Unconventional Reservoir Engineer (Ultra Tight/Tight Sand & Channel Reservoir)

Company profile; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 449,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A global energy company based in Saudi Arabia seeks a Reservoir Engineer to manage unconventional resource development. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering and a minimum of 10 years of experience, with at least 5 years in unconventional plays. Responsibilities include designing depletion strategies and supervising reservoir management activities, focusing on maximizing efficiency and shareholder returns. This role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Professional development programs

Competitive salary

World-class projects

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience with at least 5 years in unconventional plays.
• Knowledge of stimulation program design and decline curve analysis is required.
• Experience in international unconventional hydrocarbon basins is a must.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions for depletion strategies.
• Supervise and support fracture modeling and simulation studies.
• Prepare annual volumes and expenses for budgeting.

Skills

Reservoir performance analysis

Production forecasting

Well test analysis

Business planning

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering

Tools

IHS Harmony

ECLIPSE

Whitson

Job description

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer. With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a Reservoir Engineer to join our Unconventional Reservoir Management Division. Unconventional Reservoir Management Division is responsible to provide technical expertise to optimize unconventional resource development, focusing on reservoir characterization, modeling, and management. Key responsibilities include well evaluations, play assessments, production forecasting, and developing field plans for ultra-tight and channel sand reservoir. Your primary role is to develop and manage the Kingdom’s Unconventional Resources at the most optimal unit cost through applying best-in-class reservoir management and development strategies, built on sound economics, to maximize shareholder returns.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions for depletion strategies, reservoir performance analysis and field development plans for unconventional resource plays.
• Study reservoir and well performance data and develop/supervise reservoir surveillance programs and reservoir management activities.
• Supervise and support comprehensive fracture modeling and simulation studies to identify optimal well spacing, completions design, unconventional reservoir management strategies and opportunities.
• Organize and lead multi-functional peer reviews to support and improve field development design.
• Monitor operating expenses to operate and maintain wells to produce the highest volumes of oil and gas at the lowest cost.
• Prepare annual volumes and expenses for budgeting.
• Monitor and analyze well tests and production curves.
• Gather, perform calculations on and analyze data such as well tests, fluid levels, bottom-hole pressures, and decline curves to assure efficient producing and equipment utilization.
• Coordinate all aspect of new completions, especially design of fracture stimulation.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary team in planning and conducting field studies.
• Prepare requirements for well construction, develop well designs for new wells and provide technical assistance to drilling staff to ensure that each well is completed in a safe and efficient manner.
• Provide economic evaluation to support fast-paced development decisions and work closely with drilling, completions, and production teams.
• Develop and implement efficient reservoir engineering and organizational practices.
• Provide on the job coaching and mentoring to help develop capabilities of team members to enable them to grow technically and perform their job effectively and efficiently.

Minimum Requirements

• As the successful candidate you should have a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering or a related engineering degree as appropriate to the required discipline.
• An advanced degree is .
• You will have minimum of 10 years’ experience with at least 5 years in unconventional plays including shale or tight gas/condensate or channel reservoirs, with international experience in unconventional hydrocarbon basins required.
• You will have experience with stimulation programs design, open hole and cased hole logging capabilities, well test analysis (Pressure transient analysis and rate transient analysis), decline curve analysis, dynamic reservoir modeling, reserves classification, EUR predictions, well spacing and landing zone optimization, will be required to support key development decisions.
• You will must have knowledge of the following applications: IHS Harmony and Explorer, Kappa Workstation Suite (Saphir, Topaze minimum), Whitson, ECLIPSE, Kinetix, GOHFER, Resfrac, Petroleum Expert, CMG, Peep, PVTsim and EOS modeling is Knowledge about Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.
• You must have demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle some ambiguity in analysis.
• You will be able to generate Management Reports and skills and Data analysis experience.
• You should have good Business Planning acumen (economic analysis, project management).
• You will be familiar with field development / economic concepts with a broad knowledge in drilling, completions, and reservoir stimulation technologies with understanding of horizontal multistage fracturing for unconventional reservoir.

Job Post Duration

Job posting start date: 07/07/2025

Job posting end date: 12/31/2025

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.