Depletion Management Team – Reservoir Engineer

Job Family Group:

Subsurface Group

Job Description:

Let me tell you about the role

The Kirkuk project is an important new addition to BP’s portfolio in Iraq and globally. Comprising 4 giant carbonate oilfields with 49 bn bbls initially in place and current production of 320mbd, BP is in partnership with the North Oil Company and North Gas Company of Iraq, ConocoPhilips and Turkish Petroleum in a 25 year contract to redevelop the fields and materially grow production. This will be accomplished through an extensive and ambitious program of surveillance, production optimization, wellwork and new well drilling, together with facility rehabilitation and major expansion projects. The project is operated as a JV by KPOD, staffed by rotating BP secondees and NOC/NGC assignees. The Kirkuk Support Team (KST), based in Sunbury with a significant TSI contingent, provides technical support to KPOD in near-term activities such as wellwork, and longer-term field development planning.

The reservoir engineer role in the Depletion Management Team is part of the team defining the field depletion plans and supporting creation of life of field development plans. These set the direction for the ongoing production and injection activities managed by KPOD and the Base Management teams, and crucially will form the contractual Enhanced Redevelopment Plan to be submitted by BP in 3Q2028.

The RE role will carry out reservoir engineering studies including assessment of EOR, planning and optimizing waterfloods, management of fields under aquifer / gas-cap drive. The RE will be part of Project FEL evaluations for the implementation of the development plans, for example for facility capacity expansions.

The role will interact closely with the Base Management team within the KST and will work seamlessly across the Depletion / Reservoir Management teams. As part of the team you will work closely with subsurface, wells, projects and finance departments within KPOD.

What you will deliver

• Ownership of reservoir engineering studies to define field development plans – classical reservoir engineering analyses, reservoir modelling spanning “modelling for understanding”, type curve generation, sector models, through to full field models.
• EOR evaluation required for ERP
• Creation of life of field production profiles for use in BP forecasting processes, the KPOD LTP and the contractual ERP
• Integrated reservoir engineering input to area development plan, field depletion planning, panel reviews, well by well reviews for wellwork generation.
• Reservoir engineering contribution to the wider KST activities, such as integrated subsurface description, SURM evaluations, and the creation of the contractual Enhanced Redevelopment Plan.
• Coaching KPOD staff in reservoir engineering tools and techniques

What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications)

• Engineering or science degree appropriate for a reservoir engineering role.
• Experience in any or all of the following would be beneficial: waterflooded fields, carbonate fields, mature oil or gas fields, giant fields with high levels of activity
• Classical and reservoir simulation experience
• Ability to make pragmatic decisions based on sparse, incomplete or uncertain data
• Ability to work at a high pace, feeding multiple rig lines with targets and supporting execution of same
• Ability to work effectively within a multidiscipline team, and to interact and collaborate across multiple teams and non-subsurface subject areas
• Ability to work well in a split-site team working set-up (Sunbury, Aberdeen, Pune, Kirkuk)
• Ability to embrace the agile ways of working. Excellent prioritization skills.
• Uphold and demonstrate bp’s Safety Leadership Principles

Why join our team?

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits!

bp is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know, and we will work with you to support your needs.

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Travel Requirement:

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Data acquisition strategy, Data Analysis, Data Management, Depletion and Storage Development Planning, Fluid Properties, Fluid sampling and analysis, Geological Reservoir and Storage Unit Modelling, Integrated Resource Progression, Measuring and Verification for Carbon Storage, Monitoring, Operations Geology, Petrophysical Dynamic Reservoir Description, Petrophysical Static Reservoir Description, Reservoir Forecasting and Business Planning, Reservoir quality, Rock Properties Framework, Subsurface integration, Subsurface uncertainty and risk management, Subsurface verification and assurance, Well and Area Performance Management

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Future Location Notice:  This role will start in Sunbury, London. bp has announced a planned office move to Timber Square, London, with all positions currently advertised in Sunbury, including this one, expected to relocate around Q4 2027-Q1 2028. This presents an exciting opportunity for all employees and leaders to come together in one London location. The specific date of the move will be confirmed closer to the time.

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