Lab Technician Drilling and Completions Fluids

Baker Hughes; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading oilfield services company in Dubai seeks a Lab Technician specialized in Drilling and Completions Fluids. The role involves conducting detailed laboratory testing, supporting product design and system troubleshooting. Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or related fields and possess at least 7 years of relevant experience. Strong analytical skills and independence in lab operations are essential. The position may require travel to rig sites and customer facilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a Drilling Fluids Lab as a Lab Technician.
• Experience in drilling fluids design applications.
• Ability to run all Drilling Fluids API related specifications.

Responsibilities

• Perform pilot testing on drilling and completion fluids.
• Conduct QA/QC on products as required.
• Maintain and calibrate site testing equipment.

Skills

Drilling fluids design applications

Analytical problem-solving

Planning and organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Petroleum/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Lab Technician - Drilling and Completions Fluids

This position delivers detailed Drilling and Completion lab testing and analytical work to support product and system design project troubleshooting and performance analysis.

As a Senior Lab Technician - Drilling and Completions Fluids you will be responsible for:

• Performing pilot testing on drilling and completion fluids on proposed mud program recipes and actual field mud and/or brine samples when required.

• Perform QA/QC on products as required.

• Repair maintain and calibrate site testing equipment. Plan new equipment purchase as required.

• Analyse-corrosion coupons recovered from the field and provide the corrosion technical report.

• Run core flow tests to evaluate and select optimum mud cake breaker formulation.

• Run PPA/PPT (permeability Plugging Apparatus/Test) laser PSD (Particle Size Distribution) analyser to evaluate and design RDF (Reservoir Drill-In fluids) and Low invasion Coring Fluids.

• Monitor and maintain safe stock level of al lab consumables and spare parts for smooth operations.

• Providing support to incident investigations and RCA.

• Ensuring that laboratory and lab equipment are maintained and organized.

• Provide mentorship and supervision to DCF Lab operations as required.

• Collaborating with remote teams to share technical knowledge theories and actions to provide prompt and successful resolution to inquiries and issues.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelors degree in Chemistry Chemical Engineering or Petroleum/Mechanical Engineering.

• Have a minimum of 7 years of experience working in a Drilling Fluids Lab as a Lab Technician or Technical Support Engineer. 10 years of experience is desirable.

• Have strong experience in drilling fluids design applications and performance.

• Be Technically competent to run all Drilling Fluids API related Specs.

• Be independent working in the lab and have Excellent Planning interpersonal and influencing skills.

• Have excellent organizational analytical and problem‑solving skills.

• Have the ability to travel (potential for travel to rig sites customer facilities meetings training etc.).

Required Experience:

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