Drilling Fluids Oilfield Job in Houston: Up to $120/hr, 14/14 Hitch

The Mud advisor will be directly responsible for implementing a mud surveillance program across all basins in a remote operating center (ROC), support centralized mud performance monitoring and drive consistency fleetwide across all basins, and Improve decision making via increased data accuracy and data density from the mud skids.

• Track field inventory and product usage per interval on rigs. Set up KPIs and trend analysis of the consumption. Capture lessons for best-in-class wells. a. This includes daily mud product type, additive cost, additive quantity used per well and per bbl of mud built.
• Verify and approve mud engineer treatment plans based on mud report and mud skid data streams. Feedback observations to the WSL.
• Track field volume handling efficiency per interval on rigs. Set up KPIs and trend analysis of the consumption. Capture lessons for best-in-class wells.
• Monitor solids control equipment, assess performance, and make recommendations related to its use (inc. shaker screen sizing) based on trends seen in the ROC.
• Establish alarm response protocol for mud parameters from mud skid data stream as agreed with rig-specific WSL and superintendent (or what is in the well monitoring matrix). Sets high/low alarms for data-streams considered critical.
• Reviews displacement plans for spacers, slugs, LCM pills and clean-out pills and provides feedback to the fluids service supplier project engineer and rig-WSL.
• Annotates and journals events at the rig site, calling fluids service supplier project engineer or WSL for clarification/confirmation as needed.
• Build a list of data-streams required from the rig and arrange dashboard(s) to allow monitoring.
• Confirm all sensors and data streams coming from the rig are fully functional (every tour). Notify WSL if data streams are not available.
• Does not contact rig mud engineer(s) directly, relays messages via fluids service supplier project engineer AND rig WSL if recommendations on drilling fluids are needed.
• Receives copies of well-specific mud program and daily mud reports (DMRs), reviewing each and being aware of critical properties for each interval being drilled.
• Contacts fluids service supplier project engineer regarding errors or inconsistencies on the DMRs, clarifying corrections or updates required
• Monitors surface MW (SMW) values reported by rig mud engineering and compares to any data coming from a real-time rheology measurement device (if installed on the rig). Record SMW fluctuations versus temperature and maps this back to estimated ECD.
• Journals when fluid properties have deviated outside of what is in the well-specific mud program, reporting this to the fluids service supplier project engineer and rig WSL.
• Tracks mud (active) pit volume trends with time to establish an expected decrease rate based on ROPs and drilling parameters. Journals changes to the expected consumption rates, reporting anomalies to the ROC superintendent.
• Brings SMW and mud property trends together to explain changes in standpipe pressure. Notifies ROC superintendent if SPP (or PWD) values change but cannot be explained by variations in the drilling fluids properties.
• Capture lessons learned and best practices from specific rigs/wells and make available to the fluids project engineer and rig-WSLs. Use these to drive service quality consistency across all rigs with each fluids service supplier.
• Build a database of best practices & lessons to support creation of a recommended fluids service guidebook for the field.
• Work with fluids service supplier project engineer to understand rig-specific pit / tank capacities and line / valve arrangements (and limitations) on each rig in the field.
• Provide support to WSL as needed on volume management and displacement calculations.
• When necessary, support raising on non-conformance reports (NCRs) with the fluids service supplier for deviations in mud quality versus the signed mud program.
• Lead diesel consumption / usage reduction plan with the fluids service supplier project engineer and create a tracking system to assess performance.
• Become a team focal point for addressing critical fluids influenced drilling issues, such as, but not limited to, lost circulation, hole cleaning, wellbore stability, stuck pipe, well control and corrosive gases.

Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in related field. (preferred)
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.
• Experience as a Mud Engineer for 5 or more years with an independent or major oil company in similar capacity.
• Understand and demonstrate leadership in all aspects of managing an HSE compliant operation without sacrificing operational efficiency.
• Excellent team player and communications skills.
• Effective at researching offset well, good computer and presentational skills.
• Familiar with data analytics tools and basic programming skills.

Position Details:

Location: Houston, TX

Pay Rate: $80-$120 per hour

Hitch: 14/14