Sunday, January 3, 2010

Production Technician

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BHP Billiton Petroleum is a significant oil and gas explorer, and producer, with major production assets in Australia, the United Kingdom, the Gulf of Mexico (US), Algeria, Pakistan and Trinidad & Tobago.
In 1995, a BHP BIlliton joint venture was awarded the Dadu Concession (Block 2667-1) located in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The Zamzama gas field was discovered in 1998.  The field began producing in March 2001. Full field development (Phase 1) was completed in July 2003 and a gas sales agreement was signed with SSGCL/SNGPL for sale of 320MMSCFD of gas.  The next phase of Zamzama development has recently been completed involving new gas treatment facilities to increase gas sales by an additional 150 million standard cubic feet per day.
Pakistan's operations achieved a significant milestone - eight years without a Lost Time Incident at its Zamzama Gas Plant operation.  The facility continued certification for both ISO 14001 for Environmental Management and OHSAS 18001 for Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Systems and received an Environmental Excellence Award by the Pakistan NGO, the National Forum for Environment and Health.  The Pakistan operations sponsored significant community programs focusing on sustainable development.

Position Synopsis

This is a field based position on rotation reporting to the Production Supervisor.  Responsibilities include carrying out commissioning, start-up, shutdown and operation of process equipment including cryogenic units for gas processing, gas wells, dehydration units, compressors and power turbines.  This position is also responsible to maintain a comprehensive log of all production activities; to carry out performance and compliance testing of wells and data collection for process train/utilities for further analysis; incumbent should have a good understanding of permit to work system and safety analysis.

Skills & Experience

Diploma in an engineering discipline (Chemical/Petroleum) or recognized trade apprenticeship in oil & gas/petrochemical industry with 5-7 years of operating experience in gas purification and/or petrochemical plants. Should be computer literate with good command of written and spoken English.

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