Senior Engineer, Production

Job Purpose

Plans, supervises and/or carries out a variety of duties relating to rigless operations, testing and stimulation to ensure optimization of oil/gas producing wells, water supply and water/gas injection wells. Provides technical support to field operations in the production of hydrocarbons and the efficient use of water and/or gas injection systems.

Job Specific Accountabilities

• Prepare programs for rigless operations, perforation, kick-off operation, stimulation and well testing to be carried out by service companies.
• Prepare programs for various well tests such as multi-rate production/injection tests and isochronal/modified isochronal tests. Coordinates and supervises testing operations and carries out preliminary interpretation and evaluation of test results.
• Follow up and supervises all wireline work carried out by contractors. Verify various reports and send to Asset Development for further review and action.
• Supervises production logging and carries out preliminary log interpretation and evaluation of test results.
• Monitors oil/gas producing and water injection wells performance. Investigates and diagnoses well problems and proposes action requirements. Recommends workover for specific wells giving prognosis of each well and workover justification.
• Coordinates and supervise down hole equipment testing and maintenance.
• Reviews and evaluates water injection clusters performance and discusses the long term injection test with concerned engineers of other Departments.
• Monitors and discuss the performance of installed production equipment.
• Participates in technical studies concerning water/gas injection and artificial lift projects, oil and gas operations, facilities optimization or modification, as assigned.
• Maintains comprehensive database on well history, oil/gas production, water production/ injection and gas injection statistics.
• Participates in the development of operating, reporting and recording procedures for oil, gas and water production/injection performance.

Minimum Qualification

Bachelor Degree in Petroleum, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree.

Minimum Experience, Knowledge & Skills

8 years of experience Petroleum Engineering including workover, completion, well testing and production operations.

Revenues/ Budget: As per approved financial budget

Direct Reports: As per organization chart

Indirect Reports: As per organization chart