Onshore & Offshore Oil Drlling, how it works

•Assure that step-by-step well program procedure are implemented safely, in compliance with regulations and in conformance with BP standards (spends majority of time on rig floor and deck)
•Understand and assist the Senior WSL in the implementation of Wells OMS=Operations and Maintenance Services, as the operating framework:
oSupport implementation of the actions to mitigate Major Accident Risk as defined by the Segment Risk Action Plans in rig operations.
oVerify that barriers are in place at the rig site as they pertain to process safety and Major Accident Risk (MAR) and defined in Segment Risk Action Plans
oVerify well control equipment, practices and preparedness in accordance with ETP’s=Employment and Training Program, BP Well Control Manual and well control bridging document.
oIdentify and asses HSE and operational risks, develop contingency plans to mitigate same
oSupport implementation of Well HSE Improvement Plan at the rig-site
oAssist in the investigation, follow-up and close out of all operational incidents relating to rig-site personnel, equipment and procedures
oPromote continuous improvement in the application of rig-site Control of Work (CoW)
oAssure that SIMOPS procedures and communications protocols are rigorously followed by participating in pre-job safety meetings tour-change meetings, production operations meeting, and SIMOPS meetings during duty hours
SIMPOS:=Clair oilfield - Information from Answers.com
The operations will feature simultaneous drilling and coil tubing well intervention
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People
•Regularly schedule performance conversations with WTL
•Good communicator with all personnel onboard - safety leadership by example

Performance
•Optimization of drilling parameters and all operational procedures

Business Delivery
•Supervise rig-site operations
•Consults with Lead WSL on critical operational decisions or if discussion is required to evaluate and decide forward operational alternatives
•Reviews rig contractor IADC report
AAODC - =American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC)

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, tour/tool pusher and drillers handover notes
•Completes daily Open Wells operational activity report for 12 hour shift and assures report has completeness and operational details - casing tally, tubing tally, completion accessories, casing accessories, LOT/FIT data, frac data, cementing data and any anomalies
•Input to Lead WSL on quality and performance of operational services and equipment
•Input into After Action Review process and assure lessons learned from the operations are captured
•Works with rig site logistics coordinators to manage/verify equipment inventory
•Verifies that Completion Specialists and intervention WSLs understand rig communication and operational protocols
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Essential Education Candidate must possess a well control (i.e. IWCF) and offshore survival training (i.e. HUET=Helicopter Underwater Egress Training) certification.
Essential experience and job requirements •Be able to demonstrate the existence of a solid track record in the delivery of health, safety and the protection of the environment in all offshore drilling operations.
•Deepwater offshore operations and managed pressure drilling experience a plus.
•Candidate must be familiar with Landmark’s OpenWell daily drilling reporting software.
•Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in drilling operations.
•Minimum of four (4) years of experience in a supervisory capacity in an offshore environment (i.e. platform or drill ship or semi-submersible rig)
•Valid Well Control Certificate: IADC/Wellcap or IWCF; Surface and Subsea; Supervisory Level.
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Other essential skills and knowledge None.
Desirable criteria & qualifications •Skilful in working with managed pressure drilling (MPD) in a deepwater environment
•Skillful in their knowledge of the OpenWells reporting tool to assure report has completeness in operational details (i.e. casing tally, LOT/FIT=FIT - Fluid Identification Test data, cementing data and any anomalies)
•Mastery in their input and leadership of after action reviews to ensure lessons are learned and imbedded in upcoming operations
•Demonstrable capabilities of leading, developing, training and coaching less experienced drilling personnel.
•Demonstrable leadership of safety programs for drilling operations and participate fully in developing HSE culture.
•A degree in engineering.
•Proven track record as strong team player.
•Flexible approach to work and clear time management skills.
•Aptitude to innovate and be open to new ideas, networking and global technical knowledge sharing.
