Fishing Engineer
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About the Role
Nabors Industries seeks a Fishing Engineer to plan and execute downhole fishing operations, including retrieval of stuck tools and pipe, section milling, and slot recovery. The role requires strong technical expertise and operational leadership to minimize non-productive time.
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Responsibilities
- Plan, execute, and oversee fishing operations during drilling, completion, or workover activities
- Retrieve stuck or lost tools, pipe, junk, and other downhole equipment
- Perform complex operations such as section milling, casing milling, and slot recovery
- Minimize non productive time (NPT) through safe and efficient execution of downhole interventions
Requirements
- Experience in planning and executing fishing operations during drilling, completion, or workover activities
- Technical expertise in retrieval of stuck or lost tools, pipe, junk, and downhole equipment
- Ability to perform complex operations such as section milling, casing milling, and slot recovery
- Strong operational leadership and collaboration skills
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Job Overview
- The Fishing Engineer is responsible for planning, executing, and overseeing fishing operations during drilling, completion, or workover activities.
- This includes retrieval of stuck or lost tools, pipe, junk, and other downhole equipment, as well as performing complex operations such as section milling, casing milling, and slot recovery.
- The role requires strong technical expertise, operational leadership, and collaboration across teams to minimize non productive time (NPT) and ensure safe, efficient execution of downhole interventions.
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