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Properties / Re: Nairalanders! How Much Was Your Last NEPA Bill? by kpangi12(m): 10:14am On Aug 03, 2016
Martins Street off Oju elegba road, 1 Bedroom flat, June-1500, July-500. power this week has been btw 11pm -5:30am averagely.
Autos / Re: Cheap Cotonou Car/suv Delivered To Nigeria By Hassan See Pictures by kpangi12(m): 1:59pm On Jul 12, 2016
Good day sir, kindly give an affordable price quote for a Toyota camry 2006 SE, and toyota camry 2006 XLE respectively, with complete costoms clearance and delivery to Lagos Mainland. Best regards and expecting your timely response
Phones / Re: Which Is The Best Line To Use To Subscribe For A Bundle Plan? by kpangi12(m): 8:44am On Jun 03, 2016
tdhgee:


Yeah, you can.

Change APN to gloflat
Username: flat
Password: flat

Thanks bro...u too much jo
Phones / Re: Which Is The Best Line To Use To Subscribe For A Bundle Plan? by kpangi12(m): 8:16am On Jun 03, 2016
Can I use the 2500naira data plan on my blackberry Q10 phone?cos my 1400 BBCmonth is bout to finish...kindly epp...ur respone is appreciated..
Autos / Re: 6month Old Toyota Camry 2006@1.5 by kpangi12(m): 9:06pm On May 29, 2016
And u want to sell 4 1.5mill..... bros...abeg kip it

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Autos / Re: Purchase Cheap,accident free cars 4rm Cotonou.. by kpangi12(m): 2:49am On May 17, 2016
Hello sir....if it's not too much, how much would it require to get to Lagos a 2005/06 toyota camry SE edition? Mileage of not more than 110000miles. Thank you and expecting your response
Autos / Re: 2004 Camry Se With 4 Plug And Alloy by kpangi12(m): 7:08pm On Apr 28, 2016
Nope...only XLE trim has back vent.

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Autos / Re: S-O-L-D...Tin-can Cleared 2005 Toyota Camry LE by kpangi12(m): 7:26pm On Apr 13, 2016
Dear dealer..... it is wrong of you to make a blanket statement and one that carries insult...perhaps u belong to the class of jobless youths....be guided since NL gave you you a platform to advertise....build relationships with your potential buyers and not the opposite... regards
Romance / Re: She Is Frustrating My Life, Just After I Officially Proposed To Her by kpangi12(m): 12:38am On Mar 27, 2016
Hey man...4rm all indications, the lady gives no hooty about u or your heart. My suspicion always tells me sex has been involved and this is the only reason why your reactions defy logic and been messed up this much. Bro, time to take the scales off your eyes, dust yourself up, cry out, pray ur way out and move on....no relationship is worth it when any party directly or indirectly is involved in cheating(emotional, physical etc)...so bro, do the needful and may heavens have mercy on u especially and the lady too.
Regards
Nairaland / General / Re: Funny PHCN Photos (share Your Experience With Them) by kpangi12(m): 11:38am On Feb 06, 2016
I haven't seen power in 3 straight days now and by Wednesday, bills will come. I recently installed an inverter sysyem in my apartment and it has been a lot bearable, at least I can sleep at night and watch tv guaranteed at nights when I get home after a busy day...right now, I am advocating 4 a prepaid meter since it does no longer make sense to be paying estimated bills anymore...i'm constantly outside myhouse 12hours weekly and yet I don't use direct power when I get home....na martins street neighbourhood I dey 4 ojuelegba road of surulere....
Autos / Re: Purchase Cheap,accident free cars 4rm Cotonou.. by kpangi12(m): 1:09pm On Jan 22, 2016
Thank you for such a good job. Can you kindly send an estimate for a Toyota camry 2005 SE or XLE trim auto transmission from Cotonu with duties and other ancillary costs to land in Lagos mainland.
My regards
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 4:12pm On Jan 16, 2016
Hello y'all....my hearty congratulations to you who have received medical test invites...I did check my application status and it says Under review. I did apply in August 2015 and I have gone through all stages of recruitment to psychometric test. I am feeling the panic heat, however, I am very expectant. It's executive Trainee position as a chemical Engineer. Any comments will be appreciated. Thank you

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 7:49pm On Dec 14, 2015
Congratulations.....best regards and a merry thanksgiving christmas...
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 12:45pm On Dec 10, 2015
reading and study mode activated.........i cant fit shout...
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 11:19am On Dec 10, 2015
amen
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 10:45am On Dec 09, 2015
there is a thin line between comic relief and foolhardy......this is not the place nor the time for such posts.....

