Production Engineer II-Surveillance

Specific Responsibilities

Role: Production Engineer II - Cairo, Egypt.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Production Engineer with expertise in optimizing and managing production operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in well performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and production optimization, with the responsibility of ensuring the efficient and safe operation of production systems. This role requires an understanding of production technologies, artificial lift systems, and reservoir behavior. The candidate will also work closely with other engineering teams to ensure operational efficiency and safety compliance while focusing on the improvement of recovery processes. The individual will be based out of the KPC Cairo head office.

Duties and responsibilities:

Well Surveillance and Waterflood Optimization

• Daily monitoring, evaluation and analysis of production and injection performance.
• Focus on well test priorities for production wells and evaluate test results.
• Track, Identify, and recommend of production adding and water flood optimization opportunities
• Active evaluation of water injection network changes and optimization opportunities.
• Development of production and injection performance forecasts and targets for wells and KPC Areas.
• Engage with Reservoir Engineering and Artificial Lift teams to actively monitor and recommend well performance optimizations.
• Production engineering support for new developments and projects with respect to additional surveillance and measurement requirements.
• Provide resource plans and schedules for waterflood surveillance rigless operations including pressure surveys, production logs, CT clean-out / stimulations, etc.
• Monthly field visits to confirm well measurements and evaluate impact of production and water injection network changes.

Production Optimization / Operational Support:

• Troubleshooting and remediation of well related issues.
• Provide daily production engineering support to production operations team.
• Support procedure development for well operations.
• Develop economic justification for production enhancement opportunities e.g. well interventions, work-overs, facility equipment upgrades, etc.
• Support well integrity management for waterflood related wells WSW & WIW.

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• 3-8 years of experience in Petroleum Engineering related disciplines.
• Bachelor degree or equivalent in an engineering discipline; preferably chemical, mechanical or petroleum engineering.
• Some background in using advanced software tools (e.g., IPM suite, PipeSim, Artificial Lift Design Software, etc) to simulate the performance and behavior of oil and gas production systems.
• Working knowledge and experience in design and operation of ESP and gas lift systems.
• Working knowledge or developing awareness of rules and regulations relevant to operations within the oil and gas industry.
• Understanding of reservoir behavior, production systems, and field operations.
• Experience with production forecasting, reporting, and performance optimization.
• Working knowledge or developing awareness of rules and regulations relevant to operations within the oil and gas industry.

Competencies

The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:

• Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
• Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apaches business success;
• Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
• Culture: Willingness and ability to align ones behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.

Company Overview

Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living. We are committed to providing oil and natural gas in more innovative and sustainable ways to help meet the worlds energy needs.

Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA). Apache and other affiliated subsidiaries have operations in the United States, Egypt and the United Kingdoms North Sea and exploration opportunities offshore Suriname and elsewhere.

For additional information about APA Corporation, please visit: www.apacorp.com.

Apache Statement on Hiring

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