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Senior Petrophysicist (Four Years Contract)

Job Id
PDO1969
Start Date
Dec 01, 2024
End Date
Dec 10, 2024
Compnay Name
Petroleum Development Oman
Discipline
Petroleum Engineering
No of Position
1
Position Type
Temporary
Job Type
Not Specified
Nationality Required
Education & Experience Required
Education
Experience

Job Description

About the Company

Petroleum Development Oman is the leading exploration and production company in the Sultanate of Oman. The Company delivers the majority of the country's crude oil production and natural gas supply.

Purpose of the Job

Experienced Petrophysicist to provide petrophysical studies and operation to support of Development Planning, New Oil activities, Well and Reservoir Management, ORP studies front, to provide assurance of integrated petrophysical deliverables and to coach fellow petrophysicists.

Education & Experience

  • University degree in Science or Engineering. 
  • A minimum of 10-15 years relevant experience
  • Skill in all gas injection projects, core petrophysical competence areas at JG 3 level with application to operational Petrophysics, petrophysical studies such as IRM, uncertainty management, VOI, Competitive Scoping, Field Development Planning and Well and Reservoir management.
  • Demonstrable track record in 
    • Operational Petrophysics (open hole and cased hole). 
    • Integrated PP studies and solid understanding of the deliverables of the other disciplines.
    • Experience in gas injection projects.
    • Understanding of all Petrophysical related DEP’s, ORP and IRM processes.  
    • Generating and executing field development plans.
    • Project Management and Assurance of integrated petrophysical deliverables.
    • Working in multi-disciplinary PE teams and demonstrate FEDM capabilities.
    • Coaching and a wish to develop and share skills.
    • Demonstrable drive, enthusiasm and can-do attitude, an open mind.

Main Responsibilities

The remit of the Senior Asset Petrophysicist is to work in an integrated team of subsurface and surface staff delivering new development wells, well and reservoir surveillance planning and execution, and contributing to field development studies. Providing technical assurance and coaching to junior staff is a key element of this position. 

Development Planning

  • Work in an integrated team of geoscientists and petroleum / production engineers to deliver robust studies to define future field development opportunities and reserves potential. 
  • Generate and or update a robust petrophysical model for input into the IRM workflow. 
  • Implement development activities sanctioned by FDP’s / Studies.
  • Develop portfolio  and analysis related to complex gas injection fields 
  • Participate in the review of reservoir and well performance / development against plan.
  • Assure fit-for-purpose data acquisition using Competitive Scoping.
  • Evaluate the use of new technology as part of future FDPs. 

New Oil

  • Contribute to and provide assurance of Well Proposals
  • Provide support to Rig Operations
  • Evaluate and Manage Data
  • Manage the interface with the data gathering contractors

Well and Reservoir Management

  • Own, execute, and track reservoir management and surveillance plans and activities under the umbrella of the Field Development & Management Strategy, aimed at full life-cycle field development, reservoir management and scope maturation.
  1. Ensure proper use and management of the data.
  2. Ensure cost-effective logging programs and utilisation of team resources, clearly defined objectives, minimise scope change and look for innovative ways of minimising costs without compromising objectives and while maximizing value.
  3. Evaluate cased-hole data for well performance optimization, well integrity, and reservoir performance. 
  4. Provide operational support for surveillance operations.
  • Participate in the review of reservoir and well performance / development against plan.
  • Work with surveillance engineers and geoscientists to identify & quantify opportunities for maximising production from developed and undeveloped reserves.

Skills Required

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