Jobs in Oil & Gas Company: Senior Petroleum & Drilling Engineers

Our client is a renowned and well established oil and gas firm operating as an Exploration and Production (E&P) company.

They are seeking to urgently recruit for Senior Drilling Engineers & Senior Petroleum Engineers.

Candidates must be Nigerians and they will provide engineering and technical expertise in the areas of well design, programming, workover and completion operations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed Drilling, Workover and Completions programmes for all proposed wells and closely monitor performance from the rig.
• Prepare & Submit well control insurance packages to insurers before a well is spudded.
• Prepare AFE (Drilling, Completion & Workover) for management review and approval.
• Prepare Technical input into the drilling application package to DPR and NAPIMS.
• Co-ordinate the preparation of end-of-well and well history reports.
• Prepare well initial completion/ Side Track/ Plug & Abandon approval packages to DPR.
• Liaise with all drilling, operations and well engineering personnel.
• Monitor and collect operational, financial and well performance data (Cost and NPT Tracking)
• Liaise with Joint Venture Partners and Regulatory bodies to ensure approvals have been obtained prior to spudding of the well.
• Work closely with Drilling Supt, QA/QC dept, and Drilling Supervisor to ensure smooth and timely completions of all well engineering operations.
• Monitor AFEs and budgets as operations progresses and keep the drilling team informed.

Requirements:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum, Mechanical or equivalent engineering discipline.
• Possession of valid IWCF Well Control certificate is an advantage.
• At least 5 years experience in Drilling, Workover & Completion Engineering.
• Knowledge of horizontal, high angle and multilateral well design is an advantage.
• Strong team player in a multi-discipline environment
• Competent in the use of well engineering software packages (Landmark - Wellplan, Compass, Dims, Stresscheck e.t.c).

How to Apply

Candidates can apply by sending in their detailed CV with their current salary package and when they will be available for a job to jobs@careersnigeria.com with the role in the subject line. ONLY suitable candidates will be contacted.

Deadline is 5th December 2008.