Senior Drilling Engineer at Hobark International Limited (HIL)

Hobark International Limited (HIL) is the parent company of the Hobark group operating in the oil and gas industry. The company was incorporated in 1998, starting as a staffing agency based in Port Harcourt. Currently we have offices in 4 countries with our head office in Lagos.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Senior Drilling Engineer

Req ID: Req-1233
Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Job Description

• Contribute to the engineering details for new field development studies.
• Prepare drilling engineering calculations linked the projects planned: well design, casing design, trajectory design, torque and drag simulations, hydraulic simulations.
• Participate in defining the drilling programs, the well location reports and procedures to fulfill operations for planned projects wells.
• Participate in defining with GSR & Assets Management the Scope of Requirement (location, trajectories, well design, initial completion, data acquisition, etc.) for wells activities
• Work with Reservoir Engineering, Geology, Production Engineering to ensure all well objectives are met in the delivery of optimum producing wells which also includes exploration/appraisal wells.
• Contribute to the completion and sand control design (design evolution, optimization, follow up).
• Participate to down hole tools and Bit selection.
• Coordinate with Fluid team the Fluid and Cementation Program and calculations.
• Ensure equipment and materials meet technically valid and applicable to the specific well conditions.
• Ensure equipment and materials meet technical and quality control standards.
• Develop and maintain contingency plans for potential problems that could occur during the program.
• Liaise with all drilling, operations and well engineering personnel

Qualifications

• Master's in Engineering (ENSPM if possible).
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Drilling and Completion activities (incl. Onshore & Offshore drilling on exploration, appraisal and development wells, completion techniques, work-over, well servicing, fluids)
• Fluent in English. French is a plus.

Required skills:

• Problem Analysis & Decision Making, Organization, Dynamism, Hard Working, Team Work & Leadership.

Experience is required in:

• Drilling Engineering: well design, casing design, trajectory design, torque and drag simulations, hydraulic simulations.
• Project preparation: Call for tender process (definition of needs, ITTs, follow up of CFTs, evaluation of tender received, recommendations to award)
• Completion and sand control (design evolution , optimization, follow up)
• AFE and cost preparation
• SIMOPS dossier preparation
• Liaison with Partners (presentations, follow up of dossiers,...).
• Well preparation in liaison with Project, geosciences, completions and operation teams.

Primary Skills:

• HSE, Drilling Engineer, Drilling Operations, Engineering, EPC, Oil & Gas, Operations, Production

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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