Fresh Jobs at Padua Petroleum Nigeria Limited (PPNL)

Purpose Statement

• This role will provide strategic options for unconventional development with emphasis on economic evaluation and apply holistic modeling and decision analysis techniques to support valueoptimization of the full upstream portfolio within the Company's upstream strategy.

Key Deliverables

• Carry out economic Modeling for ongoing exploration and development as part of commerciality assessment
• Perform economic evaluation to support fast-paced development decisions and work closely with Corporate Finance, Strategy and Reserves groups
• Carry out Risk & Uncertainty assessment of technical and financial components
• Perform Specific scenario planning and sensitivity studies as directed by Management closely work with multi-disciplinary teams to strategize and implement field development plans
• Conversant with Reserves estimation, validation and booking
• Conversant with business planning process. Short- & Long-range planning, portfolio ranking
• Develop and implement new work processes, best technical practices, governance, and controls

Required Qualification / Experience

• B.Sc Degree in Petroleum Engineering or related field. An advanced degree in Petroleum Economics or Statistics would be an advantage
• 8 -12 years' experience.
• Broad experience in the oil and gas upstream business with skills in subsurface evaluation and petroleum economics
• Experience in working with vendors including Corporate Finance, Corporate Strategy & Market Analysis and Reserves

Knowledge / Skills:

• In-depth knowledge in the following specialties:
• Economic Evaluation, Business Planning, and Budgeting
• Field development and depletion plans
• Investment decision analysis (including risk and uncertainty).
• Critical technical expertise, managerial acumen and exceptional communication skills
• Knowledge of the following applications (or similar) is required: PEEP, MOSAIC, Enersight, PVTsim, ProjectRA and Spotfire.
• Highly analytical and strong attention to detail.
• Strong managerial, delegation and negotiation skills
• Team Building and collaboration abilities
• A critical thinker and good problem-solving ability.
• Strong time management skills
• Report-writing abilities
• Committed to accuracy and completeness.

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Purpose Statement

• This role will support and direct drilling engineering functions to support drilling operations; andlead major drilling engineering projects that require original or unusual analysis and solutions. Thisrole will also

Key Deliverables:

• Provide sound drilling engineering methods and procedures to be used on drillingoperations.
• Execute and accomplish assignments and studies in areas outlined in the scope, assuringconformance to overall objectives of all phases of drilling operations in areas includingdrilling penetration rate optimization, new drilling technology, and drilling studies.
• Deliver technical support for many types of drilling wells including complex multi-lateraland extended reach (ERD) horizontal oil and gas wells, offshore and deep water. Wellsinclude water injections and producing wells, exploration wells and all kind of workovers.
• Analyze advanced drilling data and the performance of new or existing drilling techniques todetermine a need for or benefit from studies, recommendations, and/or modifications withrespect to unit costs, and operating efficiency consistent with established operations.
• Assume ownership of relevant General Instructions and standards and, when applicable,recommend improvements to operational processes and guidelines.
• Prepare standard development practices and procedures to ensure maximum drillingefficiency consistent with safety, economics, reservoir, and aquifer considerations

Required Qualification / Experience

• BSc. Degree in Engineering, preferably in Petroleum, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering
• A minimum of 12 years' experience as a drilling engineer or foreman in the conventional oilindustry. At least 10 years of this should be with a major international organization.
• A minimum of 5 years working as an operations drilling engineer with at least 1-yearcumulative time working on a rig as a Drilling Engineer or Drilling Supervisor/Foreman orequivalent.
• Experienced in developing cost analysis and preparing detailed workover evaluations andprograms.

Knowledge / Skills:

• Highly analytical and strong attention to detail.
• Strong managerial, delegation and negotiation skills
• Strong IT knowledge: Word and Excel skills
• A critical thinker and good problem-solving ability.
• Strong time management skills
• Report-writing abilities
• Committed to accuracy and completeness.

