Main Purpose:

Expert Production Performance- Centre of Excellence under Chief Production E&P has different roles across the entire value chain of E&P both  in Conventional as well Non-conventional areas viz Oil /Gas (Offshore/Onshore) and CBM. Key production functions of Production Engineering / Production Management provide expertise to the New Ventures, Project teams and Business Units by Evaluating production technology suitable for new fields, effective interphase with subsurface and D&C Setting up production model for wells/ fields – ensuring safe startup of well and steady state operations, building production team with capability with Artificial lift / network modelling / surface production operation, carrying studies for Production optimization and carrying out Facility audits. 

Job Accountabilities 

• Provide production engineering support to Deepwater / CBM / other oil-gas fields as required.
• Review of well details / completion design i.e. production tubing, SCSSV, XMT specifications.
• Requirement of chemical injection down hole and surface.
• Well flow simulations and familiarity software i.e. Prosper etc.
• Exposure to production management i.e. OFM.
• Suggest actions for production optimization considering exiting production facilities and pipeline network.
• Defining systems and processes for safe and cost-effective operations.
• Developing Standard Operating Procedures for well / pipeline network operation.
• Field-wise Production planning and monitoring in line with AOP.
• Upgradation of production data management systems across different sectors- Oil/Gas, CBM etc.
• Setting up a Real Time collaborative framework for different Business Units
• Identification of applications required for production analytics.
• Prepare models and carry out simulation studies on Production analytics software.
• Setting up a framework and automation of Production planning process: stakeholder teams located at different locations eg O&M, Production, RMG, Sub Surface, Marketing.
• Providing data to the Crisis Management Team during drills and actual emergencies.
• Review Risk register for production activities across the value chain.
• Common Management Processes - Produce and Abandon phase for Conventional and Non-conventional fields.
• Technical audit of subsea /surface production facilities.
• Requires field visits for interaction with O&M teams during Facility build up, commissioning, Steady state operations and for Audits.
• Sharing lessons learnt from other Business Units to the new fields.
• Training engineers/operators on production engineering practices.

Skills Required (Knowledge and Skills) 

• Well operation / Workover / Network modelling / completion practices.
• Production planning and Performance benchmarking, Mentoring.
• Production data management
• Mentoring / training of production engineers /operators.

Key Attributes (Experience and Qualifications) 

• Min 18 plus years of experience in Upstream industry in the areas of Oil &Gas Operations
• E/ B. Tech in Mechanical/Chemical/Petroleum discipline.