• Strong understanding of well inflow performance, multiphase flow, pressure behaviour, artificial lift systems and wellbore hydraulics.
• Experience in production optimization in water-flooded oil fields, including injection surveillance, conformance, water shut-off and production/injection profiling.
• Perform detailed well performance analysis and nodal analysis using PROSPER or equivalent well modelling tools to diagnose well constraints and identify opportunities to improve production.
• Analyze well and field production trends, including oil rate, water cut, pressure, PI, IPR/VLP, intake pressure, pump performance and operating parameters, and recommend optimization actions.
• Significant experience in Production Technology, with proven experience working independently on complex production optimization challenges.
• Experience evaluating and implementing well intervention and workover opportunities, including stimulation, reperforation, clean-up and completion optimization.
• Ability to integrate production, pressure, DHD, ESP, water cut and reservoir data to diagnose well performance and identify optimization opportunities
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams involving Operations, Reservoir Engineering, Well Engineering, Well Intervention, Facilities and service companies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical studies, develop recommendations, present findings to management and drive implementation through to completion.
• Strong understanding of production surveillance, well testing, performance forecasting and production optimization workflows.
• Experience in technical and economic evaluation of production enhancement opportunities, including estimation of incremental production, risks, costs and value.
• Contribute to field development and production strategy, providing production technology input to well planning, completion design, artificial lift selection and reservoir management decisions.
• Demonstrated leadership capability with experience in coaching and mentoring junior Production Technologists and engineers.