Economist

Our client an oil and gas Operator is seeking an experienced Economist to join their central business planning team. This will be an initial 12-month PAYE contract position. The role can either be worked in Aberdeen or Uxbridge. This role has a 1-day hybrid working.

A candidate who can speak Mandarin would be an advantage, but it is not essential.

We are currently seeking a proactive, self-motivated, team-oriented Economist to evaluate growth and business opportunities across our UK business.

The incumbent will play a key role in delivering best-in-class results by:

• Providing economic evaluations as needed in support of investment opportunities across the UK with potential to support Africa business. These include, development, brownfield projects, decommissioning and other strategic options
• Presenting economic analysis to Joint Venture partners
• Participating in project Gate Reviews including the preparation of Gate documentation
• Providing support for project approvals, the Strategic Plan, the annual Work Programme & Budget and other key business processes (e.g. impairment & reserves reviews, decommissioning security agreements)
• Participating in Peer Reviews and proactively identifying any issues requiring an Economics Peer Assist
• Participating in economic lookbacks on major expenditures to assess value added and capital efficiency
• Completing other analyses and ad hoc projects as required
• Potential to support on some of the key planning processes looked after by the team

• An established petroleum economist with specific experience working on UK economic evaluations
• Exposure to G&G, Reservoir Engineering, Facilities Engineering and Planning
• Expert knowledge of the UK oil and gas fiscal regime
• Experience of providing economics evaluations in support of commercial analysis (tariff/cost share negotiations, Decommissioning Security Agreements)
• High level of stakeholder management and ability to upwardly communicate to senior leaders
• Strong economic modelling history with ability to review other economists’ work
• High level of excel knowledge and presentation skills

A history of working as the economist within project evaluation teams