Job Title: Drilling Engineer
Location: Delta, Lagos or Port Harcourt
Company: Western Development Company Limited
Western Development Company Limited is among the leading names in the oil and gas industry, applying innovative technologies to discover valuable resources and deliver the highest quality service to its clients. As part of our initiative to strengthen our operations and consolidate our position as a market leader, the company has identified the need to recruit dynamic professionals into the following positions:
A drilling engineer develops plans, costs, and schedules and supervises the operations necessary in the process of drilling oil and gas wells. He /She will be involved from initial well design to testing, completion and abandonment. The role can involve administering drilling and service contracts, engineering design, the planning of wells and supervising the drilling crew on site. Drilling engineers work with other professionals, such as geologists and geoscientists, to monitor drilling progress, oversee safety management and ensure the protection of the environment.
Job Description:
• 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 analysis on site and recommending immediate actions as necessary;
• carrying out full engineering analyses of rig site data and preparing regular well reports;
• monitoring the daily progress of well operations and current daily costs, comparing actual costs with cost expenditure proposals and recommending changes or improvements to rig work techniques, which could lead to optimization of expenditure;
• 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.
Application Closing Date: 22nd February, 2013
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further interviews.
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