Reservoir Engineering Manager
Skills
About This Role
Overview
- As a member of a multidisciplinary subsurface team, provide leadership and guidance to the reservoir engineering group.
- Lead field development planning (FDP) efforts across CP’s portfolio of assets.
- Drive integration of subsurface data, reservoir simulation, and economic evaluation to deliver robust, auditable, and value-maximized development plans.
- Be custodian of the Hydrocarbon Resource Maturation Process.
- Monitor reservoir performance to ensure GSA forecasts can be met and value from oil developments is maximized.
- Support the assessment and evaluation processes for new exploration blocks and/or new business opportunities as required.
- Coach and mentor the reservoir engineering community.
Field Development Planning (FDP)
- Oversee the preparation, validation, and submission of FDPs for maturing assets, ensuring optimal resource recovery and economic viability.
- Ensure alignment with corporate strategy, partners, regulatory requirements, and reserves booking standards (PRMS).
Field Planning and Development
- Play an active role in the project and business planning process.
- Oversee evaluation of project-specific development options (number of wells, reservoir production, plateau rate, and recovery methods) to enable optimal choice of facility type.
- Take part in the definition of well types, trajectories, and completions.
- Supervise simulation-based forecasting under different development scenarios.
- Drive the preparation of documentation for government approvals and joint venture alignment.
Reservoir Characterization
- Lead RE data acquisition projects/studies (PVT, well tests, pressure surveillance, core data, etc.), including planning, field execution, data management, and data interpretation during well drilling and for surveillance activities.
- Lead the integration of geological, petrophysical, and dynamic data to define reservoir properties, architecture, and fluid distribution.
- Advance the understanding of reservoir pressure, heterogeneity, layering, and flow barriers to ensure an optimized production strategy.
Reservoir Performance
- Develop plans for continuous monitoring of reservoir performance to maintain production levels.
Project Economics
- Support investment decisions by ensuring all projects are economically viable through cash flow modelling, NPV/IRR assessment, and sensitivity analysis.
- Support project valuation and portfolio integration.
Policies, Processes & Procedures
- Recommend improvements to departmental policies, processes, and procedures.
- Direct the implementation of instructions and controls covering Reservoir Development activities.
- Ensure all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled.
Cost Control
- Monitor project spend versus budgets to minimize cost deviations from allocated budgets by implementing continuous tracking and analyzing variances, and taking corrective actions.
Safety, Quality & Environment
- Ensure compliance with all relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls within the feasibility analysis function to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality products/services, and a responsible environmental attitude.
- Reporting and Communication
- Report to --- on reservoir development issues.
- Build relationships with counterparts in partner companies and beyond to keep pace with technical and market developments.
Continuous Development of Position
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and suggest new technologies that would increase productivity and reduce cost.
- Conduct technical research to be utilized for field development, exploration, and drilling plans. Recommend subsequent actions to top management.
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