PETRONAS; Drilling Fluid & Cementing Engineer

Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) is a leading global energy company committed to powering society’s progress in a responsible and sustainable manner. With close to 50,000 employees and a global reach spanning over 100 countries, we are ranked among the world’s largest corporations by revenue in the Fortune Media IP Ltd’s 2022 Fortune Global 500® list.

PETRONAS has been operating in Indonesia for more than 20 years, starting with its venture into a non-operator equity for the Ketapang Contract Area in 2000.  PETRONAS is currently holding participating interest in 9 Contract Areas across Indonesia, with 4 of them already in the production stage. PETRONAS has also consistently and successfully implemented various social and community programmes, focusing on education, capacity building, environment, health, as well as community wellbeing and development which are governed by its large Corporate Sustainability Framework.

As a safe, resilient, low cost and low carbon EP business, we are committed to consistently strengthening our presence in Indonesia and positively contributing to the development of Indonesia’s energy industry by supporting the country’s long-term ambition to produce 1 million barrels of oil per day (MBOPD) and 12 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day (BSCFD) as set out in the Indonesian Oil and Gas 4.0 strategic plans.

PETRONAS Indonesia is looking for competent, dynamic, and creative Indonesians to join us in this exciting journey.  Under the Production Sharing Contract arrangements with SKK MIGAS, PETRONAS Indonesia is looking for the following professionals:

1. Drilling Fluid & Cementing Engineer

We are seeking a Drilling Fluid & Cementing Professional to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for prepare and execute all aspect of drilling fluid and cementing engineering works including contract requirement in Indonesia Operation for development of oil and gas reserve in order to meet stakeholder’s and company’s objectives and aspiration.

Job responsibility and accountability:

• Prepare, lead and supervise the implementation of the drilling fluid, cementing, solid control & waste management and geomechanics programs in the project team(s) to ensure all activities are operated in safe and cost effective manner.

• Reduce non-productive time and trouble cost related to drilling fluid, cementing and hole making by identifying problems and recommend remedial action to drilling team. 

• Consolidate, capture and verify all drilling fluid, cementing and geomechanic technical information and disseminate them to the various drilling engineers in projects teams so as to ensure smooth delivery.

• Perform offset wells study and identify challenges in related to drilling fluid, lead lab testing, and propose fit-for-purpose drilling fluid design and execution strategy.

• Review, analyse and modify the base requirement for the scope of work and technical specifications for the tender packages in order to be in line with project requirement and meeting the minimum cost concept and HSE requirement.

• Ensure on contracted drilling rigs and 3rd party drilling fluid equipment,materials and supplies compliance to contract technical specifications and PCSB’s safety standards by participating on site rig inspections acceptance test.

• Provide continuous advice to respective project team(s) on daily well fluid properties, hole stability and cost impact if any to ensure safe and cost effective operations. Ensure drilling fluid and cementing operations are performed in full compliance with HSE policies and procedures.

• Provide expert support to rig for decisions making to ensure that cementing operations are designed and performed efficiently and in accordance with  standards and procedures. Ensure cementing unit is well maintained with the necessary spares and preventive checklists has been performed.

• Participate in evaluating cementing failures (using root cause analysis techniques) and report findings, lesson learned and recommendations to avoid reoccurrence of problems.

Requirements:

• Degree in engineering preferably with strong drilling curriculum.

• Minimum 10 years in drilling industry focusing on drilling fluids and cementing including knowledge of geomechanics. Minimum 7 years offshore wellsite experience.

• Minimum 7 years experiences with Operators in designing drilling fluids and cementing engineering aspects, delivering the project and coordinating with multiple stakeholders in town.

• Possess good interpersonal and communication skills.

• Good knowledge on deepwater drilling fluids engineering design and operational experience is a must.

Suitable CVs with the above requirements are welcome to submit an application no longer than 30 April 2026 via email to: recruitment_pcino@petronas.com.my  (mentioned the proposed position title on your email subject). All Employment arrangements will be under Third Party Contract (TPC).