Senior Production Technologist

Hibiscus Petroleum; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading oil and gas company is seeking a Senior Production Technologist to oversee production optimization and technical support. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience and a degree in Petroleum Engineering, focusing on enhancing production performance through innovative strategies and collaboration with various technical teams.

Qualifications

• 15-20 years of Oil & Gas experience, with at least 7 years as Production Technologist.
• Experience in gas lift optimization and well stimulation.
• Hands-on operations and troubleshooting experience.

Responsibilities

• Optimize oil and gas production at optimal levels.
• Conduct well performance and integrated well modeling analysis.
• Collaborate with reservoir teams for performance evaluations.

Skills

Production technology

Well optimization

Troubleshooting

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering

Tools

Petroleum Experts IPM suite

WinGLUE

OFM

Job description

Senior Production Technologist

Posted On: May 23, 2025
Location: Kota Kinabalu
Job Function: Maintenance & Operations Support
Employment Type: Permanent

The Senior Production Technologist reports directly to Senior Manager, Reservoir Surveillance & Optimisation and responsible:

• For overall production technology from reservoir to well level.
• To optimize production of oil and gas at an optimum level, increasing the value of the asset on a daily basis.
• As the main technical support for petroleum engineering, well technology and special studies.
• For well diagnostic and troubleshooting, focal point for well intervention activities, well surveys and diagnostics.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Conduct well performance analysis and integrated well modelling analysis to identify production enhancement activities such as gas lift optimization, adding perforation, water shut-off/conformance, behind casing opportunities
• Conduct technology screening, identify, evaluate and propose innovative production technology strategies to enhance production performance
• Support subsurface objectives and development planning activities.
• Work closely with other technical personnel in specific studies such as production network modelling, completion design & strategy, sand control/management, tighter reservoirs stimulation techniques, flow assurance, ICD/ICV, de-bottlenecking study, back pressure study, compressor sizing and system optimization related to IOR/EOR projects
• Collaborate with reservoir team to maintain and update petroleum engineering database for use in wells and reservoirs performance evaluation and studies. This includes well intervention program and reports, production test data, well & production operations history, production logging, pressure surveys / PBUs data, gas lift & idle wells inventory

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Possess at least a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering in any technical discipline or equivalent qualification from recognized universities/academic institution
• Possess at least fifteen (15) to twenty (20) years of working experience in Oil & Gas Industry or at least five (7) years working experience as Production Technologist in the oil and gas industry, preferably in a PSC environment.
• Proven hands-on operations/maintenance & troubleshooting experience on a wide range of plant electrical equipment & systems e.g. power generation, electric motors, switchgears, electrical switching, utilities etc.
• Experience in using Petroleum Experts IPM suite of modeling tools (i.e. GAP, PROSPER, MBAL) , WinGLUE, and OFM.
• Experience in gas lift optimization, gas lift design, ESP completions monitoring and troubleshooting
• Experience in production enhancement and remedial work such as water shut off, gas shut off, well stimulation.
• Experience in well work activities including slickline, Eline and coil tubing unit operations
• Experience in brownfields FDP/FFR, production chemistry, sand control/management design, conceptual completion design, tubing stress analysis
• Experience in understanding of flow dynamics, near wellbore damage behaviors and flow assurance in relations to any FDP/FFR development project
• Experience in conducting technology screening and ability to challenge existing design and well operational processes in order to apply best technologies and practices / minimize operating costs
• Experience supervising offshore activities related to Well Engineering
• A strong work ethic with the ability to deliver in a timely fashion all required work scope
• Ability to work and communicate with different departments

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