Well Performance Engineer, Onshore at Amaiden Energy Nigeria Limited

Amaiden Energy Nigeria Limited (formerly Moody International Nigeria Limited) was established in 1996 as a partnership between Moody International Group and Nigerian investors. Since commencing operations in March 1997 the company continues to grow and exerts its presence in numerous Projects in the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Well Performance Engineer, Onshore

Location: Bonny Island, Rivers
Category: Electrical & Instrumentation  
Job Type: Contracts  
Job Nature: Standard

Job Description
Conduct functional roles related to Well Performance through the following:

• Prognosis of well potentials from the results of well tests and interpretations provided by the Reservoir using the Prosper well model
• Follow up on actual wells production or injection, while identifying well production shortfalls and analysing their origins
• Co-ordinate reservoir, drilling/completion, and production multi-disciplinary expertise to propose curative actions for under-performing wells and quantifying the expected benefits
• Schedule light well interventions considering production, drilling/completion and reservoir requirements and provide post-mortem analysis after corrective actions
• Keep close contact with production operations to follow up on the day-to-day behaviour of the wells, and the implementation of necessary adjustments
• Establish scope of requirements prior to any well completion or re-completion
• Regular communications with the Well Performance engineering department (FP) in head office for technical support and feedback
• Implement procedures for well start-up and clean-up and updating Well Performance indicators
• Determine Well Metering frequency and final test data validation
• Determine production allocation for each well
• Ensure use of Prosper, IFM/IVM, MPG or equivalent models for Well Modelling to update well potential
• Take responsibility for the Statement of requirements for Well Performance monitoring, mechanical survey, and scale removal along with the validation and interpretation of Well performance and integrity data
• Take responsibility for SOR of Heavy Well maintenance for productivity reasons and provide an economical evaluation of Heavy well maintenance
• Participate in the start-up of FCW (Full Control of Well) on the installations and ensure site (offshore) assistance to maintain usage of the system.
• Optimize oil production via choke management and optimum gas lift injection
• Design gas lift injection systems for valve change out in installed mandrels and well restart
• Manage water and gas injection systems in cooperation with subsurface team
• Be physically on site for well operations assistance
• Participate in Sand Management for individual wells and field-wide.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (or equivalent)
• Professional experience of around 6 years in Oil & Gas production, including operational experience in reservoir, completion and stimulation or production
• Good overview of the different parameters affecting the performance of a well, from the reservoir to the surface utilities.

Application Closing Date
30th November, 2023.