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POSITION: PORE PRESSURE CONSULTANT
Position Overview and Responsibilities Job Responsibilities
- To support pre-drill and post-drill Pore Pressure and wellbore stability analysis with the objective of defining areas that are potential candidates for 2 string casing design within operated acreage.
Functions
1. A focus on incident free and safe operations.
2. Estimate reservoir and overburden in situ stresses and pressure collapse in offset wells near development.
3. Share digital data findings in PowerPoint, Excel, and through meetings with the Geohazards team.
4. Share knowledge and experience on PPFG and borehole stabilities issues in South Texas.
5. Advice on mudweight drilling ranges.
6. Spatially define zones where 2 and 3 string casing is needed.
7. Attend meetings/conference calls as required.
Required Education, Skills and Experience
1. Minimum 25 years of experience in the areas of Drilling, Geo Pressure, Earth Stress, Fracture Gradient, Mechanical Wellbore Stability.
2. 10+ years of experience in the Eagle Ford shale play (preferably in Karnes, Dewitt, Live Oak, La Salle and McMullen counties).
Required Competencies
1. The energy and ability to work collaboratively with the Geohazards team.
2. Complies with applicable company policies' and procedures. (Follow´s internal Geohazards, well construction procedures).
3. Confidence to challenge norms and openly share thoughts and data.
4. The ability and willingness to share experience on borehole stability issues faced by other operators.
5. Works on integrated multi well, multi discipline field studies. He/she integrates all the available data to create an internally consistent 1D stress model (Sv, PP, Shmin, Shmax).
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