Topic: Openings for Experienced Drilling Engineers

A Nigerian Indegenious oil servicing company needs experienced drilling engineers. The details are given below for specific jobs. Send your Resume if your qualified to [email protected] before 20th July 2009.
Positions;
1.Deepwater drilling representative; with not less than 17 years working experience (3)
2.Deep water Rig site Materials and Logistics Manager with 15 years experience(2Nos)
3.Deepwater HES safety Representative • Planning of Operation: During planning of operation, frequently monitor JSA/THINK planning process for additional identified hazards, procedural issues, participant engagement, and administrator engagement of crew. Mentor crew members.
• Assess the HES “attitude” of the rig site personnel and organization. Advise Chevron Rig Supervision and Lagos Management on both positive and areas of improvement needed.
• Serves as the principal coordinator of START/STOP Behavior Based Safety System tracking report. The START/STOP tracking report insures a thorough review of daily START/STOP cards and records personnel and equipment issues that need follow-up. The tracking report also provides valuable feedback to the crew members ensuring that their observations are addressed by Chevron/Contractor/Service Partner management..
4.Fluids Field Representatives(3Nos).• QA/QC drilling and completion fluids for the rigs, mud plant, and support bases
• QA/QC cement at the rig and in town
• QA/QC solids control equipment, waste management, and lab equipment. Ensure Solids Control Equipment is functioning properly.
• QA/QC on transfer tickets, delivery tickets, and relevant paperwork

5.Fluids Office Advisor (3Nos);• Establish drilling and completion fluids program along with lessons learned and best practices
• Make recommendations and changes to Pre-approved Drilling Fluids Programs only after performing Pilot Test and via a management of change process
• Establish and maintain fluids metrics (mud, cement & completion fluid) for all the rigs and all relevant categories.
• Publish metrics monthly.
• Maintain inventory, process invoices, and develop well recaps. Monitor warehouse products to maintain sufficient levels
• Attend all meetings including morning rig call ins, HSE, risk assessment, root cause analysis, vendors, drilling supts, presentations, etc.

6.Senior Completions operations Engineer:• Liaises with the Houston based Agbami Well Construction design team assuring executions personnel and contractors are aware of and have incorporated MASP & other design basis issues into their execution plans. Confirms nodal analyses for tubing and perforation design, and erosion calculations. Confirms appropriate metallurgy & seal materials are being provided, highlights the fish-ability issues in the design and addresses same in procedures, documents issues related to hole angle, Drill-in fluid and production casing interface with drilling, highlights issues related to well clean-up for completion, addresses completion fluid (packer fluid chemicals), confirms, perforation design & procedure, validates design and installation of sand control, confirms requirements for packers, seals, etc, tubing design and completion procedure issues.
• Develops the detailed step by step completion procedures, in cooperation with all service contractors, drilling operations engineers, and the Houston based Agbami well design team. Assures rig site personnel are well indoctrinated to the procedural steps, timing and logistical requirements of same.
7.Senior Drilling Operations Engineer(3Nos);• Monitors daily rig operations and acts as liaison between offshore and Lekki based drilling team to ensure all well objectives are clearly understood.
• Provides rig site supervision or assistance during critical operations such as well control situations. Works closely with Drilling Representatives to handle routine operations not requiring intervention by the Drilling Superintendent,etc

8.Senior Drilling Engineer-knowledge & technology cordinator(4Nos):• Manages a comprehensive technical limits well construction performance process which addresses consistency across each phase of the wells, from the cost estimation process through the rig site documentation process. The process includes management of a database for the tracking of Non Productive Time (NPT), Unscheduled Events (UE), Lost Opportunity Time (LOT), Perfect Well Ration (PWR) and HSE events, by hole section and or well component. Coordinates with rig site operations personnel to assure consistency in rig site documentation practices and in the development of rig site daily action plans which serve as technical limits check lists to facilitate the achievement of the technical limit on a regular basis. Implements processes and systems which assures the capture, documentation and recycling as well as sharing of lessons learned and outlining the history of change.

