Airswift is looking for a Geomechanics Specialist to join a leading energy company in Trinidad & Tobago on a 1 year temporary contract.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Integrate multiple indicators and observations of pressure and fracture gradients in a geological context to generate pre-drill pore pressure and fracture gradient (PPFG) forecasts.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary well planning team to optimize well design, including drilling fluid selection, casing string design, setting depths, and geo-hazard mitigation.
• Communicate technical work, risks, and mitigation strategies to a wide range of stakeholders, including drilling teams, operations teams, leadership, and regulatory bodies.
• Provide operational support for pore pressure detection on complex wells in collaboration with the Real-Time Collaboration Center.
• Perform real-time model calibration, kick analysis, gas and breathing analysis, and loss investigations during well execution.
• Develop wellbore strengthening models and implementation plans for drilling through depleted reservoirs.
• Create wellbore stability models to recommend minimum mud weights for safe and efficient drilling and completion.
• Contribute to Reservoir Development Operating Limits, zonal isolation assessment, alternate well design, and risk assessments.
• Participate in non-productive time analyses related to subsurface operations.
• Develop and implement a world-class PPFG and Geomechanics toolkit.
• Coach and mentor less experienced team members.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant oilfield (drilling PPFG/geomechanics) with operator or service company.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to distill complicated technical work to a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to work with cross-disciplinary teams and competing priorities to deliver challenging wells.
• The candidate must be familiar with PPFG, geomechanics, drilling and subsurface aspects of Well Planning and Execution.
• Previous PPFG experience with an operator; previous geomechanics experience such as wellbore stability and formation pressure integrity tests, strong geology and geophysics background and experience with well planning.
• Experience generating pre-drill PPFG forecasts for offshore wells in both development and exploration settings.
• Awareness of Geology, Petrophysics, Basin Modelling, Processing Geophysics, Reservoir Geomechanics, Drilling Engineering, Rig Systems, and Well Control.
• Software proficiency and coding capability (e.g., VBA, Python, Techlog and Petrel).
• Fluent English.