Project Well Planner

Danos, LLC; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Danos, LLC is seeking a Project Well Planner to support the Permian Business Unit. The role involves multi-discipline well planning, creating detailed well plans, and collaborating with drilling teams to meet objectives while ensuring safety and environmental stewardship.

You will work with Landmark EDM (Compass), ArcMap, Global Mapper, and AutoCAD within a fast-paced environment, coordinating with development teams to optimize performance and manage project progression from concept through

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in related field.
• 5+ years of well planning experience in the upstream industry.
• 1+ years of experience working directly for an oil and gas operating company.
• 1+ years of experience in unconventional reservoir plays.
• Able and willing to be on call outside of standard hours.
• Strong communication and ability to collaborate with stakeholders and team members.
• 5+ years of industry experience in all aspects of well planning.
• Adherence to SPIRIT Values (Safety, People, Integrity, Responsibility, Innovation and Teamwork).
• Team player with experience in multidisciplinary teams and consensus-building.
• Willingness to accept risk and pursue continuous improvement.
• Ability to think outside the box and be challenged.
• Ability to review drilling performance and recommend new techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design complex well plans for multi-well/multi-pad drilling program.
• Collaborate with drilling team to achieve cost-effective performance in horizontal drilling.
• Knowledge of survey programs to ensure wellbore positioning accuracy.
• Gather and interpret offset well data for precise collision avoidance analysis.
• Generate anti-collision reports and plots for project review.
• Understand regulatory agencies and maintain compliance for permitting and execution.
• Communicate with planning teams to incorporate objectives into plans.
• Track project progression from conception to execution.

Skills

Strong communication

Team player

Adaptability

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

WellView

ArcMap

Global Mapper

AutoCAD

MS Office

Job description

Overview

The role of the Project Well Planner will be supporting our Permian Business Unit. You will participate in multi-discipline well planning as well as developing well plans in agreement with stated well and project objectives. This will be done in full compliance with applicable policies, standards and regulations, with a focus on safety of personnel, environmental stewardship and operational integrity

Responsibilities

• Design complex well plans for multi-well/multi-pad drilling program
• Collaborate with drilling team to ensure well plan designs achieve cost effective performance in fast paced horizontal drilling program
• Knowledge & understanding of survey programs to ensure wellbore positioning accuracy
• Gather and interpret offset well data for accurate Collision Avoidance analysis
• Preliminary Collision Avoidance - Generate anti-collision reports and corresponding plots for project review.
• Understand Knowledge of State/Federal regulatory agencies and applicable regulations as needed to ensure compliance for regulatory permitting and execution
• Establish communications with core disciplines to incorporate objectives into project development plans as requested by Development team
• Communicates with the Planning Teams throughout the development process providing options as needed for design constraint mitigation
• Tracks project progression from conception to execution
• Expert Level Landmark EDM (Compass) user. Manage database to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Proficient AutoCAD Users
• Proficient MS Office Suite Users
• Participating in benchmarking studies (both internal and external to COP) to identify, transfer and apply best well planning practices
• Evaluate application and implementation of best well planning practices and new technology
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in related field
• 5 years of well planning experience in the upstream industry
• 1+ years of experience working directly for an oil and gas operating company
• 1+ years of experience in unconventional reservoir plays
• Able and willing be on call outside of standard working hours
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively collaborate with key stakeholders and other team members to meet goals.
• 5+ years of industry experience in all aspects of well planning
• Uncompromising adherence and commitment to SPIRIT Values (Safety, People, Integrity, Responsibility, Innovation and Teamwork)
• Strong team player with demonstrated ability working within multi-discipline teams internally and externally to achieve consensus and alignment
• Individual that is willing to accept risks and aggressively pursue continuous improvement
• Ability to think "outside the box" and willing to be challenged
• Ability to review drilling performance and make recommendations to the engineering team and management on the adoption of new well planning techniques to improve performance
• Knowledge of well reporting (WellView)software
• Knowledge of ArcMap and Global Mapper software
• Well-developed project management skills
• Actively communicates and takes time to safely perform work to protect our people and environment
• Ability to work as a team player with willingness to handle assigned tasks, whether simple or complex
• Ability to work in a fast-paced organization and multi-task
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Must meet all conditional job offer requirements