Projects / Production Team Lead

About Petrogas E&P

Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V., a Petrogas E&P LLC subsidiary, is part of the exploration and production arm of the privately held, Oman headquartered MB Holding Group of Companies. Petrogas E&P was established in 1999, initially focusing on improving recovery from mature oil fields in Oman. Petrogas E&P nowadays is operating over 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and holds exploration and production interests in Oman, Netherlands, Egypt, UK and Denmark.

Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V., through its predecessors, has been active in the Netherlands since the mid-1960’s and has been operating oil and natural gas production since 1982. Currently natural gas is produced from 5 offshore production facilities in the A / B-blocks. As part of the CCS effort, Petrogas is also working on a CO2 storage project. In previously operated oil fields Petrogas Transportation B.V. also owns and operates the P9 / Q1 oil transmission systems and various other inter-field gas transmission infrastructure.

Vacancy overview :

Petrogas is looking to recruit a broadly skilled development geologist or reservoir engineer to lead the Subsurface projects and production team, focusing on reservoir development and management. The team currently consists of 3 geologists and 2 engineers.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the team, delivering quality subsurface technical support to the Petrogas organization in order to develop new gas and oil fields or infill potential in the Dutch and UK North Sea sector and managing production of producing assets. CCS projects are also a focus area.

The candidate will bring strong analytical, project management, communication and leadership skills and has hands-on expert skills in either the area of development geology or reservoir engineering with substantial operational experience. Experience with CCS projects is a plus.

You have well developed skills / knowledge around the integration of all types of subsurface data, reservoir uncertainty management, well planning and operations. The candidate will also need at least a good understanding of disciplines like seismic interpretation, sedimentology, reservoir modeling, petrophysics and production forecasting.

The position provides the opportunity to work in a privately-owned company with a firm commitment to both personal and company growth and to help shape Petrogas’ future.

Key job responsibilities

• Provide a high standard personal example of commitment to HSEQ.
• Manage and / or deliver subsurface studies and ensure compliance with the internal processes in order to deliver high quality and consistent work in line with industry standards.
• Define resource requirements in consultation with the Subsurface Manager to adequately resource projects to deliver against plan (time and budget)
• Manage project phases in line with the Petrogas Project Management Processes and procedures and ensure alignment within the whole project team and manage all stakeholders.
• Quality assurance of technical work generated by the team.
• Manage base business requirements with geological and engineering support where needed (e.g. well workovers, reserves reporting, external reporting, etc.) in order to meet corporate and regulatory requirements and company standards.
• Drive and manage internal and external studies, develop coring, logging and petrophysical programs and QC contractor work.
• Represent Petrogas at TCM’s.

Qualifications

Minimum Work experience

Petrogas offers

Please note : Due to the summer vacation period, the screening process is expected to be completed by mid-August.