Production Technologist

Job Summary

Optimizes oil and gas production and well performance to support safe, efficient field operations and maximize hydrocarbon recovery. The role combines production surveillance, well-performance analysis, artificial-lift optimization, well-intervention support, forecasting, and field-based troubleshooting in close coordination with Operations, Reservoir, Drilling, Maintenance, HSE, and service partners.

Roles & Responsibilities: Monitor daily production and identify losses, constraints and underperforming wells. Analyze well tests, pressures, temperatures, flow rates and fluid data to diagnose production problems. Recommend and evaluate changes to chokes, operating conditions and artificial-lift systems, including ESP, gas lift, rod pump and PCP.

Identify and support well interventions, workovers, stimulation, scale removal, sand control and water shut-off activities. Prepare forecasts, production-engineering studies and optimization recommendations, and support commissioning and restoration work. Maintain accurate well-performance data and coordinate solutions with Operations, Reservoir, Drilling, Maintenance, HSE and service providers.

Education

& Experience: Bachelor’s degree in petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline. 8-12 years of production-engineering or operations experience, with strong field exposure. Practical experience in production optimization, well-performance analysis, artificial lift and well intervention. Proficiency in relevant production-engineering analysis and reporting tools.

Fluency in Arabic and English, with strong analytical, technical-writing and collaboration skills.