Well Performance Expert at Total Nigeria

Total E & P Nigeria Limited (TEPNG) is a leading Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Company and a subsidiary of the Total Group. The company is in a growth phase, and as part of its expansion activities, welcomes applications from suitably qualified Nigerians for its Oil & Gas Production Operations Training Scheme facilitated by a Training Company. During the training programme participants will be on a Training Contract and on successful completion of the training programme would be considered for the usual recruitment process leading to employment in TEPNG.

Total E & P is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Well Performance Expert

Ref: 10050774

Job description
Egina is a deep offshore development located in block OML130 in Nigeria operated by TOTAL Upstream Nigeria Limited. The development is located 150 km from the coast in 1550 m water depth and includes a spread moored FPSO of 240 POB, associated offloading calm buoy, 2 productions loops connecting six subsea manifold with 21 production wells and 3 injection lines connecting 23 water injection wells. A 20km gas export line ties in to the Akpo export pipeline to Amenam.

Responsibilities

• Develop offshore expertise in well performance engineering.
• Optimize well performance
• Follow-up of well clean-up& unloading tests
• Develop well summary (producers & injectors)
• Co-ordinate with field DWW to develop good understanding of production, water injection and gas injection completions
• Determine drawdown limitations of sand control
• Determine limitations of first ramp-up
• Understand depletion limitations
• Develop start-up/ramp-up sequence of production wells
• Set-up systems for well performance monitoring of production and injection wells
• Monitor & surveillance of production wells
• Monitor and surveillance of injection wells (water & gas injection)
• Co-ordinate individual well production and injection targets with onshore well performance & field GSR
• Manage well start-up procedures to
• Limit fines migration, maintain integrity of sand control & respect flow assurance
• Co-ordinate branch optimization with flow assurance and process engineer
• Co-ordinate trouble shooting of non performing wells with onshore well performance team
• Minimize fines migration in unconsolidated formation with high propensity for fines migration
• Maximize oil & gas production & sustain maximized production through systems analysis & well performance monitoring
• Team work & good communication with GSR
• Integrate expertise and efforts of different teams (FO, GSR)
• Implement efficient workflows

Requirements

• Degree in the relevant petroleum engineering discipline (Drilling and Completion).
• 10 to 15 years in Well Performance in Deep Water context. Strong knowledge in Drilling/Completion codes & standards.
• Ability to work on projects in a complex and multicultural environment and used to communication with international technical staff and experts.
• Fluent in English both verbally and in writing

Application Closing Date
19th August, 2013

Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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