Artificial Lift Engineer
Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Job Description
Position Description:
We are seeking for an Artificial Lift Engineer to work with the Production Engineering Technical Support Divison under the Northern Area Production Engineering & Well Services Department.
The position is assigned under the Artificial Lift Unit that provides technical support for artificial lift technologies in Saudi Aramco Northern Area Oil Operations, including but not limited to ESPs and Gas Lift.
Minimum Requirements:
The successful candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering. Related MSc or PhD is desirable, but not required. Intensive industry training including appropriate specialized courses and seminars is expected.
Minimum of 10 years of artificial lift experience including design, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and failure analysis of ESP systems (downhole and surface).
Extensive knowledge on the operation and maintenance of ESP surface equipment such as VSDs and transformers. Past offshore experience is desirable.
Ability to propose new Artificial Lift solutions and technologies.
Ability and flexibility to regularly go to the field for ESP troubleshooting and commissioning, and visit rigs to supervise ESP installations.
Duties & Responsibilities:
You are expected to be able to perform the following:
Design downhole ESPs, surface equipment, and well completion. Determine the equipment sizing that is suitable for well conditions and operational requirements.
Determine the adequate ESP and completion metallurgies that are fit for the wellbore environment.
Deploy best-in-class ESP design and operational practices to prolong ESP run life.
Provide field and technical support to ESP troubleshooting activities.
Regularly evaluate ESP performance and recommend improvements as necessary.
Audit and witness ESP assembly, installation, and field operations to ensure compliance and identify any deficiencies.
Lead or participate in technical investigations related to ESP operations and failures.
Work closely with the field teams and organizations to plan, maintain, troubleshoot, and monitor ESP activities to ensure optimum well productivity and uptime.
Evaluate, design, deploy, and assess new artificial lift technologies.
Job Specification
About us:
Saudi Aramco’s Exploration & Producing (E&P) business line oversees the world’s largest reserves of conventional crude oil, and the fourth-largest reserves of natural gas. The Company’s reserves portfolio include Ghawar, the world’s largest onshore oil field, and Safaniya, the largest offshore field. Company geologists are actively seeking additional reserves in many areas of the Kingdom, offshore in the Gulf and the Red Sea and onshore in the deserts and mountains. Petroleum engineers and earth scientists in E&P work with cutting-edge technology to manage and produce these reserves, including 3D visualization, reservoir simulation and remote geosteering of multilateral wells. The Company’s Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center, or EXPEC, is home to one of the industry’s most powerful computer centers. Research and development into subsurface upstream technology is conducted at the EXPEC Advanced Research Center. For more than two decades in a row, Saudi Aramco has been ranked the No. 1 oil company in the world by Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, a testament to the dedication and professionalism of the men and women of Exploration & Producing.