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Kpmg Graduate Trainee Aptitude Test 2015 by kpangi12(m): 10:21am On Dec 08, 2015
thanks all, kindly forward the past test questions to topendo04@yahoo.com my deepest appreciation in anticipation of your favored response.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 10:33pm On Dec 05, 2015
Well....cant say 4 sure

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Autos / Re: 2010 Toyota Camry,extremely Clean And Fresh by kpangi12(m): 6:54pm On Dec 04, 2015
These vehicles are very brutal.....
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 4:20pm On Dec 02, 2015
kpangi12:
The letters will come in its time.... right now, lets deal with December and its festivities.....happy new month y'all
told y'all to slow down.. now go enjoy the Christmas break

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 11:20am On Dec 01, 2015
The letters will come in its time.... right now, lets deal with December and its festivities.....happy new month y'all

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 2:06pm On Nov 26, 2015
[b]Oil Refinery Career Paths for Chemical Engineers[/b]

Whether you work for a major oil company like ExxonMobil or an independent refiner such as HollyFrontier, refinery engineers have a variety of career paths to explore.



Larger oil companies offer more diverse locations, faster career development, and a greater depth of exposure, but smaller companies also have their perks. In this article I’ll share insights into the different avenues one can take when entering the glorious world of an oil refiner.






While every new grad often wonders where his career will take him 15 years down the line, there are hardly any careers in this world that offer the endless possibilities that one in the oil industry can present. It doesn’t matter if you hold a degree in chemical engineering or one in electrical engineering, every door remains open to capable engineers.



The first thing to recognize is that a refinery career path is very multi-dimensional. Most refinery engineers start their careers in a very technical role - from process engineering to design engineering. However, as time progresses, many engineers find that their experiences diversify to include various management and technical roles throughout the entire organization.



It’s best to view a refinery career path using the diagram below – think of it as 3 x 2 matrix where primary job tasks exist between Engineering, Commercial, and Operations. Within each of the three primary categories, one can progress between Technical and Management assignments.










Many people choose to remain within on field of specialty, while others move around and diversify overall experience. The summary below details the different types of roles accompany each category.





Engineering



Process Engineer:

Most new hires with a Chemical Engineering degree start off as a Process Engineer. Process engineers are responsible for providing technical guidance on operating units within a refinery. They work with field operators, console operators, and unit managers to provide optimization and troubleshooting advice.



Process engineers typically spend 2 – 5 years working on several refinery units before moving on. Next assignments may include project engineering or refinery planning and optimization.





Project Engineer:

Project engineers are responsible for designing and implementing capital improvements to refinery equipment. This can range from upgrades to existing equipment capabilities, or installation of large projects. The scope of coverage can also range from focus on one operating unit, or covering the entire refinery.



Project engineers typically spend 2 – 5 years in role, and can rotate into process engineer or refinery planning and optimization as next assignments.





Process Control Engineer:

Similar to Process Engineers, Control Engineer roles deal with unit optimization and troubleshooting. The difference is that refinery Control Engineers focus all of their attention on software programs that help board operators run their units effectively.



As there is typically only one board operator that often manages operations of multiple units, advanced control programs are used to put many critical control variables into an autopilot mode. Control Engineers are the architects who design and maintain these “autopilot” programs.



Traditionally, Control Engineers often remain in these roles throughout their careers. However, these days Control Engineers have flexibility in some companies to advance their careers into different development roles.





Team Leads:

Within the first 5 – 10 years of working, most engineers do not have to decide between staying on a technical track or moving to a management one. After showing capabilities as an individual contributor, many engineers are assigned a team lead position within the process engineering group or some other technical department, such as project engineering or the environmental group.



