Senior Reservoir Engineer

Oando Plc is one of Africa’s largest integrated energy solutions provider with a proud heritage. It has a primary listing on the Nigeria Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With shared values of Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Passion and Professionalism (TRIPP).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

 

Job Title: Senior Reservoir Engineer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Schedule: Full-time

Purpose

  • 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.

Supervisory Responsibility:

  • Technical mentorship of interns, lower cadre reservoir engineers

Scope of Responsibility & Accountability

  • Participate in multidisciplinary team’s field reviews and selection of quick win opportunities
  • Ensure EHS & regulatory compliance in production operations
  • Develop and Implement production enhancement strategies
  • Mentor young engineers and drive the creation of strategic workflows/processes.

Essential Function

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 reservoir surveillance analysis & make recommendations for optimization and proper management of reservoirs

Job Specification

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Core Competencies:

  • Working Knowledge of Reservoir Data Acquisition
  • Skilled in Reservoir Fluid Properties
  • Skilled in Reservoir Rock Properties
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Team Playing
  • Oral & written Communication
  • Strong exposure to good HSE Experience, practice and certification
  • Relationship Management
  • Leadership/Supervisory

Key Performance Indicators:

  • Corporate: Support the Subsurface team to actualize her goals and business targets
  • Safety: Demonstrate strict adherence to EHS guidelines and policies
  • Operational Excellence: Drive team performance and project execution
  • Technical: Demonstrate technical savviness & drive business profitability
  • Culture: Demonstrate TRIPP values whilst engaging in corporate functions and team engagements

How to Apply
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