Vice President Unconventional Drilling ADNOC UAE

The role of Vice President Unconventional Drilling at ADNOC is to manage all well drilling and completion activities for unconventionals in line with the business objectives. Manage all planning, contracts, logistics, personnel are in place for safe and efficient execution of the overall program. Ensure a successful scale up of unconventional well delivery and drive cost improvements based on continuous learnings and international experience. Job ID for this vacancy is 21406.

Duties Of Vice President Unconventional Drilling

• Manage the planning and execution of all Unconventionals well drilling, completion, and workover activity in line with the business plan.
• Develop short-term and long-term wells drilling and completion programs to meet timely well delivery objectives.
• Lead the development of fit-for-purpose operating policies and guidelines for unconventional drilling and completions activities in-line with the industry globally recognized standards and guidelines for unconventional plays.
• Manage the availability of equipment and crew for drilling, fracking and workover based on integrated activity plans.
• Ensuring effective utilization of resources and budget.
• Develop and manage the drilling and completion annual and quarterly budgets in line with the function business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and expertise to drilling and completion teams.
• Ensuring all activities are conducted in safe and efficient manner, following ADNOC HSE policies and guidelines.
• Provide oversight to unconventional drilling and completion operations, with clear focus on performance objectives including efficiency improvement, wells delivery timelines, and budget control.
• Provide oversight to all contracts related to drilling and completions and support ADNOC Drilling in managing contractor performance.
• Accountable for all drilling and completions matters in technical committees, operating committees, JV and industry forums.
• Ensure best practices from North America unconventionals are brought forward and applied in UAE, to help accelerate the cost learning curve.
• Define wells drilling and completions activities KPI’s and follow them rigorously utilizing frequent performance evaluation meetings, after action reviews and continuous improvement plans.
• Liaise closely with ADNOC JV partners on their well programs.
• Ensure any learnings from JV Partners are incorporate into ADNOC plans.

Requirements For Vice President Unconventional Drilling

The eligibility requirements for the role of Vice President Unconventional Drilling are as under:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering or equivalent.
• 20 years of experience, covering all aspects of well delivery, including drilling, completions, and workover operations.
• 10 years in unconventionals, including in a management capacity.

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