Petroleum Engineer - Production Operations
Posted date [2026-06-28]
(ID: 47165)
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Founded in 1971, ADNOC is a leading diversified energy group, wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Our network of fully integrated businesses operates across the energy value chain, helping us to responsibly meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market.
Already in the top tier of the lowest carbon intensity oil and gas producers in the world, we are taking significant steps to make today’s energy cleaner while investing in the clean energies of tomorrow, strengthening our position as a reliable and responsible global energy provider. We are allocating an initial $23 billion to advance and accelerate lower-carbon solutions, investing in new energies and decarbonization technologies to enable our net zero by 2045 ambition and our commitment to zero methane emissions by 2030. ... |
Job Description and Requirements
Petroleum Engineer - Production OperationsJob Snapshot
Role: Petroleum Engineer - Production Operations
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering General
Experience: Minimum 8 years in petroleum engineering operations
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Petroleum Engineer - Production Operations in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is an Oil and Energy hiring opportunity focused on well performance, drilling support, completion planning, production optimization, artificial lift design, well testing strategy, and reservoir-production coordination. This role supports multidisciplinary petroleum development teams by planning, monitoring, and optimizing drilling and production activities to ensure wells are executed, evaluated, and improved in line with production and injection strategies.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering General
Salary: 32000-45000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the
employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Petroleum Engineer - Production Operations will help improve field performance by connecting drilling activity, completion design, well testing, production technology, artificial lift, reservoir data, and facility optimization into one practical engineering workflow. The position monitors well performance, identifies production constraints, supports pressure transient analysis, evaluates well test results, maintains technical well databases, and recommends optimization opportunities. By coordinating with drilling, reservoir, production, facilities, and studies teams, the role supports safe execution, production reliability, and improved recovery from assigned fields.
Key Responsibilities
* Plan and coordinate technical input from multidisciplinary petroleum development professionals involved in drilling, completion, production, and field optimization activities.
* Generate completion concepts and define completion requirements in line with approved production and injection strategies for assigned wells.
* Support pilot hole data acquisition planning, execution, and evaluation in coordination with studies and reservoir teams.
* Identify opportunities for production optimization across wells, facilities, artificial lift systems, and the wider production network.
* Evaluate and perform artificial lift design for oil producers to improve well deliverability and production efficiency.
* Finalize well testing strategy, monitor test execution, evaluate results, and convert findings into practical engineering recommendations.
* Monitor daily well performance, diagnose production issues, and evaluate optimization opportunities based on operating data and field constraints.
* Perform nodal analysis to support production system optimization and identify bottlenecks from reservoir to surface facilities.
* Assist reservoir teams in designing and performing pressure transient analysis and interpreting well behavior.
* Monitor drilling activities, communicate concerns to drilling teams, and provide technical support for smooth field operations.
* Create and maintain a detailed well database covering operational activities, acquired data, well tests, pressure history, optimization work, and technical interventions.
* Ensure approved well plans are followed and highlight deviations requiring technical review, operational decision-making, or management attention.
* Recommend and plan special tests, pilot trials, or project test runs before field-wide or reservoir-level implementation.
* Carry out technical studies to evaluate alternatives for upgrading, debottlenecking, or enhancing existing facilities to meet production targets.
* Coordinate investigations of production technology problems and recommend appropriate solutions using new equipment, logging, testing, or production techniques.
* Review and assess new technologies related to production, injection, artificial lift, well monitoring, and production optimization.
* Participate in feasibility studies to recommend adoption of new production techniques, tools, equipment, and operating methods.
* Prepare monthly production and injection potential based on flow test results, rig activity schedules, hook-up status, and commissioning plans.
* Establish priority order for opening depleted wells to meet required field offtake while considering reservoir constraints and injection-production balance.
* Follow up gas and water injection performance to ensure adherence to required specifications, quantities, and field development requirements.
* Coordinate with drilling, reservoir, production, operations, facilities, testing, and commissioning teams to support integrated field performance improvement.
* Maintain technical accuracy, engineering discipline, and clear reporting for well performance, optimization studies, and production technology decisions.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor Degree in Petroleum Engineering or an equivalent engineering qualification.
