Specialist, Completion Engineering

Job Purpose

Supervise, monitor and provide expertise for the Group Companies, SPC companies and all the new JV companies’ drilling and well testing activities and operations to ensure that all activities and operations are done in conformity with ADNOC policy by reviewing, analyzing and endorsing the wells applications, budget and programs for all different types of wells. Coordinate well drilling plan agreements and execution of exploration wells and major drilling projects, supervises and monitors the performance of drilling to ensure the implementation of ADNOC corporate and ADNOC HSE policy and by conducting audit campaigns on the drilling operations.

• Initiate, develop and follow up systems and procedures to monitor Group Companies, new JVs and SPC companies drilling and workover operations ensuring that the activities are performed according to ADNOC objectives and interests.
• Develop, discuss and endorse with the concerned new JVs, Group Companies and SPC companies the establishment of performance indicators (KPI) and short and long term targets for drilling and workover operations.
• Follow up drilling and workover activities in addition to relevant petroleum engineering studies as necessary to be carried out by consultants or OPCOs, new JVs, and SPC companies, correlates results and interprets findings in terms of action and decision as required and reports to the management.
• Monitor ADNOC Drilling COP compliance and is responsible for giving input for updating ADNOC Drilling Code Of Practices, Standards and Guidelines.
• Ensure collection, distribution and provides input/ feedback on lessons learned from Group Companies, new JVs, and SPC companies related to drilling operations.
• Provide advice on the short, medium and the long terms business plans and rig optimization to ensure its conformity with drilling requirements.
• Keep abreast of new drilling and workover technologies and best practices through attending and actively participating in the international conferences and/or benchmarking for evaluation. Ensures the transfer of such technology and practices to new JVs, Group Companies and SPC Companies.
• Provide technical advice regarding the drilling services contracts, and maintains up-to-date knowledge of developing policies and practices to ensure conformity with ADNOC interests and regulations.
• Advise on the development and implementation of drilling planning strategies for the new major drilling projects and rig acquisition. Also, recommend contracting strategies and recommendations for drilling services and provides technical advice for commercial contracts that are relevant to drilling operations.
• Define and finalizes within Upstream Units the field development options considering developed technology and future technology trends for drilling rigs.
• Coordinate with Upstream Units in the ranking and implementing plan for ADNOC hydrocarbon fields, reservoirs and un-development structures.
• Participate in tasks force teams with new JVs, Group Companies and SPCs companies on activities.
• Supervise and monitor ADNOC ASR wells, projects and explorations operations. Holds the accountability/authority to stop any operations which are not as per the agreed program or deemed unsafe or not in compliance with ADNOC’s Drilling Code of Practice.
• Supervise the planning of ADNOC Sole Risk (ASR) wells and provides guidelines for the casing design, well program, services contract and budget.
• Supervise cost control and provides input for the preparation of annual budget for ADNOC Sole Risk operations.

• Provide input to and participates in Group Companies, new JVs, and SPC companies Technical Committee Meetings and Drilling Well Integrity Sub Committee Meetings and advises on drilling related issues.
• Coordinate ADNOC’s inputs to workshops, meetings, taskforces, etc., to address the ongoing rig drilling and HSE issues, evaluates the outcomes to be implemented to solve the issues.
• Act in the capacity of ADNOC’s representative in system and workplace audits on selected drilling operations. Ensures closure of any non-conformity issues from audits.
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