Engineer, Drilling

Job description / Role

About the Company:

We are the largest oil producer within the ADNOC Group, accounting for over half of ADNOC's total oil production. As the country's oldest oil production company, our operations date back to 1939, when a 75-year concession was signed to explore for oil and gas in Abu Dhabi.

As a global industry leader in environmental sustainability, we are the first in the world to capture carbon from the iron and steel industry. Our Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) facility at Al Reyadah has the capacity to capture 800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from Emirates Steel Industries (ESI) each year, for use in the Bab and Rumaitha oil fields to support Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Al Reyadah is, therefore, a critical enabler of ADNOC's 2030 sustainability goals.

As part of our commitment to preserving our natural assets for generations to come, we have developed biodiversity plans to help protect the unique marine life and wildlife at the Al Nouf and Qusahwira oil fields.

Job Purpose:

Plans and coordinates all the activities associated with drilling and work over operations and monitors execution of approved programmes and initiates necessary changes to optimize the operational time and cost. Ensures proper follow up of day to day drilling operation and continuous. improvement in drilling operation

Key Accountabilities (1):
- Plan, program, schedule and coordinate the execution of well construction activities on the rig(s) under his/her control to deliver "Fit for purpose", quality wells on time and within budget
- Maintain day to day relationships with Customers, internal Service Providers and Service Contractors to enable smooth and efficient progress of the drilling operations.
- Responsible for the engineering design of wells, taking into account well integrity, Asset Team objectives, past experience and Well Engineering standards and policies
- Proactively contribute to field development studies and Well selection in the Asset Teams in the Directorates. Contribute to and progress the Asset Team Well Proposal and give expert advice on new techniques and/or technologies to the Asset Teams.
- Make time and cost estimates; schedule materials; communicate and review specific operations with the Drilling Contractors and Service Contractors; solicit feedback and prepare Drilling or Workover programs ahead of the actual operations.
- Coordinate the programming, gathering, reporting and distribution of well data; evaluate the quality of well engineering data and participate in the quality evaluation of reservoir related data.
- Collect rig operational, financial and well performance data and participate in monthly, quarterly and annual review with management and customers. Report against targets. Collect and process data for the Drilling Incentive.

Key Accountabilities (2):
- Visit rigs at least once per week. Make HSE and integral element of these rig visits.
- Review all incidents occurring on his/her Rig(s) and assist in the investigation of all LTl incidents for all drilling and service contractors on his/her Rig(s).
- Enhance the design and programming quality of drilling, workover and well completion activities by optimising proven techniques and practices and implementing new technology and innovative operating methods; evaluate and report results; contribute to the development, upgrading and maintenance of drilling and completion standards.
- Maintain Well Documents in the share folder and archive them in eWeIIFile System.
- Ensure achieving Drilling Function HSE & Performance KPls

Requirements

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills:
- Bachelor degree in Petroleum Engineering or equivalent.
- 6 years of experience in drilling engineering and workover operations.

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.