Reservoir Engineer

Where you fit

The SEAM organization integrates Safety, Environment & Asset Management activities, with a broad geographical footprint, that will support Shell’s business & assets around the world. Technical Asset Operations (TAO), which sits in SEAM, is a key enabler for the accelerated delivery of Shell’s Asset Management System and will help us to reach our ultimate potential in Chemicals and Products (C+P), Integrated Gas/Renewables and Energy Solutions (IGRES) and Upstream. TAO provides high quality and cost-competitive technical resources who are not physically present at site yet are an integral part of asset teams delivering value through end-to-end AMS work processes. The TAO teams are located across 4 locations: Chennai, Manila, KL & Krakow.

What’s the role?

Technical Specialist for Reservoir Engineering is expected to relate to various subsurface and reservoir engineering colleagues in assets and streamline and document the data management process. Scope of the work covers also help for the Well, Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM) community in extracting the required data for any WRFM review process, as well as help for the assets in capturing fluid, pressure, reservoir properties and managing key subsurface uncertainties. Candidate is expected to have good Knowledge of reservoir performance analysis and maturation of hydrocarbon volumes. Experience in analyzing and reporting HC Resource volume data, Subsurface/Production Benchmarking, Annual Business Planning and Reserves Reporting to SEC are added advantage.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Work closely with Assets / Reservoir Engineer in maintaining and providing necessary access / data for various reservoir studies / reviews.
• Understand and provide support on necessary reports & workflows during the annual reporting cycles (internal and external)
• Lead Reserves Reporting, Subsurface Benchmarking and Portfolio Analysis
• Integrate subsurface data types such as production, pressures, etc. to present meaningful insights using industry standard data visualization tools. Perform quality check and connect with relevant stakeholders for verification / rectification.
• Support Assets with Reserves estimation and classification, Decline Curve Analysis (DCA) based Production Forecasting, Well Test interpretation and MBAL Modelling
• Participate in reservoir engineering network and share key achievements and challenge.
• Be a team player and coach /train other colleagues in reservoir engineering process / workflows as required.

Role requirement

• University Degree in Geoscience, Reservoir engineering, Petroleum Engineering or relevant
• Required 6+ years’ experience in relevant areas such as Field Development Planning, Reservoir Studies, Production Forecasting, Annual Reserves Reporting, etc.
• Good Data Management skills in identifying data sources, analyzing data quality, and providing reliable data.
• Good understanding of various data types such as production, injection, fluid, pressure, reservoir properties etc.
• Strong process knowledge in Subsurface & WRFM with proven ability to lead Exploration and Development activities.
• Strong working experience in the Reservoir Engineering related applications (OFM, MBAL, Kappa - ECRIN) will be advantageous.
• Skills in Data analysis (using Python), data integration (using VBA, Power Query) and visualization (using Spotfire, PowerBI) are added advantage.
• Experience in applying Continuous Improvement methods for process improvements is a good addition.

Company Description  

Shell Business Operations (SBO) is a chain of operational centers that form an integral part of Royal Dutch Shell. We influence business development for Shell globally, enabling the work of 93,000 employees in over 70 countries across the world.

SBO Kuala Lumpur is home to 11 different functions that support Shell within the Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Middle East region. Housing more than 2000 employees, SBO Kuala Lumpur is focused on driving excellent corporate performance that enable Shell to operate in a global competitive and ever-changing business environment.

Shell Business Operations (SBO) Kuala Lumpur is focused on driving excellent corporate performance in Contracting and Procurement, Creative Solutions, Customer Operations, Finance Operations, Human Resource, Information Technology, Legal Operations, Retail Centre of Excellence, Supply Chain, Technical Asset Operation and Upstream Transformation. We enable Shell to operate in a global-competitive and ever-changing business environment.

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