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Drilling Engineer
Drilling Engineer
Posted: May 6, 2010
Position type: Full time
Region: Africa
Location: Algerian Sahara
Company: Monarch Recruitment Ltd
Industry: Oil/Gas/Petroleum Jobs
Category: Engineering/Tech
Type: Full time
This is a market defining international company who has been actively involved in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas for more half a century. If you want to work for a company that is internationaly recognised, that is committed to being the best and has international alliances that can create opportunites then this company is for you. The phylosphy of this business is to pursue a policy of ongoing investment in the development of new deposits and the expansion of existing fields. For example oil and gas production was increased by over 15% last year; this is in conjunction and of the same importance to stringent environmental protection and work safety requirements. PURPOSE OF JOB The Drilling Engineer will be responsible for well design and operational procedures for well construction. The Drilling Engineer will work with other members of the drilling project team, including clients and contractor representatives, to ensure a high level of operational efficiency is maintained and project requirements are delivered. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES The Drilling Engineer will be responsible for carrying out assigned work with particular emphasis on HSE performance and cost-effective delivery. Accountable for performing all duties with due regard to the health, safety of self, others and of the environment in which they are undertaken. Liaison with Production and Subsurface teams to ensure that objectives for well construction and/or well intervention are set and fully detailed in the procedures for each well. Ensure that well designs and construction procedures comply with the company, client and the relevant legislative requirements. KEY TASKS • Pursuit of personal and project HSE objectives and targets in line with project/regional HSE plan. • Preparation of statutory notifications to government and other parties • Oil spill/chemical discharge contingency and environmental impact evaluation of the well construction process where delegated. • Maintenance of drilling policies and procedures where assigned, and input to changes in the Well Engineering Management System. People • Managing own personal development and learning well engineering business by planning on the job training experiences and attendance at training courses. • Liaison and communications with rig, service contractors and other project discipline staff in planning and operations processes. Operations • Well planning work including: casing, cement, directional, bit selection, drilling fluids/well hydraulics, completion fluids, drill string, data acquisition, well suspension and well intervention design. • Prediction of fracture and pore pressure data for use in the well design. • Modelling of drilling load scenarios. • Liaison with Well Test and Completions Engineers on testing and completion requirements. • Write well planning pre-work and drilling procedures prior to well spud. • Work at well-site to gain necessary operations experience. • Lost time and flat time reporting and analysis. • Capture lessons learnt and enter the relevant reports and actions taken in lesson learnt data base • Preparation of final well reports. • Carrying out and reporting of internal/external audits. • Development of new/novel approaches to contracting and drilling wells. • Drilling engineering peer assist reviews in other parts of the Dubai Petroleum business. SALARY & REWARDS An exciting opportunity for a challenging and rewarding place to work. Opportunities work abroad within this company and in different environments and countries. A market competitive salary and benefits from a leading company. Bradley Hall bhall@monarchrecruitment.co.uk