9.Drilling Material Cordinator:• Coordinates and expedites the movement of consignment equipment and materials, stock materials, and rental equipment. This coordination is to be done between Warri Dock, Escravos Base, and Port Harcourt. Prioritize shipment of equipment, materials and personnel achieved through constant communication with D&COT, warehouse, Drilling Ops Engineers, Senior Drilling Superintendent, Contractors and Logistics. Consolidation of cargo from various contractors into well packaged shipments for complete delivery of rig specific materials to rigs in timely manner. Liaison between Drilling Group and all Service contractors regarding equipment being shipped back and from Service contractors. Coordinates the movement of all personnel via boat, helicopter and plane. Capable of working any of the various bases in operations in Nigeria. Coordinates movement of cargo not only by sea from PH to Escravos and rigs, but also across land and rivers through Warri. Good knowledge of drilling and workover equipment to insure proper equipment is loaded out to insure no delays or rig shutdowns occur. Duties performed on a 24 hour, 7 day a week basis. Provides support to the Drilling Representatives through high degree of communication skills and knowledge of drilling equipment to accurately address complex and/or ciritical situations for addressing material requirements.

10.Senior Operational Excellence Drilling Operations Engineer (2Nos):• Incident Free Operations
• Contractor Performance Management
• Goals & Metrics Alignment
• Safety Reviews
• Well Construction OE Performance – HSE, Reliability & Efficiency
• SOPs – Contingency Plans
• Management of an interdepartmental tool for quantifying drilling & completion scenario risks and trade offs.
• Champions a well construction Management of Change process which addresses well planning and etc

11.Senior Special Projects & NOJV Drilling Engineer:• Manages the implementation of the rig contractor performance scorecard.
• Manages the WEO internal and external benchmarking process and assures an annual and evergreen benchmarking process is in place wherein every well component is critically reviewed on some routine basis with gap assessments and a closure process. Wells are also internally and externally benchmarked by well component.
• Coordinates and manages Service Contractor performance management tools via utilization of NPT, UE, LOT, PWR (Non Productive Time, Unscheduled Events, Lost Opportunity Time, Perfect Well Ratio) & HSE databases and collaborative workshops wherein responsibilities are assigned and items are driven to closure. Coordinates assignment of contractor performance sponsors and formation and monitoring of contractor performance improvement teams
12.Safety and Performance Coach:• Incident Free Operations
• COLORS SYSTEM
• Stop Work Authority
• Developing and managing Awareness Tools
13.Drill Site Manager: • Operational Excellence, Safety and Compliance Champion
• Direct daily Rig Operations and performance activities
• Liaison with key contacts
• Manages performance of work group, develop employees and support training
• Communication
• Feasibility and Risk Analysis
• New Technology

14.Contracts Engineer:• Development and execution of all drilling Contracts
• Contracting process development and compliance with Company and PSC policies
• Contract Compliance
• Contract Administration
• Service Orders
15.DISWIN Technician:• Provide technical support to the Deepwater personnel by managing the drilling, completion and well intervention data generated during well operations.
• Prepare government reports.
• Provide technical and IT support to Deepwater Lekki and Chevron Assets in the areas of administration, updating, data management, data analysis
• Provide training in DISWIN (Drilling Information System for WINdows)
16.Rig Site Material and Logistics Cordinator:• Materials reconciliation and management
• Resource Management and Planning
• Assist RigSite Project Manager
• Communications
• Incident Free Operations
17.Performance and Planning Engineer:• Operational Excellence: Well Construction Performance Management
• Well Planning Processes, Mapping & Maintenance
• Performance goals and SBU Metrics Alignment
• Performance & Capital Stewardship
• Benchmarking, Knowledge & Technology Management

Key Job Responsibilities
• Ensures all materials sent to shore base from rig are correctly manifested and correct corresponding documentation supplied (i.e. MSDS etc.).
• Well construction performance management
• Fills in for OE/OC Performance Mgr
• Operational Excellence Initiatives
• Risk assessment process/ facilitation
• MOC process
• SIMOPS Plan
• Manages the auditing of well construction processes
• Ensures well construction processes are documented & mapped
• Owner of well construction road map
• Peer review coordinator
• Well design SME
• Align goals with SBU drivers
• Establish goals & metrics
• Maintain databases, value creation initiatives
• Metrics / Scorecards / Databases
• Benchmarking database
• Departmental goals catalyst
• Lessons learned / BP process
• NPT/ UE / lost opportunity database
• Performance plans
• Performance reports
• Processes development
• Processes standardization
• Step change development
• Technology imports
• LL / BP imports
• Knowledge management
• Technology management
• Technology plan
• Technical limits process

18:Government Liason:• Local Content
• NAPIMS Interface
• DPR Permit Reporting
• NNPC/NAPIMS
• Mentoring

