Reservoir Engineer

Company Overview

Welcome to CNOOC International. We are a global energy company and subsidiary of CNOOC Limited with a vision of delivering safe, sustainable energy for all.

CNOOC International, the international division of CNOOC Limited, is a global energy company with operations in Asia, Africa, the Americas, the Middle East and Europe. Our successful growth as an upstream oil and gas producer has been achieved by consistently finding and developing world-class assets.

Our business is focused on safely exploring and producing from conventional offshore, unconventional and oil sands assets. As part of the CNOOC Group of companies, which span the entire energy supply chain, our size and capability create a competitive advantage that ensures we deliver long-term value.

In Canada, CNOOC International has oil sands assets in Long Lake, located in northern Alberta just south of Fort McMurray, which is a SAGD and partial Upgrader operation with production capacity of 85,000 barrels of bitumen a day. We also have interest in several other oil sands projects, including Hangingstone, operated by Greenfire Resources Operating Corporation and Syncrude’s oil sands mining upgrading facility. In addition to our oil sands business, we have shale gas land in Northeast British Columbia, a power station in Balzac, Alberta, and interest in a wind farm in southern Alberta. Calgary is our regional corporate office for all North America.

CNOOC and You

Your career at CNOOC is about moving forward – learning new skills, broadening experiences, and making meaningful contributions. From personal career development that enables you to fulfill your potential, to employee programs that help you make the most of work life balance.

We encourage and promote work-life balance by allowing you to participate in our Compressed Work Schedule (CWS) that will give you two Fridays off per month and flexible work hours.

In exchange for your dedicated work is a total rewards package that not only recognizes your contribution, but also provides for your family. We offer competitive Company-paid benefits that support your mental, physical and financial well-being! Including an annual Wellness Account, a generous paramedical allowance, and access to a team of Virtual Health Care professionals to guide you to the right medical resource. Save for your future by participating in our Pension plan and join our Savings Plan with Company-matching. We encourage you to further step up for your community by giving you two paid volunteer days, volunteer rewards and sports grants to support causes you are passionate about.

We are looking for a skilled professional with at least 5 years of experience in thermal reservoir engineering. You will have the opportunity for significant personal development and to make a material contribution to CNOOC International as we continue to grow in North America. The ideal candidate will have a solid track record of contributing to complex projects, with an ability to handle both independent and collaborative tasks. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys taking on new challenges and growing their skillset, with the opportunity to contribute to decision-making and project leadership. You will work alongside a talented team while continuing your professional development.

Your Role with Our Team

• Reservoir Optimization: Contribute to the development of SAGD reservoir operating strategy for new and legacy wells. Support technical recommendations and support of economic evaluations of workovers and improvement projects. Monitor and analyze production data, performance, and other reservoir data to maximize value, optimize performance while ensuring compliance. Get the opportunity to work with a wide range of well types and production stages including new SAGD well pairs, infills, and late life legacy wells.
• Development Planning: Provide Reservoir Engineering support for development projects including new sustaining pads and/or infield opportunities, increasing resource capture and performance. Work with a multidisciplinary team to identify and evaluate opportunities. The team is currently moving forward on multiple operated development programs with significant near-term capital committed.
• Production Forecasting: Apply various forecasting techniques such as data driven models, analogues, and simulation methods to support various corporate processes such as budget and reserves. Work to improve the efficiency and accuracy of current forecasting methods.
• Technical Studies / Subsurface Technology: Gathering data/information, developing data models, providing analysis and interpretation of results, highlighting anomalies, following up to clarify and validate information, and preparing and providing results and findings.
• Analytics: Independently apply planning and forecasting tools developed by the team in R, verifying quality of inputs & outputs and working with developers to adapt and improve the toolset and underlying database.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Project updates, technical presentations to team and senior leaders
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Working with Oil Sands Production and Development Teams, Planning/Finance, Drilling and Completions, Health+Safety+Environment, and Facilities.
• Continuous Improvement: Constantly seek to improve our methodologies and evaluation techniques, as well as ideas that would enhance the key metrics of the SAGD project, such as steam-oil-ratio or cumulative recoverable oil.
  
  

Your Background

We are interested in hearing from candidates with the following:

• Undergraduate or post-graduate degree in Engineering
• Professional designation with APEGA
• 5+ years of experience in thermal reservoir engineering
• Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams
• Broad knowledge of geology, geophysics, petrophysics, and production engineering
• Working knowledge and understanding of the upstream Oilsands business model
• Experience of the following:
• Reservoir forecasting experience in oil and gas (SAGD preferred)
• Oil Sands reserves evaluation
• SAGD Development Projects
• Economic Evaluation
• Probabilistic & Uncertainty Analysis
• Thermal Simulation
• Experience with impairments in SAGD reservoirs, such as top gas, bottom water & caprock integrity, would be considered an asset
• Operational, SAGD or other thermal process experience is desirable
• Software: Excel, Spotfire / PowerBI, R / Python, CMG / Intersect
  

Desired Skills / Attributes

• Displays a strong personal commitment to Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)
• Displays honesty and integrity in all interactions and decisions
• Works in a collaborative style and actively seeks to build networks
• Shares knowledge and participates in joint initiatives and problem-solving activities
• Works well under pressure and delivers timely results
• Able to balance multiple assignments and prioritize effectively
• Able to work independently
• Committed to organizational and technical excellence
  
  

Your Career Development

The opportunities are limitless when you join our team. Our employees are encouraged to drive their development, enhancing their career through experiences, exposure, and education. A mentoring program, on-demand e-Learning courses, and formal training opportunities are all ways in which CNOOC International supports your career growth.

Closing Statement

All Positions Require Background Checks Which Could Include

• Criminal police record check
• Education verification
• Credential verification