Posted: 3 Oct 2009
Location: USA
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PURPOSE
• Effectively provide reservoir engineering evaluations of Exploration Division opportunities.
• Integrate all functional inputs into a fit-for-purpose evaluation (e.g., drilling, marketing, commercial, etc).
• Communicate results, including uncertainties and ranges, to PDE and higher management. Where appropriate, clearly recommend a course of action.
• Assist with well and DST planning and operations
• Leverage specialty skills across all Petroleum Division opportunities
• Share knowledge and learnings with Pre-Development Evaluation and the general reservoir engineering community.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Perform excellent technical work and maintain specific technical skills in one or more of the following disciplines: classic reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, integrated production modelling, production forecasting.
• Proactively identify uncertainties and risks in conceptual field development scenarios and identify solutions to effectively resolve them.
• Effectively evaluate prospects in new ventures, exploration, and appraisal stages using fit-for-purpose methodologies.
• Develop production forecasts for prospects in the exploration and appraisal stage using analytical and numerical methods.
• Provide ranges in recovery factors and production profiles that account for all subsurface uncertainties using fit-for purpose methodologies.
• Develop feasible field development concepts as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Work closely with an integrated PDE team to develop understanding of reservoirs and development risks.
• Identify recovery efficencies due to water injection, artificial lift, active well management, and reservoir management and include these recovery efficiencies in production forecasts.
• Manage PVT and MDT data and flow assurance studies and incorporate data in reservoir assessments.
• Present evaluation results to the team, in peer reviews, in joint partner meetings and workshops.
• Adhere to HSEC policy and management standards, and exercise BHPB’s safe work policies
• Transfer knowledge and learnings to other Reservoir Engineers in PDE and the Petroleum reservoir engineering community.
• Constructively participate on occasion in Peer Reviews and Assists of Exploration, Development, and Production projects.
BEHAVIOURAL & LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
• Proactive team player and efficient communicator.
• Self-starter and able to work independently as well as in small teams.
Leadership Model:
• Vision
• 360 degree Credibility & Integrity
• Action Orientation
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Feedback and Recognition
• Accountability
• Judgement
AUTHORITY & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
• Chief Reservoir Engineer
• PDE Reservoir Engineering Supervisor
• Manager Pre Development Evaluation
• VP Development Planning
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
Qualification
• Tertiary university degree level in an engineering, mathematics or science subject
Experience & Technical Competencies
• Minimum of 15 years with experience in the upstream oil and gas industry
• Experience in opportunity identification and evaluation
• Good knowledge of all reservoir engineering basics
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills
• User of reservoir simulation and other methods for modelling reservoir production dynamics
• Working knowledge of detailed pipeline network models and advanced well test analysis methods in project work
• Applicable knowledge of geoscience and production engineering
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence and interact across technical disciplines
• Experience as lead reservoir engineer in a multi-disciplinary team environment
Languages
English fluent
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