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The role identifies and manages credible fluid-related risks, recommends proportionate monitoring and chemical treatments, and coordinates specialist or laboratory support when deeper expertise is required.\nThe principal expected threats include H2S and CO2 service, corrosion, hydrate formation, inorganic scale, possible asphaltene and wax deposition, solids and possible emulsion problems. The role also evaluates compatibility when fluids from different wells or reservoirs are mixed. Because the Contractor system is intended primarily to transport untreated multiphase fluids, the role does not assume bulk sweetening or oil, gas and water separation within Contractor facilities.\nProduction Chemistry and Flow Assurance\nMaintain a risk-based production chemistry plan covering wells, wellheads, flowlines, manifolds, trunklines, temporary well-test equipment and the agreed handover point.\nReview available fluid, PVT, SARA, water and well-test data; identify uncertainties and request only the additional analyses needed for safe and reliable decisions.\nAssess fluid-mixing compatibility and credible risks from corrosion, hydrates, scale, asphaltenes, wax, sulfur/iron sulfide, solids and emulsions.\nDefine practical operating limits, surveillance indicators and escalation triggers with Production Engineering, Operations, Facilities and Integrity.\nSampling, Laboratory and Monitoring\nDefine representative and safe sampling requirements for sour pressurized fluids, produced water, deposits and chemical residuals.\nCoordinate laboratory testing, sample preservation, chain of custody and QA/QC; verify that results are traceable to the well and operating condition.\nTrend chemistry and operating data, diagnose deviations and recommend corrective or preventive actions.\nMaintain concise, auditable records of samples, analyses, treatment rates, chemical use, deposits and investigations.\nChemical Treatment Programs\nRecommend and optimize fit-for-purpose treatment programs such as corrosion or scale inhibition, hydrate prevention, asphaltene/wax control, demulsification or other treatment when supported by evidence.\nPrepare technical requirements and support evaluation of chemicals, laboratories and service providers. Specialist testing may be outsourced.\nCoordinate laboratory qualification and field trials; check compatibility with fluids, metallurgy, elastomers and other chemicals.\nMonitor treatment effectiveness, injection availability, consumption, stock requirements, cost and supplier performance.\nFacilities, Commissioning and Well Testing\nProvide production-chemistry input to design reviews for sampling points, chemical injection, chemical storage, corrosion monitoring, pigging, flushing and temporary connections.\nParticipate as the chemistry representative in HAZID, HAZOP, operability, commissioning, start-up and management-of-change reviews.\nSupport hydrotest-water, preservation, cleaning, line-fill, first-fluid and start-up chemistry planning.\nDefine chemistry requirements for well clean-up and testing, including contamination control, safe sour-fluid sampling, solids/deposit monitoring and data-quality assurance.\nProvide technical support for production-rate testing while leaving contractual interpretation, KPI entitlement and formal client commitments to authorized management.\nOperations Support and Governance\nSupport start-up, shutdown, restart, depressurization, low-flow operation, well changeover, commingling, pigging and loss-of-chemical-injection scenarios.\nLead routine troubleshooting and coordinate operations, HSE, Integrity, Production Engineering, laboratories or specialists for complex cases.\nSupport incident and failure investigations, root-cause analysis and verification of corrective actions.\nPrepare clear technical reports, dashboards, procedures, budget inputs and recommendations for internal and client reviews.\nPromote QHSE compliance, knowledge transfer and effective collaboration with KOC, contractors and suppliers.\nbe assumed.\nKey Deliverables\nProduction Chemistry Management Plan and risk register\nSampling and laboratory-analysis plan\nFluid compatibility and commingling assessment\nMonitoring and chemical-treatment program with performance criteria\nFacilities and commissioning chemistry review records\nWell-test chemistry readiness checklist and quality-controlled data package\nMonthly chemistry performance, chemical inventory and action report\nInvestigation reports and lessons learned, when required\nEducation\nBachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Process Engineering or a related discipline.\nExperience\nTypically 12 - 16 years in oil and gas, including at least 4 years of practical production-chemistry, flow-assurance, sour-production, well-testing or facilities-support experience. Strong equivalent field experience may be considered.\nRequired technical capability\nPractical knowledge of sour-fluid chemistry, corrosion, hydrates, scale, organic deposits, emulsions, solids, sampling, laboratory interpretation and chemical-treatment monitoring.\nPreferred experience\nSeveral of the following: H2S/CO2 service, carbonate reservoirs, high-salinity water, multiphase transport, greenfield commissioning, temporary well testing, chemical tendering or supplier oversight.\nSLB is an equal employment opportunity employer. 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