, Oil transfer pumps, Emergency shutdown systems, calibrating gauges and burtons using dead weight tester, gas burner, flow heads, and others plus doing wiring of equipment at the well sites.
I worked with TCP in redressing the firing heads like efire, HDF, among others Duties & Responsibilities:.
Maintain safe and productive work environment.
Assist in rig up / rig down of well testing equipment including well testing, DST, TCP and TDA equipment.
Assist with monitoring and evaluation well progression.
Assist in writing down of events for daily report to the client.
Assist with preparing and loading TCP guns.
Assist with redressing of DST downhole tools including surface-actuated packers, downhole valves among others.
Assist with pressure test of test equipment both surface testing and DST downhole tools.
During this period, I was involved in completion/Slickline operation in Uganda and did jobs on 3 wells as operator.
Total E & P on OGEC 750 rig, we started with kigogole-1 where we had surface testing and we tested 2 zones, it took as one month for the all testing process, we had issues with our Heater but we managed to do a good job, the well could not flow by itself and we used (PCP) progressive cavity pump to flow the well, after kigogole-1, we started kigogole-2 and ngiri-2 all these wells we used storage tanks for flowing the well because the government had banned the use of ever green burner.
We used Christmas tree on kigogole1 &2 flow head coflex hose pipe, 1502 piping to choke manifold, 1002 piping to the heater from the heater to separator we used 602 piping to other equipment up to the storage tanks and gas burner and 6” 602 piping from the separator on gas outlet.
I gained surface well testing field experience and in absence of day chief operator, I was made day chief operator for 5 days, all these wells had heavy oil which could not flow in coldness, we used heat tracing on all piping and covered it with insulation to keep the piping hot so that flow well during well evaluation.
I got a chance to work with DST specialists in redressing downhole tools including IRDV, Packers, and downhole Gauges and I acquired technical know-how.
Redressing firing heads also helped me to progress in wireline explosives including HSD, Enerjet, and Tubing puncher which almost similar with to TCP efire though are different in arming procedures.
Pressure testing tools and surface testing pipes helped me to get familiar with pressure which knowledge and experience later I applied to wireline and slickline B.O.P, WHE and Dual Pack off.
I also gained slickline experience through helping slickline crew when they were settings plugs, retrieving fired guns and perforation on different wells to that is to say, kigoggole- 1, kigoggole- 3, Ngamia-1, in Kenya.

Oilfield Operator/Roustabout

BMS Minerals Ltd

02.2009 - 06.2010

Office Assistant

Africare Uganda

12.2004 - 01.2007

Welcomed office victors and alerted stuff to arrivals of scheduled appointments.
Oversaw automated tracking and documentation of data, client correspondence and office operations.
Arranged rapid office equipment repair and maintenance with vendors.
Prepared meeting materials and took clear note to distribute to stakeholders.
Maintained staff directory and company policy handbook for human resources department.

Track Recorder

British American Tobacco

Kampala

10.2003 - 06.2004

Responsibilities.
Worked to maintain outstanding attendance record and accord consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately.
Monitored all company inventory to ensure stock levels and bases were update.
Sorted all paperwork and documents alphabetically and according data and significance.

Summary

Overview

Work History

Field Training & Empowerment Director

Senior Wireline Operator

Senior Wireline Operator/Crew Chief

Wireline Operator

Yard Assistant supervisor

Schlumberger Operator

Oilfield Operator/Roustabout

Office Assistant

Track Recorder

Education

Certificate in Plumbing in East Africa Craft Course Part I -

Certificate of Education (U.C.E -

P.L.E - undefined

Skills

Work Availability

Timeline

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