•Offshore operational drilling experience on semisubmersible rigs, HTHP wells=HPHT - High Pressure High Temperature (same as HTHP)

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, deepwater drilling and familiarity with managed pressure drilling techniques == Chevron ignored employees' pleas before Nigeria platform fire, workers testify By Oleg Vukmanovic Reuterscontracostatimes.com Posted: 07/11/2012 11:11:52 AM PDT July 11, 2012 7:57 PM GMTUpdated: 07/11/2012 12:57:26 PM PDT LONDON -- Chevron left workers pleading to be evacuated from a gas exploration platform off Nigeria which kept drilling while smoke poured from a borehole until an explosion killed two people as the rig became engulfed in flames, according to accounts from four of the platform's workers. San Ramon-based Chevron, the second largest U.S. oil company, said it did not receive requests to evacuate the KS Endeavour rig and that staff on board had the right to call a halt to work if they believed conditions were unsafe. "There were no evacuation requests received before the KS Endeavour incident occurred," the U.S. energy company said in an emailed response to questions from Reuters. Testimony from some of the 154 workers who were present alleges that, instead of addressing fears that equipment failures and smoke presaged disaster, Chevron flew extra staff to the platform just before the Jan. 16, 2012, blowout. Chevron says a nationwide Nigerian strike that included staff at airports had disrupted its normal crew changes but that at no time were approved safe manning levels exceeded. The fire that followed the blast burned on the rig for 46 days until March 2. Chevron drilled a relief well to stem the gas leak, sealing it on June 18. It said in an email to Reuters on July 2 that an investigation with the Nigerian authorities had concluded that an entry of high pressure gas in the wellbore had caused the failure of equipment and -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertisement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fire. The two who died in the explosion were the installation manager for the rig, Bruno Marce, a French national, and Indian driller Albert Devadas. They worked for KS Drilling, a subsidiary of Singapore-based KS Energy, a subcontractor employed by Field Offshore Design Engineering, or FODE, to drill a gas exploration well for Chevron off Nigeria. Transcripts of accounts from three workers were given to Reuters by the offshore oil branch of Britain's Rail, Maritime and Transport trade union, or RMT, which said the documents were genuine but withheld the names of the witnesses to protect their employment prospects. Those accounts were backed by subsequent interviews in Nigeria with a worker who was also on the rig. FODE declined to comment, citing confidentiality clauses in its contract with KS Drilling preventing it making public any information about work for Chevron. The accounts convey rising panic from some of those on the platform, who fearing a blowout, checked each morning the volume of smoke billowing from the drilling borehole. "Chevron knew for over a week that the well was unstable yet they refused to evacuate us," said one of the rig workers who gave his account to the RMT union. A Nigerian worker who was aboard the rig at the time of the blast said many wanted to be evacuated. Speaking at a hotel in Yenagoa, the oil capital of the Niger Delta's oil-rich Bayelsa state, Omietimi Nana, 28, a maintenance worker for FODE said: "We were told we may be evacuated, it was mentioned but it didn't happen. I don't know who made the decision not to evacuate but certainly many people wanted to be evacuated because of the situation," he said. The most senior witness to give testimony to the RMT, a Frenchman, said a series of pump failures throughout the drilling operation led to a massive buildup of pressure that triggered the blowout. The Frenchman said rig engineers held a site meeting and advised Chevron to evacuate staff while well pressure control measures were applied. "That advice was not heeded and additional personnel were even brought onboard to get ahead of what was believed to be impending strike action," the Frenchman, who was at that meeting, said. Nana added: "About three days before the accident, the drilling company workers told us they wanted to stop drilling because of the gas pressure but they spoke with Chevron who told them to carry on." The French witness said an earlier failed attempt in late December to drill an exploration well near the same was abandoned after the discovery of a gas leak. He said that "in an attempt to learn from experience" Chevron began drilling a second well "despite repeated failure of the pumps" and often having to stop drilling in order to service the top-drive, the device on the rig that provides rotational force. Chevron acknowledged that the first exploration well was abandoned but denied it was because of a gas leak. The second well, drilled 300 meters from the first, at a depth of 12,945 feet, soon