Engineer, Completion And Workover

Job description / Role

Job purpose:

Plans, coordinates and supports all technical and operational aspects of daily completion and workover related activities, including design and preparation of each well completion and/or workover program in accordance with local authority regulations, company policies and HSEQ standards.

Key accountabilities:

Job specific accountabilities

Prepares completion and/or workover programs. Works closely with other groups to assure the programs are based on all available information from nearby wells. The completion or workover program must include, but is not limited to the following:

• Application of standard operations procedures, best practices and lessons learned,
• Pre-completion program (well killing, tubing pulling, fishing/milling packers, plug setting/recovering, record cased hole logs, etc.) for workover,
• Christmas tree, tubing and downhole completion equipment and schematics to meet expected conditions and well integrity,
• Coiled tubing program, if planned by the rig,
• Stimulation program, if planned by the rig,
• Completions fluids program,
• Well testing and evaluation program, if planned by the rig,
• Wellbore clean out program,
• Perforating program,
• Completion running procedure including packer setting procedure(s),
• Tubing stress analysis,
• Torque and drag analysis,
• Contingency programs (as required).

Ensures that company HSE policies, procedures, regulations and objectives are effectively implemented.

Prepares cost estimates and AFEs for completions and workovers.

Progress time and cost charts for the completion or workover phase.

Review and approve daily drilling reports (DDR).

Participates as completion and workover representative in the well delivery process (WDP).

Interacts with asset teams during well planning, execution and post-completion/workover review.

Provides rig site technical assistance to drilling supervisors and third party offshore completion engineers during operations.

Troubleshoots operational and technical completion and workover problems.

Follow-up make-up/testing of completion sub-assemblies in coordination with all concerned parties.

Conducts equipment technical evaluation after receiving technical submission from vendor in order to select the correct equipment for different applications.

Provides annual completion equipment and materials technical specifications and quantity requirements as requested.

Maintains close liaison with services companies' engineers, and keeps abreast of recent developments in the area of well completion technology, equipment, practices, etc.

Conducts studies on adaptability of such technology to ADNOC Offshore operations and makes appropriate recommendations.

Implements new ideas and technology and provides expertise in the function area to achieve required performance standards.

Analyses completion or workover performance and recommends changes in procedures and equipment based on findings.

Participates in industry organizations such as SPE, API and/or IADC.

Requests equipment and service orders (if necessary) for the non-contracted equipment.

Participates in scope of work preparation for new contracts (completion services, fishing, well testing, wellbore clean out, etc.).

Participates in end of well review and prepares presentations to show job sequence, NPT and lessons learned.

Ensures all reporting is completed in a timely manner (including After Action Reviews (AAR), Lessons Learned review, Well Quality KPIs, Well Completion Reports).

Ensures all documents relating to all drilling activities are properly filed in well file, stored and available.

Generic accountabilities

Supervision

Plan and coordinate all completion and workover activities for the assigned rigs to meet functional objectives.

Train and develop the assigned trainees/new staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.

Budgets

Provide input for preparation of the functional budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved budget and work plans to deliver drilling division objectives.

Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.

Policies, systems, processes and procedures

Ascertains that all programs are in accordance with local authority regulations, company policies and HSEQ standards.

Performance management

Contribute to the achievement of the approved performance objectives for the drilling division in line with the company performance framework.

Benchmark completion and workover performance, review KPIs, identify limiters and provide engineered solutions to improve drilling efficiency.

Determines technical parameters of third party equipment and service providers are in accordance with the contract. Participates in quality and pre-acceptance related audits and inspections as required by the drilling division.

Innovation and continuous improvement

Maintains close liaison with services companies' engineers, and keeps abreast of recent developments in the area of completion and workover technology, equipment, practices, etc.

Identify, evaluate and implement all new techniques and methodologies to improve the quality and efficiency of completion and workover processes.

Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with best industry standards.

Health, safety, environment (HSE) and sustainability

Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures and controls and applicable legislation in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC Code of Practices.

Ensures risk management processes are used in the well planning and execution. Participates as requested in HAZOPS, SIMOPS and risk assessments.

Reports

Prepare daily progress report (time and cost), KPIs reports, well quality KPI report, AAR and well completion reports.

Reviews daily drilling report, QC data and ensure correct data input in the database.

Reviews NPT, ILT and performance reports.

Provide pre-drilling and completion phase inputs to DBC, budget and cost reports.

Communications and working relationships:

Internal

Frequent contacts with other divisions at equivalent level to discuss and optimize performance.

Regular contacts with services and material engineers, tool services, supply and logistic teams to ensure operation requirement is delivered on time.

Regular contacts with team leaders regarding approval process and solving issues.

Regular visits to offshore rig (at least once per well). Witness critical jobs on site.

External

Communicate with other teams (well integrity, well services, reservoir, etc.) on a regular basis to ensure provision of completion and workover programs and cost estimates.

Regular contacts with service companies operations engineer for technical data and planning input.

Regular contacts with other OPCOs at equivalent level to share lessons learned and best practices.

Regular participation in industry organizations such as SPE, API, IADC, ADIPEC etc.

Qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills:

Minimum qualification

Bachelor degree in an engineering discipline, ideally petroleum or mechanical.

Minimum experience, knowledge and skills

5 to 6 years of experience and knowledge, including at least 3 years' experience in completion/workover operations plus 2 years of which should be in oil and gas operations.

Very good knowledge of English.

Excellent computing skills including MS Office.

Knowledge of Landmark EDM software (OpenWells, Compass, Well Plan, WellCat).

About the Company

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.

We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.

Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.

Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.