Operations Reservoir Engineer – Extended Well Test, In-Field

Job Description

Department: Petroleum Engineering

Business Unit/Team: Kenya -Ethiopia

Reports To: Subsurface Manager, Kenya & Ethiopia 

Location: Kenya, in field Rotational position, 28/28

Interacts and works with:

Internal:

• In-field well supervisors

• Office based operations Petroleum Engineer

• Kenya Subsurface team

• Kenya Well Engineering team

• London Well Engineering team

External:

• In-field service companies

Job Purpose:

• Ensure all subsurface data is captured effectively and accurately in the field

• Assist on-site welltest supervisors with Subsurface related decision making

• Engage office based Senior Petroleum Engineer and London based subsurface team in Subsurface related decision making as required

• Daily operations call and daily reporting

• Initiate sampling log to track logistics

Responsibilities / Key Objectives:

• Supervise sampling operations by vendors

• Ensure all samples are appropriately labelled and shipped

• Initiate sample log as samples are taken for further tracking in the sampling tracking database

• Ensure all on-line data transmission is functioning and trouble shoot with vendors as needed. Submit daily check list of all data transmission

• Conduct daily QC on P/T and DTS data from the wells

• Conduct initial PTA analysis in the field and update daily PTA plots for long term monitoring, Hall plots for injection etc

• Engage PTA support from Subsurface team as needed

• Assist welltest supervisors and vendors with any chemical test plans as advised by London

• Assist welltest supervisors with well start up, well/zonal shut-ins, bean-ups, pumping operations and ensure operations do not risk subsurface objectives

• Assist welltest supervisors with temperature management to mitigate wax

• Attend daily operations call

• Provide input to the welltest and EWT daily report in a fixed format: Sampling log, data transmission checklist

Person Specification

Education:

Tertiary Degree – Petroleum Engineering

Skills:

 • Experienced with well testing operations on-site and knowledge of surface based well testing equipment

• Experienced with completion components, well and logging operations

• Sampling technology and procedures

• PTA analysis in Saphir

• Water injection testing, Hall plots, step rate tests

Business Behaviours:

• Able to work effectively as part of a team, and to lead when required

• Ability to work in remote operational team

• Builds relationships with other functions and vendors

• Self Starter, takes a proactive approach, uses initiative & accepts responsibility