began to lose pressure integrity, the French witness said. "At almost every point in time, we saw thick smoke coming out of the open hole, and we were all scared like hell because we could see a disaster happening any moment yet they (Chevron) did not evacuate us -- why, I do not know," the witness said. "This is the reason so many of us survived because we were all aware that it was going to happen, but just didn't know when," he said. FODE maintenance worker Nana said: "Everyone was talking about how the mud weight had been lost but by then it was too late to stop the gas rising to the surface." Within days, said the French witness, rising gas pressure overwhelmed the mud weight in the wellbore spewing gas over the rig, sending workers scrambling for the lifeboats. "The blowout occurred on Monday at 5.30 a.m., and if Bruno (Marce, the rig manager who died) had not advised as he did that the lifeboats be kept serviced and in functional condition then none of us would have made it out alive," said the eyewitness. "Bruno was shouting, but with a very strange voice, over the public address system that everyone should abandon the rig, I really felt for him for if not for his timely intervention myself and others would not have been alive today," he said. The witness said that by the time he had reached the lifeboat the rig was smothered in gas. When the lifeboat operator called rig manager Bruno Marce for permission to launch there was no reply, he said. The gas exploded and the lifeboat launched. "By the time we hit the water the entire rig was engulfed by fire," he said, describing metal debris raining down. A second eyewitness described a deafening release of gas followed by "a loud bang and an orange flash as the gas ignited." The witnesses described how crew on a barge adjacent to the platform jumped into the water and scrambled into a life raft. The raft quickly began to melt from the heat of the fire, forcing them into the sea to be rescued by fishermen three hours later. "If it were not for the fisherman those guys would have died in the water," the French witness said. Asked to respond to the principal points of the allegations, Chevron said it was at no time asked to evacuate staff and that all personnel present had the power to order a work stoppage if they felt they were in danger. "Our employees and contractor are fully empowered to exercise stop work authority when they sense an unsafe work environment," Chevron said, explaining that an SWA gives anyone aboard a rig the power to order a stop to operations in the event safety guidelines are breached. "At no time was an evacuation initiated by anybody on the rig before the incident occurred," Chevron said. The union said it believed workers were worried they would lose their jobs if they quit the rig without permission. "It appears the Endeavour workforce were reluctant to abandon the rig after the evacuation request was denied for fear of losing their jobs," said Jake Molloy, head of OILC, the offshore energy branch of the RMT, which had members on the rig. Molloy said the installation manager's efforts to prepare lifeboats demonstrated that the danger was known. "That fear is evident in the actions of the offshore installation manager who, as part of some bizarre 'risk assessment process', opted to ensure the lifeboats were in a state of readiness for what appears to be an inevitable evacuation," the union official said. Chevron said its rules required that lifeboats should be kept ready at all times and the crew held weekly drills, one of which was scheduled by the Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) Bruno Marce for the morning of the day before the blowout happened. "Like any other personnel, the OIM has full responsibility to stop the operation if he feels conditions are not safe," Chevron said. The company said it had launched a prompt, full rescue effort and the evacuation had been orderly and structured, although it acknowledged fishermen had picked up some workers. "Search and rescue operations began immediately upon being made aware of the abandon ship alarms being sounded," it said. Nearby vessels were directed to aid the rescue. "152 of the 154 personnel on board the KS Endeavour and the Mako barge were evacuated immediately. Aircraft operations were impacted initially by darkness and by visibility conditions," it said. ====== Analysis: New law on BP spill fines raises stakes for Gulf states Sat, Jul 14 12:42 PM EDT By Chris Baltimore HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Gulf Coast states have a higher stake in the amount of money the U.S. government can wring out of BP Plc for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill due to a new law that would divert billions of dollars in potential BP fines to them. The RESTORE Act, signed by President Barack Obama on July 6, directs that 80 percent of Clean Water Act penalties paid by BP be placed in a new trust fund for restoration efforts in the five coastal states damaged by the worst U.S. offshore