Team lead roles still require solid technical capabilities as one often has to provide direction on plant troubleshooting or optimization. At the same time, engineers in this position start developing soft skills such as efficient communication and supervision. If successful in these roles, employees can move onto the management track or into other groups to broaden skillsets.





SME Engineers:

Many people enjoy the thrill of unit troubleshooting, so they end up specializing as a senior process engineer or within one particular process technology, such as FCC or Coking. Although these engineers may not climb the corporate ladder to achieve high salaries or fancy titles, SME Engineers are the glue that keep oil companies operating profitably and safely.



As refineries are complex and dangerous places to work, SME Engineers maintain the institutional knowledge that are often forgotten.





Commercial



Refinery Planning & Optimization:

One likely rotation after engineers complete assignments in process engineering is with the Planning & Optimization department. While these roles are 100% office jobs, don’t think for a moment that engineering or people skills do not matter.



Refinery Planning & Optimization roles are often the toughest ones to take as you will have to understand and manage the entire refinery in these assignments. Roles in this group require coordination of operations, engineering, commercial traders, and maintenance to keep a refinery running smoothly. Assignments in this group also expose engineers to new tools such as Refinery Linear Program (LP) Models (such as PIMS) or scheduling applications (such as Orion).



Typical assignments here include:


Unit Optimization Planning Analyst
Refinery Short Range Planning
Product Blender
Product Scheduler
Refinery Business Planning
Refinery Strategic Planning
Operations Coordinator





Similar to other refinery groups, assignments within Planning & Optimization may last between 2- 5 years, depending on number of assignments taken within this group.





Supply Chain Optimization:

After working as a refinery planner, one has the opportunity to continue development within the commercial world. To deepen interaction with commercial traders and global supply chain resources, one can move to corporate positions with supply chain optimization.



Whether it’s with Feedstocks (i.e. crude oil) or Produts (i.e. gasoline), supply chain optimization focuses on maximizing the value of sourcing a commodity from the origin and delivery to its final destination. This involves negotiation with commercial traders on pricing, to interfacing with logistics agencies, such as Shipping or Pipeline companies. There are 3 main objectives of Supply Chain Optimization:




Purchase material for the cheapest price
Sell product for the highest price
Pay the least to transport it from Point A to Point B





Commercial Trader:

At one point in everyone’s career who spends time in the commercial world of an oil company, they ask themselves if it makes sense to become a trader. The hours are easy, the stress level is low, and the bonuses are fantastic!



A commodities trader at an oil company is no different than any other trader, but this is a small world where relationships matter. It’s a guaranteed fact that one day your refinery will have an upset, and you will need to buy and sell product to cover the market. From crude oil, to intermediate feedstocks, to finished products, commercial traders work to balance the lengths and shorts of a refining system.



People who choose the path of a trader within an oil company often seek long term stability and less movement. A typical trader tenure is 10+ years, and job options often only lead to one other path – the trading manager.





Operations



Operations Management:

As an engineer, there is one typical path for those interested in operations – Operations Management. There are different levels of experience one can obtain within this line of work, but it’s all different shades of the same color.



Operations is purely a management track, and it develops a person’s ability to manage a dynamic range of factors, including:




Personnel safety
Unit equipment reliability
Operating personnel
Unit process reliability
Unit environmental compliance
Operating expense
Energy efficiency
Unit profitability



People on this path typically spend 10 – 15 years within several engineering roles. While commercial roles are advantageous to have, they’re often not common within operations management. For those who have chosen the path of operations, they can find themselves in roles of increasing responsibility, including even the possibility of refinery manager.







A typical refinery should also have a good balance of technical folks in these positions, as well as people who have worked their way up the ranks in operations.





Safety, Health, and Environment


You may have noticed that so far I have not mentioned career progression in the Safety, Health, and Environmental department. While every oil company stresses Safety, Health, and Environment above all other factors, the irony is that no company really has a good plan for developing SHE talent.



Almost to the contrary, individuals find themselves placed in the SHE group often as a result of poor performance in other roles. Makes you wonder about priorities, right? Nonetheless, SHE groups still provide opportunities for engineers to learn about regulatory compliance, government policies, and managing people behaviors.



