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Petroleum Engineer (BH-181339)


Location
Iraq, Iraq
Sector
Engineering

We are currently looking for an Iraqi National Petroleum Engineer to work on a 1-year extendable contract for one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas companies project in Basra on a rotational role.

Role Synopsis:  

The purpose of the role is to provide Petroleum Engineering input into the business needs of Base Management

•Well Injection Performance monitoring & Optimisation

•Track and advise on on-going Well Injection Activities

•Optimise Injection on the well and CPS level

•Track Well/CPS/Pumps performance and compliance working with RMT & Operations

•Rotational role days

Key Accountabilities     
Main activities are:

•To be aware of the status of all water injectors of assigned CPS and their performance, by regular monitoring of well rates and pressures.

•Initiate investigation of measurements (i.e., Well Tests, SGSs, ILTs etc) when well performance changes.

•To monitor water quality data as a potential explanation for well injection performance change.

•Wells conformance / Pumps compliance Injection Optimisation and Realtime flow rate result QA/QC

•Daily well performance tracking by IVM/OPS Database

•Identifying well work opportunities and writing SORs

•To prepare JID and SOR documents in conjunction with the RMT / MEST, for any required injector testing and stimulation operations

•Monthly visits to field, wells, CPSs, well test.

•Update Prosper and GAP Models

•Tracking Clamp on/Sonar & Magflo measurements.

•CPS Injection loss tracking.

•To be aware of water injection allocation process

•Interaction with MEST, Operations, RMT, PEs and Wells.

Criteria & Qualifications:            

•BSc Petroleum Engineering with minimum 5 years’ experience. 

Skills desired:

•Nodal analysis understanding (PETEX software)

•Excellent user in PROSPER, GAP Model

•High level of Microsoft Excel skill, Power BI

•Water flood system understanding.

•Good communication skills (Ability to communicate with all parts of the business)

•Fluent & Competent English language

•Full understanding of all activities that take place in a field.

Experience desired:

•At least two years’ experience in production/injection optimisation.

•At least One-year experience working in the water injection operations team in an oil company.

•A good understanding of Reservoir & Well engineering

•At least two years operational experience in drilling and well work jobs

•Good skills in software, including well modelling/reservoir modelling.

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