Job Description
Overview
Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.
We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.
Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.
When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger - a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other's successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.
Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course.
Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
PRE-JOB PLANNING & PROJECT READINESS
- Provide first point of contact, office-based engineering support for MPD operations, and have presence at the rig or client office as required.
- Responsible for MPD drawings including Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID's), Process Flow diagrams (PFD's), Safety, Zoning etc.
- Prepare well specific drilling program including :
- Perform hydraulic models for drilling windows.
- Prepare the well control matrix.
- Write, review & revise drilling procedures.
- Write and review finger-printing procedures.
- Write and review Rig-up and Pressure Test procedures.
- Assist and support during the HAZID/HAZOP exercise.
- Attend all pre-spud meetings, DWOP's, and any other planning meetings.
- Training client engineers and rig crew as required.
- Perform well displacement programs.
- Develop a surge & swab model with MPD application.
- Plan for liner runs with MPD and develop Managed Pressure Cementing (MPC) programs.
- Prepare the pre-job folder for the MPD field crew containing relevant information including but not limited to the Program, Procedures and OEPS documents.
- Assist with the planning, execution, review and approval for rig visits (onshore/offshore), reports and related flow process diagrams and P&ID's.
PROJECT EXECUTION
- For each stage, attend all client/operational meetings as required.
- Provide first point of contact for any MPD engineering related requirements.
- Provide support during critical MPD operation including but not limited to; fingerprinting, Kick/Loss situations etc.
- Revise procedures accordingly based on lessons learned, Client specific requests or as a result of a MOC.
- Review MPD data on a daily basis and issue corrective/preventative advice as required.
- Responsible for deep data analysis of MPD events.
- Provide MPD HMI (Victus) data review daily (core function) resulting in quicker corrective actions.
- Update hydraulic modelling analysis based on actual drilling conditions.
- Update the well control matrix through Kick simulation with actual drilling data.
- Update of all the programs including but not limited to; well displacement models, liner running with MPD, MPC, etc.
- As required, request GBU support, advice and experience.
- Raise a Management of Change (MoC) for any engineering deviations.
- Raise Weatherford Interactive Search Engine (WISE) queries for engineering-related matters.
- Archive all the job information at the appropriate location on WPTS/SharePoint.
- Responsible for managing the job tracker to monitor performance and record KPI's.
PROJECT COMPLETION
- Responsible to archive job folders and save data accordingly.
- Prepare After Action Review (AAR) presentations and review with the client.
- Prepare the End of Well (EoW) report for the operation.
- Perform post well analysis to optimize future well planning.
- Prepare technical abstract and paper for publication.
- Manage regional lessons learned data base.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field from an accredited university.
- 3-4 years of experience in oil and gas engineering.
- Must be eligible for, or have legal authorisation to work on a full-time basis in the region.
- Must be willing to travel to remote land and offshore work locations and possibly to other countries as well as the ability to travel internally.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office products and Project Management software.
Preferred
- 3-4 years experience in Managed Pressure Drilling, including well planning software.