Drlling Engineer V

NES Fircroft are supporting our valued clilent, Chevron, who are looking for two Drilling Engineers (B2B) to join their Barrow Island P&A operations on an initial 12 month contract.

Position: Drilling Engineer V
Location: Barrow Island
Business Unit: Asset Development
Length: 12 months
Roster: 14/14

Job Description/Responsibilities:

There WA Oil field of 888 wells on Barrow Island is being shut in and the field decommissioned. Chevron is ramping up well P&A operations. Currently two workover rigs operating on well P&A and two slickline units, two offline pumping units and a rigless wellhead maintenance / well integrity team. Future growth of well P&A activity will bring on additional workover rigs, coiled tubing and rigless operations.

This position will report to the Chevron Barrow Island Well Services Superintendent and will work in a team of field Wellsite Representatives (WSRs) on Barrow Island that do current well services, workover, intervention and P&A. In the field, the role will primarily start on supervising the rigless operations, but may in future move to managing a rig.

This role may also expected to do some work in the office ahead of planned campaign workscopes to support the office engineers plan the operation, equipment and logistics. Participation in HAZIDs, ENVIDs and pre-job safety planning in the office, then executing the job in the field as per the HSE plans.

During the planning and preparation phase of campaign-based well services operations, this role will be required to go prepare, inspect and QAQC equipment and tools at vendor’s workshops/yards.

Proficient in:

• WellView, ForeSite, JDE.
• Must have valid IWCF Level 4 Well Control – Surface Drilling
• Must have valid WellSite permit to work training and registration.
• Strong data management skills and attention to detail
• 10 years oil & gas land wells experience with knowledge of land rigs, workover and P&A operations. Prior Chevron Barrow Island experience is preferred. Prior coiled tubing experience is preferred.
  
  Specific key job roles:
• Be a visible Chevron Operational Excellence (OE) leader
• Promote the Chevron Tenets of Operation
• Promote HOP guiding principles.
• Build a conscious culture among the crews for recognizing drift from the original plan and calling a Stop Work Authority (SWA) where a deviation is observed.
• Champion the use of IOGP Start Work Checks.
• Allow time for crews to debrief operations and capture learnings and OE actions using the control of work toolkit – Plan, Brief, Execute, Debrief (PBED).
• Be a visible leader of Safe, Respectful and Inclusive Behaviours (SRIB). Promote a culture of professional behaviours among crews. Encourage reporting of any bullying, harassment or discrimination.
• Recognise crew members for Stop Work Authority (SWA), BBS card submissions and O2E nominations.

HSE, Regulatory and WellSafe Compliance:

• Strive for Incident Free Operations (IFO) with a focus on eliminating Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIFs).
• Zero loss of containment (LOC) events, including spills.
• Maintain well control and WellSafe certification at all times.
• Maintain WellSafe rig certification – verify BOPE equipment certification package, degraded BOPE equipment and the inventory of critical spares list for rig BOPE.
• Witness, sign and document BOPE tests – pressure tests, function tests, accumulator drawdown tests.
• Understand all MAEs in rig safety cases and WA Oil Operations safety case.
• Understand procedures in the Barrow Island Emergency Response Plan and Cyclone Preparedness Plan.
• Understand and implement all HSE Bridging Documents for the rig and rigless contractors.
• Approve/acknowledge all permits to work (Wellsite Permit to Work or Chevron Control of Work).
• Understand and implement all commitments in the BWIJV Environmental Plan.
• For well operations that are WellSafe Plan/Design and Execution certified, ensure that WellSafe Plan/Design certification has been approved prior to commencing the operation.
• Maintain all crews well control drill frequency and effectiveness.
• Monitor SSE crew percentage, sign off crew SSE forms and manage crew SSE mentoring.
  HSE Incident Reporting
• WSR to attend to the location of the incident and direct crews with proper response (stand down, hazard hunt etc). Direct Wells HSE to gather information and commence the investigation.
• Work with the Wells Superintendent to identify the correct level of investigation required for the incident.
• WSR to follow up corrective actions from incident investigations.

Execute Well Procedures:
 

• Execute well programs as per design and IFO.
• Maintain well control at all times.
• Actively participate in all pre-tour meetings and pre-spud discussions at the start of well P&A operations with crews.
• Review all well operation procedures and plans, verify lease conditions, well/wellhead conditions prior to rig or rigless unit move.
• Supervise well operations and adhere to the minimum witnessing expectations in the table below.
• Verify tallies of strings run in hole, depths of barrier elements (bridge plugs, cement plugs, tubing plugs etc) relative to known well depths (CBL logs, solid tags depths etc).
• Generation of POAs for unique operations not covered in SOPs.
• Generation of rigless slickline WSDS for slickline operations in which no downhole barriers are manipulated.
• Ensure correct lease handover / hand back certificates are completed for all wellsites/leases taken from Operations to ABU Wells. Manage all handovers of operational control between Wells sub-groups.
• Ensure a detailed written handback sheet is filled in and stored at the conclusion of a well workover.
• Follow written programs and procedures and recognize deviation points from the approved plan. Discuss any deviations with the Superintendent/Engineer and generate an MOC if required.
• Manage crew working hours in 12 hour operations and plan out days to ensure the most efficient use of the entire day time (no wasted time at end of days due to running out of time to commence an operation).
• Ensure well securement at the end of each day (overnight securement) or at the end of the well operation (if it falls in the middle of the day) for each well operation.
• Oversee and verify all critical and potential SIF activities, including:
  o Maintain dimensions for everything run in well.
  o Create and/or review all pipe tallies (must use last tally), straps, and joint counts.
  o Witness running and spacing of critical BHA components.
  o Ensure proper fill-up and swab / surge pressures on trips.
  o Installation of wellhead equipment and permanent downhole barrier elements.
  o Witness any non-routine or high-risk operation.
  o Ensure red zones are followed and visible to all personnel.
  o Working at heights, lifting & rigging, hot work, confined space, well control, isolation of hazardous energy.
  
  Reporting of Well Operations:

 

• Maintain complete, accurate, and detailed records within WellView. This includes daily operations time log, cost data, WellSafe assurance data and wellbore component entered to maintain true and correct well schematics.
• WellView is the system of record for all well P&A operations.
• Maintain ForeSite for well workover data.
• Record well control drills in DrillPad / WellView.
• Review, QA/QC and sign all Business Partner field tickets. Ensure an understanding of the contract with rates, equipment packages and NPT clauses – engage the appropriate contract owner as required.
  
  Train and mentor:

 

• Mentor/upward mentor experienced WSR, less experienced WSR, new hire WSR.
• Develop and sustain a close working relationship with the engineering team during planning and execution of operations.
• Review performance for assigned trainees / mentees with Wells Superintendent.
• Less experienced WSRs should be working with Senior WSRs to expand and diversify their experience base and understand the more complex well site activities to assume their role.