Reservoir Engineer - Reservoir Management

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates seeks a Reservoir Engineer to provide specialist input for field development planning, reservoir performance analysis and capacity studies. The role leads reservoir management, surveillance, and optimization using integrated data to maximize recovery.

The position focuses on leveraging multidisciplinary projects and ensuring alignment with production and injection objectives across Oil and Energy sectors.

Qualifications

• Reservoir management of field development and performance evaluation.
• Integration of dynamic and static reservoir data.
• Support for production and injection optimization.

Responsibilities

• Carry out reservoir management activities covering field development, performance evaluation, reservoir and asset evaluation, and well prognosis.
• Supervise integration activities between fields.
• Develop and implement workflows for field evaluation and management.
• Integrate dynamic and static reservoir data to understand field behavior and identify opportunities for optimization.
• Develop optimization plans aimed at maximizing profitable reservoir recovery.
• Support multidisciplinary field development activities with reservoir engineering analysis.

Skills

Reservoir engineering

Field development planning

Reservoir surveillance

Performance optimization

Integrated reservoir data

Reservoir simulation

Job description

Reservoir Engineer - Reservoir Management Job Snapshot

Role: Reservoir Engineer

Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Petroleum Engineering

Experience: Not specified

Job Type: Full Time

Position Overview

ADNOC Group is hiring a Reservoir Engineer in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to provide expert reservoir engineering input for multidisciplinary Oil and Energy projects involving field development planning, reservoir performance analysis and assessment of production and injection capacities. The role leads reservoir management studies, surveillance programs, performance reviews and optimization activities using integrated static and dynamic data to maximize profitable hydrocarbon recovery.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Abu Dhabi

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Petroleum Engineering

Salary: Not disclosed

Gender: No Preference

Candidate Nationality: Not specified

Job Type: Full Time

Work Arrangement: On-site

Job Purpose

The Reservoir Engineer will provide specialist reservoir engineering expertise across multidisciplinary projects, including field development planning, reservoir performance analysis and estimation of production and injection capacities. The position leads reservoir management studies and performance optimization activities, applying appropriate reservoir engineering techniques to support field development, surveillance and recovery objectives.

Reservoir Management and Field Development

• Carry out reservoir management activities covering field development, performance evaluation, reservoir and asset evaluation, and well prognosis.
• Supervise integration activities between fields.
• Develop and implement workflows for field evaluation and management in line with relevant industry practices.
• Integrate dynamic and static reservoir data to understand field behavior and identify opportunities for optimization.
• Develop optimization plans aimed at maximizing profitable reservoir recovery.
• Support multidisciplinary field development activities with reservoir engineering analysis and technical input.

Production and Injection Management

• Govern field production and injection capacities in accordance with company objectives and guidelines.
• Coordinate reservoir capacity requirements with drilling and workover schedules.
• Identify mitigation measures when production or injection capacity shortfalls occur.
• Establish workflows for pattern balancing.
• Support efficient management of production and injection processes.
• Evaluate reservoir performance to identify opportunities for improved field recovery.

Reservoir Performance Evaluation

• Design and lead performance reviews covering individual wells, reservoir sectors and full-field development.
• Apply advanced reservoir engineering techniques to assess field performance.
• Integrate available reservoir information to identify field movement and changing reservoir behavior.
• Provide reservoir engineering expertise required to support performance evaluation and optimization decisions.

Reservoir Surveillance

• Design and lead implementation of project surveillance programs.
• Plan and evaluate pressure transient surveys.
• Support tracer survey programs and interference testing.
• Contribute to observation well placement based on reservoir surveillance requirements.
• Develop and support cased-hole logging programs.
• Use surveillance results to strengthen reservoir understanding and support reservoir management decisions.

Reservoir Engineering Studies

• Identify and support reservoir engineering studies using appropriate analytical and modeling techniques.
• Apply reservoir simulation where required for reservoir evaluation and development studies.
• Use material balance techniques to assess reservoir behavior.
• Apply decline curve analysis to support production performance assessment.
• Integrate study results into reservoir management and field optimization activities.

Supervision and Staff Development

• Plan, supervise and coordinate activities within the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop assigned personnel in relevant technical skills.
• Support staff development to enable effective delivery of Section objectives.

Budget and Cost Control

• Provide input for preparation of functional budgets.
• Assist in implementing approved budgets and work plans.
• Investigate and highlight significant budget variances.
• Support effective performance monitoring and cost control.

Policies, Systems and Procedures

• Implement approved Section and Department policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures.
• Support execution of work programs in accordance with company and international standards.

Performance and Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to achievement of approved functional performance objectives within the company performance framework.
• Design and implement tools and techniques that improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve internal processes against relevant industry practices.
• Develop effective solutions to technical and operational issues affecting the function.

Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability

• Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures and controls.
• Follow applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines.
• Perform assigned activities in accordance with international standards, relevant industry practices and ADNOC Codes of Practice.

Reporting

• Provide technical input for Section Management Information System reports.
• Contribute to progress reports prepared for management.