Reservoir Engineer at ExxonMobil

What role you will play in our team

• Come be part of the Reservoir Engineering Department of Exxonmobil Nigeria with more than 50 years of presence in the country, with offices located in Lagos and Abuja, FCT
• Provide reservoir engineering technical support and expertise to Deepwater Oil & Gas development projects and production operations
• Work with multi-discipline teams to support optimal asset development and reservoir management
• Leverage fundamental reservoir engineering skills in reservoir characterization, development and depletion planning, opportunity generation, and production optimization.

What you will do

• Planning, evaluation and/or execution of field development / drill well programs
• Identifying key reservoir uncertainties and providing recommendations to address financial and operations risks and improve decision quality
• Improving reservoir description through fluid analysis, core evaluation, well testing interpretation, and production performance analysis
• Conducting production forecasts and reserves assessments to support development / depletion planning and production optimization opportunities
• Developing and/or leveraging new reservoir engineering technologies to support business solutions

About you

Skills and Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required - preferably Petroleum or Chemical; Advanced Degrees (Master’s / PhD) in PE an added advantage
• A minimum of 5-10 years of experience in Reservoir Engineering
• Previous experience in reservoir analytical performance prediction, asset development and depletion planning, reserves assessment, reservoir surveillance & optimization, volumes forecasting, economic analysis and data management
• Candidates should be self-motivated and focused on achieving business results while working in a multi-disciplinary team. Demonstrated teamwork, communication and leadership skills are essential.

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• Candidate should be competent in skills listed below:
• Reservoir Simulation
• Pressure Transient Testing
• Fluid sampling and analysis
• Enhanced Oil Recovery
• Core Analysis
• Petrophysics 
• Fluent in both written and spoken English, have good organizational and coordination skills, and be able to work well with others
• Open to Flexible work hours

Behavioral expectations

• Behavioural expectations: in addition to strong interpersonal & communication skills (written and verbal), candidate should possess:
• Innovative: produces/promotes novel ideas
• Courage of Conviction
• Prioritizes and manages risk
• Creates business value to increase competitive advantage
• Develop others by demonstrating ownership and influencing others to take initiative
• Develop/deploy long-term, effective strategies
• Ability to work in challenging environments, including extended stay at offshore facilities.