Fluids Advisor III - Engineering at ABNL Limited

Main Functions

• Provide technical and operations support for drilling and completion fluids selection, design, and management for drilling and completion operations.
• Provide technical and operations support for solids control and waste management for drilling and completions operations.
• Serves as a technical resource to perform audits of vendor processes and facilities.

Tasks and Responsibilities
In addition to Level 1 and 2 tasks and responsibilities, Level 3:

• Oversee accurate and save additions of material to the fluid system
• Ensure material is properly marked and material data sheets for each product are maintained and readily available
• Ensure all fluid solids control equipment is working properly and set for optimal conditions for the operations in progress
• Forecast future fluid materials needs and equipment spare needs to ensure adequate inventory exists and provide lists of additional quantities if needed
• Ensure inventory management for materials, equipment spares and tank utilization are provided daily to the Company’s location supervisor representative
• Ensure available storage space is effectively used to meet the requirements for the well and to optimize fluid inventory / costs
• Ensure daily that a thorough and accurate fluid report and recommended actions are provided to the Company’s location supervisor representative.

Cementing Tasks:

• Work with Drilling Engineers in planning for future drill wells (writing cementing programs) and performing surveillance on active operations
• Steward overall performance of the cementing vendor
• Trouble shoot cementing operation. Track and close out non-conformance reports.
• Steward lab testing of cement slurries.

Skills and Qualifications

• B.Sc Degree in Engineering or related technical field is preferred
• Experience in fluids, solids control and waste management
• Experience in international assignments
• Experience in deep water drilling operations (1000m) if filling a deep water drilling engineering position
• Experience in water based and non-aqueous drilling fluids; experience with various completion fluids
• Experience with solids control equipment and waste management
• Able to effectively organize and communicate thoughts
• Proficient computer skills and experience with Microsoft applications
• Read, write and speak fluent English.

Additional Skills in Addition to Job Description
The following additional skillset are mandatory:

• Verifiable experience in deepwater drilling fluids supervision
• Verifiable experience in the use of completion and workover fluids
• Verifiable experience in fluids quality assurance and quality control checks
• Verifiable past work experience and training with any of the major fluids vendors
• Ability to review lab equipment calibration reports and ascertain report validity in line with industry standards.
• Experience in auditing fluid vendor facility / plant is mandatory.
• Deepwater drilling fluids supervision
• Design of completion and workover fluid recipe
• Fluids quality assurance and quality control checks
• Review lab equipment calibration reports and ascertain report validity in line with industry standards.
• Auditing fluid vendor facility / plant is mandatory.
• Review and development of fluids tender / contracting documents.
• Technical site inspection of mud plants, fluids labs and associated fluids equipment.