Petroleum Engineer, Stavanger

 

Faroe Petroleum is an independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway, the North Sea and the Atlantic Margin. 

The Company has, through successive license applications and acquisitions, built a substantial portfolio of exploration, appraisal, development and production assets encompassing over 40 licenses located in the West of Shetlands, offshore the Faroe Islands, the UK North Sea and Norway. In addition Faroe now has interests in 10 producing oil and gas fields in the UK and Norway. 

Faroe Petroleum plc has solid owners and is quoted on the AIM Market of London Stock Exchange plc. The company has offices in Stavanger, Aberdeen, London and Torshavn with a total of 40 employees. The Norway office is located at new premises down town Stavanger. 

Exciting opportunities with a small, independent operator established with an active exploration programme and production from several oil fields in Norway and the UK.

Field development ¨C well planning ¨C drilling ¨C production - operations

We would like to get in contact with creative candidates that would like to join our team.  We enjoy a flat organizational structure and want your contributions to our exciting plans for the future! The Senior Petroleum Engineer is a key member of the Norway asset team working to deliver maximum value from Faroe Petroleum’s appraisals, developments and production activities. The position also plays an important role in profitably growing Faroe Petroleum’s business by actively participating in a team effort to pursue business opportunities.   

Responsibilities and tasks: 

• Conduct petroleum engineering evaluations on Faroe Petroleum appraisal, development and production assets to ensure value creation and business performance
• Contribute actively to delivering quality wells and completions across Faroe’s portfolio
• Focal point on Production engineering related projects (existing producers and injectors, completion strategies / new wells, work over and interventions)
• Monitor operational and production performance in Faroe’s assets to achieve high uptime and optimized production
• Participate actively in delivering Faroe’s for own operated exploration and appraisal wells
• Represent Faroe Petroleum in Reservoir and Technical Committee license meetings
• Contribute to the evaluation of commercial opportunities within the existing assets to maximize value
• Provide input and recommendation on Well Test requirements, criteria and design to operated and non©\operated exploration projects
• Work closely with the other Asset Team members, G&G / Exploration, Drilling and Wells, Commercial / Business Development and Legal staff in Faroe Petroleum
• Influence the Operators in the non©\operated assets  

Experience & personal skills:   

• Minimum 5 years work experience as a Petroleum Engineer in the upstream business, including offshore experience
• General experience with Field Development (early phase as well as tail end), Well Planning, Drilling, Well Completions and Production Operations
• OFM, Prosper/MBAL/Reveal, Well Testing (Saphir), PVT, Production Logging, Rock Mechanics, Horizontal Well Technology, Gasl Lift Design
• Fluent both written and oral English
• Norwegian skills are an advantage  

Education: 

• Bachelors and/or Masters in Petroleum Engineering

  
The offices are located in down town Stavanger.   

For more information, please  contact John Egil Mæland tel. +47 975 59 046, Nils Endre Eikeland tel +47 975 59 049 or Liv Anita Caycedo tel. +47  975 59 047 at Mercuri Urval. Please indicate your interest in the positions, with the relevant reference number, as soon as possible and no later than 18th November 2012. All enquiries to Mercuri Urval will be treated in confidence, also towards our client if required.

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