Drilling Engineer Science & Engineering Professionals

Solid earth, rock types, structures and the processes by which they are altered.

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of various abstract, rational concepts, such as issues, opinions, and approaches related to a specific problematic situation in order to formulate solutions and alternative methods …

Monitor activities and perform tasks ensuring compliance with standards involving environmental protection and sustainability, and amend activities in the case of changes in environmental legislation. Ensure that the processes are …

Prepare technical reports that describe results and processes of scientific or technical research, or assess its progress. These reports help researchers to keep up to date with recent findings.

Oversee the selection, training, performance and motivation of staff.

Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

Utilise computer equipment or digital devices to facilitate quality control, data management, and communication. Follow instructions given by a computer programme, create computer files or documents.

Gather relevant data, carry out on-site engineering analysis; make up reports and recommend necessary measures.

Schedule drilling activities; monitor production flow rate.

Design and select well-head equipment. Take into account local geology, the type of resource and other specific properties of the site as well as costs.

Design and calculate multilateral and horizontal well paths.

Establish business relationships with specialist contractors and with suppliers of goods such as cement or drilling fluids.

Establish and manage drilling contracts between well operators and drilling contractors, which specify the nature, duration, fees and other characteristics of the cooperation between the organisations.

Coordinate and supervise the activities of a drilling team.

Establish and manage service contracts for people working in a drilling company, which includes the nature, duration, fee and other characteristics of the cooperation between the organisation and the person.

Daily monitoring of well costs; compare current well costs with expenditure proposals; develop cost-effective measures and strategies.

Monitor the daily progress of well activities.

Inspect the safety of an oil well on the drilling rig or drilling site, detect safety issues or potential risks.

Develop engineering plans and supervise activities necessary to successfully drill a well.

Prepare data sheets, listing all relevant information on a well, including location, geological properties of the well, type of resources, temperatures and various analyses plotted against the depth.

Restore drilling site to its natural environmental condition in the event that drilling will not take place.

Ensure appropriate well maintenance is provided after discovering issues or risks on the drilling rig or drilling site.

Display results, statistics and conclusions to an audience in a transparent and straightforward way.