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Senior Reservoir Engineer
Description
Since inception in 1976, our commitment has been to provide consistent excellence in professional search to our Clients and Candidates. Design Group partners with some of the most successful oil & gas companies in Western Canada to source & align them with the top technical professionals in the marketplace.
DG is currently looking for a Senior Reservoir Engineer (SAGD) for our established client; a leading, International Integrated E&P.
Responsibilities:
The Senior Reservoir Engineer will report to the Manager, Reservoir Studies and will be responsible for reservoir engineering and simulation support to the development of our client's oil sands assets by using SAGD, solvent co-injection and/or other novel thermal recovery technologies.
- Contribute to the success of our projects by working effectively in a team environment with Geology, Geophysics and other Engineering disciplines.
- Conduct numerical modeling, subsurface studies and exploitation planning.
- Generate production forecasts using reservoir simulation, production analysis and other reservoir engineering techniques.
- Optimize well pattern layouts, development sequences and well placement.
- Formulate fit for purpose reservoir surveillance plans to collect reservoir data.
- Analyze subsurface and surface field data to obtain key reservoir/well performance parameters.
- Perform regional studies (including analyzing competitor public data) to improve understanding of the SAGD process.
- Generate risked OBIP, production profiles, recoverable volumes for reservoir management. Participate in the reserve booking process including the evaluation, documentation, presentation and the reporting steps.
- Liaison with external partners and regulatory agencies. Support regulatory processes including technical justifications to the regulator and offsetting operators.
- Formulate and implement laboratory data acquisition programs including costing and vendor selection.
- As an asset team member, actively participate in revising development plans and capital cost forecasts as required.
- Provide input to economic evaluations, new land acquisition and joint venture opportunities as required.
- Assist in mentoring less experienced Engineers, EITs and intern students.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering - APEGGA membership (P.Eng. designation) is required.
- 8+ years experience in reservoir engineering and related experience working within an integrated team including Geology, Geophysics and other Engineering disciplines.
- Exposure to the SAGD development process is required.
- Reservoir experience in thermal recovery of bitumen is required.
- Exposure to steam solvent co-injection and/or Gas-Over-Bitumen is preferred.
- Experience with STARS, Exotherm or Eclipse Thermal simulation is required.
- The candidate must exhibit a pragmatic approach and strong subsurface technical management skills. It will be necessary for the candidate on occasion to operate under varying timelines and generate recommendations often using poor quality, conflicting, and/or non-existent data.
- The candidate must be a self-starter and be able to handle multiple projects at multiple phases, concurrently.
Those who satisfy the above requirements and are interested in applying for this position are invited to send their reply in confidence, quoting competition #30742 to Brad Holtkamp
Email: job.6e6o7s@infooil.com
Subject Line: Senior Reservoir Engineer - Calgary, AB - InfoOil Careers 265677
Candidates considered for further review will be contacted directly. All other resumes will be kept on file for future consideration. Thank you for applying
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