Chief Petroleum Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the gathering and analyses of geological data to de-risk oil and gas prospects and optimize hydrocarbon production.
• Coordinate the generation of subsurface geological models to aid in reservoir description including size, shape, continuity and quality, development planning, reservoir production and well performance prediction.
• Work closely with other Geosciences & Engineering staff in understanding key factors controlling hydrocarbon accumulations and production. 
• Provide reservoir engineering interpretation, guidance, and support to the production team.
• Responsible for reserves estimation and production profiles for input into the reporting system.
• Develop field development plan and reservoir management strategy.
• Assess the potential location, quantity and quality of hydrocarbon deposits, plan, manage and optimise extraction. 
• Direct and support the Operations Petro-physicist and provide input to petrophysical issues in Reservoir Management.
• Provide advice on log or core data acquisition and analyses for diagnosis of wellbore instability and reduction of reservoir uncertainties.
• Undertake field studies in support of reservoir description and characterization, for static and dynamic reservoir model builds. 
• Select the optimum depths to target for well perforations.

Requirements:

• Minimum academic qualification of Bachelor’s degree in the earth sciences, engineering or Master’s degree in petroleum/Reservoir 
• Engineering.
• 12+ years working experience in the upstream Oil and Gas industry.
• Proven track record of leading people and of coaching and mentoring staff.
• Strong analytical, project management and organizational skills 
• Able to work effectively within and across teams to share knowledge and best practices, and to create integrated products.
• Strong inter-personal and communications skills, including the ability to interact effectively with a broad range of technical and non-technical specialists.

Location: PortHarcourt

Remuneration: NGN 3.5m - 5m all inclusive gross monthly

• Compensation: Based on the experience and skill set of the individual, the compensation would be highly competitive as obtainable in the E&P environment