Geomechanics Engineer
Schlumberger
**Geomechanics Engineer**
**Key** **Responsibilities:**
**Data Audit & Gap Analysis:** Assess existing datasets and identify critical data gaps.
**Geomechanical Property Modelling:** Develop rock mechanical property models, pore pressure models, and compute stress magnitudes/orientations.
**Wellbore Stability & Drilling Optimization:** Perform wellbore stability analysis, recommend safe mud weights, optimize casing seats, and evaluate drilling risks (e.g., wellbore collapse, lost circulation, differential sticking). Conduct trajectory sensitivity and fault stability analysis.
**Completion & Sand Management:** Assess well integrity and perform sand production management to prevent sanding risks.
**Post-Drill & Advanced Modelling:** Conduct post-drill wellbore stability analysis, integrate core test results, and develop/update 3D/4D Geomechanical models for drilling and hydraulic fracturing applications.
**Education:** Bachelor’s or Master’s in Geosciences, Petroleum Engineering, or a related field.
**Experience:** Minimum **5+ years** in geomechanics, drilling optimization, or wellbore stability.
**Technical Skills:** Expertise in **Techlog, Petrel, Visage** , or similar geomechanics software will be preferred.
**Analytical Skills:** Strong understanding of **rock mechanics, stress modelling, and wellbore stability** .
**Problem-Solving:** Ability to identify and mitigate drilling/completion challenges.
**Collaboration:** Experience working with **drillers, reservoir engineers, and completion engineers** in multidisciplinary teams
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