Staroxa Technology

Drilling Engineering
As an entry-level drilling engineer, your career begins as a drill site manager — an on-site representative for drilling, completion, workover, and intervention operations.
Drill site managers work a rotational schedule, typically 14 days on/14 days off. Your typical responsibilities will include:
• Directing day-to-day drilling and completions operations to ensure the safety of all personnel on location  and compliance with all applicable environmental regulations
• Managing day-to-day activities of rig contractor personnel and third-party contractors
• Managing logistics for personnel and equipment to and from location
• Providing accurate daily drilling reports and maintaining accurate cost control After two to five years of  experience, entry-level drilling engineers have the opportunity to move into the office and work as a drilling or completions engineer.
Examples of project work for drilling or completions engineers are:
• Fit-for-purpose well or completion designs
• Bit and drill string design
• Casing and cement design
• Risk assessments and probabilistic cost estimating

Production Engineering
Production engineers are involved in the full lifecycle of field development — from conceptual design through  the production phase and eventually abandonment.
Production engineers specialize in reservoir surveillance and production system optimization, evolving development concepts, and contributing to well completions.
Your typical responsibilities willinclude:
• Production monitoring and evaluation
• Asset management planning
• Workover design and execution
• Production equipment design
• Cost estimating and budgeting
• Interfacing with working: interest partners, service companies, and regulatory agencies

As a petroleum engineer, you’ll play a vital role in delivering the vital energy the world needs. Use your talents to make an impact on billions of people.

Reservoir and Simulation Engineering
Reservoir and simulation engineers make use of the latest analytical techniques to understand well and reservoir behavior on rock parameters, geology, and fluid properties.

Reservoir Simulation Consulting and Support
• Reservoir simulation studies to assist operating companies with reservoir development and reservoir management projects
• Reservoir simulation, uncertainty analysis, experimental design, well-test analysis, and nodal analysis
• Research and development projects: testing and deploying new tools, developing new work processes, and  assisting the research and development teams Reservoir and Simulation Research and Development
• Research, development, and application of optimization techniques
• Gridding, upscaling, and modeling of geologically and geometrically complex reservoirs
• Advanced numerical methods for fluid flow
• Data integration for improving reservoir modeling and uncertainty Heavy Oil and Unconventional Resources
• Conduct reservoir simulation studies
• Conduct research and development in improved oil recovery
• Participate in reservoir management studies
• Conduct history matching and sensitivity  studies

Job Description

Petroleum engineers apply technical skills and knowledge to solve engineering challenges. They function as integrators, connecting subsurface and topside engineering activities to bring oil or gas from the reservoir to the surface. They aim to do this economically, safely and with minimum damage to the reservoir and facilities.
Petroleum engineers acquire expertise in a wide range of areas, including:
• petrophysics;
• drilling and product operations;
• reservoir engineering;
• production geology;
• production technology;
• field development economics.

Other activities range from managing material resources and contractor relationships, to supervising drilling personnel.
They work in multidisciplinary teams alongside other engineers, scientists, drilling teams and contractors.
Typical Work Activities

Typical work activities include:
• liaising with geoscientists, production and reservoir engineers, and commercial managers in interpreting well-logging results and predicting production potential;
• compiling detailed development plans of reservoir performance using mathematical models to ensure maximum economic recovery;
• selecting optimal tubing size and the variety of suitable equipment within the well for different functions;
• designing the completion - the part of the well that communicates with the reservoir rock and fluids;
• designing systems that help the well to flow, for example using submersible pumps;
 • managing problems of fluid behaviour and production chemistry;
• evaluating and recommending flow rate enhancement by using, for example, hydraulic fracturing (to force fluid into a well and fracture the rock) and acid treatment (to erode the rock and improve flow path);
 • managing and controlling wells with branches at the bottom (horizontal and multilateral wells);
• using well and reservoir surveillance data to manage the value of the reservoir and decide on appropriate
engineering interventions;
• understanding and managing how a set of wells interact;
• managing contractor relationships in relation to health, safety and environmental performance;
• supervising well-site operations personnel and managing staff at all levels, including the training and supervision of crew members, to ensure that everyone works as a team in order to meet deadlines to clients' satisfaction;
• liaising with separate departments to ensure correct progress with projects;
• taking responsibility for the maintenance of equipment;
• liaising with clients to keep them informed of progress.