Subsurface Lead

Requisite Qualification and Experience

• A Bachelor's Degree in Earth Sciences or Engineering.
• Masters in relevant discipline an advantage
• A minimum of 15 years of E&P experience, including working on both production and development projects.
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams involved in Integrated Reservoir Studies and field development, including operational aspects & exploration projects.
• Skilled in most relevant subsurface techniques, software tools and data analysis methods (both analytical and numerical), and their application to problem-solving.
• Excellent working knowledge of field development and fluid dynamics

Requisite Qualification and Experience

• A Bachelor's Degree in Earth Sciences or Engineering.
• Masters in relevant discipline an advantage
• A minimum of 15 years of E&P experience, including working on both production and development projects.
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams involved in Integrated Reservoir Studies and field development, including operational aspects & exploration projects.
• Skilled in most relevant subsurface techniques, software tools and data analysis methods (both analytical and numerical), and their application to problem-solving.
• Excellent working knowledge of field development and fluid dynamics

• To lead the subsurface technical function to help meet the performance objectives and harness business improvement opportunities.
• Ensure that the subsurface team has the necessary resources with appropriate skills and competencies.
• To ensure that the subsurface team is effectively managed to optimise the delivery.
• To establish, maintain and develop appropriate technical Standards and to ensure these are implemented.
• To ensure the timely and accurate assessment and reporting of Company’s net reserve/resource entitlements.
• To ensure effective communication between all relevant parties, including knowledge capture and transfer, identification of appropriate emerging technologies etc.
• To liaise and work closely with the other disciplines (Drilling, Engineering, Planning, Production, New Business Development, Gas & Power, etc.) to ensure an integrated cost-effective delivery mechanism.
• To manage a fit-for-purpose Capital Value Process to ensure a rigorous and consistent approach to evaluating and progressing opportunities from discovery to production, including the coordination of annual Capital/Expense budgets, FDPs, Production forecasts, etc.
• Coordinate activities necessary to meet corporate governance requirements – functional reviews, stage gate approvals, risk management etc.
• Actively engage in reservoir and well monitoring and surveillance.
• Formulate subsurface workflow for well performance improvement and intervention.
• Prepare semi-annual and year-end reserves, complete internal technical and economic reviews within assets, and secure Corporate Reserves Group approval.
• Conceive, plan and coordinate all facets of subsurface studies, including exploration, reservoir characterisation and modelling, pressure-volume-temperature for reservoir fluids, decline analysis, material balance analysis in order to assist in the quantification of infill development and step-out exploration opportunities as part of detailed field studies.
• Provide volume forecasts, reserve estimates and support asset characterisation and acquisition projects and reserve booking.
• Responsible for skills development including coaching and mentoring of subsurface staff