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Production

Responsibilities at the first assigment

JONATHAN DERY, Field Engineer

For Jonathan Dery, participating in well optimisation and oil and gas treatment in a world where energy is an increasingly precious resource is a welcome challenge.

Fifteen days after graduating from the IFP-School (ENSPM), Jonathan Dery was in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "I was immediately entrusted with responsibilities, and I discovered the diversity of the business. This included my own technical functions, of course, but also the related areas of logistics, human resources, mechanics, electricity and water treatment. The biggest challenge being ensuring production is carried out safely, and with the minimum impact on the environment," he says with enthusiasm.

For this young 25-year-old engineer, autonomy and room for initiative are essential, as is experience in the field. Rather than keep its new recruits at headquarters, Perenco prefers to send them to production sites - an approach with which Jonathan Dery agrees. "Production is a field business. It's in the field where you develop reflexes and acquire the aptitude to solve problems. One must innovate constantly. And Perenco offers a chance to roll up your sleeves from the word go," he explains.

He is grateful for the trust placed in him, as well as the responsibilities he was given. After one year at an onshore site, he has  been assigned to a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel in Congo with the same mission: to take part in well optimisation by identifying problems which occur under the water surface. It is  challenge that motivates him.

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