oil spill: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Texas. BP faces billions of dollars in civil and criminal penalties from the April 20, 2010, explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed 11 rig workers and unleashed 4.9 million barrels of oil that soiled the shorelines of four Gulf Coast states. For Louisiana, the state hardest hit by the spill, the bill's pay day won't come until states and the U.S. government conclude a settlement with BP and its partners, or the courts weigh in on the question of whether BP was grossly negligent in the spill. BP has vehemently denied any claims of gross negligence or willful misconduct, either of which could boost Clean Water Act fines considerably. Without the bill, federal Clean Water Act fines would have gone straight to the US Treasury. Now, anywhere from $4 billion to $16.8 billion could flow into states' coffers. Fines arising from Clean Water Act violations could reach $21 billion, assuming that BP is found negligent for the full amount spilled, a high burden of proof for prosecutors, according to some analysts. On top of that, BP could face criminal penalties ranging between $5 billion and $10 billion, according to Thomas Claps, litigation analyst for Susquehanna Financial Group LLP in New York, which makes a market in BP stock. But at the lower end of that range, Louisiana's share might not give much of a kick-start to the $50 billion plans the state has developed for long-range flood protection and coastal restoration. "In order to trigger this bill, either BP's going to have to settle this or we're going to have to get into court to fight this out," said Garret Graves, senior environmental adviser to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and a key player in moving forward the state's case against BP. More than two years after the spill, the U.S. Justice Department and the London-based energy giant remain embroiled in difficult negotiations to resolve massive litigation over the event. Alabama and Mississippi officials say they are keeping their options open. "While we would be open to a reasonable settlement, we are continuing to work diligently with the (Alabama) Attorney General in preparing Alabama's case for trial," a spokeswoman for Alabama Governor Robert Bentley said. In Mississippi, Governor Phil Bryant has set up a team to set priorities for funds from potential Clean Water Act fines. "We will not rest until the Gulf Coast is made whole," Bryant said in a statement. The spill hit Florida's tourism industry hard and the state "is committed to ensuring that BP fully compensates Florida for its losses," said a spokesman for Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. FOCUSING ON LITIGATION For BP to hammer out a global settlement, it must win over the Gulf Coast states. Louisiana, at least, seems prepared to go the distance in court rather than accept a quick payment, with a civil case now scheduled to get under way in New Orleans on January 14, 2013. "Based upon what we're seeing, we believe that's where we need to be focusing our resources, on litigation," Graves told Reuters in an interview. Graves would not comment on or confirm his participation in settlement talks, which sources say are difficult but ongoing. Both BP and the U.S. Justice Department have repeatedly declined to discuss settlement progress. "It's a matter that is currently in litigation, under investigation," U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole said on Thursday. Louisiana, which bore the brunt of spill damage with about 650 miles of oiled coastline, has a high incentive to hold out for a protracted court battle rather than agree to a settlement that might bring a lower payout, experts say. "You've got a defendant who can afford to pay the judgment," said Blaine LeCesne, law professor at Loyola University in New Orleans, referring to BP. "So why on earth would you settle for half of what that judgment is worth?" A global settlement resolving all outstanding liabilities among the parties would be a boon for BP and the Obama administration. BP would dispense with a big potential future overhang and a key reason why its stock is still trading at about a third below its pre-spill levels. President Barack Obama could chalk up a big-ticket settlement that he could tout as he campaigns ahead of the November U.S. presidential election. In March, BP reached a estimated $7.8 billion settlement to resolve economic, property and medical claims by 125,000 individuals and businesses harmed by the spill. A judge has scheduled a fairness hearing on the settlement for November. LEAD-FILLED TRIAL BALLOON Without confirming a June 8 report in the Financial Times that BP is seeking to pay $15 billion to resolve all criminal and civil liability, Graves said such figures "would be considered lead-filled trial balloons in Louisiana." "You're easily looking at tens of billions of dollars," Graves said. "That's compatible with the global settlement ranges that we believe are appropriate