Lead - Petroleum & Production Engineer

Job Purpose

• Represent Dragon Oil as a shareholder in all Petroleum and Production Engineering-related matters to Iraq Asset.
• Provide technical overview, governance, and challenge to operator activities to ensure alignment with shareholder objectives, technical standards, and value delivery.
  
  
  

Job Responsibilities

• Act as Dragon Oil’s focal point in Petroleum & Production Engineering discussions with operators. Participate in JV technical meetings (e.g., TCMs, Subsurface Forums, IFDP reviews/workshops). Review and challenge operator assumptions and ensure shareholder interests are protected.
• Track and analyze production, injection, deferments, and efficiency KPIs; flag deviations and recommend corrective actions to Director Technical Support.
• Support surveillance reviews and contribute to identifying production optimization and loss recovery opportunities.
• Review relevant sections of investment proposals and technical notes related to Petroleum Engineering inputs.
• Ensure all proposed activities are technically justified, commercially viable, and in line with shareholder KPI’s.
• Coordinate with internal subsurface, Drilling, facilities, and HSE functions to consolidate Dragon Oil 's technical position.
• Contribute to Joint studies, technical audits, and performance reviews as required.
• Provide structured technical feedback and risk summaries to Director –Technical Support.
• Escalate critical deviations, technical concerns, or performance gaps to ensure timely shareholder response.
• Provide input into the technical sections of the Annual Budget, 5-Year Plans, and WP&B validation processes related to Production Engineering.
  
  
  

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering (or equivalent)
• Minimum 12 - 15 years with major or independent Oil & Gas operators.
• At least 5 years in Petroleum/Production Engineering with exposure to joint ventures or shareholder governance roles.
• International experience preferred.
  
  
  

Job Requirement

Contract Tendering Procedure

Contractor Management and Supervision

Sand Control

Well Completion Design and Equipment

Perforating

Acidizing and Other Chemical Treatments

Drilling Fluids and Circulating System

Core Data Interpretation

Log Processing

Petrophysical Data Handling

Petrophysical Modeling

Interpretation of Cased Hole and Production Well Logs

Open Hole Well Log Interpretation

Integration of Quality Controlled Core Analysis with Other Petrophysical Data

Petrophysical Field Studies

Rock and Wellbore Petrophysics

Wireline and MWD, LWD Operations

Vertically Distributed Pressure Profiles and Pore Pressure

Conventional Core Data Acquisition

Mud Logging

Rock Physics

Vertical Seismic Profiles

Borehole Velocity Surveys and Synthetic Seismograms

Advanced Borehole Seismic Methods

Recording Instruments and Acquisition Constraints

General Seismic Processing

Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation

Fault Interpretation from Seismic Data

Seismic Horizon Contouring

Velocity Modeling and Depth Conversion

Quantitative Seismic Interpretation

Seismic Inversion

General Seismic Interpretation

Certifications

Skills

Physical Requirements