Senior Reservoir Engineer at SEPLAT Nigeria

SEPLAT - An independent oil and gas exploration and production company incorporated and operating in Nigeria with a strategic focus on Nigeria. The company was founded in 2009 by Shebah Petroleum Development Company Limited and Platform Petroleum (Joint Ventures) Limited for the purpose of investing in Nigerian oil and gas opportunities. Maurel & Prom, a French independent oil company, subsequently acquired a 45 per cent equity interest in SEPLAT; this interest was later spun-off to form Maurel & Prom Nigeria S.A (now Maurel & Prom International)

In July 2010, it acquired a 45 per cent participating interest in three producing assets (OMLs 4, 38 and 41) and was appointed operator of these portfolio of three on-shore producing oil and gas leases located in the prolific western Niger Delta basin of Edo and Delta states. The 45% participating interest in these OMLs were acquired from SPDC, Total (E&P) Nigeria and NAOC. At the beginning, SEPLAT was in JV partnership with NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Co-operation) until NNPC transferred its 55% interest to NPDC (Nigeria Petroleum Development Company). SEPLAT is the operator of these assets in the NPDC/SEPLAT Joint Venture.

SEPLAT has become a leading indigenous oil and gas operator in Nigeria. The company has increased its production and reserves year-on-year and has grown revenues and net profit in each year since it commenced operations. The company's production has maintained a remarkable growth trajectory, rising from a gross operated oil production of 14,000 barrels per day at inception to its current daily crude oil production of around 60,000 barrels per day. The OMLs have a combined proven and probable reserve in excess of 500 million barrels of liquid hydrocarbon and gas reserves in excess of 1.6TCF. These provide a platform for significant potential growth.

SEPLAT is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Senior Reservoir Engineer

Location: Lagos

Overall Purpose of the Job

• The role will provide very strong support to field development planning through building numerical reservoir simulation using Eclipse and CMG simulators, and be part of the team responsible for identification of production improvement opportunities and production optimization studies in conjunction with the production technologist, petrophysicist and production geologist in the asset development team.
• The role will ensure the highest levels of competence of reservoir engineering in the asset development team to include the generation of well proposals, budget management, recruitment, retention, competency development and professional coaching and mentoring.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Work in an integrated study team (as a member or a study team lead) where you can learn from others and equally contribute with your own background and experience.
• Make RE input into field development plan.
• The required technical work will comprise but will not be limited to dynamic modelling, well/reservoir performance reviews, development options evaluation and economics.
• Directs and participates in well surveillance activities (MER, BHP etc), and reservoir definition and behavior prediction of assigned reservoir.
• Conducts conventional reservoir engineering and simulation studies to identify optimum recovery and field development options, adjusts reservoir development plans in response to changes in well and reservoir performance.
• Must have experience in well test interpretation, material balance modelling and performance modelling of vertical and horizontal wells.
• Recommends reservoir areas and program features for pilot studies of various oil recovery enhancement techniques (water flood, gas injection, gas lift etc). Conducts, documents and presents, field reviews, and further development proposals.
• Monitors production from existing fields, analyses all relevant data, and ensures that reservoirs are being properly managed, production is maximised and recoveries are optimal.
• To establish reservoir management strategies where they do not exist, and update them where they do.
• Directs and participates in defining the scope and content of reservoir studies used to assist in determining well behavior and optimum recovery methods. Includes, establishing program specifications, reviewing available resources, preparing tender documents, reviewing and evaluating bids and monitoring study team performance.
• Provides estimates of oil and gas resources by conducting annual reserves evaluation, classification, and booking for the assigned assets, and document the report in an appropriate format. i.e Annual Review of Petroleum Reserves (ARPR).
• Prepares detailed medium and long-term production forecasts for the asset budget planning cycle.
• Prepares production testing proposals and provides guidelines for execution. Evaluates and interprets results, recommends optimum methods of performance monitoring.
• Must have experience in reservoir pressure & fluid sampling, fluid property modelling, routine and special core analysis.
• Reviews performance of simulation programs, new software releases and other reservoir engineering related tools and applications.
• Liaises with RE discipline lead and IT Support staff to test and identify appropriate packages and advises team management on the purchase or leasing of new software(s).
• Desirable to have working knowledge of gas condensate reservoir as well as gas field development experience.
• Coach and mentor assigned junior reservoir engineers and other young engineers within Seplat as required.
• Ability to mature successor will form a major part of this role performance KPI.

Job Knowledge and Qualifications

Required Qualification:

• As Reservoir Engineers have a broad understanding of other E&P disciplines and skills in all key petroleum engineering specialties.
• A university degree in Engineering or equivalent with 8 - 10 years relevant experience, including a minimum of 6 years RE work experience in an operating company.

Skills in the following:

• Reservoir Simulation Model Construction
• Knowledgeable in modelling workflows including QC, and taking Earth Model to dynamic Model
• Analytical Reservoir Modelling (Material Balance analysis,  DCA , PTA, BHP, etc )
• Well Modeling & Performance
• Production System Optimization
• Waterflood and Gas Injection Management
• Well/Reservoir Surveillance - data acquisition, analysis & Interpretation
• Well Planning & Execution within the context of multi-disciplinary team
• HSE considerations in well management and completion operations
• Knowledge in well delivery Operation and well Evaluation
• Field development planning & co-ordination
• Coaching/Mentoring
• Production Operation

Competencies:

• Reservoir Engineering core skills - Skilled
• People management, work and lead teams - Skilled
• Strategy development - Knowledge
• Stake holder engagement/relationships - Knowledge
• Manage HSE and Risk - Skilled
• Results oriented, commercial focus - Skilled

Application Closing Date
Not Stated.

Method of Application
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