Well Integrity Engineer

Job description / Role

- Reviews well histories prior to well integrity investigation.
- Conducts initial investigation of the reservoir conditions, production records, injection records, water/gas break through records before well integrity investigation.
- Checks well designs based on deterministic, probabilistic or other acceptable models.
- Required protective barriers are in place before commencing the well integrity operations.
- Calculates volumes of all annuli and surface lines to ensure enough cement is arranged.
- Assists Head of Well Services Section in preparing the Division’s objectives and KPIs.
- Coordinates the WI policies, guidelines, procedures and standards.
- Ensures that the well histories are updated after each Integrity Test and data is effectively entered in WIMS and the master data is regularly updated, validated and correctly entered.
- Provides technical support to the Well Services and other Operations teams and ensures that the teams follow the test procedures completely.
- Monitors the cathodic protection system in offshore fields to ensure the casing strings are protected from corrosive aquifers, especially in the shallow Umm Er Radhumma (ERH) formation

Requirements

- Bachelors Degree in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering is required.
- Minimum 15 years experience as a Petroleum Engineer in the Oil and Gas industry with demonstrated Surveillance/Production Engineering expertise in carrying out well integrity in large oil and gas fields.
- Proven experience at recommending remedial well work solutions for all type of wells in heterogeneous gas reservoirs with variable geo-layer parameters: porosity, permeability, water saturation, thickness, etc.
- Well integrity testing.
- Experience with Tubing & IPR modeling and design/troubleshooting.
- Experience with interpretation of cased hole production and diagnostic logs.
- Must have strong teamwork skills, and it would be an advantage to have experience working in a multicultural environment

About the Company

The Company’s Gas Project is a major regional strategic energy initiative that has brought together three GCC nations in an international gas network for the very first time.

The company supplies clean energy in a socially responsible manner and is helping to create wealth, growth and employment opportunities for GCC citizens.