Key Job Responsibilities

• DW contact - liaise with Houston group that serves same purpose
• Build model plan
• Develop reporting structure
• Onsite visits
• Follow-up of tenders
• Outstanding items list update
• Drilling permits
• Environmental with HES assistance
• Weekly reporting
• Contract mentor for Contract Engrs
• Coordinate rigiste visits
• Coordinate technology transfer

19. Financial Analyst: • Reconciliation and Cost Control
• AFE Setup & Closure
• Partner Liaison
• Continuous Improvement
• Planning and Reporting

Key Job Responsibilities
• For each completed well, prepare an ‘Audit Worksheet.’ This worksheet is the first step in the identification of areas that need to be investigated (charges coded incorrectly) or the need for supplements (actuals higher than field estimates or AFEs)
• Weekly / monthly review of open AFEs in JDE.
? Create batches to correct wrong charges
? Obtain D&C Management approval
? Deliver to WIP Accounting for review and posting.
• Weekly / monthly review of drilling charge code (DWD40S or ADR10).
? Create journal batches to correct incorrect charges.
? Obtain D&C Management approval
? Deliver to WIP Accounting for review and posting.
• Prepare Reconciliation Recap before closing AFE
? Reconciliation of material movements
? Ensure well-to-well transfers are processed
? Reconcile boat/vessels charges for each AFE.
? Work with SCM Logistics Coordinator to ensure boat overhead allocations are correctly processed on a monthly basis.
? Work with SCM various contract holders to ensure monthly boat actual invoice charges are directed to the correct AFE.
? Run AFE extracts, analyze overall cost, perform audits to verify that OH and boat actual charges are booked as intended (random sample if charges ‘appear’ to be correct; more thorough review if charges are excessively below or above expectations]
? Review long outstanding open POs for investigation and accruals. For each completed AFE ensure that there are no outstanding open POs. Review, investigate and bring to resolution all open POs before the AFE is closed.
? Review invoices > $50,000 or $100,000 and verify they are coded correctly
? Prepare an audit sheet to identify where the budget was overexpended
• Prepare, submit for approval, and track expenditures against internal Work Orders (GO-113s).
• Working with the D&C Contracts Team to track spend against contract value and alerting D&C Management of the need to increase contract value.
• Assist and train field representatives in accurate field ticket coding for proper cost / invoice disposition.
• Review GO-36 (e.g. NNPC Code, DOA, etc.) for submission to WIP
• Input AFE budgets and Supplements into JDE
• Attend AFE review meetings
• Assist with AFE supplement preparation and explanations, and input into JDE
? Trace engineers and group mangers for supplements if the overrun is related to operational issues.
? If the overrun is due to accounting issues, gather all appropriate documentation and either make correcting entries or ask the appropriate Finance group to make entries (i.e. ask the Material group to process a MTF well to well transfer that was missed.
• Prepare and submit AFE closure form when well is complete.
• Co-ordinate the preparation and submission to Finance group of the Completion certificates for completed wells
• Input monthly estimates in JDE and monitor accruals.
• After the accrual process is run, but before accounting closes for the month, run the “Performance Report” to identify errors in accrual calculation, AFEs that show an open status but should be closed, AFEs that are not mapped to the appropriate NAPIMS budget. Take corrective action before month-end close.
• Budget planning and preparation assistance for on and offshore Drilling & Completions G&A.
• Assist DW D&C in the NMA SLA process; engage shared services entities to track them against their Shared Services Performance Agreements
• Prepare weekly and monthly spend reports. Perform trend analysis on expenditures.
• Representation at PSC meetings on drilling related cost issues with assistance from drilling engineers.
• Assist Service Partners by engaging Finance regarding invoice payment issues (non-payment, late payment, lost invoices, etc.)
• Review and implement improved financial processes within the drilling group and between drilling and other groups.
• Identify areas for continuous improvement.. Develop and document procedures; share and establish Best Practices with other groups (JV Drlg, FE, etc);; continually update and improve processes as lessons are learned.
• Assist DW Finance Team in partner audits.

