Senior Drilling Engineer

Erbil Manpower Company; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Erbil Manpower Company in Dubai seeks an experienced Drilling Engineer to lead detailed well planning for upcoming wells, develop trajectories, and conduct WELLPLAN-based hydraulics and ECD analyses.

The role requires 15+ years in drilling engineering and fluent English, with travel to Kurdistan as needed. The position supports onboarding an additional rig and coordinating with drilling contractors.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent relevant technical qualification.
• 15+ years of drilling engineering and drilling operations experience are required.
• Strong experience with well planning and preparation of drilling programmes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed drilling programmes for upcoming wells using established field practices.
• Develop well trajectories and directional drilling plans using COMPASS.
• Perform drilling engineering calculations and modelling using WELLPLAN (hydraulics, ECD, torque and drag, hole cleaning).
• Develop casing, drilling fluids, cementing, BHA and directional drilling requirements with technical disciplines and service suppliers.
• Review offset-well performance, NPT, drilling problems and lessons learned for new plans.
• Prepare drilling time estimates and input to well cost estimates.
• Ensure operations are practical and within rig/service capabilities.
• Provide engineering support during drilling operations and during onboarding of an additional rig.

Skills

Well planning

Directional drilling

Torque & drag

Hydraulics

ECD

BHA selection

Drilling fluids

NPT reduction

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

COMPASS

WELLPLAN

Job description

• Prepare detailed drilling programmes for upcoming wells using established field practices and offset-well experience.
  
• Develop well trajectories and directional drilling plans using COMPASS.
  
• Perform drilling engineering calculations and modelling using WELLPLAN, including hydraulics, ECD, torque and drag, and hole-cleaning assessments.
  
• Develop casing, drilling fluids, cementing, BHA and directional drilling requirements in conjunction with the relevant technical disciplines and service companies.
  
• Review offset-well performance, NPT, drilling problems and lessons learned and incorporate relevant improvements into new well plans.
  
• Prepare drilling time estimates, operational sequences and engineering input to well cost estimates.
  
• Ensure planned operations are practical and consistent with rig and service-company capabilities.
  
• Prepare and review technical scopes for drilling-related equipment and services as required.
  
• Participate in drilling programme reviews, DWOPs and operational planning sessions.
  
• Provide engineering support during drilling operations, including calculations, troubleshooting and technical recommendations.
• Support the onboarding and preparation of an additional drilling rig for the upcoming drilling programme.
  
• Work closely with the drilling contractor and service companies to ensure equipment, services and personnel are ready for operations.
  
• Review rig equipment and operating capabilities against planned well requirements.
  
• Coordinate drilling engineering and operational interfaces between the rig and third-party service companies.
  
• Support rig readiness, pre-spud, and operational planning activities.
  
• Ensure established company drilling practices, procedures, and lessons learned are incorporated into preparations for the new rig.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 15 years of drilling engineering and drilling operations experience.
  
• Minimum of 7 years with a major international operator or large independent oil and gas operator.
  
• Strong experience in detailed well planning and preparation of drilling programmes.
  
• Extensive working knowledge of Halliburton Landmark COMPASS and WELLPLAN.
  
• Strong practical knowledge of well trajectory and directional drilling planning; torque and drag; drilling hydraulics and ECD; casing and cementing; drilling fluids; BHA selection; hole cleaning; and drilling performance and NPT reduction.
  
• Demonstrated ability to use offset-well information and lessons learned to efficiently plan subsequent wells.
  
• Experience working directly with drilling contractors and oilfield service companies.
  
• Strong understanding of land-rig drilling operations.
  
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple engineering activities.
  
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
  
• Engineering degree or equivalent relevant technical qualification.
  
• Preferred:Previous experience in Kurdistan or the wider Middle East; land-rigmobilisation, onboarding and start-up; multi-well drilling campaigns;established fields with proven well designs and operating practices; and acombination of office-based drilling engineering and field operationalexperience.
• Practical and delivery-focused, with the ability to become productive quickly.
  
• Capable of taking established well designs, offset data, and existing field practices and efficiently developing complete drilling programmes for upcoming wells.
  
• Focused on detailed well planning and execution rather than developing new engineering philosophies or redesigning established practices.
  
• Comfortable working directly with drilling contractors and service companies to support the introduction of an additional rig into an established drilling operation.
  
• Therole is based in Dubai, UAE, with travel to Kurdistan as required. The approvedoutsourced contract duration is three months.

Working Conditions:

Five days a week,Monday to Friday.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted.