Role Synopsis:

Provide leadership for delivery and quality assurance of formation evaluation data, supplier performance management and safe, reliable data acquisition operations
Ensure conformance to CLIENT practises and alignment with the New Well common process
Participate in root cause analysis of data acquisition non-productive time events and ensure lessons are captured and communicated for effective continuous improvement
Contribute to the Supplier performance management process and assessment of key performance indicators
Provide coaching and supervision to lesser experienced operations petrophysicists across the business

Key Accountability:

Well planning and pre data acquisition preparation
Data acquisition planning

With the subsurface and wells teams, provide input into the setting of well and data acquisition objectives
Develop detailed data acquisition programmes for the Statement of Requirements (SoR) and ensure the programmes align to well objectives
Assist in value of information assessments for data acquisition programmes
Ensure data acquisition operations are planned and implemented to meet well objectives and CLIENT requirements.
Assess the Risk of any data acquisition operation and propose plans to mitigate.
Have input into the coring and testing decisions
Provide the Wells team with detailed time / cost estimates.
Provide input to technical planning meetings.

Supplier interface

Perform Supplier base audits and assess
- Tool maintenance standards, capability of supplier equipment, crew competency for the specific job, support infrastructure and HSE compliance
- Ensue the Supplier develops and maintain an audit action item list and ensure actions are completed
- Ensure the Supplier maintains auditable records of tool preparation planning progress and agreements
- Ensure that Wireline and LWD Logging equipment are well maintained as established by equipment history records.
- Ensure that the supplier’s HSE standards are compatible with CLIENT ’s and supplier is fully aware of CLIENT ’s HSSE requirements
Convey the data acquisition objectives for each operation to the suppliers and ensure tools are in spec, available, and operational.

Ensure suppliers are aware of CLIENT ’s requirements for delivery of accurate, complete and timely data

Conduct pre data acquisition operational meetings with suppliers, as required
- Conduct ‘Log the well on paper’ exercises
Work with Supplier to optimise tool combinations to ensure most efficient means of data acquisition and assist them to prepare a detailed data acquisition programme and procedure
Quality control supplier tool string tension modelling performed before each job
Ensure equipment supplied is as specified and has current applicable certification.
Supervise / witness make-up and function testing of Logging Equipment in the base and again at rig site
With the sub sector specialists, ensure New Technology is introduced through the SORAC in a controlled and systematic fashion
Data acquisition operations execution
Ensure timely mobilization of logging equipment and crew
Oversee contractors Wireline and LWD Logging preparations and load out manifests
Provide wellsite HSE leadership of data acquisition crews to meet CLIENT expectations
Witness and QC critical operations at wellsite or remotely, or ensure a competent alternate is available to minimize non-productive time (NPT) and assure data quality and service deliver.
- Provide on-site support / supervision of Wireline and LWD Logging operations.
- Provide on-site specialist advice to wellsite team.
Assure data acquisition operations for:
Operational HSSE
Wireline field data and LWD real time data quality control, delivery, data and header formats, timeliness and accuracy
Ensure technical, safety, and environmental policies and procedures are implemented in accordance with CLIENT standards
Maintain a concise record and observations of data acquisition operations to include non-conformance and NPT events, acquisition of all data required
Liaise with CLIENT wellsite personnel and supplier personnel, to ensure operations are efficiently co-ordinated, and are performed in a safe, environmentally acceptable, and cost-effective manner.
Ensure operations are performed according to the agreed Wireline and LWD data acquisition program and all the required data is acquired as specified in the programme
Ensure detailed Wireline and LWD Logging tool diagrams are presented to the wells team and appear on field and final log prints
Supervise surface and bottom hole sampling program as required Ensure that CLIENT best practices are used in the acquisition, transfer, and transport of fluid samples from offshore rigs to onshore labs.
Ensure safe wireline, LWD and coring operations including safe handling of pressurized fluid samples, explosive percussion SWC and perforating guns, and radioactive sources.
Provide initial wellsite interpretation of logs.
Liaise closely with CLIENT Subsurface teams to ensure Wireline and LWD Logging objectives are met
Mentor junior staff on NWD PP responsibilities including hosting of junior staff offshore for wireline, LWD, and coring operations.
Monitor daily operations including performance and cost of formation evaluation services.
On completion or data acquisition programme, act as Approver 1 for the KPI score card for data acquisition and prepare the KPIs for the acquisition QC and SPM scorecard
Ensure timely demobilization of Wireline and LWD Logging Equipment and Personnel.

Post Wireline and LWD Logging

Ensure quality controlled, depth shifted, environmentally corrected and processed final data is delivered to the project petrophysicist within the time frame agreed with the Supplier with accurate and clear audit trail and header information.
Ensure that data and data processing reports are assured for quality and accuracy and made available for distribution to partners and regulatory bodies
Prepare detailed end of well reports covering safety, quality, performance & technical considerations for data acquisition operations.
Compile and distribute lessons learned document and data acquisition one pagers where necessary. Fully implement Continuous Improvement into future data acquisition planning process
Maintain a data base of lessons learned and ensure they are shared with the subsurface teams, sub sector specialists, the NWD team and the operations petrophysics CoP
Maintain links with Operations Petrophysics CoP and be prepared to share lessons learned to the community
Chair after action review, monthly and Quarterly Performance Review with Wireline and LWD Suppliers.
- Summarise findings and report to the sub sector specialists
Approve Supplier Performance Scorecard 2 if required
Review and assure the accuracy of data acquisition related invoices in line with data requested, the data delivered and the SORAC
Ensure the Supplier maintains and services Wireline and LWD Logging Equipment as required.
Assist drilling team, as required, with generation of end of well documentation
Record any deviations from the contract as Non-Conformance
Provide quick-look interpretation of open hole and cased hole data
Ensure completion and accuracy of all documents and records that need to be kept throughout the life of the well with regard to data acquisition

Cement bond log evaluation

With the required competence, serve as cement evaluation specialist for the region

Supplier Performance Management

Assist Supply Chain with contract tender, bid evaluations and Supplier Performance management, including provision of scopes of work, approval of KPI scorecards and validation of invoices
Responsibility for cost control and tracking, checking accuracy and validity of contractor invoices and providing technical approval for payment
Performance monitoring and reporting of wireline and LWD supplier KPIs
Ensure supplier is aligned to the terms of the data acquisition contracts

Essential experience and job requirements
Essential criteria & qualifications:
The candidate should have significant industry experience (20+years), specifically field experience with a major wireline or LWD company. With this background the candidate may support CLIENT ’s requirements in terms of technical knowledge of the data acquisition process, the ability to conduct an effective supplier base audit, and witness equipment preparation and load out. There may be a requirement to witness data acquisition operations at the wellsite. Additionally, the candidate’s experience in contract management will benefit CLIENT in Supplier performance management and key performance indicator score card evaluation.
Education:
• Relevant Engineering or Geoscience Degree

Desirable criteria & qualifications:
•           Experience in quick look interpretation of WL and LWD logs.
•           Experience or exposure to contracts and contract management.
•           Proven track record of Contracting and Tendering expertise.

Senior Operations Petrophysicist.

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