Basic Function and Scope:

• Supervises and hold accountable on the operations geology activities along with preparation of comprehensive well programs for drilling activities and geosteering  and monitoring of all wells in course of drilling.
• Maintains work progress on site through well site geologists, company’s representative and contracts on drilling sites.

Tasks, Duties and Accountabilities:

• Ensures timely and accurate delivery of comprehensive geological information for well program preparation (for drilling division to implement) from “spudding to” to the completion of all well activities including incorporate tools required to geosteer and monitors wells while being drilled, predict targets depths (e.i. coring, casing/liner, logging and landing and tools depths), compiling geological data sheet, well profile and drilling progress chart for each well.
• Coordinate and supervises coring and logging operations including mobilization of coring and mud logging crew and equipment.
• Ensure thorough company drilling representative and service contractor’s personnel that the geological prognosis and well objectives are fully implemented and completed.
• Prepares geological prognosis and identifies geological uncertainties.
• Sets criteria for casing points, coring depths, total depths and testing decisions. Manages uncertainties when planning and geosteering horizontal wells. Optimizes target tolerance to meet well objective and be cost effective.
• Geosteer horizontal drains and monitors coring and mud logging programs and ensures compliance of agreed methods and techniques on site and in RTOC.
• Reviews important aspects of drilling and geological reports to test the validity of findings.
• Reviews the drilling assembly and parameters in addition to geological logging and survey data in order to monitor the status of the well.
• Provides advice on geological related problems as appropriate.
• Participates in daily and monthly lessons learned meetings and review jointly with drilling and reservoir development divisions the progress made and lessons captured.
• Provides technical and geological support to field development and drilling divisions on all aspects of operations geology. Act as interface between drilling and field development divisions.
• Carries out study when assigned to address problems related to coring, geosteering, drilling and well performance and submits appropriate recommendations. Write technical and end of well reports on job completion.
• Visits rig during coring and complex drilling operations and plays lead role in supervising geoscience contractors and identifying formation markers. Advises site leader and head quarter team on drilling progress.
• Quality control (QC)/quality assurance (QA) and ensures mud logging and ROP data acquired while drilling is loaded into finder express data base.
• Evaluates coring and mud logging bids and conducts contractor performance appraisals.
• Prepares geological weekly/monthly lessons learned and end of well reports and presents appraisal of geological aspects of wells drilled in in-house meetings.
• Provides information of any budget requirements for planning purposes to carry out projects or pilot programs.
• Recommends new methods/techniques to drilling division to carry out on drilling and/or work over wells with the objectives to reduce cost and improve performance adhering to well integrity standards.
• Keeps abreast with the new related developments in the industry, conducts feasibility studies and recommends as appropriate for company operations.
• Participates in writing technical papers for company and effectively reflecting them in geoscience workshops or similar.
• Provides knowledge transfer and training assistance to teammates and to the newly appointed geoscientists.
• Coaches the young UAE geoscientists and performs evaluation of their professional career development to achieve high standard of professionalism and the capability to work independently.
• Works in line with HSE QA policy and ensure awareness and compliance of HSE rules and regulations by subordinates.