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SR. PRINCIPAL RESERVOIR ENGINEER
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Initiate and lead Reservoir Engineering studies of the QatarEnergy operated onshore oilfields to optimize field development plans, simulation models construction and maintenance, analyze reservoir and well performance data, develop reservoir surveillance programs and lead reservoir management activities. Develop concepts and lead detailed/integrated development studies for developed and undeveloped hydrocarbon resources and participate in interdisciplinary reservoir study teams and sector reviews. Champion / promote technical excellence, and staff coaching / mentoring / development.
Required Experience and Skills:
Required
- Minimum of BSc in Engineering / Petroleum Engineering / Applied Sciences or equivalent.
- Minimum 15 years (preferably 20+ years) of work experience as a Reservoir Engineer in the Oil and Gas industry with demonstrated Reservoir studies/performance optimization expertise in mature large oil and gas fields.
- Significant experience working on monitoring and managing mature oil fields under waterflood.
- Significant experience in fluid sampling, fluid property modelling, RCAL / SCAL studies.
- Significant expertise in field development concepts and scenarios assessment.
- Significant experience in transient well test interpretation, material balance modelling and performance prediction.
- Significant experience in numerical reservoir simulation (black oil and compositional) studies, history matching and field development plans.
- Significant experience in infill drilling and workover planning with a detailed understanding of surveillance and performance optimization.
- Excellent teamwork and experience working in a multicultural environment.
- Excellent communication with peers, less experienced staff, and management.
- Significant experience in Decline Analysis, resource evaluation, classification and booking methodologies using PRMS.
- Experience in integrated surface production system modelling.
- Experience in leading and driving studies / work programs.
- Significant skill in effectively working across organizational boundaries.
- Significant expertise in uncertainty analysis and risk assessment/management.
Desirable
- Significant experience in redevelopment of mature field through the use of EOR
(i.e. CO2 WAG, other gases miscible injection and Chemical injection such as Surfactants).
- Significant experience in carbonate reservoirs.
- Significant experience with operating company.
Software Knowledge/Experience
- Simulation – Eclipse 100 / 300 / Echelon / Intersect
- Petrel RE
- Uncertainty Analysis – MEPO, Petrel U&O
- Fluid property modelling - PVTSim
- Material balance – MBAL
- Well / Surface Network Modelling – Prosper / Gap
- Well test interpretation - Saphir
- Reservoir surveillance – OFM
- Resource database – PHDWin or equivalent (desirable)
- Minimum of BSc in Engineering / Petroleum Engineering / Applied Sciences or equivalent.
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