About the Role
The position involves planning, coordinating, and supervising safe and efficient oil and gas production, processing, and export operations. The role ensures the reliability and integrity of water injection, gas injection, gas lift, ESP wells, and CO2 injection and distribution systems. It requires maintaining optimal operating efficiency while ensuring compliance with the HSE Management system. The individual will troubleshoot, recommend corrective actions, and optimize operating conditions for plant processes.
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Key Accountabilities
- Review operating data in accordance with planned production targets; analyze laboratory results, and evaluate plant performance to identify major deviations from Design Operating Envelopes.
- Collaborate closely with key stakeholders for alarm rationalization and alarm management to comply with KPIs, enabling comprehensive plans for growth. Conduct Field Technical Rate (FTR) and Field Capacity Test (FCT) to identify bottlenecks and establish optimal parameters for efficient and safe operations.
- Coordinate with stakeholders on planning and implementing production and injection adjustments to meet mandated oil production and gas, water, and CO2 injection KPIs while ensuring accuracy in production, injection, and export data entries in the PIES system.
- Maintain continuous follow-up with Development and Planning teams to conduct Field Sustainable Oil Production Rate (FSOPR) exercises aligned with the business plan, and manage the Reservoir Monitoring Program (RMP) and Water Alternating Gas Wells (WAG) changeover.
- Work with the Integrated Shutdown Planning Team for 5 yearly shutdown plans, conduct shutdown optimization exercises, and manage manpower distribution to ensure yearly shutdown scopes are identified and performed within the approved period.
- Troubleshoot chronic surface facility problems and participate in root cause analyses of major equipment failures to enhance production availability.
- Monitor equipment operations, prepare analytical reports, and track process performance trends while advising operations personnel on corrective measures for abnormalities. Review and endorse operating procedures and standing instructions for safe and cost-efficient plant operations.
- Engage with Technical Center and Project & Construction Teams during all project stages, including Design Review and various HSE studies. Provide operational feedback, lessons learned, and concerns to improve overall project performance. Participate in Ready For Commissioning (RFC) walkdowns and post-commissioning performance monitoring.
- Represent Operations in new technology trials, ensuring required reviews are completed prior to field execution and managing the Change Management (MOC) process for operational excellence.
- Assist Tactical Response Team (TRT) and Incident Management Team (IMT) during emergencies, acting as On Scene Commander and providing information on facilities and ongoing activities.
- Participate in risk assessments; conduct site visits and supervise critical work activities and non-routine critical activities. Engage in the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) review process, including risk register assessments and safety committee forums.
- Maintain the integrity of surface and subsurface facilities by taking preventive and remedial actions for anomalies identified by the Integrity team; plan and perform integrity-related subsurface activities such as communication tests and inspections with the Well Integrity team.
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills
- Minimum Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum Experience: 8 years of experience, including at least 4 years in the oil & gas industry.
