Senior Production Technologist

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

To lead implementation and operationalization of the WRFM process in the asset, managing process workflows in the asset, in accordance with PDO Corporate objectives, guidelines, and required behaviours, and consistent with HSE principles

Ensure asset WRFM plan has a credible path to Top Quartile WRFM Performance, including budget and resources plan

Execute WRFM scope related to:

• Well integrity management
• Production and Injection management (Restoration & Optimisation plan)
• Management of WRFM Threats and Opportunities (MTO), e.g. artificial lift reliability improvement plan
• Deferment management
• Closed-in-wells Management
• Surveillance and Data Acquisition
• WRFM Energy Efficiency and management plan
• New technology implementation plan

Implement WRFM work processes within the asset to deliver the business result

Monitor WRFM process performance and process tool use across the asset

Interface and assist WRFM Team Leader to manage relevant and interfacing processes

Support WRFM process health-checks inline with function plan

Support WRFM short term production and injection forecasts, Well integrity and well metering management

Daily production operations support (deferment management etc)

Intervention programmes to maintain well potential and integrity as per design

Quality assured well and reservoir data in corporate data base

Delivery of agreed NFA (Production and injection delivery against forecast)

Activity delivery against surveillance budget and well services budget

Delivery against Production System Optimization target

Cluster Surveillance, Well Testing, On-Line Well Data, Integrity, and Production System Optimization Plans

Ensure systematic application of MOC

Staff supervision, development, and coaching

Support planning and leading Level 3 Annual Assurance Plan (AAP), Create Gap Closure plan & work on closing the identified actions timely. Report the CA KPIs to the asset leadership team, and function team

Support Level 2 AAP & closing identified Gaps in their assets

Identify, evaluate and recommend well interventions to optimize injection placement and withdrawals.

Carry out detailed design of Artificial Lift systems, and optimize their performance.

Liaise with Artificial Lift technical specialists to identify or suggest AL system improvements.

Participate in Root Cause Analysis exercises

Identify, evaluate and recommend remedial well work to improve inflow performance through stimulation, additional and/or improved perforations.

Able, to a certain degree, to evaluate and recommend sand Control & sand management strategy

Identify and run necessary cased hole logs to ensure well integrity meets minimum standards.

Enhance injection and production profiles within the well bore to improve waterflood recovery through re-completions, selective isolation using patches, foam and gel diverters.

Identify, evaluate and recommend facility options to minimize system bottlenecks and work with the Operations group to achieve target improvements.

Work closely with operations, engineering, well engineering, well services and other Service Providers and Contractors to optimize production from existing assets (reservoir, wells and surface facilities)

Work with the Operations team to reduce water and gas handling costs, justify flow line and common line repairs, manage water disposal.

Support deployment of technology to improve well & reservoir performance in water flooded fields