Senior Reservoir Engineer – Management

Job description / Role

ABOUT CLIENT:

An exciting opportunity with an established leading Middle East based National Oil Company, that functions throughout offshore development sites as well as in the shallow coastal waters with a number of productive oil fields.

JOB PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

1. Promoting effective integration of key aspects of reservoir engineering in the development of integrated models for Full Field Development Plans and in monitoring and managing the reservoirs in accordance with related technical Working System standards and Shareholder guidelines and best practices.
2. Assuring careful planning and effective execution of reservoir monitoring and management plans by the asset teams.
3. Assuring the Company has and effectively manages its software and hardware resources for reservoir monitoring and management.
4. Promoting the application of the best practices and methods sanctioned by the Company's management and Shareholders for reserves/resource estimations and the dissemination of the fundamentals of the reserves/resource management system to Company's staff. As requested, participating in annual reserves review and update sessions to assure proper implementation of the fundamentals and in support of the asset teams.
5. Promoting effective integration of the key aspects of reservoir engineering and, especially, of reservoir monitoring and management aspects with other disciplines, including petrophysics, geological modeling, geophysics, petroleum production engineering and drilling.
6. Promoting knowledge sharing and transfer of experiences related to reservoir monitoring and management across different teams, within subsurface community and from the Company's Shareholders and the industry through forums, workshops, technology focus groups.
7. Supporting efforts to develop the reservoir engineering staff in reservoir monitoring and management with special emphasis on UAE Nationals.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Minimum of MSc in Petroleum Engineering, Earth Sciences or equivalent. PhD is preferable.

More than 15 years experience in the petroleum industry, with the last 10 years reasonably balanced between reservoir management and simulation with emphasis on reservoir monitoring and management, including a leadership position in the last 3 years and a history of delivery at an excellent level of performance.

• Industry-recognized authority in reservoir engineering with in-depth theoretical and practical experience.
• Significant experience in application of reservoir monitoring and management tools, field development, and interfacing with both geological and dynamic models and modelers.
• Working knowledge and understanding of the capabilities and limitations of various reservoir monitoring software and tools. Familiarity with vendors’ capabilities.

About the Company

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