Umid Babek Operating Company

Senior Reservoir Engineer

 Son tarix 21 noy 2023 - [email protected]

Role & Responsibilities:

Senior Reservoir Engineer’s duties and responsibilities are as follows:

• Implementation of Reservoir and Production Management System

1. Utilize reservoir management standards and guidelines to enhance both NPV and hydrocarbon recovery
2. Contribute to improving the quality and enriching the content of such documents as Field Development Plan, Surveillance Plan, Reservoir Uncertainty and Risk Management Plan

• Modeling:

1. Model Construction: Developing and building reservoir simulation models that accurately represent the geological and engineering aspects of the reservoir. 
2. Reservoir Performance Prediction: Running reservoir simulation models to predict and analyze reservoir performance under different development scenarios, such as well placement, completion designs, and production strategies.
3. History Matching: Performing history matching, which involves calibrating reservoir simulation models to match historical production and pressure data.
4. Sensitivity Analysis: Conducting sensitivity analysis to evaluate the impact of various reservoir parameters, production strategies, or uncertainty factors on reservoir performance.

• Production Forecasting:

1. Short-term Forecast: Preparing a short-term production forecasts using in-house production technical analytical forecasting tool
2. Long-term Forecast: Preparing a long-term production forecasts to management, internal and external regulatory bodies using reservoir simulation model
3. Supplement forecasts with uncertainty and risk evaluation

• Production Optimization:

1. Production Monitoring and Analysis: Analysing reservoir performance data, production trends, pressure behaviour, and fluid properties to identify production challenges and recommend remedial actions.
2. Performance Optimization: Optimize individual well performance, minimize losses / deferrals and optimize a field offtake rate by recommending a right balance of overall production levels

• Data Acquisition:

1. Formulate data acquisition, strategic surveillance and monitoring plans related to exploration, appraisal and development phases to ensure optimal development and depletion strategies
2. Define annual surveillance plans and identify required planning activity and estimate a budget
3. Steer the implementation of annual surveillance plans
4. Oversee data interpretation

• Generate and Share Learning:

1. Facilitate collaboration and information sharing among multidisciplinary teams by overseeing a preparation of bi-annual Subsurface Field Reviews to share insights, gain understanding and disseminate learnings
2. Participate in various reviews related to process, optimization, deferral management, etc.

• Project Management and Leadership skills

1. Direct the preparation of important documents related to reservoir, production and project management
2. Provide support for well and project planning processes, including drilling operations, well evaluations and facility options, production planning and optimization.

Essential Requirements:

• At least 5 years’ experience in reservoir engineering
• MSc degree in Petroleum/ Reservoir Engineering, related applied science or engineering
• Knowledge of analytical / numerical RE toolkit:

1. PETEX IPM (Prosper, MBal, GAP)
2. Numerical Reservoir Simulator (Intersect, Eclipse, Nexus or equivalent)
3. Pressure Transient Analysis software (PIE or Sapphire)

• Reservoir Modelling and Simulation: 

1. Knowledge of fundamentals of numerical simulations
2. Experience in updating reservoir simulation models and constructing sector models to investigate reservoir behaviour, evaluate development scenarios, and optimize production strategies.
3. Experience in history matching (model calibration) of dynamic model

• Reserves Estimation and Evaluation:

1. Knowledge of reserves estimation methodologies, including volumetric calculations, material balance, decline curve analysis, and probabilistic methods. 
2. Competence in evaluating reserves uncertainty, risk assessment, and compliance with regulatory

• Surveillance:

1. Experience in designing and implementing reservoir surveillance programs to monitor reservoir performance, including pressure monitoring, fluid sampling, and production data analysis.
2. Knowledge of PTA techniques and industry software to analyze transient data
3. General analytical skills to analyze production data, recognize trends, gain insight and contribute to the team’s reservoir understanding

• Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: 

1. Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, including geologists, production engineers, petro-physicists, and economists. 
2. Integration of interpreted data and available knowledge to develop comprehensive reservoir understanding and optimize field development plans.

• Technical Leadership and Mentoring: 

1. Experience in providing technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to junior reservoir engineers.
2. Ability to transfer knowledge, support professional development, and promote best practices within the team.