Drilling Engineers And Supervisors Zone

I have decided to create a thread for drilling engineers and drilling supervisors ( company man ), so that we can share experience and best practices.

I am currently working on a BOD for a deepwater field development - drilling and completion.


Guys, come in and let's discuss.

Abbeydot,

I have been to land rig, semi-submersible rig and a drill ship during the course of my career.

My first challenge ever was casing design for an HTHP, sour gas and multilateral wells in the desert of saudi arabia. Getting the casing strings and liners  that meet the expected burst, colapse and tensile load ( and still within AFE ) was tough.

I am currently engaged in well planning and design phase for for deepwater ( 3500 ft - 5500ft of water ) project offshore Nigeria.   

Alaura,

Can you supply a drilling rig ( drillship) that can drill in water up to 10,000ft in depth?

we are talking about oil and gas drilling here.

Hi all,presently i work as a petroleum engineer with a marginal field operator in Nigeria.Planning to pitch a full career in drilling engineering and right now involved in the planning of drilling 3 wells of an average of 13000 ft and a re-entry of one well.Quite a challenging exercise for a newbie in drilling

blackky187,

Good to meet you. You have taken the right step. drilling engineering is very challenging. You need to know a lot about every aspect of drillling. You will be more or less a generalist. Nowadays, there are drilling softwares to make life easier. Are the wells going to be oil producer or water/gas injector?


Thanks Okeyz

There is a great and bright future for Nigerians in drilling engineering. The local content thingy in the oil and gas sector will help us a lot. There is a place in PH where you can get your well control certifications ( fundamental and supervisory level) . I will find out and get back to you; though I got mine in Houston.   

The well control certificate with hands-on experience on the field and office ( well planning and design stage) will definitely give you an edge anywhere. What are you presently into?

rite now i am worKing with an inspection company,that does inspection of barges,cargoe ships, NDT stuff and the like,

but i really want to get into the upstream main stream activity like drilling and completions, i am a completions man when i was with my former company,b4 the owner went into politics, and since then i find it difficult to get back in even with my experience(not much though) about 4-5 years,

they keep asking for wellcap and iadc certificates and no company is willing to train you for such certificate ,and the training is quite on the high side financially ,and one gets to renew it every 2 years,, so if one does the training and does not get a job b4 the thing expires where does that leave me,
well i still need to do the training and get the cert since thats the in thing for drillers these days,

sir any leads that can helpm me in that direction ??, i will really appreciate it

hello to everyone here. my name is Ellis Femi, a third year student studying Petroleum Engineering in the University Of Port Harcourt. drilling courses are nice and sometimes when i carry my text book on drilling engineering, i tend to get attracted to it. but it is really wide with all thise formulas. sometimes i wonder if one is meant to get all those stuff in one brain. what i want to know is which of these options seem interesting. when some of our lecturers teach, they will tell you that reservoir engineering is the bomb, production and drilling. but i think i am attracted to drilling engineering. i want everyone here to put me through. coz am just done with reading drilling fluids, hydraulics, and drilling cost estimation. is there hope for the nigeria student reading petroleum engineering in nigeria. plz i need an answer. thanks for now ,

It will be a good experience for you. keep us posted

Dr.

Its very likely that I will be offered a position as a roustabout in an oilrig right now I have no experience as a n Oil and Gas person though I read Civil/Structural Engr in school. MY question is how do oyu see the position of a roustabout for an engineer is it the startin point for anybody on the rig.

Hi Dr. Frelie,

Thanks for your answer, but right now I have an admission to go and study offshore Engineering in the UK, but I figured out that without experience in the offshore feild getting a good job immediately after might be somewhat difficult, will this position be a good tender as per experience is concerned (though I know the job of a roustabout and an ofshore engineer are a bit different).

And I am contemplating leaving my current job as a banker to take this offer on the basis that the experience might be worth it since I want to switch to the oil and gas sector (but the pay of a roustabout is far below what I earn now). I just want to know if the sacrifice will be worth it in the long run.

As an experienced colleague I will need you to give me all the answers possible so that I can better weigh my options well.

Thanks and I really appreciate your response.

Thanks a lot Dr. Ferlie,

I AM TAKING THAT ROUSTABOUT JOB.

I hope you will be on hand when I get in and need some explanations while on the job.

Thanks again.

Good Afternoon Dr Ferlie,

I'm a  graduate of petroleum Engineer from FUTO (last two yrs),i believe you are career mentor sent to me from God,i'm so excited to see this tread.

Out of frustation of not getting oil and gas job,i  took a banking job for so time now but have to  quit the job cous is not the type of my desire job .

I'm now fully into FOREX TRADING and is paying my bills but i need to get back to oil and gas job  which i have spend five good years acquiring the skills, although i dont have any experience in upstream sector but i have work with warri refinery and petrochemical company Ekpan as a trainy process engineer in naphtha hydrotreating and catalytic reforming unit of the plant.

Please how do i get any type of job in our field (from the least up) once is a field work,the monetry aspect is none of my concern i made money trading forex,i just need to build my career in oil and gas with working experience and then proceed to further my courses and become a professional.

I have also gotten admission to study oil and gas tech. in Denmark but has to defile the admission for now, i have been making application for advertised jobs but has not getting any reply.

Please help me senior,i will appreciate any course here in Nigeria that can easily get me in,i just need to get in and start from there.

Thanks.

There are so many ways of getting into the field. I will explain one of the ways to you. You can come into the industry as a drilling fluids engineer ( Mud Engineer ). There is a drilling fluids school in PortHarcourt/Enugu. You will attend the school for a month thereabout after which you will be given a certificate to work as a Mud Engineer. Indigenous drilling fluids company occasionally employ graduates from the school. Otherwise, after acquiring the skill, you can apply to any drilling fluids company in Nigeria ( MISWACO, Baroid, Cledop, Atlantic fluids, baker, star AP etc ). The acquired drilling fluids skill together with your petroleum engineering training will you in a vantage position. I will find out the contact address of the school and get back to you.

Thanks very much Doc.

i google this institute in Port harcourt,

"Drilling/completion fluids Engineering at SLD Consulting Mud School PortHarcourt".

Please i need an institute that is well respected and recognised by oil firms.

Waiting for your contact first.

Greetings Dr ferlie, 
i ma still waiting for the address for that training school that gives IWDC/WELLCAP certificates, or do u know any one where i can get it online ?
how is the drilling/completions job doing?, cheers