* Minimum 8 years of experience across petroleum engineering operations, preferably within large Oil and Energy field operations.
* Strong knowledge of drilling operations, well completions, production optimization, artificial lift, well testing, and production technology.
* Practical experience monitoring well performance, diagnosing production issues, and recommending optimization actions.
* Ability to perform nodal analysis and support pressure transient analysis in coordination with reservoir teams.
* Experience supporting pilot hole data acquisition, drilling activity monitoring, completion requirements, and well testing programs.
* Good understanding of production and injection strategies, reservoir constraints, field offtake requirements, and injection-production balance.
* Strong technical ability to evaluate artificial lift designs, well test results, production constraints, and field performance data.
* Experience maintaining well databases, operational histories, pressure records, well tests, and optimization documentation.
* Ability to review new technologies for production, injection, artificial lift, logging, testing, and well performance improvement.
* Skilled in coordinating with drilling, reservoir, production, operations, facilities, studies, and commissioning teams.
* Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills with the ability to convert field data into engineering recommendations.
* Comfortable supporting operational decisions in a structured oil and gas environment with production targets, technical constraints, and field safety requirements.
Skills Set
* Petroleum engineering
* Production operations
* Well performance monitoring
* Completion planning
* Completion requirements
* Drilling support
* Production optimization
* Artificial lift design
* Well testing strategy
* Well test evaluation
* Nodal analysis
* Pressure transient analysis
* Pilot hole data acquisition
* Production system optimization
* Reservoir coordination
* Production technology
* Injection strategy
* Gas injection monitoring
* Water injection monitoring
* Field offtake planning
* Depleted well opening priority
* Well database management
* Pressure history tracking
* Flow test analysis
* Rig activity coordination
* Hook-up and commissioning planning
* Facilities debottlenecking
* Capacity enhancement studies
* Technical feasibility studies
* New technology evaluation
* Logging techniques
* Testing techniques
* Production troubleshooting
* Oil and gas field operations
Why Join Us
This opportunity is well suited for an experienced petroleum engineer who wants to support high-value Oil and Energy field operations in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates. The role provides exposure to drilling coordination, well completion design, artificial lift optimization, production system analysis, reservoir-production integration, well testing, and field performance improvement. It is a strong career move for someone who can combine technical petroleum engineering depth, practical field judgment, and cross-functional coordination to improve well productivity and operational reliability.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a leading energy company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with operations across the full oil and gas value chain. The group plays a major role in energy production, field development, industrial growth, and long-term economic value creation for the UAE. Through its upstream and technical divisions, ADNOC Group offers professionals the opportunity to contribute to complex Oil and Energy operations where petroleum engineering, production optimization, reservoir performance, and safe field execution are central to sustainable operational success.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Petroleum Engineer - Production Operations will help improve field performance by connecting drilling activity, completion design, well testing, production technology, artificial lift, reservoir data, and facility optimization into one practical engineering workflow. The position monitors well performance, identifies production constraints, supports pressure transient analysis, evaluates well test results, maintains technical well databases, and recommends optimization opportunities. By coordinating with drilling, reservoir, production, facilities, and studies teams, the role supports safe execution, production reliability, and improved recovery from assigned fields.
Key Responsibilities
* Plan and coordinate technical input from multidisciplinary petroleum development professionals involved in drilling, completion, production, and field optimization activities.
* Generate completion concepts and define completion requirements in line with approved production and injection strategies for assigned wells.
* Support pilot hole data acquisition planning, execution, and evaluation in coordination with studies and reservoir teams.
* Identify opportunities for production optimization across wells, facilities, artificial lift systems, and the wider production network.
* Evaluate and perform artificial lift design for oil producers to improve well deliverability and production efficiency.
* Finalize well testing strategy, monitor test execution, evaluate results, and convert findings into practical engineering recommendations.
* Monitor daily well performance, diagnose production issues, and evaluate optimization opportunities based on operating data and field constraints.
* Perform nodal analysis to support production system optimization and identify bottlenecks from reservoir to surface facilities.
* Assist reservoir teams in designing and performing pressure transient analysis and interpreting well behavior.
