Description
MAIN FUNCTIONS
The Akpo Materials Balance Engineer is responsible for coordinating hydrocarbon material balance, production data management, allocation and reporting activities across Deep Water Operations. The role ensures the accuracy, reliability and timely delivery of production data, monitors actual production against budget and forecasts, and provides technical analysis to support production optimisation, reservoir management and operational decision-making.
TASK AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Coordinate hydrocarbon material balance, production allocation and reporting processes across Deep Water assets.
- Collect, validate, manage and maintain daily production and operational data.
- Develop and implement procedures for production data acquisition, validation and reporting.
- Monitor and maintain production reporting tools, including NPDMS/PDMS, FORS and associated dashboards.
- Coordinate with IT, Well Performance, GSR and offshore site teams to ensure accurate production data acquisition and validation.
- Prepare and issue daily, weekly, monthly, periodic and ad-hoc production reports within required deadlines.
- Coordinate daily, weekly and monthly hydrocarbon material balance and allocation activities with GSR and Well Performance teams.
- Configure production data management calculations, reports and specialised reporting templates.
- Monitor actual production against approved budgets and monthly production potential, highlighting variances and providing explanations.
- Analyse production trends and provide accurate information to support production performance improvement.
- Ensure compliance with contractual reporting obligations and requirements from partners and relevant government agencies.
- Train users on production reporting tools and provide technical support on production data management and analysis.
- Maintain and improve the accuracy, quality and timely delivery of production reports.
- Provide production analysis and statistical information to departmental managers, senior management and headquarters.
- Liaise with NNPC, regulatory authorities, NLNG, partners and other relevant stakeholders when required.
- Perform other related duties and projects as assigned by management.
Job Requirement
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree (B.Sc.) in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 5 years' relevant experience in an oil-producing or oilfield services company.
- Good knowledge of production engineering, oil and gas processing, flow measurement and hydrocarbon allocation.
- Understanding of well allocation, reservoir engineering and production data management.
- Experience using production reporting and allocation systems, particularly NPDMS/PDMS and FORS.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Access, database management and relevant petroleum engineering software.
- Understanding of Company Rule CR EP EXP 100.
- Excellent written and spoken English