Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Demonstrate a personal commitment to Health, Safety and the Environment by adhering to Local Statutory Health, Safety & Environmental Regulations and the Corporate Health, Safety & Environment Policy, and applying Safety Management Systems. Review HSE risk acceptance criteria and specific emergency preparedness requirements for Well Intervention projects and update as required. Maintain an overview of all non-conformances that have arisen with regard to specific operations. Investigate and report on-site incidents and non-conformances where assigned. Participate in regular well service and stimulation unit inspections with the contractor and act on the results of these. Ensure QA/QC commitments from service companies are applied. Perform QHSE audits of service companies in accordance with the company rules. Identify and manage simultaneous operations (SIMOPS). Prepare, approve, and enforce the SIMOPS matrix and permit wherever rigless activity runs concurrently with production, drilling, construction, or third-party activity, and coordinate daily operations in accordance with that permit. Review the well intervention programs/instructions. Lead and optimize the design of the well intervention, starting from the conceptual design and managing the installation of the final design. Assist WS team in the preparation of AFEs for each operation. Maintain the database for each well and field. Serve as technical lead for the call-for-tender process for well intervention and rigless service contracts, and contribute to the development of contracting strategy for intervention services. Ensure all programmes, procedures and reports are prepared in accordance with the company's Well Delivery Process and the company's Business Management System. Responsible for providing comprehensive and onsite support to well intervention operations in accordance with the company rules. Manage well intervention contracts actively where assigned as Contract Holder. Provide adequate technical directions and managerial support for in-progress operations related to all interventions. Identify well intervention risks and risk management. Perform technical audits in service companies as and when required. Plan and coordinate well intervention operations including pressure surveys, fishing, perforations, CBL/VDL logging, sand clean-out, TTBPs, water shut-off, etc. Review all job/service tickets concerning WI activity and verify they are in compliance with contractual requirements and quote proposals. Coordinate logistics for the movement of intervention equipment, materials, and personnel to minimize cost while maintaining operational readiness. Maintain working knowledge of ESP-completed wells, including Y-tool bypass space-out, packer and hanger penetrators and cable splices, so that interventions on ESP wells are planned and executed without damage to the installation. Verify and maintain the well barrier philosophy throughout every intervention. Confirm the number, type, and integrity of barriers continuously during execution, and stop the operation where barrier status cannot be assured. Oversee the preparation of wells for servicing and intervention, arranging pre-job kill procedures where applicable and ensuring appropriate barriers and well control equipment are in place and tested. Select and apply the appropriate shut-in procedures for well control incidents encountered during intervention, so as to maintain well integrity and avoid harm to personnel or the environment. Develop and maintain policies, procedures and contingency plans for conducting interventions on live wells and under pressure, and document operational best practice and case histories. Plan, execute and interpret pressure and leak testing of surface and subsurface equipment, and ensure statutory requirements, company procedures and safe work practices are met throughout. Act as the final field authority for coiled tubing intervention. Approve or reject non-standard CT practices within delegated authority, and exercise the authority to suspend or terminate CT operations to protect people, the environment and well integrity. Review the design and lead complex or higher-risk coiled tubing operations, including milling, live-well intervention, tight-margin work, and operations in HPHT, sour, depleted or complex SIMOPS environments. Review CT clean-out operations plan, including asphaltene and organic deposit removal, fill clean-out, and nitrogen lifting, displacement and kick-off. Diagnose and manage non-routine CT events lock-up, buckling, differential sticking, reach limitation, circulation losses and pressure anomalies and direct contingency and recovery actions, including recovery of stuck or parted strings. Review and challenge CT string fatigue and life-tracking records, and tubing-force and hydraulics modelling, before approving any CT programme. Diagnose and treat emulsion blocks and near-wellbore damage. Select and approve chemical packages with production chemistry support, and verify that compatibility and bottle testing have been completed before treatment. Lead post-job reviews for all CT and stimulation operations, capture lessons learned, and cascade them to the WS team and contractors. Daily operations meeting and communication with the Dubai team in town. Check Daily Reports during all WI operations (DWR) before sending it to the management list. Confirm the Daily Cost Tracker during all WS operations (DCR). Initiate the Management of Change (MOC) process when required and communicate the issue to the WS manager and support team in Dubai.
Desired Candidate Profile
Requirements:
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in well intervention with a minimum of 8 years as office base as well intervention Superintendent.
- Valid IWCF well intervention Level-4.
- Bachelor s degree.
- A valid H2S ticket.
- Safety courses required to carry out work at site and in accordance with company policy and as required by Country law and regulations.
- Demonstrates commitment to HSSE policy and statement and knows and understands expectations as detailed in the HSSE Management System.
- Develops highly positive relationships with both field and office teams.
- Demonstrates highly effective communication skills e.g. operational reporting, high visibility, working relationships.
- Looks beyond the obvious in problem-solving.
- Applies sound judgment in decision making communicates with the Deputy Head of Drilling in relation to unplanned/non-routine activities.
- Ensures cost-effective use of services and equipment.
- Maintains a strong focus on progress towards the achievement of objectives.
- Demonstrates a high level of competence in leading others.
Working Conditions:
Office -Based with frequent travel to the field; rotational: 28 days ON / 28 days OFF. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.