in this case." Most Gulf Coast states took tax revenue hits as offshore drilling slowed to a near halt and businesses in the fishing and tourism sectors declined. Graves said losses from the spill were among the factors that spurred Louisiana to cut budgets in "virtually every state agency" including healthcare and education. "This gets more expensive for the responsible parties every day," he said. Beyond the Clean Water Act, Louisiana alone could legitimately claim $10 billion in damages, Loyola University's LeCesne said. "BP has a $30 billion problem with the federal government's claims," LeCesne said. "I can't see this settling for $10 billion or $15 billion. If so that's a steal for BP." (Additional reporting by Kathy Finn in New Orleans, Kelli Dugan in Mobile, Alabama, Emily Le Coz in Tupelo, Mississippi, David Ingram in Washington and Kevin Gray in Miami; Editing by Edward Tobin and Steve Orlofsky) ==== Jul. 24, 2012 12:07 AM ET Board: BP missed the big hazard issues in spill By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer AIM Share More News Video Brazil says Chevron oil leak larger than estimated Jul. 19, 20126:46 PM ET Barge sinks in Lake Huron, spilling diesel fuel Jul. 19, 201210:57 AM ET Business schools offering PR tips to future CEOs Jul. 15, 201211:02 AM ET Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues Jul. 13, 20124:30 PM ET US insurer won't cover gas drill fracking exposure Jul. 12, 201210:12 PM ET Advertisement Buy AP Photo Reprints WASHINGTON (AP) — BP focused too much on the little details of personal worker safety instead of the big systemic hazards that led to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and wasn't as strict on overall safety when drilling rigs involved other companies that they hired, a government safety panel concludes. Eleven workers were killed in the April 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and about 200 million gallons of oil flowed into the Gulf from the blown-out Macondo well. The company formerly known as British Petroleum had the lease on the well, but the drilling rig was owned and operated by another company and BP has faulted drilling contractor Transocean. That contractor-owner split made a difference in major accident prevention with the oil disaster, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board concluded in a presentation to be made in a hearing in Houston Tuesday.

"BP applied lesser process safety standards" to rigs contracted out than it does to its own facilities, safety board managing director Daniel Horowitz told The Associated Press in an interview. "In reality, both Transocean and BP dropped the ball on major accident hazards in this case." The oil company "did not conduct an effective comprehensive hazard evaluation of the major accident risks for the activities of the Deepwater Horizon rig or for the Macondo well" because BP's large risk evaluation program "looked only at BP assets, NOT drilling rigs that it contracted" to other firms for operation, investigators said in the 50-page Power Point presentation.

A BP spokesman in a statement emailed to AP said the company "stepped up" and developed more rigorous safety indicators following the accident. The safety board said when BP looked at offshore endeavors it "focused on financial risks, not process safety risks." And after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the company's own accident investigation report "recommended requiring hazard reviews of BP-owned and contracted rigs," the safety board's presentation says. "That's very disturbing because the Gulf of Mexico belongs to the American people," said former Sen. Bob Graham, who co-chaired a different government oil spill investigation, one appointed by President Barack Obama. The Chemical Safety Board's findings, which mostly mirror the report from Graham's panel and another, pointed at a second standard for what BP owned and operated and what it didn't. Graham said he didn't know that. "If that's true, it's reprehensible," Graham told The Associated Press Monday night. Congressional Democrats requested the safety board investigation. The panel usually investigates deadly industrial accidents and makes recommendations but has no power to regulate, much like the National Transportation Safety Board. The panel has been criticized for its role in investigating the disaster. Transocean resisted complying with a subpoena arguing that the spill fell outside the board's jurisdiction that involves industrial accidents onshore. An offshore rig is an ocean-going vessel that is motionless when drilling. The board also had to push to gain access to the examination of the blowout preventer, and at one point demanded that the analysis stop, saying representatives of the companies that made and maintained the 300-ton device have been getting preferential and sometimes hands-on access to it. The board's presentation said there is a difference between worker safety and making sure the entire rig and well are safe, and that's where owner