Senior Reservoir Engineer at Oando Plc

Oando Plc is one of Africa’s largest integrated energy solutions provider with a proud heritage. It has a primary listing on the Nigeria Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With shared values of Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Passion and Professionalism (TRIPP).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Reservoir Engineer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job type: Full-Time
Department: Petroleum Engineering

Purpose

• Provide effective reservoir management of the producing reservoirs.
• To provide reservoir engineering input and leadership for projects from initial opportunity identification to cessation of production, including selection and definition of development plans.
• Ensures integration of subsurface and surface parameters in dynamic reservoir analysis, maximizing recovery efficiencies and optimizing production potential.
• Manage reporting lines and mentor junior staff.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Technical mentorship of interns, lower cadre reservoir engineers

Scope of Responsibility & Accountability:

• Participate in multidisciplinary team’s field reviews and selection of quick win opportunities
• Ensure EHS & regulatory compliance in production operations
• Develop and Implement production enhancement strategies
• Mentor young engineers and drive the creation of strategic workflows/processes.

Major Responsibility Area
Essential Function:

• Reviewing/designing, supervising, and analyzing plans and results for pressure transient tests.
• Reviewing or preparing appraisal programs for reservoir engineering data (PVT, RCAL / SCAL, pressure data, well tests, MDT, etc.)
• Reviewing data acquisition reports and lab reports from contractors—quality check samples & results, extract properties required for reservoir engineering studies
• Developing production forecasts and predicting reservoir performance for approval of well proposals
• Understand and support efforts to mitigate subsurface risk
• Proposing cost-effective reservoir monitoring and surveillance programs
• Perform and supervise reservoir simulation studies to test development concepts/recovery schemes and optimize recoveries
• Continuously monitor reservoir performance, analyze data, and prepare reports to track progress and identify areas for improvement.
• Perform and supervise well reservoir surveillance analysis & make recommendations for optimization and proper management of reservoirs
• Prepare and review written reports of reservoir performance, including explaining and presenting results
• Develop and quality check reservoir performance predictions, including decline analysis and material balance on producing assets
• Provide reservoir engineering input to all infill well proposals in terms of reserve calculations, opportunities, well locations, risks, and economic analysis.
• Prepare and quality check forecasts for business plan and monthly production outlook
• Review deterministic and probabilistic estimates of in-place hydrocarbon volume
• Support reservoir related due diligence on potential farm-ins and acquisitions
• Estimate and review reserves/resources associated with opportunities.

Key Performance Indicators

• Corporate: Support the Subsurface team to actualize her goals and business targets
• Technical: Demonstrate technical savviness & drive business profitability
• Culture: Demonstrate TRIPP values whilst engaging in corporate functions and team engagements
• Safety: Demonstrate strict adherence to EHS guidelines and policies
• Operational Excellence: Drive team performance and project execution.

Job Specification

• First Degree in Petroleum Engineering or other Engineering degree with appropriate professional experience, required
• 5–8 years of experience required
• Skilled in key subjects within reservoir engineering discipline, which includes but not limited to: reservoir studies, reserves estimation, well test analysis, rock and fluid properties, decline curve analysis & production forecasting, well & reservoir management, field development planning and production support activities
• Skill level = Capacity to perform these duties with minimal supervision
• Experience with material balance and reservoir simulation required
• Experience using standard Reservoir Engineering software, particularly: OFM, MBAL / PROSPER / GAP, Eclipse /T Navigator, Petrel, Ecrin / Saphir
• Strong Computer Skills
• High skill level user of MS Office software: Word, Excel & PowerPoint
• Petroleum economic skills is a plus
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including presentation skills
• Solid analytical skills: problem-solving and critical thinking
• Networking and relationship management
• Technical writing
• Project management skills
• Business performance monitoring and reporting.

Core Competencies:

• Working Knowledge of Reservoir Data Acquisition
• Skilled in Reservoir Fluid Properties
• Skilled in Reservoir Rock Properties
• Skilled in Well Testing & Pressure Transient Analysis
• Skilled in Determination of Initial Reservoir Conditions
• Skilled in Fluid Transport through Porous Media
• Skilled in Material Balance
• Skilled in Dynamic Reservoir Simulation
• Skilled in Decline Curve Analysis
• Working Knowledge of Oil and Gas Reserves Estimation
• Skilled in Reservoir Surveillance
• Skilled in Well Performance
• Skilled in Field Development Planning
• Working Knowledge of Integrated Reservoir Characterisation
• Working Knowledge of Field/Asset Management
• Awareness of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Methods
• Awareness of Unconventional Hydrocarbons e.g. Heavy Oil

Other Competencies:

• Oil & Gas Industry Dynamics
• Project Management
• Relationship Management
• Leadership/Supervisory
• Team Playing
• Oral & written Communication
• Strong exposure to good HSE Experience, practice and certification.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.