Oil Gas Vacancy UK

Petroleum Engineer - Reservoir Simulation skills

Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Job Status: Staff
Start Date ASAP
Interview Date: ASAP
Open To: EU citizens

Brief client details: : Our client, a senior independent oil and gas exploration and production company is looking for a Petroleum Engineer with reservoir simulation experience to be based in their Aberdeen office.

Job Overview: Working with more senior Petroleum Engineers you will carry out reservoir simulation studies, economic evaluations and data gathering in support of managing the reservoirs and identifying opportunities for development.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Working with simulation models, under the direction of more senior engineers you will build, validate and history match models and make prediction runs to forecast reservoir performance. Assist with data compilation and presentation preparation.
• Work with senior engineers to provide production forecasts from decline analysis and predict reservoir behaviour using material balance calculations.
• Collect, analyse and present well test data and reservoir implications.
• Work with Production and Petroleum Engineers to verify allocated oil, gas and water data and update databases or files for use by the department.
• Gather data and assist with economic evaluations and justifications of development opportunities.
• Assist with the compilation of data sets in support of Corporate Budget and Reserves Audit processes.
• Gather and compile data from company records or literature searches in support of field studies undertaken by senior petroleum engineers.

Experience and Qualifications:

Essential:

• Good general computer skills, including Microsoft Office and specifically in Excel.
• Reasonable understanding of the oil and gas industry and reservoir engineering.
• Understanding of the fundamentals of fluid flow in porous media..
• Oil exploration and development operations overview.
• Master's in Petroleum Engineering or equivalent experience/qualification.

Preferred

• Some reservoir simulation experience.
• Economic awareness.
• Reservoir engineering analytical skills; decline curve analysis, material balance, welltest analysis, well performance modelling, PVT and SCAL analysis, facility constraint modelling, etc.

Salary: circa £35k + bens (dependent upon current experience)

To apply for this role please e-mail a copy of your CV in 'word' format together with details of what you are looking for in terms of a total remuneration package quoting reference number: JH00262/Peteng to john.hazlewood@scoutrecruitment.com or apply directly through our website or telephone: 01224 645708 for further information.

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Scout Recruitment
19 Albert Street, Aberdeen AB25 1QF
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 645708 Fax: +44 (0) 1224 626436
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