BP and rig operator Transocean were "inadequate." And that same lack of focus on the bigger picture of safety bore an "eerie resemblance" to what the safety board found in its investigation of a 2005 Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 people, safety board investigator Cheryl MacKenzie said in a news release. That federal oil spill commission report, co-chaired by Graham and former EPA chief William Reilly, and a National Academy of Engineering found similar problems. Reducing lost time for workers and making sure they wear the right kind of boot is important, "but that really doesn't have much to do with system safety," said former Navy Secretary and now engineering professor Donald Winter, who chaired the National Academy of Engineering investigation. "It is fundamentally different." ___ Associated Press writer Dina Cappiello contributed to this report. ___ Online: Chemical Safety Board: http://www.csb.gov/ Associated Press ==================== The Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil operations (ADCO) functions throughout onshore development sites as well as in the shallow coastal waters of Abu Dhabi. The Company was incorporated in 1978 to oversee operations in onshore concession areas covering approximately 21,000 square kilometers including five of the most important mainland oilfields in the region. During the first quarter of 2006, the inauguration of the North East BAB has been started. Brief Description Purpose and Scope Participates in operational activities related to drilling, workover, and/or well completion carried out by contractors/services companies on assigned rig. Includes following up the proper implementation of various operational programs, e.g. drilling, workover, completion, logging, testing, acidizing, etc. reviewing and proposing amendments to approved programs in response to changing operational parameters. Ensures that all operations on the rig site and camp area are carried out in accordance with pertinent contract provisions consistent with Company’s safety, environment and loss prevention policies, rules and regulations. Follows up supply activities of Company materials and equipment to ensure effective utilization. Drafts the drilling/workover morning report summarizing all rig activities in the previous 24 hours. Participate in all necessary communications to take & hand over location from & to field operations. The incumbent is on call 24 hours during his tour of duty. Detailed Description Accountabilities Key Performance Indicators supervises locations preparations and the execution of all routine operational programs carried out by drilling contractor/service companies on assigned rig covering drilling, workover, well completion and related activities. Safety record of assigned rig operations. Jobs are carried out as per approved program. Timely follow up and effective monitoring of contractors work practices. Alerts ADCO Drilling Supervisor on the rig of anticipated snags in normal operations and implements minor amendments to approved program as directed. Simple troubleshooting capabilities. Timely reporting of detected/anticipated snags. Monitors and reports on the activities of service company personnel involved in the provision of technical services/ operations covering, wireline logging, fishing, running and pulling, tubing, running completions, acidizing, cementing, production testing, sampling, coring, etc. Jobs are carried out as per approved program. Timely follow up and effective monitoring and review of contractors work practices. Concise and accurate reporting. Service company adherence to ADCO safety & environment protection rules & regulations. Follows up on supply activities related to Company provided materials and equipment on assigned rig. Liaises with Company Stores to Ensures timely return of equipment and surplus materials. Accurate & early identification of required ADCO provided materials and equipment. Economic consumption and safe utilization of Company supplied materials and equipment. Timely return of surplus material & equipment. Participates in rig moves to ensure safety of Company facilities e.g. flow lines, power lines, wellhead accessories, etc. Timely commencement of operations. Safe and hygienic location of contractor camp. Clean and tidy well site with access control. Participates in receiving completed well from contractor and witnesses handover certificate to field operations. Work on Rigless operations and CT Safe plugging of wells. Sound fitting of Christmas tree accessories. Leveling of well site. Drafts a variety of cost and activity reports such as daily costing, cumulative expenditure reports including consumption of materials, equipment and general progress of work. Timely and accurate reporting. Instructs and advises contractors on safety measures to be taken during adverse weather conditions that may cause delay. Precautions to be taken to protect well heads and other facilities are identified and advised to concerned personnel. Participates