UBCTD Engineer
Job in
Sharjah, UAE/Dubai
Listed on 2026-10-15
Listing for:
Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC)
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-15
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Oil & Gas, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Provide technical and engineering knowledge and guidance in the specialized area of oil and gas UBCTD Engineering for current and upcoming gas storage and field development projects
- Deal with the planning, execution, and continuous technical/financial optimization of upcoming UBCTD operations to improve and safeguard SNOC's assets
- Ensure all engineering advice and project deliverables strictly comply with regulatory guidelines, corporate policies, and industry standards
- Provide support across the entire project lifecycle, including project management, equipment design and procurement, program development, procedural compliance, and cost control
- Work Location &
Schedule:
Office-based on a standard 5/2 days or a month on/off basis at SNOC's offices in the UAE, with travel to wellsite locations or 3rd party service providers' premises (within or outside the UAE) as operations require
- Prepare and review UBCTD feasibility studies and Front End Engineering & Design (FEED) reports.
- Prepare the UBCTD Basis of Design and define precise selection criteria and equipment requirements
- Expert in Neotec Well Flo flow modelling for UBCTD multi-phase hydraulics.
- Expertly perform tubing forces modelling (TFM) using commercially available CT software (such as NOV Cerberus or Circa) to optimize overpull limits, weight-on-bit (WOB), and reach.
- Analyse well history and casing logs (caliper and magnetic tools) to evaluate casing ovality, corrosion, and structural integrity to determine primary and backup whipstock setting depths.
- Collaborate with subsurface and biostratigraphers to perform real-time biosteering, gamma-ray correlation, and structural trajectory planning to navigate faults and maintain exposure within target biozones.
- Write complete, task-specific UBCTD Drilling Programs, along with operational and emergency procedures (updating them periodically as required)
- Capture, document, and benchmark 'Lessons Learned' throughout all planning and operational execution phases, developing corrective action plans and close-out folders for Non-Conformance and Non-Productive Time (NPT) events.
- Compile and write comprehensive End of Well Reports (EOWR) and project-end performance reports (covering KPIs, flaring versus exporting performance, NPT breakdowns, and well capacity gains).
- Provide engineering support to wellsite operations, reviewing daily drilling reports, assessing ROP changes, downhole bit temperatures, H2S levels, nitrogen recovery percentages, and recommending immediate procedural or operational adjustments as needed.
- Manage coiled tubing pipe integrity by working with the vendor to monitor real-time automated pipe inspection systems (e.g., CoilSCAN/MFL tools) on location; establish active alarm thresholds and ensure immediate visual and ultrasonic handheld audits are performed if plow marks, gouges, or defects are detected.
- Develop, write, and periodically revise detailed, task-specific operational procedures (approximately 41 operational and 17 contingency procedures) for live-well operations, including pressure-control guidelines, nitrogen/cryogenic fluid handling, BHA handling, and emergency kill/suspension protocols.
- Active participation in incident management, contributing to Emergency Response Plans (ERPs), HAZOP workshops, and participating in comprehensive incident simulation exercises to foster a pro-active safety culture.
- Perform technical risk analysis at various stages of the project.
- Engage with service companies to coordinate engineering activities, prepare technical scopes of work, and perform technical bid evaluations
- Engage with contractors & wells teams for preparation of the well site for UBCTD operations.
- Aware of UBCTD technology available in the market. Example – casing exit, BHAs, motors/turbines, bits, CTD units, UBD equipment, etc.
- Plan and perform UBCTD engineering activities at office level and provide engineering support to field level operations.
- Write operational & emergency procedures and periodically review as required.
- Prepare & review end of well reports (EOWR).
- Peer review well objectives, monitor KPIs & present to the well engineering & subsurface teams.
- Well versed with Management of Change process.
- Engage & co-ordinate engineering activities with service companies.
- Maintain strict cost tracking, participate in mid-year and monthly cost reviews, prepare detailed Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) budgets, and ensure that operations are completed safely within AFE time and budget…
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