Fluids Advisor III - Engineering at ABNL Limited

ABNL Limited was incorporated in 1992 as an Oil and Gas servicing company with a vision to provide professional engineering and technical services to the Oil and Gas exploration and production companies in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. Since its incorporation, the company has grown in leaps and bounds, expanding its business horizon, but still within the Oil and Gas sector.

ABNL is a 100% owned indigenous firm, with a shareholding in excess of 100 million Naira. Its' directors are individuals of proven integrity, who over the years have acquired the requisite experience in the Oil and Gas business, as well as in the banking and finance sector. The integrity of the directors and the staff of the company have been a priceless contributive factor in the growth and wellbeing of the company.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Fluids Advisor III - Engineering

Location: Onne, Port Harcourt - Rivers
Employment Type: Contract
Request: Engineering - Fluids Advisor III
Work Schedule: Standard - 5 days on / 2 days off

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.

Application Closing Date
5th April, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV / Resume to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.