Refinery & Corporate Management



While I have not specifically covered the different types of management roles that one can assume through the refinery career ladder, just know that they are all available. As refinery and supply chain organizations are complex, it is not uncommon for all management positions to be occupied by engineers.



Most refinery management members do not have MBAs, and most have worked their way up the career ladder. Many employees transition between the various fields of engineering, commercial, and operations, and often possess the ability to explore both technical and managerial opportunities.



It’s helpful to recognize that larger companies have higher management roles to expand into. While independent refiners may have limited positions between Refinery GM and company CEO to fill, large corporations such as BP and Shell have dozens of position to transition into after Refinery GM.


Beyond development within just one specific business unit, the benefit of working for an integrated oil company opens opportunities to different business units, such as Exploration & Production, Chemicals, Research & Development, and Midstream. There are also parallel positions in different countries and continents, so the potential is effectively endless.




The simple truth is that there are insufficient qualified engineers in this industry today. That shortage will take a very long time to balance, if ever. While I’ve summarized a few typical career paths, the reality is that each individual has the flexibility to mold any path into their own.

http://www.refinerlink.com/blog/Career_Paths_Chemical_Engineers_Oil_Refinery

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 10:42am On Nov 26, 2015
Federal Government you mean
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 1:40pm On Nov 24, 2015
oga.... read well o... 300 level tins like thermo, fluid, heat exchangers and friction

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Autos / Re: Honda Accord 2006 Model For Sale (lagos Used)_cleaner Than Some Toks by kpangi12(m): 12:47pm On Nov 24, 2015
he's so adorable!..

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Properties / Re: How Much Will It Cost To Rent A Self Contain For A Year In Akoka Yaba. by kpangi12(m): 11:35am On Nov 19, 2015
i am searching for a RSC in WAEC area of yaba or alternatively somewhere around kilo area of surulere..... budget is 200-250k max one year and half year rent with parking space for a car. kindly respond to this message if you have something good for me in these area
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 1:52pm On Nov 18, 2015
oga.........dont kill yourself o......
ThinkingCEO:
Oh boy! I am just staring on the Calendar since morning ooooooooooooooooooooo! shocked
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 12:43pm On Nov 17, 2015
kokaneprodigy:

What's the difference?
the difference is night and day........u can accept/decline an offer but the start date is sacrosanct, and as such there needs to be a little time lag between them.
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 12:05pm On Nov 17, 2015
XYD2:
175 in numbers, I don't get you bro, were people that did the psychometric test up to this?
surely yes... it was about that number +-(5% error margin)
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 11:53am On Nov 17, 2015
that would be brutal tho!.......i hope no one gets pulled away!

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Dangote Refinery Is Recruiting, Closes On 15th August by kpangi12(m): 6:27pm On Nov 16, 2015
I don't expect anything less of a bond...imagine say dem go pay u 150k plus as trainee allowee 4 about 2 yrs with both local and overseas training then after which u resign and go to a rival company, say WRPC, KRPC or PHRPC.....Dangote go personally sue u.....lol

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Education / Re: He Doesn't Want To Attend His Convocation Ceremony Because He Had A 2.2 (Pic) by kpangi12(m): 6:12pm On Nov 16, 2015
Hmm....this reminded me of myself some years ago. I consider myself a serious and hardworking student, no significant social life, the Fellowship type and moral. Started the B.eng race with a stable 2.1 grade and by the time I was in my final year, I needed just a CGPa of 3.8 to clinch a 2.1 and at 1st semester, I was on track..however, 2nd sem devastated my dream and with 3 unexplained E's on 3-3 unit courses, the damage was irreversible(2.2). I went to my Asst. Dean of faculty to apply 4 a voluntary spill and carry overs and his answer was this: you have no problem dat he can't honor my request to Fail courses I passed. I was emotionally wrecked, I became reclusive and withdrew to my shell...it was my immediate family members(mum especially) that encouraged me. I didn't attend my convocation tho I was in town that week(still Felt the pains then), however, that was 5 years ago now...tho a setback, heaven has smiled on me, I served, went 4 my masters and now my 2nd degree has made up 4 that, also, got an engineering design job with travelling experience..i think u'll be ok...cry, mourn but get over it...life is beyond 2.1.cheers!

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