Senior Engineer, Well Completions

ADNOC Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Group is seeking a Petroleum Drilling Engineer to prepare and optimize drilling, completion, and workover procedures in alignment with ADNOC Sour Gas standards. The role involves designing well trajectories, supervising completions on onshore gas projects, and driving risk mitigation and cost optimization across the well lifecycle.

The candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering and 4+ years of experience in drilling operations, collaborating with drilling,

Qualifications

• Experience in drilling operations.
• Knowledge of well design and completion planning.
• Ability to identify risks and optimize costs.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and optimize drilling, completion, and workover procedures.
• Design well trajectory and optimize well profile, drill string, and bottom hole assemblies.
• Oversee completion activities on the rig for onshore gas projects.
• Evaluate well designs and advise on cost-effective solutions to enhance viability.
• Identify and mitigate risks in drilling and completion operations.
• Review troubled wells and recommend remedial solutions.

Skills

Drilling operations

Well design

Risk mitigation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering

Job description

About Company:

Founded in 1971, ADNOC is a leading diversified energy group, wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Our network of fully integrated businesses operates across the energy value chain, helping us to responsibly meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market. Already in the top tier of the lowest carbon intensity oil and gas producers in the world, we are taking significant steps to make today’s energy cleaner while investing in the clean energies of tomorrow, strengthening our position as a reliable and responsible global energy provider. We are allocating an initial $23 billion to advance and accelerate lower-carbon solutions, investing in new energies and decarbonization technologies to enable our net zero by 2045 ambition and our commitment to zero methane emissions by 2030.

Abou Role:

• Prepare and optimize well drilling, completion, and workover procedures, ensuring alignment with ADNOC Sour Gas technical, operational, and HSE standards.
• Design well trajectory and optimize well profile, drill string, and bottom hole assemblies.
• Oversee completion activities on the rig, including planning and executing operations related to completions in onshore gas projects.
• Evaluate well designs and advise on cost-effective solutions to enhance well viability.
• Identify and mitigate risks in drilling, completion, and well intervention operations.
• Review troubled or underperforming wells and recommend remedial solutions to restore productivity.
• Collaborate with drilling, subsurface teams, and vendors in planning and executing work.
• Manage well delivery with a full life cycle approach, incorporating well design, completions, drilling performance, and new technology applications.
• Prepare rig mobilization, demobilization, and orientation plans, as well as wellhead casing and cementing programs to ensure well integrity.
• Conduct technical reviews and verification of well completion designs, preparing well abandonment programs and cost estimates.
• Ensure timely availability of shared contracted services and resources by consulting with service contractors and relevant production operations departments.
• Maximize rig team performance by fostering an enabling environment for collaboration and participation.

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering.
• years of experience in drilling operations, including 4 years in a similar role.