20:Administrative Assistance:• Travel Coordination
• Expatriate Administration
• HES – BBS & RSIP Functions
• Office Moves / Upgrades / Construction

Key Job Responsibilities
• For each completed well, prepare an ‘Audit Worksheet.’ This worksheet is the first step in the identification of areas that need to be investigated (charges coded incorrectly) or the need for supplements (actuals higher than field estimates or AFEs)
• Coordinates with the Integrated Travel Centre [ITC] to arrange all DW [Deep Water] personnel travel logistics for travel to/from Mid-Africa and within Nigeria / Mid-Africa (confirming local and airport transportation with the DW Transportation Coordinator) for DW personnel, government officials, and partners as required. This coordination includes -:
• Arranging & confirming with ITC international travel requests (air ticket, airport transfers, boarding passes, etc.),
• Coordinating visa requests originating in Nigeria / Mid-Africa, and
• Arranging & confirm with ITC adequate lodging accommodations for temporary DW personnel and visitors.
• Provides single point of contact for DW travel logistics requirements in-country
• Provides weekly travel Summary to ITC and Impacted DW Managers
? Who is traveling
? Purpose of visit
? Arrival & Departure dates
? Planned accommodations (Mgmt Guest House, Guest House, Statoil, etc).
? Planned work location (Lekki or Statoil)
• Obtains Approval for FCPA for NNPC, NAPIMS, DPR and indigenous partners in coordinating their travel, lodging and ‘estacodes’.
• Prepares and processes CVX management approval documentation in connection with domestic & international travel.
• Administer and strive to improve the travel & visa documentation and approval process.
• Liaises with HR, SCM, project teams, and expatriates to assist in relocations to / from Nigeria / Mid-Africa. This includes ensuring that all necessary processes, procedures, and arrangements are in-place with the relevant HR, SCM or other NMA &/or Corporate groups.
• Conduct STOP Training & Orientation classes for DW Groups. Maintain your own certification as BBS Trainer
• Conduct RSIP workstation audits and provide profile feedback to DW Personnel. Maintain in current status your own certification as RSIP Auditor_Be the single point of contact for all DW personnel involved in original or revised office/cubicle assignments and ensure the Facilities Management – WCC and IT are advised of all schedule, other movement requirement or other FM needs
21.Deepwater Administrative Assistance:• Addresses Word Processing & General Correspondence
• Addresses Personnel Coordination Issues
• Provides Back Up Support For All Other DW Groups In Addition To Primary Support Group
• Coordinates Conference Rooms reservations
• Manages Printer/Copier/Fax/Scanner/Shredder Equipment
• Provides For Event Coordination
• Serves as Moves/Relocations/HR Liaison
• Manages Office Supplies

Key Job Responsibilities
• Document typing & formatting
• Processing and formatting of documents
• Provide secretarial services and ensure timely dispatch of letters to NAPIMS, DPR, JV Partners, Vendors and others as it may be required by all DW staff
• Confidential secretary services as necessary
• Answer & direct phone calls
• Expedites copying and distribution of documents such as drilling & exploration programs
• Document scanning
• Document input into documentum
• Sending & receiving faxes
• Document shredding
• Maintain reference library
• E-mail correspondence with rig, exploration & service contractors as required
• Document & reports distribution i.e. drill reports, drilling & exploration program distribution, etc
• Supervise and manage the mail bag to Onne & the rigs & confidential content
• Supervise and manage vacation mail.
• Maintain a database of employee vacations and time-off
• Maintain & publish personnel schedules
• Handle with DW Logistics any repair, construction or maintenance request by DW personnel
• Liaison with Supply Chain Management travel coordinators for all DW travel requests
• Provide assistance in handling cash advance and completion of Expense Account forms
• Address cash reimbursements
• Book visitors appointments at front security gate
• Provide back up support to secondary key customers as required.
• Collaborate with other DW Admin Assistants to coordinate required support.
• Meetings - Booking for conference room, catering and other services required
• Manage conference room reservations conflicts
• Ensure conference rooms are clean with all the chairs complete at all times
• Obtains audio / visual equipment, flip charts and other aids as required for meetings
• Maintain inventory of printer and copier materials such as papers, cartridges, etc.
• Assure sufficient paper supplies are readily on hand prior to weekends, holidays or other work interruptions in both DW buildings
• Maintain oversight function over printer and copier clerk provided by HRS&S
• Ensure effective and efficient operation of copiers, shredders, & printers in both DW buildings
• Assure all printer trays are full and toner cartridges are not low before the close of business of each day.
• Advise IT helpdesk of any maintenance or repair needs for office IT equipment.
• Team Dinners - Schedule, handle invitations, catering, billing, etc.
• Social Events - Arrange holiday parties, team outings as may be directed from time to time, monthly birthday celebrations
• Celebration events – Arrange for specific celebrations, going away parties & dinners, award dinners, farewell gifts, etc.
• Submit new employee service requests- phones, CAIs and badges, e-mail address set up
• Provide assistance to new employees or visiting staff and ensure they have all that is required to function
• Set up mail
• Visa and introduction letter processing
• Send the orientation booklet to new visitors to the DW group in Lekki.
• Coordinate and maintain inventory and ordering for the entire team
• Coordinate provision of Business Cards with OSS Division of HRS&S
• Ensure DW annex building supplies are in place prior to the close of business each day

