Well Planning Team Lead at Chevron Nigeria Limited

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Chevron is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies, with subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide, including Nigeria.
Chevron Nigeria Limited hereby invites applications from qualified candidates for employment. These positions will he initially located in Lagos. The company also provides career opportunities to its workforce in other Chevrons worldwide operations.

Chevron is committed to sound environmental and safety practices and exhibits cultural diversity. Our employees conduct their day-to-day work with the principles outlined in The Chevron Way which expresses our vision to be the global energy company most admired for its people, partnership and performance.

If you are interested in becoming a valued employee of Chevron Nigeria Limited, a company that provides excellent career opportunities and welfare packages, this opportunity awaits you! Will you join us?

Chevron is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Well Planning Team Lead

Location: Lagos

Requisition Number: 037135418

Job Description:
This is a new leadership role for NMA and will be responsible for developing a well planning team within the evolving G&G Operations Group. This G&G Operations Group is a subteam of the Subsurface Operations and Analysis (SO&A) Group, and will eventually develop and train local staff in all aspects of well planning . This important step links to our desire to drill deeper and hotter than in the past as well as better assessment and accountability for safety-critical work in and around mature fields by bringing these workflows in-house. The expansion of WC-CPDEP in NMA will include greater familiarity of the VBWO process used elsewhere in CVX and the introduction of the integrated drilling team approach. Good familiarity with these elements and leadership without authority will be key factors for the full scope of this role. Building organizational capability and supporting the SO&A in this important expansion of the group’s role and scope are also key. Earth Scientist to support well design and drilling operations for NMA projects. This person will interpret, characterize, integrate and predict pore pressure, geology, drilling hazards, fracture gradient and wellbore stability profiles that can impact optimum well design and drilling execution for exploratory, appraisal and development wells onshore, offshore and in the Deepwater. This person will also provide geologic technical support to the well site drilling operations team during all phases of operations including oversight of real-time pore pressure evaluation if needed, daily monitoring and analysis of geologic data and reports plus co-facilitation of morning meetings. This position has direct capital stewardship impact on multiple, large($50-150 MM) capital well projects.

Qualification/Experience
  • Minimum of Master's degree in Geology or Geophysics.
  • Possession of a PHD will be an added advantage.
  • Minimum of twenty ( 20) years’ experience in the oil and gas industry out of which fifteen (15) must be as a Well Planner
  • Must be Master of Science
  • Must be a Geologist
Application Closing Date
7th April, 2014

How to Apply
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