Senior Well Engineer
by Schlumberger Middle East in Energy (Oil, Gas & Renewables)
The Senior Well Engineer is responsible for well engineering on a project within drilling and well operations, requiring both detailed and broad well engineering and operations knowledge, including the ability to design wells for a wide range of well types and different rig operations. The role includes reviewing and approving the Well Proposal and Basis of Design, following the technical execution of Well Programs, reviewing and approving End-of-Well reports, and reviewing and approving well operations procedures such as Casing running and cementing. The Senior Well Engineer participates in selection and evaluation of service companies, suppliers, and equipment; ensures proper communication with client, segments, and third parties; participates in cost control of programs versus AFE by analyzing solutions; and assures Technical Integrity of Well Operations programs. The position involves participating in well performance reviews to increase ft/day and reduce flat time, reviewing and approving project well control briefing, reviewing new technology for possible application to the project, taking an active role in Drilling TIC projects, and using InTouch for best practices, lessons learned, and technical alerts. The engineer ensures best practices and lessons learned are transferred between all rigs on a project, verifies invoices for service companies, deputizes for the Project Manager as required, participates in HARC's, ensures compliance to IDS Standards and Procedures, reviews requests for exemptions to IDS Standards in QUEST, reviews SQ RIR's resulting from well operations in QUEST, participates in and leads SQ investigations, reviews and approves Management of Change to well programs, forecasts and plans medium and long term needs to meet program requirements, anticipates operational changes and revises plans accordingly, participates in Daily Morning Meetings, evaluates results versus goals and performance of service companies, monitors daily Time/Depth progress and participates in daily performance calls, monitors daily cost/depth progress versus AFE, reviews performance trends including NPT across all rigs, initiates engineering corrective action for continuous improvement, and initiates engineering studies to solve recurring problems such as wellbore stability, lost circulation, and washouts, with a minimum of 15 years experience required.
