Surface Facility Production Assurance Consultant

Anton; Kuwait City; On-site; KWD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Anton seeks a Consultant - Surface Facility – Production Assurance to optimize production systems and eliminate bottlenecks across surface facilities. You will develop models, support facility modifications, and optimize chemical injection programs to enhance throughput and reduce backpressure.

The role requires 15+ years in upstream Oil & Gas with hands-on modeling and flow assurance experience, plus strong data analytics and cross-disciplinary coordination skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Master’s degree or PhD is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Optimize the integrated production system by balancing well deliverability with surface processing capacity and constraints.
• Identify and eliminate surface bottlenecks to increase hydrocarbon throughput and reduce production backpressure.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze integrated surface network models to evaluate fluid flow, pressure drops, and thermal behavior across gathering and production facilities.
• Provide engineering support for facility modifications, equipment sizing, and debottlenecking projects, including changes in water cut and gas-to-oil ratio.
• Design, audit, and optimize chemical injection programs for scale, corrosion, asphaltene, hydrate, emulsion, and biological control.
• Diagnose and resolve complex flow assurance issues, including emulsions, foaming, scaling, wax deposition, and other production restrictions.
• Manage chemical service providers, establish performance and cost-efficiency KPIs, and oversee laboratory fluid analysis, including PVT, water chemistry, and crude characterization.
• Monitor and mitigate internal corrosion and erosion risks in pipelines and surface processing equipment.
• Conduct technical assessments and provide recommendations to improve production efficiency, facility reliability, and asset uptime.
• Use production surveillance and real-time operational data to identify performance issues and optimize flow efficiency.
• Support multidisciplinary teams on production optimization, flow assurance, surface facility performance, and technical troubleshooting.

Skills

Petroleum Engineering

Flow Assurance

Surface Facilities

Production Operations

Data Analytics

Real-time Surveillance

Multidisciplinary Coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum or Chemical Engineering

Master’s degree

PhD (preferred)

Tools

HYSYS

PIPESIM

GAP

OLGA

Job description

Anton seeks a Consultant - Surface Facility – Production Assurance to optimize production systems and eliminate bottlenecks across surface facilities. You will develop models, support facility modifications, and optimize chemical injection programs to enhance throughput and reduce backpressure.

The role requires 15+ years in upstream Oil & Gas with hands-on modeling and flow assurance experience, plus strong data analytics and cross-disciplinary coordination skills.