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Purpose Statement

• This role is primarily responsible for providing technical strategic solutions to the development of the company’s assets.
• This role will also perform well evaluation, play assessments, and generate reliable production forecasts for the Company.
• This role will support the team in reservoir characterization and modeling, reservoir management, performance, and surveillance to develop and execute a field development plan working with external consultants.

Key Deliverables

• Design and implement innovative solutions for depletion strategies, reservoir performance analysis and field development plans.
• Supervise and conduct comprehensive modeling and simulation studies to identify optimal well spacing, completions design, reservoir management strategies and opportunities.
• Organize and lead multi-functional peer reviews to support and improve field development design.
• Study reservoir and well performance data and develop/supervise reservoir surveillance programs and reservoir management activities.
• Monitor operating expenses to operate and maintain wells to produce the highest volumes of oil and gas at the lowest cost.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary team in planning and conducting field studies.
• Prepare requirements for well construction, develop well designs for new wells and provide technical assistance to drilling staff to ensure that each well is completed in a safe and efficient manner.
• Provide economic evaluation to support fast-paced development decisions and work closely with drilling, completions, and production teams.
• Develop and implement efficient reservoir engineering and organizational practices
• Study reservoir and well performance data and develop/supervise reservoir surveillanceprograms and reservoir management activities.

Required Qualification / Experience

• B.Sc. Degree in Petroleum Engineering or related field. An advanced degree would be an advantage. It will reduce prerequisite work experience stated below by one year for Master’s degree and two years for PhD.
• 10 - 15 years; experience with at least 5 years in conventional reservoirs especially sandstone reservoirs in Niger Delta.
• Experience in or have a good understanding of stimulation programs design, open hole and cased hole logging capabilities, well test analysis (Pressure transient analysis and rate transient analysis), decline curve analysis, dynamic reservoir modeling, reserves classification, EUR predictions, well spacing optimization, will be required to support key development decisions.

Knowledge / Skills:

• Proficiency in the following applications is required: IHS Harmony, Kappa Workstation Suite (Saphir, Topaze minimum), ECLIPSE, Kinetix, GOHFER (DFIT Analysis capabilities), Petroleum Expert, CMG, Peep, OFM, MOSAIC, PVTsim NOVA and EOS
• Highly analytical and strong attention to detail.
• Strong managerial, delegation and negotiation skills
• Team Building and collaboration abilities
• A critical thinker and good problem-solving ability.
• Strong time management skills
• Report-writing abilities
• Committed to accuracy and completeness.

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Purpose Statement

• This role is required to handle the complexity and work-related activities related to oil producers,water injection, water supply and water disposal wells starting from monitoring the drillingoperations, completion design, flowback/testing operations, chemical treatments, logging, andintegrity assurance to performance remedial work for production enhancement. Also, involved inmonitoring gas wells.

Key Deliverables

• Monitor daily drilling and work-over activities to ensure suitable completion practices areadopted by the rig.
• Prepare detailed well intervention programs and supervise jobs in the field. Programsinclude Production logging, water saturation monitoring, production enhancement usingthru-tubing and bullheading stimulation techniques, portable testing
• Perform production optimization activities to ensure reliability and optimum well performance.
• Participate in project technical review and review proposals to ensure efficient/economic operations.
• Proficient in industry production engineering and completion software for production optimization and well completion.

Required Qualification / Experience

• B.Sc Degree in Petroleum Engineering or related field. Intensive industry training including appropriate specialized courses and seminars is expected.
• Minimum of 10 years' experience with 5 years intensive experience in oil production specialty.
• Experienced working in, onshore and offshore environment, and smart well completions.
• Active in related professional societies and will have achieved professional recognition
• through publications, committee activities, etc.

Knowledge / Skills:

• Ability to provide technical support for well operations, including all aspects of well intervention, well stimulation, well testing, well integrity and application of state-of-the-art technologies
• Highly analytical and strong attention to detail.
• Strong managerial, delegation and negotiation skills
• Team Building and collaboration abilities
• A critical thinker and good problem-solving ability.
• Strong time management skills
• Report-writing abilities
• Committed to accuracy and completeness