Well Performance Engineer at SPIE Oil & Gas Services

Job description

SPIE Services Nigeria Limited is currently looking for Onshore & offshore Well Performance Engineers to join its work force in Nigeria. The suitable candidate shall:

Conduct functional roles related to Well Performance through the following:

• Prognosis of well potentials from the results of well tests and interpretations provided by the Reservoir using the
  Prosper well model
• Follow up on actual wells production or injection, while identifying well production shortfalls and analyzing their origins
• Co-ordinate reservoir, drilling/completion, and production multi-disciplinary expertise to propose curative actions for under-performing wells and quantifying the expected benefits
• Schedule light well interventions considering production, drilling/completion and reservoir requirements and provide post-mortem analysis after corrective actions
• Keep close contact with production operations to follow up on the day-to-day behavior of the wells, and the implementation of necessary adjustments
• Establish scope of requirements prior to any well completion or re-completion
• Regular communications with the Well Performance engineering department (FP) in head office for technical support and feedback
• Implement procedures for well start-up and clean-up and updating Well Performance indicators
• Determine Well Metering frequency and final test data validation
• Determine production allocation for each well 
• Ensure use of Prosper, IFM/IVM, MPG or equivalent models for Well Modelling to update well potential
• Take responsibility for the Statement of requirements for Well Performance monitoring, mechanical survey, and scale removal along with the validation and interpretation of Well performance and integrity data
• Take responsibility for SOR of Heavy Well maintenance for productivity reasons and providing economical evaluation of Heavy well maintenance
• Participate in the start-up of FCW (Full Control of Well) on the installations and ensure site (offshore) assistance to maintain usage of the system.
• Optimize oil production via choke management and optimum gas lift injection
• Design gas lift injection systems for valve change out in installed mandrels and well restart
• Manage water and gas injection systems in cooperation with subsurface team
• Be physically on site for well operations assistance
• Participate in Sand Management for individual wells and field-wide

Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (or equivalent)
• Professional experience of around 6 years in Oil & Gas production, including operational experience in reservoir, completion and stimulation or production
• Good overview of the different parameters affecting the performance of a well, from the reservoir to the surface utilities