FIRST Exploration & Petroleum Development Company Limited (FIRST E&P) is a Nigerian oil and gas company that was established in 2011. It started formal business operations on the 1st of July, 2012. FIRST E&P is a deeply technical, commercial and entrepreneurial organization, with full delivery capability across the entire upstream oil and gas value chain.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Assistant Drilling Supervisor
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description
Provide well engineering and operations assistance to the Drilling Supervisor at the rig site.
Carry out assigned well engineering tasks during days-in-office as given by the Senior Well Engineer.
Responsibilities
Drilling Operations:
Production of Daily Drilling Report
Calculation of kick-tolerance, MAASP, SCRP
Understand the function of all down hole tools, including the basic function of all MWD / LWD tools
Tracking plan vs actual directional surveys and provide understanding of the Survey and IFR QA/QC procedures
Understand basic functionality of mud products & fluids and advise the Senior Drilling Supervisor of mud performance
Monitor the drilling performance (ROP / formation response / flow rate / pump pressure / surface torque / WOB / down hole vibration / hole cleaning / LWD formation response) and advise the Senior Drilling Supervisor of any concerns and/or potential improvements, particularly:
Excessive levels of vibration
Excessive surge / swab pressure (BAP)
Poor drilling performance
Poor hole cleaning
Check vibration limits are within predetermined limits.
Supervise mudlogging, MWD/LWD/FEWD and wireline
activities and monitor quality control in relation to these services
Facilitate the analysis, evaluation and description of formations while drilling, using cuttings, gas, FEMWD (formation evaluation measurement while drilling) and wireline data
Request mudloggers to carry out surge / swab calculations for all drillpipe trips. Request mudloggers to carry out hydraulic calculations for all BHAs. Monitor returns on ditch magnets and update daily trends
Review bit dulls and condition of BHA, including hours logged for all components
Witness casing integrity / cement bond logs if appropriate.
Ensure all as-run BHA are forwarded to the Fishing Contractor.
Assist in the preparation of operational reporting, and efficient logistical planning & scheduling.
Carryout cementing and casing tally calculations, ensuring sufficient stocks of chemicals cement and pipe are available to perform the planned operations.
Specifically carry out an arithmetic check of all casing and liner strings on the final tally.
In coordination with service companies, carryout deck checks / pre-job checks of casing / cementing / wellhead equipment and understand functionality of all tools and equipment
Carryout spot ID check of casing and pre-measured lengths
Closely monitor casing running operations including double checking of tally, including joints run / joints to be run / joints remaining on deck
Understand and monitor the cementing operation, including mixing and pumping of spacer / barrels of cement mixed / dart dropping operations / barrels of displacement fluid / plug bump pressures.
Witness casing shoe integrity tests and calculate min leak-off values.
Carry out Well Plan modeling on, buckling to run liners, torque and drag modeling.
Office:
Contribute to the design of wells and create well programmes, detailed design and programme documents
Carry out assigned well engineering tasks during days-in-office.
Writing of hole section summaries for EOWR
Requirements
Good first Degree in a Mechanical or Geoscience discipline.
Minimum of 3 years well operations, and 1 years of experience in Drilling Supervisor role on offshore jack-up drilling, completion and workover operations
Masters in Petroleum Engineering or Well Engineering desirable.
Computer literacy with competency in Microsoft Office applications
Familiarity with Well Engineering software such as “stresscheck” desirable