Senior Reservoir Engineer - Reservoir Management

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 391,000 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Group in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is seeking a Senior Reservoir Engineer - Reservoir Management to drive field development planning, production forecasting, and injection optimization across complex oil assets. The role provides technical leadership for multidisciplinary projects and leads studies integrating static and dynamic data to improve field decisions.

You will apply advanced reservoir engineering methods, perform surveillance, and guide performance reviews to optimize

Qualifications

• Extensive reservoir engineering experience in oil and gas environments.
• Strong background in field development planning and reservoir management.
• Proficient in reservoir simulation, material balance, decline curve analysis, and pressure transient analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead reservoir management activities across field development, performance evaluation, asset assessment, and integration with producing fields.
• Develop and implement reservoir engineering workflows aligned with industry practices and company requirements.
• Integrate dynamic and static reservoir data to identify changes and define optimization actions.
• Apply advanced reservoir engineering techniques to improve recovery, production efficiency, and field performance.
• Assess and govern production and injection capacities in line with company objectives.
• Coordinate reservoir capacity expectations with drilling and workover schedules.
• Identify production or injection shortfalls and develop mitigation strategies.

Skills

Reservoir engineering

Reservoir management

Field development planning

Reservoir performance analysis

Production capacity assessment

Injection capacity assessment

Reservoir simulation

Material balance

Decline curve analysis

Pressure transient analysis

Static and dynamic data integration

Field performance optimization

Production optimization

Injection optimization

Pattern balancing

Reservoir surveillance

Well prognosis

Well performance analysis

Asset evaluation

Reservoir recovery optimization

Pressure surveys

Tracer surveys

Interference testing

Observation well planning

Cased-hole logging

Drilling schedule integration

Workover planning

Reservoir connectivity analysis

Production forecasting

Injection forecasting

Field performance review

Multidisciplinary subsurface

Technical workflow development

Reservoir uncertainty management

Hydrocarbon recovery optimization

Job description

Job Snapshot

Senior Reservoir Engineer - Reservoir Management

Role: Senior Reservoir Engineer - Reservoir Management

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Engineering

Experience: Extensive reservoir engineering experience required

Job Type: Full-time Position Overview Senior Reservoir Engineer - Reservoir Management in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a specialist Oil and Energy opportunity with ADNOC Group focused on reservoir management, field development planning, production and injection capacity evaluation, performance optimization, and profitable hydrocarbon recovery. The role provides expert reservoir engineering input to multidisciplinary projects and leads studies that integrate static and dynamic subsurface data, reservoir surveillance, simulation, material balance, decline curve analysis, and well performance information to improve field development and reservoir management decisions.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Oil and Energy

