Technical Lead - Production

About the role

Halliburton is looking for a Technical Lead - Production to join its multi-discipline Asset Operations Team in Basra, Iraq. Working under the general supervision of the Production Manager, the role develops large and challenging unconventional plays and mature oil and gas fields, applying HAL technology and service expertise to design new field exploitation methodologies.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze production history, well files, equipment and decline curve and nodal analysis to estimate remaining recoverable reserves, production and upgrade costs.
• Select and implement production and completion technologies, including tubing selection, perforating, sand control, matrix stimulation, water control, hydraulic fracturing, artificial lift systems and waterflooding.
• Use decline curve and nodal analysis to identify workovers and recompletions and to optimize well performance and field operations while controlling costs.
• Perform daily field operations such as optimizing well behavior, production, water disposal, chemical injection and artificial lift systems.
• Evaluate proposed equipment and procedure changes for safety, efficiency and reliability, ensuring compliance with statutory and company standards.
• Maintain good working relationships with the production team through effective communication and teamwork.

Required profile

• A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, with substantial hands-on production engineering.
• Undergraduate degree in petroleum engineering, geology, geophysics or applied sciences.
• Field development and production management experience, preferably working directly on a producing field.
• Exposure to mature or brownfield assets and to rotational work in an emerging country, mentoring national employees.
• Team leadership and supervisory experience.

Required skills

• Solid grounding in subsurface uncertainty assessment and risk management.
• Well optimization, integrated production system optimization and production enhancement.
• Well performance analysis, nodal analysis, flow assurance risks and mitigation, and production system modeling software.
• Artificial lift systems (ESP, PCP, gas lift, rod pumps).
• Surveillance programs and well intervention, workover and recompletion opportunities.
• Excellent communication skills with geologists, engineers, contractors and asset teams.