Well Performance Engineer

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Well Performance Engineer, based in Aberdeen.

Responsibilities:
* Contributor to the preparation of Monthly Well Performance Group Meeting slides and active participant during meeting.
* Assist with the appropriate Well Monitoring strategy (well testing, sampling, analysis, sand, chemical injection) and ensure its implementation through proper KPIs.
* Investigate the appropriate potential alerts and corresponding actions – ensure Operating Procedures are reflecting them.
* Ensure that any monitoring device is properly working, reliable and accurate enough. Suggest modifications and action any work to be undertaken.
* Based on Monitoring Trends and Well Test interpretation with adequate models, understand any drift in well productivity from an Inflow/Outflow point of view and track root cause.
* Ensure a Short Term Interval control of Wells Potentials through adequate Monitoring Views.
* Ensure that daily Mismatch is under control and track any potential reason when above 5%.
* Contribute to Monthly Production Guidelines (MPG) and ensure consistencies with GSR profiles and OPS vision (Constrained Potential) – explicit any operating constraints.
* Based on Well Productivity analysis, define the Unconstrained Potential for each well and the actions to secure the difference. Give reason, mitigation measures + estimate a percentage of recovery.
* Understand short term well threats (producers and injectors) and ensure remedial actions are launched. Make them visible through the Well Perf Group Meeting.
* Ensure that Closed Wells are regularly reviewed.
* Contribute to the maintenance of Prosper well models, ensuring built & kept updated with latest well tests, PVT & reservoir data.
* Learn how to build & run GAP models, keeping updated on the asset.
* Understand and ensure that GAP / PROSPER models are used to proactively detect production bottlenecks.
* Use of Nodal analysis, multi-parameters analysis, quick-look analysis.
* Understand the Intervention & Monitoring portfolio with priorities and justification and provide adequate data to Performance and Growth team for opportunity list update.
* Ensure accurate & detailed Well Intervention Requests are issued on time before the jobs. Have an understanding of ongoing and future operational activities (Drilling / Completion / Operations / Projects).
* Help prepare and participate in Well Reviews.
* Understand and contribute to the preparation of gain estimates for well intervention jobs.
* Follow-up progress.
* Contribute to any Detailed Studies (activation, scaling…) to solve current/future threats.
* Realise ad-hoc synthesis.
* Ensure efficient data and document management.
* Responsible to ensure that all wells are operated at their optimum potential
* Responsible to detect any degradation of potential and help identify remediation solutions and propose action to increase potential
* Responsible to provide accurate well / fields / areas potentials
* Responsible to provide high-level of troubleshooting to support the Site
* Responsible to ensure that assigned well performance actions are closed out on time and as required
* Guarantee efficient transverse relationship between all operational entities involved in well production & productivity

Experience & Qualifications:
* Degree in Petroleum Engineering or Reservoir Engineering or Well engineering
* Experience in well operations / well performance role and experience in a reservoir engineering role
* Demonstrate HSE commitment, Openness to change, ability to question and challenge current practices and innovate
* Software Knowledge: PI, Prosper, GAP, Olga, Excel, Wellview, OFM, NPDMS, IFM, IVM.

Contract position

If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/075390.

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