Qualifications & Experience
• Engineering or equivalent qualification.
• 12 years minimum in Oil & Gas industry. Oil production affiliate exposure, FOPS Method team, GSR team, qualification in an operating environment (drilling, operations, with practical experience). Minimum one exposure as Well performance engineer on operated asset and/or Smart room.
• Sound knowledge in well performance tools
Activities
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
• Accountable for Well Instruction sheet and well loadshedding matrix.
• Take part in ESP Pre-Commissioning procedure development implementation.
• Validate with contractor VSD & Step-up transformer settings.
• Follow activities on site related to ESP electrical checks and Spin test before the Step Up.
• Establish and participate in the writing of technical specifications for automated well control tools: FCW (Full Control of Wells) for installation on Tilenga sites, ensure parameters are correctly implemented.
• Participate in FAT, pre-production, acceptance, installation, and start-up of these tools on site.
• Support the teams on site for the best use of the FCW (Full Control of Wells).
• Prepare training modules for new CRO and implement training program.
• Maintain and improve the technical repository in the Well domain by capitalizing on feedback from users.
• Follow up well and surface network interventions that could have an impact on production.
• Develop new digital tools for better predictive approach and help decision on well operation.
• Participate in the definition of needs in terms of automated well control in multi-trade projects: WPG (Well Performance Group), PPG (Production Performance Group) aimed at developing tools to maximize well productivity and/or production. Animate the community of FCW users in the affiliate to capture the needs of adaptation, evolution and adjustments of the tool according to the best practices and share them.
• Manage the well troubleshooting either during the well run or ESP test with support from ESP supplier, Well Performance Team, Reservoir, Completion, Production.
• Participate in the development of NPDMS for the well test validation criteria.
• Monitor the well behavior and ESP operating parameters through the PI system
• Participate in the Collaborative Environment / Smart room ESP and Wells follow up development, implementation and start up.
• Contribute to daily shortfall analyses and production forecast.
• Ensure ESP run continuously within the operating envelope as recommended by the manufacturer.
• Smart room focal point for 1st level of troubleshooting.
• In collaboration with Process and Flow assurance and Reservoir monitoring teams develop and maintain models of wells and surface network for production data monitoring (wells and surface network).
• Coordinate multidisciplinary well studies and operations together with, field operation engineers and drilling/completion engineers.
• Digital: involved in development of new digital tools for better predictive approach and help decision on well operation.
Job application procedure
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More Information
- Address Kampala, Uganda, East Africa
