Production Engineer - Well Operations and Testing
ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE
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Job summary
ADNOC Group in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is seeking an experienced Production Engineer to plan, coordinate and supervise rigless well operations, testing, stimulation and production optimization across oil and gas assets. The role focuses on maintaining and improving well performance and ensuring safe, compliant operations.
You will work closely with field operations, service contractors, and asset development teams to develop intervention programs, supervise wireline and logging
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in petroleum engineering, including workover, completion, well testing and production operations.
- Experience planning, coordinating and supervising rigless well operations, testing, stimulation and production optimization.
- Strong liaison with field operations and service contractors.
Responsibilities
- Plan, supervise and execute rigless operations, well testing and stimulation to optimize well performance.
- Coordinate with service contractors to implement approved intervention programs.
- Develop and supervise well testing programs including multi-rate tests.
- Review and interpret well test results and communicate findings to engineering teams.
- Monitor oil and gas production and injection performance and identify improvement actions.
- Maintain detailed well history and performance records.
Skills
Education
Job description
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Production-Operations
Experience: Minimum 8 years in petroleum engineering, including workover, completion, well testing and production operations
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
ADNOC Group is seeking an experienced Production Engineer to plan, coordinate and supervise rigless well operations, well testing, stimulation and production optimization activities in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The role focuses on maintaining and improving the performance of oil and gas producing wells, water supply wells, and water and gas injection wells. Responsibilities include preparing well intervention programs, supervising wireline and production logging operations, evaluating well test results and recommending corrective actions to address production and injection performance issues. The successful candidate will work closely with field operations, service contractors, Asset Development and other engineering departments to support efficient hydrocarbon production, effective injection operations and reliable well performance. The position also involves evaluating downhole equipment, contributing to artificial lift and facilities optimization studies, and maintaining accurate well history and production performance records.
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Production-Operations
Salary: Not disclosed
Gender: No Preference
Candidate Nationality: Not specified
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
Plan, supervise and execute rigless operations, well testing and stimulation activities to optimize the performance of oil and gas producing wells, water supply wells, and water and gas injection wells. Provide technical support to field operations to maintain efficient hydrocarbon production and effective utilization of water and gas injection systems. Evaluate well performance, diagnose operational problems and recommend appropriate interventions, workovers and production improvement measures.
- Prepare technical programs for rigless well operations and interventions.
- Develop programs for well perforation, kick-off operations, stimulation and well testing.
- Coordinate the execution of approved well intervention programs by specialist service companies.
- Supervise assigned rigless activities to ensure alignment with technical and operational requirements.
- Review operational results and identify issues requiring further technical evaluation.
- Coordinate with field operations personnel and contractors to support effective well intervention execution.
- Provide technical input on well intervention requirements based on well performance and operating conditions.
- Prepare programs for production and injection well testing activities.
- Develop testing programs covering multi-rate production and injection tests.
- Prepare programs for isochronal and modified isochronal well tests.
- Coordinate and supervise well testing operations performed by service companies.
- Conduct preliminary interpretation and evaluation of well test results.
- Review test information to assess well performance and identify potential operating concerns.
- Communicate testing findings to relevant engineering and asset development personnel.
- Support further technical evaluation and operational decisions based on well test results.
- Coordinate and supervise wireline operations carried out by contractors.
- Monitor the execution of assigned wireline activities.
- Review and verify contractor reports and operational documentation.
- Forward relevant wireline reports to Asset Development for further review and action.
- Supervise production logging operations.
- Perform preliminary interpretation of production logging results.
- Evaluate logging and testing information to support well performance assessments.
- Coordinate with service providers and engineering teams regarding findings requiring further investigation.
- Monitor the performance of oil and gas producing wells.
- Evaluate production trends and identify abnormal well operating conditions.
- Investigate and diagnose problems affecting well productivity.
- Recommend appropriate corrective actions to improve well performance.
- Assess potential well intervention requirements based on production behavior and technical findings.
- Support the optimization of hydrocarbon production through effective monitoring and engineering evaluation.
- Coordinate with field operations teams to address well performance concerns.
- Provide technical recommendations to support efficient production operations.
- Identify wells that may require workover operations.
- Evaluate well performance and operating history to determine potential intervention requirements.
- Prepare technical recommendations for specific well workovers.
- Develop well prognosis information to support proposed workover activities.
- Provide technical justification for recommended workovers.
- Coordinate with relevant engineering and operational personnel regarding proposed well interventions.
- Support technical decision-making through evaluation of well conditions and expected operational outcomes.
- Monitor the performance of water injection wells and associated injection systems.
- Evaluate water injection cluster performance.
