Senior Reservoir Engineer at WTS Energy

WTS Energy - Our client, a major player in the energy sector, is recruiting to fill the position below: 

Job Title: Senior Reservoir Engineer

Location: Lagos / Port Harcourt, Rivers

Job Summary

• 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.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic:

• 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 and 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

Requirements

• 1st 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:

• List the key competencies required for this job:
• 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.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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