Principal Reservoir Engineer

Description

• Reservoir Management Strategy and measure plan to assess its effectiveness.
• Produces work of accurate and presentable quality in the appropriate formats.
• Provide technical recommendations on how future reservoir modelling is carried out.
• Support the development team with subsurface and production input for the purposes of CAPEX & OPEX budget and business planning process.
• Identify key risks and uncertainties associated with development options, quantify their impact and create comprehensive risk assessment with associated mitigation actions.
• Manage reservoir engineering studies conducted by consultants and third-party contractors.
• Concise reports for reservoir studies, maintaining comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date records of input and interpreted data.
• Cost effective Surveillance Plan to reduce uncertainty, mitigate subsurface risks to deliver production plan, improve development strategy and verify reservoir management effectiveness.
• Mobilize to client’s office, when appropriate, abroad or in country, to support team and activities.
• Develop and appraise field development opportunities for consideration of the client.
• Effectively and openly shares information with the wider organization in support of the overall business goals.
• The postholder is expected to adhere to all Legislative requirements the Petrofac 9 Lifesaving Rules and the Petrofac Values.
• Builds strong constructive working relationships with a wide range of people both within the local organization and externally.
• Overall responsible for reservoir description and modelling, ensuring that models stay current and updated with the latest production, well data and geoscientist interpretation.
• Identify and act upon any areas of efficiency in a timely manner with a view of delivering cost savings without risk to safety or production
• Provide reservoir and subsurface data to annual field report and reserve reporting process.
• Ensure reservoir models are fit for purpose to evaluate development options, like infill drilling, changes in exploitation strategy or recovery mechanisms.
• Review and verify legacy reservoir data and models.
• Assist asset production team with production forecasting and package uplift planning and scheduling workflow.
• Define and implement reservoir management strategy that demonstrably enhance production and optimize resource recovery.
• Work with and provide mentor support to personnel as part of Technical Services Contract requirements.
• Collaborate closely with Production Engineers on production optimization efforts, identification of opportunities for production enhancement and debottlenecking production, leading well by well reviews and contributing with process optimisation efforts.
• Prepare detailed business cases to support opportunities to increase production and/or add resources.
• Setting priorities and developing integrated project scopes from multiple inputs from the conception
• Ensure optimal delivery of budgetary commitments.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary subsurface team to assess incremental production and reserves potential of identified opportunities.
• Responsible for performing all duties with due regard to the health, safety of self, others and of the environment in which they are undertaken.

Requirements

• Able to produce high quality written work and formal presentations which match identified requirements.
• Must be able to demonstrate continuing personal and professional development. Professional membership as applicable supported
• Ability to communicate formally and informally with a wide range of people.
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment.
• Comfortable working in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams and various parts of the organization and service lines.
• Ability to frame and solve engineering problems with appropriate, innovative solutions.
• Ability to lead and work in a team, resolving day-to-day issues as they occur.
• Ability to manage system issues and liaise with external support teams to bring resolutions.
• Engineering Skills
• Knowledge of well intervention equipment and well services operations.
• Self-motivated and able to deliver in a goal orientated working environment.
• Strong drive to learn and develop own abilities and able to work independently but seek guidance when needed.
• Degree qualified or with significant experience working in the oil and gas industry or similar industry in a similar position.
• Few years of experience in similar roles
• Ability to engage with multidisciplinary teams to explain complex technical issues in a clear manner, to support operational and project management decisions.
• Excellent knowledge of geomodelling and reservoir simulation packages.
• Good organizational skills, SMART working methods and can demonstrate personal effectiveness in previous roles.
• Able to manage priorities and seek support when required.
• Working knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of production engineering and well servicing.
• Knowledge of sand face and upper completion design; sand control (e.g. OHGP) / Cased and perforated / standard, artificial lift completions etc.
• Ability to manage multiple work scopes, prioritising and allocating resources as required for the best outcome for the client .
• Strong personal values and willing to take clear personal accountability for actions.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication and presentation skills. This requires the ability to articulate in a clear, concise and constructive manner at the appropriate level for the intended audience.
• Can demonstrate examples of delivering high quality work, both as an individual and working with a team.
• Communication Skills

Benefits

• Production forecasts: short term (3 months), medium term (18 months), long term (5 years) for operational and business planning purposes, as well as Life of field profiles for reserves reporting.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance