Reservoir Engineer

Job Family Group:

Subsurface Group

Job Description:

The Reservoir Engineer in the CCAT Growth team supports the identification, screening, maturation and prioritization of exploration and discovered resource opportunities across a diverse portfolio. The role integrates geological, geophysical, reservoir, wells, facilities, project and commercial inputs to generate technically robust development scenarios under a wide range of uncertainty.

The successful candidate will apply fit-for-purpose reservoir engineering methods, benchmarking tools and rapid modelling techniques to estimate hydrocarbons initially in place, recoverable resources and production profiles for greenfield and mature-field opportunities. The role requires strong commercial awareness, clear communication of uncertainty and value drivers, and the ability to deliver decision-quality technical recommendations at pace.

The individual will be a self-starter, capable of working with moderate oversight, contributing to technical assurance and peer reviews, and coaching less experienced staff.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the identification, screening and maturation of exploration and discovered resource opportunities through appraisal, concept development and selection stages.

• Generate robust production profiles and recoverable resource estimates across a wide range of subsurface and development uncertainties.

• Develop and apply analogue, benchmarking and data-analytics approaches to assess reservoir quality, recovery potential, development efficiency and expected field performance.

• Analyze large and diverse datasets from mature and greenfield assets to identify development potential, key uncertainties and value-creation opportunities.

• Construct and apply fit-for-purpose mechanistic, material-balance, analytical and numerical models to estimate hydrocarbons initially in place, recovery and production performance.

• Evaluate multiple development concepts, phasing options and sensitivities to identify technically credible and commercially attractive scenarios.

• Integrate geoscience interpretations and assumptions into reservoir engineering evaluations, ensuring consistency across scales and uncertainty ranges.

• Quantify and clearly communicate subsurface risks, uncertainties, sensitivities and key value drivers to support portfolio and investment decisions.

• Work within multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams, including geoscience, wells, facilities, projects and commercial, to develop integrated recommendations.

• Support resource and reserves evaluations, technical assurance and governance processes, with clear documentation of methods, assumptions and outcomes.

• Prepare and deliver concise technical recommendations to peer-review, multidisciplinary and leadership forums.

• Maintain awareness of relevant industry benchmarks, emerging technologies and reservoir engineering best practices.

• Contribute actively to Reservoir Engineering Communities of Practice and support capability development through coaching and knowledge sharing.

Essential Experience and Job Requirements

• Degree in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics or an equivalent technical discipline.

• Strong reservoir engineering experience, with a strong record of delivering high-quality technical work.

• Demonstrated experience in field development planning, resource maturation and opportunity evaluation.

• Strong command of classical reservoir engineering principles and uncertainty and risk management methodologies.

• Experience generating production forecasts and recoverable resource estimates for exploration, discovered resource and development opportunities. • Proven capability in analogue studies, benchmarking and rapid screening methodologies.

• Practical experience with volumetric assessment, material balance, decline analysis, mechanistic modelling and fit-for purpose reservoir simulation.

• Ability to integrate inputs from multiple disciplines and translate technical analysis into coherent development scenarios.

• Commercial awareness and the ability to evaluate technical outcomes in the context of value creation and investment decisions.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and stakeholder-management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage multiple opportunities and priorities, and deliver quality recommendations at pace.

• Experience supporting resources and reserves processes is desirable.

Travel Requirement:

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Data acquisition strategy, Data Analysis, Data Management, Depletion and Storage Development Planning, Fluid Properties, Fluid sampling and analysis, Geological Reservoir and Storage Unit Modelling, Integrated Resource Progression, Measuring and Verification for Carbon Storage, Monitoring, Operations Geology, Petrophysical Dynamic Reservoir Description, Petrophysical Static Reservoir Description, Reservoir Forecasting and Business Planning, Reservoir quality, Rock Properties Framework, Subsurface integration, Subsurface uncertainty and risk management, Subsurface verification and assurance, Well and Area Performance Management

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