Job Summary
- Provide effective reservoir management of the producing reservoirs.
- To provide reservoir engineering input and leadership for projects from initial opportunity identification to cessation of production, including selection and definition of development plans.
- Ensures integration of subsurface and surface parameters in dynamic reservoir analysis, maximizing recovery efficiencies and optimizing production potential.
- Manage reporting lines and mentor junior staff.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic:
- Reviewing / designing, supervising and analyzing plans and results for pressure transient tests.
- Reviewing or preparing appraisal programs for reservoir engineering data (PVT, RCAL / SCAL, pressure data, well tests, MDT, etc.)
- Reviewing data acquisition reports and lab reports from contractors – quality check samples & results, extract properties required for reservoir engineering studies
- Developing production forecasts and predicting reservoir performance for approval of well proposals
- Understand and support efforts to mitigate subsurface risk
- Proposing cost-effective reservoir monitoring and surveillance programs
- Perform and supervise reservoir simulation studies to test development concepts / recovery schemes and optimize recoveries
- Continuously monitor reservoir performance, analyze data, and prepare reports to track progress and identify areas for improvement.
- Perform and supervise well and reservoir surveillance analysis & make recommendations for optimization and proper management of reservoirs
- Prepare and review written reports of reservoir performance, including explaining and presenting results
- Develop and quality check reservoir performance predictions, including decline analysis and material balance on producing assets
- Provide Reservoir Engineering input to all infill Well Proposals in terms of reserve calculations, opportunities, well locations, Risks, and economic analysis.
- Prepare and quality check forecasts for business plan and monthly production outlook
- Review deterministic and probabilistic estimates of in-place hydrocarbon volume
- Support reservoir related due diligence on potential farm-ins and acquisitions
- Estimate and review reserves / resources associated with opportunities
Requirements
- 1st Degree in Petroleum Engineering or other Engineering degree with appropriate professional experience, required
- 5 – 8 years of experience required
- Skilled in key subjects within reservoir engineering discipline, which includes but not limited to: reservoir studies, reserves estimation, well test analysis, rock and fluid properties, decline curve analysis & production forecasting, well & reservoir management, field development planning and production support activities
- Skill level = Capacity to perform these duties with minimal supervision
- Experience with material balance and reservoir simulation required
- Experience using standard Reservoir Engineering software, particularly: OFM, MBAL / PROSPER / GAP, Eclipse /T Navigator, Petrel, Ecrin / Saphir
- Strong Computer Skills
- High skill level user of MS Office software: Word, Excel & PowerPoint
- Petroleum economic skills is a plus
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including presentation skills
- Solid analytical skills: problem-solving and critical thinking
- Networking and relationship management
- Technical writing
- Project management skills
- Business performance monitoring and reporting
Core Competencies:
- List the key competencies required for this job:
- Working Knowledge of Reservoir Data Acquisition
- Skilled in Reservoir Fluid Properties
- Skilled in Reservoir Rock Properties
- Skilled in Well Testing & Pressure Transient Analysis
- Skilled in Determination of Initial Reservoir Conditions
- Skilled in Fluid Transport through Porous Media
- Skilled in Material Balance
- Skilled in Dynamic Reservoir Simulation
- Skilled in Decline Curve Analysis
- Working Knowledge of Oil and Gas Reserves Estimation
- Skilled in Reservoir Surveillance
- Skilled in Well Performance
- Skilled in Field Development Planning
- Working Knowledge of Integrated Reservoir Characterisation
- Working Knowledge of Field/Asset Management
- Awareness of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Methods
- Awareness of Unconventional Hydrocarbons e.g. Heavy Oil
Other Competencies:
- Oil & Gas Industry Dynamics
- Project Management
- Relationship Management
- Leadership/Supervisory
- Team Playing
- Oral & written Communication
- Strong exposure to good HSE Experience, practice and certification