22.Completions Engineer.Job Description:
• Development Well Engineering support to advance NMA Major Capital Projects through CPDEP Processes.
• Supports the Coordination of Completion Operations & Coordinates the Completion/subsea equipment interface operations
• Management of Upper Completions, Sub Sea Completions Internal Test Tree & Facilitates Stack Up Operations at Vendors Shops / Testing Facilities.
• Development of preliminary completion procedures
• Completions performance management
• Coordination of Reservoir Management & Production Operations Interface Issues for NMABU Deepwater Asset/Project Teams

Key Job Responsibilities
• Develop multifunctional value based well objectives.
• Contribute to well construction portion of Uncertainty Management Plan and develop decision driven work plan.
• Develops well intervention/OPEX models based on reliability and maintainability issues of the well design.
• Develop well construction Basis of Design.
• Generate well construction portion of Field Development Plan.
• Establish Benchmarking criteria and develop probabilistic well cost estimates.
• Supports team to advance through Subsurface Technical Review process.
• Support Well construction Management of Change process.
• Generate Well engineering portion of Full Cycle depletion plan.
• Incorporate the latest completion technology that has the potential to improve the Project’s NPV.
• Provide assistance to other groups (Subsea, facilities, Petroleum Engineering, G&G, etc.).
• Participate in completion tendering process, and equipment procurement and inspection to ensure availability and quality for wells.
• Improve interface and coordination with Execution Team.
• Communicate with other Completion Groups to exchange Best Practices.
• MASP & other design basis issues
• Nodal analysis for tubing and perf design, erosion calculations
• Metallurgy & seal material determination
• Fish-ability issues in design
• Hole angle, Drill-in fluid and production casing interface with drilling
• Well clean-up for completion
• Completion fluid (packer fluid chemicals)
• Perforation design & procedure
• Design and installation of sand control
• Packers, seals, etc
• Tubing design
• Completion procedure

• Coordination of perforating operations for sand control and non-sand control completions
• Coordination of Sand face Completions
? Cased hole perforating
? Sand Control
? CHFP – Cased hole frac pack
? treatment design – MFRAC software
? fluids and proppant
? downhole equipment – packers, multi-position tools, fluid loss control devices, etc
? pumping operation
? CHGP – Cased hole gravel pack
? same as CHFP (treatment design, fluids/gravel, DH tools, pumping operation)
? OHGP – Open hole gravel pack
? Well bore stabilization fluids – completion brine, SOBM
? treatment design
? fluid/gravel
? DH tools
? pumping operation
? Stand-alone screens
? rock properties for screen design
• Coordination of Completion/sub sea equipment interface
? Tree installation procedures, and accounted for during
? SS equipment construction
? FAT (Factory Acceptance Test)
? SIT (Systems Integration Test)
• Coordinate in country Drill Stem Tests (DST)
? Coordination of flow back equipment for surface and down hole
? DST completion operation & procedures as per above
• Management of Upper Completion
? Management of a variety of SCSSVs, chemical injection subs, gas lift mandrels
? Tubing design for rate, metallurgy, etc
? Annulus pressure management
? Release of annulus pressure during initial flow period
? Packers and jewelry (nipples, flow couplings, pup joints, etc)
• Management of Subsea Completion Internal Test Tree
? System components
? Operation
? Multiple types
• Organizes stack up tests of all completion equipment, interfaces and control systems with vendors
• Facilitates Stack Up Tests Of All Completion Related Equipment
? Coordinates with vendors on stack up testing
? Ensures interfaces between all components in the completion are checked in stack up trials
• Completion procedures development
• Assures in-country team is well aligned to the completion design basis, procedural steps, objectives, timing and logistical requirements of same.
• Maintains detailed completion procedures in best practices manuals, which include the history of change and information which supports the changes.
• Completion Metrics & Metrics Database
? Performance metrics reports
• Completions contractors performance management & sponsor
• Pressure/temperature gauges
• Densitometer
• Flow-meter
• Data capture & management addressed in specs & installations
• Intelligent Completions
? Different systems (all hydraulic, combination hydraulic/electric, all electric)
? Interval Control Valves
? Feed-through packers
? Subsea tree – control systems
? Assurance the intelligent system communicates with the control systems on the


The above are for experienced professionals.

Thanks a lot!