* Monitor drilling activities, communicate concerns to drilling teams, and provide technical support for smooth field operations.
* Create and maintain a detailed well database covering operational activities, acquired data, well tests, pressure history, optimization work, and technical interventions.
* Ensure approved well plans are followed and highlight deviations requiring technical review, operational decision-making, or management attention.
* Recommend and plan special tests, pilot trials, or project test runs before field-wide or reservoir-level implementation.
* Carry out technical studies to evaluate alternatives for upgrading, debottlenecking, or enhancing existing facilities to meet production targets.
* Coordinate investigations of production technology problems and recommend appropriate solutions using new equipment, logging, testing, or production techniques.
* Review and assess new technologies related to production, injection, artificial lift, well monitoring, and production optimization.
* Participate in feasibility studies to recommend adoption of new production techniques, tools, equipment, and operating methods.
* Prepare monthly production and injection potential based on flow test results, rig activity schedules, hook-up status, and commissioning plans.
* Establish priority order for opening depleted wells to meet required field offtake while considering reservoir constraints and injection-production balance.
* Follow up gas and water injection performance to ensure adherence to required specifications, quantities, and field development requirements.
* Coordinate with drilling, reservoir, production, operations, facilities, testing, and commissioning teams to support integrated field performance improvement.
* Maintain technical accuracy, engineering discipline, and clear reporting for well performance, optimization studies, and production technology decisions.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor Degree in Petroleum Engineering or an equivalent engineering qualification.
* Minimum 8 years of experience across petroleum engineering operations, preferably within large Oil and Energy field operations.
* Strong knowledge of drilling operations, well completions, production optimization, artificial lift, well testing, and production technology.
* Practical experience monitoring well performance, diagnosing production issues, and recommending optimization actions.
* Ability to perform nodal analysis and support pressure transient analysis in coordination with reservoir teams.
* Experience supporting pilot hole data acquisition, drilling activity monitoring, completion requirements, and well testing programs.
* Good understanding of production and injection strategies, reservoir constraints, field offtake requirements, and injection-production balance.
* Strong technical ability to evaluate artificial lift designs, well test results, production constraints, and field performance data.
* Experience maintaining well databases, operational histories, pressure records, well tests, and optimization documentation.
* Ability to review new technologies for production, injection, artificial lift, logging, testing, and well performance improvement.
* Skilled in coordinating with drilling, reservoir, production, operations, facilities, studies, and commissioning teams.
* Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills with the ability to convert field data into engineering recommendations.
* Comfortable supporting operational decisions in a structured oil and gas environment with production targets, technical constraints, and field safety requirements.
Skills Set
* Petroleum engineering
* Production operations
* Well performance monitoring
* Completion planning
* Completion requirements
* Drilling support
* Production optimization
* Artificial lift design
* Well testing strategy
* Well test evaluation
* Nodal analysis
* Pressure transient analysis
* Pilot hole data acquisition
* Production system optimization
* Reservoir coordination
* Production technology
* Injection strategy
* Gas injection monitoring
* Water injection monitoring
* Field offtake planning
* Depleted well opening priority
* Well database management
* Pressure history tracking
* Flow test analysis
* Rig activity coordination
* Hook-up and commissioning planning
* Facilities debottlenecking
* Capacity enhancement studies
* Technical feasibility studies
* New technology evaluation
* Logging techniques
* Testing techniques
* Production troubleshooting
* Oil and gas field operations
Why Join Us
This opportunity is well suited for an experienced petroleum engineer who wants to support high-value Oil and Energy field operations in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates. The role provides exposure to drilling coordination, well completion design, artificial lift optimization, production system analysis, reservoir-production integration, well testing, and field performance improvement. It is a strong career move for someone who can combine technical petroleum engineering depth, practical field judgment, and cross-functional coordination to improve well productivity and operational reliability.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a leading energy company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with operations across the full oil and gas value chain. The group plays a major role in energy production, field development, industrial growth, and long-term economic value creation for the UAE. Through its upstream and technical divisions, ADNOC Group offers professionals the opportunity to contribute to complex Oil and Energy operations where petroleum engineering, production optimization, reservoir performance, and safe field execution are central to sustainable operational success.
