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Senior Reservoir Engineer (Exploration)
About this role
The role is for a Senior Reservoir Engineer (Exploration) to develop and mature development plans for the OML 30 field in Niger Delta with the aim of reaching at least 100 thousand barrels of oil per day. The position sits in the Subsurface team, collaborating with Petroleum Engineering, and involves leading reservoir management activities to maximise production and value. The successful candidate will work with a multidisciplinary team to simulate, monitor, and optimise reservoir performance and to plan development wells and scenarios. The employer operates OML 30 and focuses on unlocking value from underexplored basins and assets in a sustainable way. The role is based in Ikoyi, Lagos with supervision of Lead and Reservoir Engineers.
What you would do
- Lead subsurface workflows from opportunity identification to execution.
- Collaborate on reserves calculation and prepare information for annual reserves valuation.
- Use advanced software to simulate, monitor, and predict reservoir behaviour.
- Work with geologists, geophysicists, and production engineers to optimise reservoir performance.
- Analyse well performance and propose strategies to maximise recovery.
- Identify opportunities to increase the recovery factor of reservoirs.
- Define actions to improve well productivity and plan development wells and their characteristics.
- Evaluate development opportunities and scenarios to support exploration and new business processes.
- Monitor reservoir production indicators such as GOR and WOR to optimise plans.
- Lead reservoir simulation studies and contribute to static and dynamic modelling for forecast and improvement actions.
What they are asking for
- BSc in Petroleum Engineering or related engineering field.
- Advanced degrees preferred.
- Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in reservoir management, reserves estimation, and reservoir modelling/simulation.
- Good knowledge of IPM, Prosper, OFM is advantageous.
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