Manager, Production Engineering

Reporting to

Head Investment Integrated Valuations & Strategy

Direct reports

• Principal Production Engineering
• Principal, Petroleum Engineering
• Expert Wells & Production Technology

Job purpose

To lead Production Engineering studies and technical evaluations for gas assets under development and new ventures within the Commercial Function. The role focuses on production system design, deliverability assessments, development concept optimization, and production forecasting to support investment decisions, field development planning, and asset commercialization strategies. The Manager ensures that production‑related assumptions are technically robust, economically optimized, and aligned with long‑term asset value creation objectives.

The position will act in accordance with the OQEP’s Mission, Vision, Values & Strategies, as well as policies, guidelines, and international standards, supported by an IT technology platform, QHSE & Energy Management System requirements standards, Omani’s government & other legal justifications, and best international practices in consonance with national objectives.

• Lead production engineering input into Concept Select, Pre‑FEED, FEED, and Field Development Plan (FDP) studies.
• Develop and evaluate well and production system design options (well architecture, completion strategy, artificial lift screening where applicable).
• Assess surface and subsurface integration to ensure optimal reservoir‑to‑export system design.
• Conduct deliverability and network modeling studies to define production capacity scenarios.

• Develop technically sound production forecasts and decline profiles in collaboration with Subsurface teams.
• Validate well productivity assumptions, inflow performance, and reservoir deliverability inputs.
• Provide production scenarios for economic modeling and portfolio evaluation.
• Support reserves maturation processes with defensible production modeling.
• Identify development optimization opportunities to enhance recovery and capital efficiency.
• Evaluate alternative development concepts, phasing strategies, and infrastructure sizing.
• Conduct sensitivity analyses on well count, spacing, timing, and production plateau strategies.
• Support value engineering initiatives to improve project economics prior to FID.

• Provide production engineering inputs for economic evaluations, including capex profiling and operating strategy assumptions.
• Ensure alignment between production strategies and gas sales agreements, capacity commitments, and commercialization plans.
• Support investment memoranda and technical justification for new venture approvals.
• Participate in asset screening and ranking exercises from a production feasibility perspective.

• Identify technical risks affecting production performance, ramp‑up timing, and recovery.
• Conduct scenario and probabilistic analysis on production uncertainties.
• Define mitigation strategies to reduce subsurface and development risks prior to sanction.

• Establish production engineering standards, modeling workflows, and study assurance processes.
• Review and validate production studies performed by consultants or partners.
• Ensure compliance with company technical authority frameworks and industry best practices.

• Act as the production engineering focal point within Commercial, interfacing with Geoscience, Reservoir Engineering, Economics, Facilities, and Drilling teams.
• Represent production engineering matters in JV technical committees and partner reviews.
• Build internal capability in production modeling and integrated asset studies.

Internal: Subsurface Development & Exploration, Well Delivery, Facilities, Operations, Supply Chain

External: Contractors, Technical Committees

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering or equivalent
• MSc Degree (preferred)

• Excellent knowledge of written, read, and spoken English (required), Arabic – Native (desirable)

• 8+ years’…