Senior Reservoir Engineer & Strategic Advisor

Anton; Kuwait City; On-site; KWD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Anton is seeking a highly experienced Reservoir Engineer to lead multidisciplinary reservoir studies and advise on development strategies for global oil and gas projects. You will design and manage reservoir simulation, perform history matching, and develop production forecasts to optimize economics.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s in Reservoir Engineering (Master’s/PhD preferred) and 20+ years of international upstream experience, with strong skills in NPV/IRR analysis and leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Reservoir Engineering or related field; Master’s/PhD preferred.
• Minimum 20 years of international Upstream Oil & Gas experience with substantial reservoir engineering and E&P activities.
• Extensive experience in reservoir evaluation, dynamic simulation, history matching, production forecasting, and field development planning.
• Strong expertise in reservoir simulation software and dynamic modelling workflows.
• Proven experience in production performance analysis, reservoir pressure monitoring, well performance evaluation, and recovery optimization.
• Strong knowledge of economic evaluation techniques, including NPV, IRR, and breakeven analysis.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and collaborating with E&P companies, technology providers, and research institutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice on reservoir evaluation, characterization, and development strategies.
• Design, plan, and manage reservoir simulation and modelling studies.
• Build, maintain, and update dynamic reservoir simulation models and conduct history matching using production and pressure data.
• Develop production forecasts using simulation, decline-curve, and analytical methods.
• Monitor reservoir pressure, production trends, and well performance to identify optimization opportunities.
• Evaluate FDP scenarios and provide recommendations to optimize reservoir performance and project economics.
• Integrate well logs, core data, petrophysical interpretation, PVT, and surveillance data into studies.
• Prepare reservoir study reports, simulation results, and reserves estimates per PRMS/SEC.

Skills

Reservoir engineering

International upstream oil & gas

Economic evaluation

Risk & uncertainty analysis

Dynamic simulation & history matching

Field development planning

Leadership & project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Reservoir Engineering

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

Reservoir simulation software

Data integration tools

Job description

Anton is seeking a highly experienced Reservoir Engineer to lead multidisciplinary reservoir studies and advise on development strategies for global oil and gas projects. You will design and manage reservoir simulation, perform history matching, and develop production forecasts to optimize economics.

Ideal candidates hold a Bachelor’s in Reservoir Engineering (Master’s/PhD preferred) and 20+ years of international upstream experience, with strong skills in NPV/IRR analysis and leadership.