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Job Title: Drilling Engineer

Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of
hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.
With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy
we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.
Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market
discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible
stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant
societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies,
and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.
We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by
market capitalization.

Overview
Drilling Engineering is currently seeking an experienced Drilling Engineer to support and direct drilling
engineering functions to support complex drilling operations; and lead major drilling engineering projects that
require original or unusual analysis and solutions.

As the successful candidate you will have extensive experience with Drilling & Workover rigs for all types of
well construction (oil, gas, and exploration).

You will have experience to develop cost analysis, and prepare detailed workover evaluations and programs.
Prepare standard development practices and procedures to ensure maximum drilling efficiency consistent with
safety, economics, reservoir, and aquifer considerations.

Key Responsibilities
You will be required to perform and demonstrate the following:

Provide sound drilling engineering methods and procedures to be used on assigned drilling problems.

Execute and accomplish assignments and studies in areas outlined in the scope, assuring conformance to overall
objectives of all phases of drilling operations in areas including drilling penetration rate optimization, new
drilling technology, and drilling studies.

Deliver technical support for many types of drilling wells including complex multi-lateral and extended reach
(ERD) horizontal oil and gas wells, HPHT gas wells, offshore and deep water, and unconventional wells. Wells
include power water injections and producing wells, exploration wells and all kind of workovers including
HST’s.

Analyze advanced drilling data and the performance of new or existing drilling techniques to determine a need
for or benefit from studies, recommendations, and/or modifications with respect to unit costs, and operating
efficiency consistent with established operations.

Assume ownership of relevant Saudi Aramco General Instructions and standards and, when applicable,
recommend improvements to operational processes and guidelines.

Extend training and technical support to junior engineers and ensure the sustained meeting of regional and
global standards, practices, and procedures.

Minimum Requirements
As the successful candidate, you will hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering, preferably in Petroleum,
Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.

You will have a minimum of 12 years’ experience with a strong preference for 15 years’ plus experience as a
drilling engineer or foreman in the conventional oil industry. At least 10 years of this should be with a major
international operator.

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You should have a minimum of 5 years working as an operations drilling engineer with at least 1-year
cumulative time working on a rig as a Drilling Engineer or Drilling Supervisor/Foreman or equivalent.
Working environment
Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and
industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.
At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology
that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the
world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.
We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels
are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce
development programs – one of the largest in the world.

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