Drilling Engineer - Nigeria

Senior Drilling/Operations Engineer

Location: Nigeria

Duration: Ongoing – Rotation

Basis: Permanent

Indicative Day Rate: Attractive Salary Package

Role Activities:

The Senior Drilling Engineer will be responsible for carrying out assigned work with particular emphasis on HSEQ performance and cost-effective delivery.Ensure that well design and construction procedures comply with Client and the relevant legislative requirements.Liaise with Client Production and Subsurface teams and service companies to ensure that objectives for well construction, well intervention and/or well repair are set and fully detailed in the procedures for each well.Responsible for composition of all programmes and programme amendments for the construction, re-entry, repair of a well.Maintain corporate reporting requirements.Determine the specification and manage the procurement of equipment and services such as, Casing, cement, directional, bit selection, drilling fluids/well hydraulics, completion fluids, drillstring, data acquisition, well suspension, well intervention design work. In line with Client guidelines including the generation of Call off’s.Where required complete modelling and design work to develop a fit for purpose casing design in line with applicable standards. .Coordinate and where required undertake the recording and analysis of Lost time .Provide technical analysis and solutions for well challenges.Liaison and communications with rig and service contractors in planning and operations processes.Day to day office based well operations support.Preparation of statutory notifications to government and other parties.Preparation of cost estimates and AFE’s for planning and well construction/intervention/repair in line with company policies and client requirements.Work planning and scheduling.Provide all technical support required in obtaining required permits, i.e. operational and environmental.Liaison with all other required disciplines, such as subsea and completions as project requires.Participate in the inputting and tracking of all project actions and key legislation in WellAtlasParticipate in the inputting and close out of all lessons in WellAtlasComplete risk reviews and document same as required by the project utilising WellAtlasParticipate in client project meetings and weekly reporting requirements.Manage all aspects of the required end of well reporting by all relevant service companies..

Qualifications & Experience:

IWCF or WellCap Subsea Supervisors Well Control Certificate HolderIn-depth knowledge of West African legislative requirements, i.e. permitting etc.Experience in well design, planning, programming and AFE developmentKnowledge of industry best practices associated with drilling and completionsUnderstanding of casing design and well control techniquesAbility to use industry standard well engineering software packages beneficial (e.g. Landmark StressCheck, WellCat, WellPlan, Compass, etc)

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