in auditing contractors’ operational records and reports to ensure compliance with terms of contract. Contractors’ performance audit reports. Reports on contractors tools effectiveness. Inspects contractors’ camp to ensure compliance with ADCO safety, environment and hygiene policies and standards. Investigate and reports cases of non-compliance with terms of contract. Thorough investigation reports. Follow up on corrective action. Participates in the training and development of assigned UAE national employees. Administer on the job training/familiarization programs and reports on progress. Timely and accurate progress reporting. Knows the Company health, safety and environmental policy, procedures, regulations and objectives as they relate to his area of responsibility, and ensures that they are effectively implemented in his domain. Safe working at all times. Zero LTI & spills Effective accident investigation and follow up. Effective monitoring and review of contractors and service companies work practices. Effective implementation of SMS plan. ================== Iraq to drill 18 oil wells by late 2012 6 November 2012, 15:26 (GMT+04:00) Iraq plans to drill another 18 oil wells in Kirkuk Province by late 2012, as part of the project to increase oil production in Northern Iraq, a source in the country's government told Trend news agency on Tuesday. He said 15 of the planned wells will be drilled on the Bay Hasan field. In total, by mid-2013 it is planned to drill about 35 wells in the fields at Kirkuk. In addition, suspended wells in the fields of Jamburia and Djabbaz will also be restored. Iraq increased its oil exports to 2.600 million barrels per day in September 2012. Oil production in Iraq as of late 2011 was 2.798 million barrels per day. According to BP, Iraq's proven oil reserves as of late 2011 amounted to 143.1 billion barrels. The country ranks third in OPEC after Saudi Arabia and Iran. The major oil fields of Iraq are Rumaila, Zubair, Nahr Umr, Majnoon and West Qurna in the south of the country. About 80 per cent of the oil produced in Iraq is exported. =============== Oil Field Service Engineer Morgan McKinley Basra, Iraq Ref: GP932-465 is the leading global manufacturer and supplier of tubular products and services used in the drilling, completion and production of oil and gas and a leading supplier of tubular products and services used in process and power plants and in specialized industrial and automotive applications. Through our integrated global network of manufacturing, R&D and service facilities, we are working with our customers to meet their needs for the timely supply of high performance products in increasingly complete operating environments. The Field Service Engineers provide technical assistance services to our customers, ensuring the correct understanding and application of recommended practise to run the tubular product with optimum efficiency. We are looking for professionals interested in complementing our existing team operating within the CIS team. Main Accountabilities: - Ensure the correct running of the company’s products, controlling well site preparations and well site running are in accordance with the company recommendation for Premium Threaded Connections. - Completion of field service reports, recording the completed Customer support. - Provide regional support, performing land field service duties when not performing field operations. - Responsible for updated self-training and knowledge on Our clients Standards. - Ensures compliance with Our Clients policies and standards. Requirements Availability to support onshore operations within the CIS region. Attend training sessions within Global locations on occasion internationally. Have dealt with products from TMK, Tenaris, Oilserv, Halliburton, Baker Hughs experience in casing and tubing premium connections with a detailed understanding of inspections and graph interpretation ====== Thu 21:25 Testing a Well MikeyAdmin When a well is drilled it starts with a large hole, then at specific planned points or subject to conditions to hold back the structure casings are placed into the well and cement in place. The drill size is reduced and drills to the next casing point, where the same happens again. Drilling continues until the TD is reached where the planned last casing is lowered and cemented into to hole. SH-1 tested on the way down, whilst SA-2 went to TD then testing started as announce in the half year results. From well bore samples taken on the way down which identfies the different reservoirs, Testing begins at the bottom, by blowing holes through the casing into which fluids can enter and move up the wellbore so that flow rates can be tested. In the case of a multi reservoir well like SA-2, to test the next reservoir, a packer blanks off the reservoir that has already been tested, and the same procedure of blowing new holes through the casing begins and continues until each Reservoir has been tested. Testing a Well bore that has TD'ed from the top I have no