Job Description
Department: Production Engineering
Reports to: Production Engineering Manager
Job Summary
• In the role of Lead Production Technologist, the Candidate will be sharing knowledge and collaborating with many top specialists in implementing solutions to enhance production and optimise the Well stock.
• The Lead Production Technologist role is an operational position that gives broad insight into Wells and Reservoir management operations.
• In this role within the Production Engineering Team, the candidate will have the opportunity of being a focal point for Production Technology in assigned Assets/Fields and will be responsible for managing the Wells and Reservoirs potentials, Technical Limits, Operating envelopes and Well Integrity of the Well stock.
Key Accountabilities
• Solve complex well problems with little supervision or guidance from Supervisor or more experienced engineers.
• Use Prosper to model and calibrate wells, run prediction, and run diagnostics.
• Understand well completion basics and down hole equipment and their functions and diagnosis of problems.
• Able to run integrated production models including reservoir and flowlines and optimize for production and reserves. Show creativity and innovation in optimizing production.
• Recommend wells for intervention or solutions to increase production.
• Prepare detailed work programs for execution.
• Must be able to supervise intervention work - wireline, coiled tubing, etc
• Support or supervise field operations by ensuring quality control of well testing and surveillance programs e.g., BHP, logging, wellhead sampling, measurements, etc
• Consistently observe, identify, and recommend optimisations to production facilities for production optimisation.
• Generate, supervise and QC flow lift curves for simulation, ensure fit for purpose and flawless curves.
• Provide petroleum engineering support for workover and slickline operations in the field.
• Must be an adherent and promoter of safety practices in operations.
• Skilled in the design, execution, and optimization of artificial lift systems including gas lift and ESP design/diagnosis.
• Must have a good understanding of oil field Operations.
• Mentoring of younger engineers and providing guidance in solving fundamental well problems.
• Able to lead small project teams to deliver production engineering solutions.
Qualifications
• As a Lead Production Technologist, the incumbent should have a broad understanding of other E&P disciplines and skills in all key Production technology specialties.
• A university degree in Engineering or equivalent with 6 to 8 years relevant experience, including a minimum of 5 years PT work experience in an Oil and Gas producing company.
Skills and Competencies:
Production Technology core skills:
• Well Modeling & Performance
• Production System Optimization
• Sand Control and Management
• Well Integrity Management and Determining Well Operating Envelopes
• Wells, Reservoir, and Facilities Management.
• Planning & Design of Well Intervention Activities
• HSSE considerations in well management and completion operations
• Completion Design and supervision
• Knowledge in Production Operations
• Results oriented and commercially focused.
