Drilling Superintendent at Padua Petroleum Nigeria Limited (PPNL)

Job Description

• Review the technical specifications of drilling rigs and service providers and assist drilling manager on choosing them.
• Approve the procurement, transportation, transfer and delivery of rigs’ material, equipment’s and tools.
• Lead and support a team of Drilling Superintendents / rig / service providers/ subcontractors teams responsible and discuss/advise the Drilling Manager on operational and HSE issues related to the drilling Operations.
• Review the well program prepared by Drilling Engineering and approve the feasibility of operation
• Monitor ongoing drilling operations, following the well plan/interference tolerances and ensure the operations are executed in accordance with the local procedure and guidelines and corporate standards.
• Optimize and improve the execution of drilling operations.
• Conduct regular safety meetings with the Drilling Superintendents and the Contractor’s Rig Managers, sharing lessons learnt from incident reviews and leading indicators.
• Conduct a quarter safety meeting with Drilling Contractors and Service Contractors
• Conduct regular visits to the well site to ensure that contractors are executing the work in a safe and efficient manner following the Company, local, and international operating standards and practices

Requirements

• Candidates should possess relevant qualifications with 12-20 years relevant working experience in Oil and Gas Industry.