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Registration: 17.09.2025

Adolphe Azora Djassirangue

Specialization: Machinery Engineer / Reliability Engineer / Project Engineer
— Resourceful and accomplished professional with substantial experience in planning, designing, evaluating, and managing construction and oil and gas projects. — Proven track record of success in converting on crude and overhauling GE gas turbine Frame 6B, in modifying water injection pump, maintaining equipment, leading high-performing teams, contract negotiation and handling the entire round of oil/gas and construction project. — Effectively collaborate with personnel from diversified roles and disciplines to achieve high quality results. — Demonstrated abilities to manage the daily operation, ensure staff health & safety, and monitor machinery/equipment performances.
— Resourceful and accomplished professional with substantial experience in planning, designing, evaluating, and managing construction and oil and gas projects. — Proven track record of success in converting on crude and overhauling GE gas turbine Frame 6B, in modifying water injection pump, maintaining equipment, leading high-performing teams, contract negotiation and handling the entire round of oil/gas and construction project. — Effectively collaborate with personnel from diversified roles and disciplines to achieve high quality results. — Demonstrated abilities to manage the daily operation, ensure staff health & safety, and monitor machinery/equipment performances.

Skills

Project Management
Machinery Engineering management
Reliability management
Construction Management
Project Planning
Project Scheduling
Risk Assessment
Mitigation
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Resources
Requirements
Production Management
Staff Training
Staff Development
Water Treatment Plants
Equipment Maintenance
Facilities Engineering
Microsoft Office
SAP
PI
DCS
EPANET
RoboBat
AutoCAD
PMET

Work experience

Facilities Engineering Projects Manager
since 03.2023 - Till the present day |Tchad Petroleum Company
Project Management, Project planning, Construction Management
Currently project Manager for the below projects for Tchad Petroleum Company (Previous ExxonMobil Asset): ● Facilities equipment obsolescence resolution – 35M USD. ● Polymer Skid 3B construction – 27.2M USD. ● Doba Power Project – 15M USD. ● Repair damaged tanks in Miandoum Field – 6M USD. ● Acting as Machinery Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) and coaching new Engineers.
Senior Lead Machinery Engineer
07.2017 - 03.2023 |Esso Exploration and Production Chad
Machinery Engineering management, Construction Management, Equipment Maintenance
● Led Equipment strategy review based on turbine repair history that helps to increase inspection interval from 24,000 hours to 31,334 hours for hot gas path inspections and from 48,000 hours to 60,000 hours for major inspections. ● Led gas turbine controls obsolescence resolution project for Esso Chad. ● Held overall accountability for the management of machinery engineering operations, including project management, maintenance, turnaround, and equipment surveillance and optimisation. ● Modified water injection pumps and discharge header, resulting in increasing injection capacity by 20%. ● Reduced downtime by 41% through reviewing equipment strategy of gas turbine and gas engine compressor. ● Expertly retrofitted export pump to fulfil current company needs and eventually saved 3 MW on power. ● Led reliability for company to reduce downtime from 10% to 2% on gas turbine. ● Spearhead the gas frame 6 GE turbine conversion to run with crude oil due to gas depletion on field. ● Led 5 years Company Operations risk assessment for Esso Chad. ● Achieved Advanced Skill Milestone award by ExxonMobil in 2017.
Production Best Practice Coordinator
07.2014 - 06.2017 |Esso Exploration and Production Chad
Machinery Engineering management, Construction Management, Equipment Maintenance
● Implemented best practices and ensured that company production generated profit for company. ● Reduced 25% operational expenses by leveraging cutting-edge technologies and applying cost effective techniques. ● Headed all projects and supported operations manager on decision making for the production units. Liaised between government, partners, and company. ● Collaborated efficiently with managers to continuously reduce costs, maximise performance of production assets, capitalise on best practices from ExxonMobil's worldwide activities, and capture ExxonMobil's economies of scale. ● Utilised workforce comparison tool to allocate resources and increased 30% efficiency by reducing time on tool.
Management of Changes Administrator
04.2013 - 07.2014 |Esso Exploration and Production Chad
Risk Assessment, Technical support, Project Management, Construction Management
● Conducted risk assessment and benefit analysis for all changes affecting the facilities, regulations, and environment; offered valuable recommendations to management to take robust actions.
Machinery Engineer
02.2009 - 06.2014 |Esso Exploration and Production Chad
Machinery Engineering management, Construction Management, Equipment Maintenance
● Reviewed and renegotiate long term service agreement with GE for gas turbine maintenance saving $80 Million over 12 years of contract to Esso Chad. ● Led surveillance and optimised rotating equipment, predicted/prevented failure, and timely responded to keep the equipment integrity and reliability. ● Slashed production depletion from 13% to 4% by overseeing the installation of 7000 HP water injections pumps. ● Led Hazop revalidation for Kome Power plant. ● Led LK debottlenecking project by accomplishing installation of 2 reciprocating compressor with gas driven engine to provide 20MSCFD to ESSO power plant with cost of 13$M. ● Managed overall operation of projects and modification related to all rotating equipment into the facilities. ● Achieved Early Competency Milestone award from ExxonMobil in 2011.
Facilities Engineer
02.2008 - 01.2009 |Esso Exploration and Production Chad
Risk Assessment, Technical support, Project Management, Construction Management
● Skilfully designed production facilities for oil and gas to monitor their functioning and predict ahead according to the dysfunctional behaviour’s facilities, and delivered solutions. ● Led process optimization through chemical optimization. ● Led 5 Years Hazop for Kome field. ● Bridged the communication gap between management and operators.

Educational background

Hydraulic & water treatment (Doctor of Science)
University of Thies
Business Administration (Masters Degree)
Poitiers Institute of Business Administration
Civil Engineering
Thiès Polytechnic School
Civil Engineering
Felix Houphouët Boigny National Polytechnic Institute of Yamoussoukro

Languages

FrenchProficientEnglishAdvanced