Lab Technician - Drilling and Completions Fluids

Baker Hughes; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading oilfield services company in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Lab Technician for Drilling and Completions Fluids. The role involves conducting detailed lab testing and analytical work for product design and troubleshooting. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or a related engineering discipline and at least 7 years of experience in a Drilling Fluids Lab. This position demands strong skills in drilling fluids design and problem-solving, along with the ability to work independently in a laboratory setting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working in a Drilling Fluids Lab as a Lab Technician or Technical Support Engineer.
• Strong experience in drilling fluids design, applications, and performance.
• Technically competent to run all Drilling Fluids API related Specs.

Responsibilities

• Perform pilot testing on drilling and completion fluids.
• Repair, maintain and calibrate site testing equipment.
• Run core flow tests to evaluate mud cake breaker formulation.

Skills

Drilling fluids design

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

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

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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 all 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 Bachelor’s 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.)