Chief Production Engineer (FIRST Exploration & Petroleum )- Nigeria

 

Chief Production Engineer

FIRST Exploration & Petroleum - Nigeria

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Job description

Requirements

·        15 years of experience      in the Oil and Gas industry in Nigerian and possibly international,      covering both land, swamp and offshore experience.

·        Track record in      field development planning and delivery and asset operation and      optimization, Well and Reservoir Management,

·        Technical and      operational innovator and entrepreneur, track record in finding solutions      to increasing the recovery per dollar invested and operated.

·        Excellent      technical and communication skills with a strong emphasis on teamwork,

·        Fluency in      written and spoken English language,

Roles and Specific Responsibilities:

·        Drive and      implement the optimum completion design in the wells, focused on maximum      recovery from the well bore, both in daily production and reservoir      recovery, with the lowest possible downtime

·        Drive the      recovery per well of the existing producing wells, ensure that the well      and reservoir management processes are fit for purpose, documented and engrained      in our own organization and in that of our partners, with particular focus      on well uptime and increased recovery per reservoir,

·        Develop Integrated      Production System Models for existing producing assets and planned assets,      from reservoir drainage points to point of sales, key focus areas are      maximization of the crude, gas and gas liquids volumes measured and sold,      within the technical limits of the reservoirs, wells and facilities,      quantity and quality of gas liquids sources,

·        Drive the      implementation of fit for purpose tools and processes that facilitate      maximum integration between the field operations and the office, from      subsurface to point of sales.

·        Drive the well      surveillance and intervention plans, in alignment with the maintenance      schedules and implementation of the field optimization of the Utorogu and      Ughelli producing fields, oil, gas and condensate, including location      preparation, well planning, drilling and hook-up to the production      stations, with specific focus on HSE, Cost, Time and Recovery per well,

·        Relentlessly      drive Field Operations Optimization, always focused on minimum deferment,      lowest cost, highest throughput!

·        Ensure that the E-well      book, is expanded to be a life asset reference document and is formally updated      quarterly with the relevant historic dynamic and static data for the      field, the wells, reservoirs, and gas plants, flow stations  and related surface infrastructure,

·        Work      out guidelines and procedures to ensure all work is carried out safely      adhering to best international oilfield practices.

Desired Skills and Experience

Technical Skills

·        Ability to translate complex operational and development issues into simple solutions,

·        High level of independent thinking and reasoning, based on sound technical and commercial fundamentals.

·        Understanding and application of the key drivers of operations and reservoir management including production technology, well engineering, process engineering and production operations.

·        Ability to generate good quality technical reports

Business Skills

·        Ruthless bottom line focus, ability to translate and articulate technical operational solutions into the key business drivers, HSE, Cost and Production,

·        Fully understand and able to articulate how the company is making its money and how he and his department can drive the bottom-line, short term, medium term and long term of the company.

·        Implement fit for purpose business processes, including efficient and effective translation of opportunity to project plan, and planned liquids and gas into the tank. With support processes fit for purpose but hard coded, including IAP, budget approvals, authority to execute, priority setting and staff allocation, time writing, maintaining personal log books and project handbooks.

·        Supervise and coordinate subordinates

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Team Skills

Interact and work effectively with other professionals in group/project team and in other disciplines

Personal Skills

·        Readily accept views and guidance from supervisors and input from subordinates

·        Ability and focus on driving own professional and career development (technical affiliations, SPE etc)

·        Demonstrate high level of oral and written skills (English), good listening ability, demonstrate personal initiative and ability to mentor subordinates

Key focus areas:

Direct experience in the following areas:

·        HSEMS implementation in the field and in the workflow,

·        Field Operations Management, Development Planning,

·        Generating innovative and imaginative development/operations solutions,

·        Integrated Activity Planning, IPSM, Cost optimisation/management

·        Flow Assurance,

·        Well Completions (Including Intelligent Completions),

·        Production Surveillance and Operations,

·        Gas Lift design and Optimization,

·        Production System Planning, Operations and Optimization,

·        Well Testing, Execution, Design and Modelling,

·        Well Surveillance, Intervention, Planning and Production Optimization, by drainage point, by conduit, by reservoir, by cluster, by field,

·        Asset evaluation

·        Government Regulations

·        Petroleum Contracts,

·        Procurement Contracting Skills

About this company

FIRST
Exploration & Petroleum Development Company Limited (FIRST E&P) is a
Nigerian indigenous oil and gas execution vehicle, established in 2010. It
started formal business operations on the 1st of July, 2012. The company’s
ethos is being a deep technical and commercial entrepreneurial organisation,
with full delivery capability across the entire oil and gas delivery value
chain. Our areas of expertise   include
the value creation phase of commercial deal delivery, maturation of exploration
and appraisal opportunities, through field development to project execution and
realizing first production and into the value monetisation phase of integrated
operations and maintenance, hydrocarbon fiscalisation and sales