idea if it is possible, but logic says how does one blank off the numberous holes at each level, to be able to move down to the next level. Mikey Cement squeeze job and drill out IMO ============== Kandymans1 today 02:28 Sh4vSA2 As suggested by Bbbs this morning I took a look at Sh4 results to compare them with SA2 as both the same side of the fault. Sh4 rns - extract below In the course of the Shaikan-4 well testing programme the Company has conducted seven well tests in all target formations in the Triassic (Kurre Chine-A, Kurre Chine-B and Kurre Chine-C), Jurassic (Butmah and Lower and Upper Sargelu) and Cretaceous (Chia Gara). Additionally, the Company has performed an acidization and retest of the Sargelu formation interval as part of the well completion process. As a result of the Shaikan-4 well testing programme, the Company has achieved total maximum aggregate flow rates of 24,000 barrels of oil per day ("bopd"). Following the Company's decision not to test portions of the well that appeared to be high quality oil, reservoir on the electric logs, and where proven commercial flow rates had been achieved by testing previous wells on the Shaikan block, most of the tests have been conducted in zones which looked marginal on the well logs. Within the total maximum aggregate number of 24,000 bopd, flow rates of about 4,500 bopd have been achieved in a new zone in the Jurassic Upper Sargelu, previously untested by the Company, and producible oil has been established in the Cretaceous Chia Gara for the first time, albeit at relatively low rates (130 bopd). Looking at SA2 rns Sheikh Adi Block with effect from 7 November 2012.The notification of the discovery follows the completion of a well testing programme of the Sheikh Adi-2 exploration well on the block, located immediately to the west of the Company's Shaikan Block, which is a major commercial discovery. Sheikh Adi-2 spudded in May 2012, 1.45 km to the north of the Sheikh Adi-1 exploration well, and was drilled to a total depth of 2,754 metres in September 2012. In the course of the Sheikh Adi-2 well testing programme the Company has successfully tested four reservoir zones at measured depths of between 1,420 metres and 1,700 metres, achieving total stabilised aggregate flow rates of 4,235 barrels of oil per day across the Upper Butmah, Adaiyah, Mus and Sargelu formations in the Jurassic. Provisional results indicate the oil gravity is similar to that found in the same formations in the Shaikan Block namely 15-18 API. Now il leave it up to the geos and better qualified than me to grasp what Bbbs meant but a few things jumped out at me reading both. Sh4-7 zones--24000 aggregate - - - 4500 bpd upper Sargelu, Jurassic. Sa2-7 zones - 4235bpd aggregate flow - - 4235bpd in Jurassic Firstly, it looks like they don't want to give out figures for khura Chine zones in either rns but in Sh4 it looks like the majority (20000aprox) may have came from it. Did they test the 3zones in kurra Chine in SA2 from 1700m to 2700m and why was it not reported as required by aim rules. Maybe in discovery report in 30 days we will find out.? Is testing finished at SA2,I believe it is. The important part from today i believe is we have oil in the jurassic now in shaikan ,sheik adi and ber bahr, so fill to spill in the jurassic resevoirs will lead to huge numbers as this is where most of the oil is found. However the question is recovery factors and oil api (heavy). From reading reports from ryder Scott and Dga there should not be a problem with recovery rates, large fracture network, very high D'Arcy levels etc. The 15-18api oil mentioned today was a bit of a surprise to me as to date on many occasions the api has changed and has often been higher even in the jurassic. This I believe is leaving it hard for gkp geologists to come up with true recovery figure. Is Shaikan one large structure or compartmentalisation is there compartmentalisation (is there such a word . Anyway I'm rambling folks, maybe the guys who know will be able help this night shift worker out as the above is more than likely cr ap as iv no experience or idea in this field. So feel free to find fault. On phone and working so apologies for spelling and grammar format. Lets hope we start moving north again. Gl all ============ Job Title: Coordinator Performance Development - Boots and Coots Iraq Requisition: 00226259 Job Details Why Halliburton? 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The new pipeline will be protected with 20,000 microphones that will register any activity around the asset and report it to SCOP for immediate response. Data on activities such as digging, movement of vehicles, or even footsteps will also be registered and alerted to maintain pipeline integrity. OptaSense MD Magnus McEwen-King said, "OptaSense will, for the first time, be providing a secure corridor, between which multiple pipelines will be built. The project will be managed by OptaSense regional HQ in Dubai and is expected to be completed in March 2013. =====================