Senior Well Engineer

Job Purpose

• Plan and prepare for rigless well work operations in production and injection wells operated by QatarEnergy LNG meeting the Company’s target in an engineered and in the most cost-effective manner while maintaining the highest level of safety, environmental and security compliance.

Key Job Accountabilities - I

• Develop the Annual Wellwork Plan interacting with QatarEnergy LNG Stakeholders and services companies. Continuously monitor the progress of wellwork and change/modify the wellwork plan, if needed, with the concurrence of QatarEnergy LNG Stakeholders. Coordinate with Onshore and Offshore Operations, Maintenance Project teams, Drilling & Completions, Petroleum Engineering, SEQ, Warehouse and other disciplines to maximize well utilization, minimize well downtime, efficient planning for execution of wellwork activities.

• Prepare for all rigless wellwork operations in QatarEnergy LNG wells to ensure all resources are available to implement the Annual Wellwork Plan in a safe and efficient manner.

• Conduct pre-job meeting with QatarEnergy LNG stakeholders, contractors, and service companies to ensure resource availability to implement rigless well work operations as per Annual Well work Plan. Identify the feedback from post-job review meetings and implement the findings in future wellwork and processes.

• Coordinate with QatarEnergy LNG Supply Department for initiating wellwork contracts to ensure all wellwork services contracts are timely available to implement rigless Annual Wellwork plan.

Key Job Accountabilities - II

• Establish post-award contracts processes including Instruction to Proceed, Contractor Performance Evaluation, and release of Performance Guarantee. Examine contractor invoices, monitor expenditure of service contracts to ensure cost control of contracts.
• Prepare/develop an effective Integrated Standard WellWork Intervention Manual (SWIM) to ensure all rigless well work systems and processes are technically sound and in accordance with QatarEnergy LNG and International standards.
• Identify new technologies, tools, and latest industry developments. Recommend continuous improvement initiatives through application of state-of-the-art technology and practices to improve wellwork efficiency.
• Conduct any well engineering studies assigned by Head of Well Engineering and recommend the most appropriate course of action.
• Provide support to new Projects during project planning phase and initial start-up to ensure compatibility with QatarEnergy LNG design requirement
• Prepare annual budget & budget forecast for the division incorporating costs of planned rigless wellwork. Check rigless well work expenses against planned wellwork budget to ensure expenditure is in line with the annual wellwork plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Petroleum, Natural Gas, Mechanical).

Knowledge and/or Experience - I

• 7 years’ experience in wellwork operations in the oil and gas industry, including at least 5 years’ experience in rigless wellwork operations, either offshore or onshore wells.

• Wellwork experience in high pressure, high temperature, and toxic gas wells in offshore environment.

• Knowledge and understanding of the following well engineering disciplines: Wellhead, Tree & Surface Equipment, Subsurface Equipment, Cased hole and Production Logging, Well and tubular design, Rigless wellwork equipment including Pressure Control Equipment, Well Barrier requirement.

• Knowledge of software applications related to subsurface data acquisitions (Well View, Emraude, Saphir).

• Familiar with Well Integrity Management: Sustained Casing Pressure Management, Wellhead/X-mas Tree and Down Hole Safety Valve Testing & Maintenance.

• IWCF Level-4 certified.