Reservoir Engineer
Lagos, LA, NG
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What role you will play in our team
- Come be part of the Reservoir Engineering Department of Exxonmobil Nigeria with more than 50 years of presence in the country, with offices located in Lagos and Abuja, FCT
- Provide reservoir engineering technical support and expertise to Deepwater Oil & Gas development projects and production operations
- Work with multi-discipline teams to support optimal asset development and reservoir management
- Leverage fundamental reservoir engineering skills in reservoir characterization, development and depletion planning, opportunity generation, and production optimization.
- City - Ikoyi | State - Lagos
The closing date for this opportunity is Friday 23rd May 2025.
What you will do
- Planning, evaluation and/or execution of field development / drill well programs
- Identifying key reservoir uncertainties and providing recommendations to address financial and operations risks and improve decision quality
- Improving reservoir description through fluid analysis, core evaluation, well testing interpretation, and production performance analysis
- Conducting production forecasts and reserves assessments to support development / depletion planning and production optimization opportunities
- Developing and/or leveraging new reservoir engineering technologies to support business solutions
About you
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required - preferably Petroleum or Chemical; Advanced Degrees (Master’s / PhD) in PE an added advantage
- A minimum of 5-10 years of experience in Reservoir Engineering
- Previous experience in reservoir analytical performance prediction, asset development and depletion planning, reserves assessment, reservoir surveillance & optimization, volumes forecasting, economic analysis and data management
- Candidates should be self-motivated and focused on achieving business results while working in a multi-disciplinary team. Demonstrated teamwork, communication and leadership skills are essential.
Preferred Qualifications/ Experience
- Candidate should be competent in skills listed below:
- Reservoir Simulation
- Pressure Transient Testing
- Fluid sampling and analysis
- Enhanced Oil Recovery
- Core Analysis
- Petrophysics
- Fluent in both written and spoken English, have good organizational and coordination skills, and be able to work well with others
- Open to Flexible work hours
Behavioral expectations
- Behavioural expectations: in addition to strong interpersonal & communication skills (written and verbal), candidate should possess:
- Innovative: produces/promotes novel ideas
- Courage of Conviction
- Prioritizes and manages risk
- Creates business value to increase competitive advantage
- Develop others by demonstrating ownership and influencing others to take initiative
- Develop/deploy long-term, effective strategies
- Ability to work in challenging environments, including extended stay at offshore facilities.
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