Sr. Principal Reservoir Engineer

Primary Purpose of the Job

Initiate, lead and contribute in activities to optimize Qatar Energy’s Operated Onshore Oilfields including the coordination, preparation and optimization of the Long-Term Plan and facilitation and support of the Asset Management Team meetings and processes. Lead and participate in activities including internal economic assessments, manage department budgets, coordinate ad-hoc activities / studies and lead improvements in processes / tools to support asset optimization.

Participate in conceptual / integrated development studies for Asset and participate in interdisciplinary reservoir study teams / reviews. Champion & promote technical excellence, staff coaching / mentoring / development.

Required

• Minimum of BSc in Engineering / Petroleum Engineering / Applied Sciences or equivalent.
• Minimum 15 years (preferably 20+ years) of work experience as a Reservoir in the Oil & Gas industry with demonstrated Asset Management, Reservoir studies, reservoir development and performance optimization expertise in mature large oil and gas fields.
• Experience working on managing mature oil fields under water flood.
• Significant expertise in field development concepts and scenarios assessment.
• Direct experience in working within and for Asset Management Teams
• Direct experience in developing Long Term Plans
• Broad knowledge / experience of Drilling, Operations, Operations Excellence frameworks, Surface Facilities, Projects and Project maturation frameworks
• 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.
• Experience in leading and driving studies / work programs.
• Significant skill in effectively working across organizational boundaries.
• Experience in numerical reservoir simulation (studies and field development planning)
• Expertise in uncertainty analysis and risk assessment/management.
• Strong understanding of PDMS / SCADA systems and workflows

Software Knowledge/Experience

• Power
  
  BI / Spotfire
• MS project
• 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.