Senior Production Engineer (Oil & Gas)

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Preferred Qualifications / Experience

• Engineering Applications such as IPM (GAP, PROSPER, Resolve), OFM and Hysys
• Programming/scripting (e.g. Python, Matlab, C#)
• Data visualization software (e.g. Power BI, SeeQ, XHQ)
• Production database management (e.g. Energy Components, PI, SQL)
• Digital oil field tools and workflows

Job Group Capability
Subsurface, Subsea, Pipelines & Production Engineering


Job Group
Production Engineering

What You Will Do

• Lead/collaborate with engineers and operators on global teams to analyze well/field performance and advise on production optimization 
• Lead/collaborate with cross disciplinary team of reservoir, facilities, wells, and operations engineers to identify and execute opportunities for production debottlenecking, operations schedule optimization
• Champion effective production optimization by proactively engaging with stakeholders to address challenges, deliver solutions and process improvements
• Lead/support periodic assessments of field production system health to identify optimization opportunities
• Lead/support operator teams for operations schedule optimization, reinstate offline volumes, capacity enhancement, production planning, and downtime optimization
• Develop, deploy, sustain and apply technologies for oilfield production optimization using data-driven or physics-based methods  
• Conduct screening economic evaluations of well intervention and stimulation operations
• Manage production data, measurement and allocation quality assurance
• Influence prioritization and support enhancement of proprietary production engineering technology
• Develop technical capabilities of team members through training and mentoring

About You

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree from a recognized university in petroleum /chemical/ mechanical/other relevant engineering disciplines with minimum GPA 7.0
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Production Engineering field
• Experience in mentorship and team leadership
• Experience in leading cross-disciplinary projects 
• Strong subject expertise in production engineering concepts including:

• • Inflow/outflow/flowline modeling
  • Production well testing and allocation principles
  • Network modeling and facilities operations
  • Well design, completion, and stimulation technologies
  • Artificial lift methods and systems
  • Reservoir surveillance

• Strong analytical skills to evaluate critical operating parameters through data and trend analysis

Functional Skills
Artificial Lift Optimization
Production Data & Allocation Management
Production System Modeling
Production Well Testing & Well Rate Measurement

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