- Review long-term injection test results and discuss findings with engineers from relevant departments.
- Identify potential injection performance issues requiring further investigation.
- Provide technical support for the efficient operation of water and gas injection systems.
- Participate in engineering evaluations associated with injection performance and optimization.
- Recommend appropriate actions based on injection well behavior and technical analysis.
- Support the effective utilization of injection facilities and associated well systems.
- Coordinate and supervise testing of downhole equipment.
- Support maintenance activities associated with downhole equipment.
- Monitor the performance of installed production equipment.
- Discuss equipment performance findings with relevant engineering and operational teams.
- Identify equipment-related issues that may affect well performance.
- Recommend further technical evaluation or maintenance action when required.
- Coordinate with relevant service providers and field personnel on equipment testing requirements.
- Participate in technical studies related to artificial lift projects.
- Support evaluations of water and gas injection systems.
- Contribute to studies involving oil and gas production operations.
- Participate in assessments of production facilities optimization opportunities.
- Provide technical input to proposed facilities modifications.
- Review relevant well performance information to support engineering studies.
- Collaborate with other engineering disciplines to evaluate potential production improvement initiatives.
- Support assigned technical studies aimed at improving well and facilities performance.
- Maintain comprehensive databases containing well history and operational information.
- Record and update oil and gas production statistics.
- Maintain water production and water injection performance records.
- Record and update gas injection statistics.
- Ensure relevant well testing and operational information is accurately documented.
- Support the availability of reliable well performance information for technical evaluation.
- Maintain organized records that assist engineering analysis and operational decision-making.
- Participate in the development of operating procedures for oil, gas and water production and injection activities.
- Contribute to reporting procedures associated with well performance monitoring.
- Support the development of consistent recording practices for production and injection information.
- Review operational and contractor reports for accuracy and completeness.
- Prepare or contribute technical findings and recommendations for relevant engineering teams.
- Coordinate the communication of well performance information to concerned departments.
- Support improvements in operational reporting and performance documentation.
- Provide petroleum engineering support to field operations personnel.
- Coordinate with service companies involved in rigless operations, well testing and wireline activities.
- Work with Asset Development on well performance assessments and technical recommendations.
- Collaborate with engineering departments on injection performance and production optimization matters.
- Participate in multidisciplinary discussions concerning well interventions, equipment performance and operational improvements.
- Support effective coordination between technical teams and field personnel during assigned activities.
- Bachelor 's degree in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent qualification.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Petroleum Engineering.
- Experience must include workover, well completion, well testing and production operations.
- Rigless well operations and intervention planning.
- Well perforation and kick-off operations.
- Well stimulation activities.
- Workover evaluation and technical justification.
- Well completion and production operations.
- Coordination of specialist well service contractors.
- Production and injection well testing.
- Multi-rate production and injection tests.
- Isochronal and modified isochronal testing.
- Preliminary interpretation and evaluation of well test results.
- Production logging operations and preliminary log interpretation.
- Wireline operations and contractor reporting.
- Oil and gas well performance monitoring.
- Production optimization and well problem diagnosis.
- Water supply and water injection well operations.
- Gas injection performance evaluation.
- Water injection cluster performance assessment.
- Long-term injection test evaluation.
- Artificial lift and production facilities optimization studies.
- Downhole equipment testing and maintenance coordination.
- Installed production equipment performance monitoring.
- Identification of equipment-related well performance issues.
- Technical evaluation of proposed well interventions.
- Collaboration with field operations and engineering teams.
- Well history and production performance databases.
- Oil and gas production statistics.
- Water production and injection records.
- Gas injection performance records.
- Well testing and contractor report verification.
- Operating procedure development and technical documentation.
- Strong analytical and technical problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to diagnose well performance issues and recommend corrective actions.
- Effective planning and coordination of well intervention activities.
- Ability to supervise specialist service contractors.
- Sound technical judgment in well testing and production evaluation.
- Effective collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Attention to operational performance and technical documentation.
- Ability to interpret well performance information and communicate findings.
- Strong organizational and coordination skills.
- Budget Responsibility: As per approved financial budget.
- Direct Reports: As per organization chart.
- Indirect Reports: As per organization chart.
Founded in 1971, ADNOC is a diversified energy group wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi. Its integrated businesses operate across the energy value chain, supporting the responsible development, production and supply of energy. ADNOC 's upstream operations rely on petroleum engineering expertise, effective well intervention programs and production performance monitoring to support reliable hydrocarbon production and efficient reservoir operations. This position contributes to well performance optimization through rigless operations, production and injection well testing, technical evaluation and coordination of well intervention activities.
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