Senior Production Optimization Specialist, ADNOC

Senior Production Optimization Specialist, ADNOC

Company ADNOC
Job title Senior Specialist, Production Optimization
Job location United Arab Emirates
Type Full Time

Responsibilities:

  • Supports and participates in the implementation of Technical Center (Subsurface &DM) strategy in line with the vision, mission and Technical Center’s mandate and objectives.
  • Participates in the identification of ADNOC Onshore technical challenges. Evaluates new technologies, tools, techniques and software solutions and decide on their suitability to address Production Optimization challenges.
  • Provides asset teams with expert advice and consultation in all Production Optimization activities and related studies. Promotes effective integration of the key aspects of Production Optimization with other disciplines related to Petroleum Engineering. Promotes a coherent link between well and surface models focusing on Production Optimization.
  • Provides technical insights and leadership initiatives to design and implement high-level Production Optimization frameworks that incorporate processes and expertise to maximise Asset values. Reviews & assures Production Optimization activities are executed in a way that satisfies the Asset and ADNOC Onshore requirements in a safe and cost effective manner.
  • Provides technical expertise and guidance to design, develop and conduct specialist Production Optimization programs to build world class capabilities within ADNOC Onshore. Promotes industry best practices related to Production Optimization.
  • Advices, guides & reviews the development of Production Optimization performance frameworks, relevant key performance indicators. Promotes continuous improvement, results oriented culture, feedback loops and group peer reviews. Develops standard practices and guidelines and promotes their application in ADNOC Onshore.
  • Captures Production Optimization related lessons learned / best practices and ensures their communication across Assets. Promotes knowledge sharing between teams through forums, workshops, etc. Coordinate with ADNOC HQ, shareholders and other OPCOs on relevant Production Optimization activities to ensure best practices are captured and implemented at corporate level
  • Promotes Production Optimization learning across petroleum engineering community within ADNOC Onshore. Technical mentor to other Production Optimization staff and fresh graduates, and deliver inhouse Production Optimization training courses.

Requirements & Skills:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Reservoir/Petroleum/Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
  • 15 years in Petroleum production optimization/related activities of which 5 years as specialist role related to production optimization.
  • Strong background in all Production Optimization aspects, with a focus on subsurface activities at well and field levels.
  • Wide expertise in Petroleum Engineering including drilling, completion, stimulation, well testing, workover and rigless activities, artificial lift (especially Gas Lift and ESP), well performance analysis, diagnostic, troubleshooting and optimization.
  • Broad and deep engineering understanding of the whole production system (reservoir, wells, networks, plants).
  • Knowledge of standard industry software tools e.g. PVTSim, Multiflash, Prosper, Pipesim, OLGA), knowledge of industry standard enterprise solutions (data management, visualization).

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