Job Detail
Job Description
For an Oil and Gas operator, we are looking for a Drilling Engineer
The role includes::
- preparing well data sheets
- designing and selecting well-head equipment
- drawing up drilling programmes, taking account of desired production flow rates
- obtaining relevant data, carrying out engineering analysis on site and recommending necessary actions and writing up reports
- monitoring the daily progress of well operations
- keeping track of current daily costs, comparing actual costs with expenditure proposals and recommending cost-effective changes
- liaising with specialist contractors and suppliers, such as cement companies or suppliers of drilling fluids
- monitoring safety and ensuring the good maintenance of the well
- adhering to environmental protection standards, in some cases through direct discussion with local governments to ensure compliance with legislative requirements
- establishing and administering drilling and service contracts
- coordinating and supervising the work of the drilling team
- undertaking engineering design and the planning of wells (including development work)
- designing directional well paths (horizontally or multi-laterally, as appropriate)
- managing operations on behalf of small clients
- contributing to conceptual field development design
- working with multidisciplinary professionals to evaluate the commercial viability of the well and monitor progress during drilling
- returning the site to its natural environmental setting if drilling is not to be pursued.
Profile
10 years+ drilling and well completion working for operating companies
Valid IWCF certificat
Valid BOSIET certificat