Function: Engineering

Salary: 35000-50000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Senior Reservoir Engineer provides technical leadership across reservoir management activities covering field development, reservoir performance, production and injection forecasting, well prognosis, surveillance, and asset evaluation. The position supports long-term field value by identifying production constraints, improving injection efficiency, balancing reservoir patterns, and implementing technically sound optimization strategies. By integrating reservoir simulation, pressure behavior, production trends, surveillance data, drilling schedules, and workover plans, the role helps maintain field deliverability while maximizing economically recoverable hydrocarbons.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead reservoir management activities covering field development, reservoir performance evaluation, asset assessment, well prognosis, and integration between producing fields.
• Develop and implement reservoir engineering workflows aligned with recognized industry practices and company requirements.
• Integrate dynamic and static reservoir information to identify changes in field behavior and define optimization actions.
• Apply advanced reservoir engineering techniques to improve recovery, production efficiency, and economic field performance.
• Assess and govern field production and injection capacities in line with approved company objectives.
• Coordinate reservoir capacity expectations with drilling and workover schedules.
• Identify potential production or injection shortfalls and develop mitigation strategies to maintain field targets.
• Establish workflows for pattern balancing and improve the relationship between production and injection performance.
• Review injection efficiency, pressure support, reservoir communication, and production response across field patterns.
• Design and lead well-sector and full-field performance reviews.
• Evaluate reservoir trends and identify opportunities to improve well productivity and field development performance.
• Develop and implement reservoir surveillance programs to reduce uncertainty and strengthen reservoir management decisions.
• Plan pressure transient surveys and evaluate pressure behavior for reservoir performance analysis.
• Design tracer surveys and interference testing programs to improve understanding of reservoir connectivity.
• Recommend observation well locations and surveillance strategies where additional subsurface information is required.
• Develop and review cased-hole logging programs to assess fluid movement, injection behavior, and reservoir performance.
• Lead reservoir engineering studies using appropriate analytical and numerical techniques.
• Apply reservoir simulation to evaluate development scenarios, production strategies, recovery mechanisms, and future field performance.
• Use material balance techniques to support reserves understanding and reservoir performance assessment.
• Apply decline curve analysis to evaluate well and field production behavior.
• Estimate reservoir production and injection capacities for development planning and operational decision-making.
• Provide reservoir engineering expertise to multidisciplinary field development and asset management teams.
• Review reservoir performance against approved plans and identify technical actions required to address deviations.
• Support integration of reservoir engineering with geology, geophysics, petroleum engineering, drilling, production, facilities, and operations disciplines.
• Plan and coordinate assigned reservoir engineering activities to achieve section objectives.
• Develop assigned personnel through technical coaching, practical guidance, and knowledge transfer.
• Provide input to functional budget preparation and support implementation of approved work plans.
• Investigate significant cost or performance variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Implement approved policies, standards, procedures, systems, and technical practices in accordance with company and international requirements.
• Contribute to section and department performance objectives and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop new analytical methods, workflows, and techniques that improve reservoir engineering efficiency and technical quality.

Ideal Profile

The successful candidate should bring substantial reservoir engineering experience within complex oil and gas developments, with strong technical exposure to field development planning, reservoir management, production forecasting, injection optimization, and surveillance. A strong understanding of reservoir simulation, material balance, decline curve analysis, pressure transient analysis, and integrated static and dynamic data interpretation is important. Candidates should be capable of evaluating well, sector, pattern, and full-field performance and translating technical findings into practical field optimization actions. Experience designing surveillance programs involving pressure surveys, tracer studies, interference tests, observation wells, and cased-hole logging will be highly valuable. The role also requires the ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary subsurface teams and provide expert technical guidance on development plans, reservoir uncertainty, well performance, production capacity, injection strategy, and long-term recovery optimization.

Skills Set

• Reservoir engineering
• Reservoir management
• Field development planning
• Reservoir performance analysis
• Production capacity assessment
• Injection capacity assessment
• Reservoir simulation
• Material balance
• Decline curve analysis
• Pressure transient analysis
• Static and dynamic data integration
• Field performance optimization
• Production optimization
• Injection optimization
• Pattern balancing
• Reservoir surveillance
• Well prognosis
• Well performance analysis
• Asset evaluation
• Reservoir recovery optimization
• Pressure surveys
• Tracer surveys
• Interference testing
• Observation well planning
• Cased-hole logging
• Drilling schedule integration
• Workover planning
• Reservoir connectivity analysis
• Production forecasting
• Injection forecasting
• Field performance review
• Multidisciplinary subsurface integration
• Technical workflow development
• Reservoir uncertainty management
• Hydrocarbon recovery optimization

Why Join Us

This opportunity allows an experienced reservoir engineer to work on technically demanding Oil and Energy assets where reservoir management decisions directly influence production sustainability, injection efficiency, field development economics, and long-term hydrocarbon recovery. The role provides exposure to advanced reservoir studies, integrated subsurface workflows, surveillance design, production and injection optimization, and multidisciplinary field development planning. It also offers the opportunity to influence high-value technical decisions across complex reservoirs while strengthening expertise in large-scale asset management and reservoir performance optimization.

About the Company

ADNOC Group is an integrated energy organization with operations spanning exploration, production, drilling, processing, logistics, refining, petrochemicals, and related energy activities. Its upstream businesses rely on advanced reservoir engineering, field development planning, surveillance, simulation, and production optimization to improve reservoir performance and maximize sustainable recovery from complex oil and gas assets.