Specialist - Production Optimization
Posted date [2026-07-07]
(ID: 47660)
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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
Specialist - Production OptimizationJob Snapshot
Role: Specialist - Production Optimization
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Experience: 15 years in petroleum production optimization
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Specialist - Production Optimization in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is an Oil and Energy hiring opportunity for a senior petroleum engineering professional with deep expertise in production optimization, subsurface and surface integration, well performance analysis, artificial lift, production system modelling, and field-level productivity improvement. The role supports ADNOC Group by providing specialized technical guidance, evaluating new technologies, standardizing production optimization practices, mentoring petroleum engineers, and helping asset teams improve production performance safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Oil and Energy
Function: Engineering
Salary: 52000-72000
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 Specialist - Production Optimization will act as a senior technical authority supporting subsurface, surface, and asset teams on production optimization matters. This position helps maximize asset value by connecting reservoir behavior, well performance, artificial lift performance, surface network constraints, plant limitations, and digital engineering tools into practical optimization frameworks. The role directly contributes to improved production delivery, better technical assurance, adoption of advanced methodologies, risk mitigation, engineering capability development, and stronger knowledge sharing across the petroleum engineering community.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide specialized advice and technical guidance on production optimization matters to support subsurface and surface teams.
* Support asset teams in addressing technical challenges related to well productivity, field performance, artificial lift, network constraints, and production system optimization.
* Participate in the implementation of Technical Center strategies in line with the center’s mandate, objectives, and long-term technical direction.
* Identify production optimization challenges across ADNOC Onshore assets and recommend practical technical solutions.
* Evaluate new technologies, tools, techniques, methodologies, and software solutions for their suitability in solving production optimization issues.
* Provide expert consultation to asset teams on production optimization studies, field reviews, well performance diagnostics, and integrated production system analysis.
* Promote effective integration between production optimization and related petroleum engineering disciplines.
* Strengthen the link between well models and surface models to improve integrated production forecasting, troubleshooting, and optimization decisions.
* Provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of high-level production optimization frameworks.
* Ensure production optimization frameworks include clear processes, technical expertise, performance monitoring, and value-focused decision support.
* Review and assure production optimization activities to confirm they meet asset requirements, ADNOC standards, safety expectations, and cost-effectiveness targets.
* Design, develop, and support specialist production optimization programs that build stronger technical capability within petroleum engineering teams.
* Promote industry best practices in production optimization, well performance management, and production system efficiency.
* Advise and review the development of production optimization performance frameworks and relevant key performance indicators.
* Promote continuous improvement, results-oriented working practices, feedback loops, peer reviews, and technical assurance routines.
* Develop standard practices, technical guidelines, and engineering workflows for production optimization activities.
* Encourage consistent application of production optimization standards and guidelines across ADNOC Onshore assets.
* Capture lessons learned, field experience, best practices, and technical insights related to production optimization.
* Ensure production optimization knowledge is communicated across assets through technical forums, workshops, peer reviews, and structured knowledge-sharing sessions.
* Coordinate with ADNOC HQ, shareholders, and other operating companies on relevant production optimization practices.
* Support corporate-level adoption of effective production optimization technologies, methods, and best practices.
* Promote production optimization learning across the petroleum engineering community.
* Act as a technical mentor to production optimization staff, petroleum engineers, and fresh graduates.
* Deliver in-house production optimization training courses to improve engineering capability and practical field understanding.
* Provide guidance on well performance analysis, diagnostics, troubleshooting, stimulation, well testing, workover, rigless activities, and production enhancement opportunities.
* Support optimization of artificial lift systems, especially gas lift and ESP applications.
* Review production system behavior across reservoirs, wells, networks, and plants to identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities.
* Use industry software tools and enterprise data solutions to support modelling, analysis, visualization, and technical decision-making.
* Ensure production optimization activities are aligned with technical standards, asset priorities, operational safety, and long-term value creation.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor degree in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or an equivalent discipline.
* M.Sc. or Ph.D. is preferred.
* Minimum 15 years of experience in petroleum production optimization or closely related activities.
* At least 5 years in a specialist role focused on production optimization.
* Strong background across all production optimization aspects, especially subsurface activities at well and field level.
* Wide petroleum engineering expertise covering drilling, completion, stimulation, well testing, workover, rigless operations, artificial lift, well performance analysis, diagnostics, troubleshooting, and optimization.
* Strong understanding of artificial lift systems, especially gas lift and ESP performance.
* Broad and deep engineering understanding of the complete production system, including reservoir, wells, networks, and plants.
* Practical experience connecting well models, surface models, network models, and production performance data to improve asset decisions.
* Knowledge of standard industry software tools such as PVTSim, Multiflash, Prosper, Pipesim, and OLGA.
* Familiarity with enterprise data management and visualization solutions used in petroleum engineering and production optimization.
* Ability to evaluate emerging technologies, software tools, technical workflows, and optimization methodologies.
* Strong capability in developing technical frameworks, standard practices, guidelines, performance indicators, and peer review mechanisms.
* Experience mentoring engineers, delivering technical training, and promoting knowledge sharing across multidisciplinary teams.
* Strong communication, technical leadership, analytical thinking, troubleshooting, and stakeholder coordination skills.
* Ability to work in a complex Oil and Energy environment where production performance, safety, asset value, and technical integrity are critical.
Skills Set
* Production optimization
* Petroleum engineering
* Reservoir engineering
* Chemical engineering
* Well performance analysis
* Production system optimization
* Subsurface engineering
* Surface production systems
* Integrated production modelling
* Well modelling
* Surface network modelling
* Artificial lift
* Gas lift
* ESP
* Drilling support
* Completion engineering
* Stimulation
* Well testing
* Workover activities
* Rigless operations
* Production diagnostics
* Troubleshooting
* Field performance analysis
* Reservoir-well-network integration
* Production forecasting
* Asset value optimization
* Technical assurance
* Technical standards
* Production optimization frameworks
* KPI development
* Peer reviews
* Knowledge sharing
* Technical mentoring
* In-house training
* Technology evaluation
* PVTSim
* Multiflash
* Prosper
* Pipesim
* OLGA
* Data management solutions
* Visualization tools
* ADNOC standards
Why Join Us
This role offers a senior petroleum engineering specialist the opportunity to influence production performance across major Oil and Energy assets in Abu Dhabi Emirate. The position provides exposure to advanced production optimization methods, integrated modelling, artificial lift strategy, subsurface and surface collaboration, technical capability building, and asset value improvement. It is a strong career opportunity for a production optimization expert who wants to guide high-impact engineering decisions, mentor future technical talent, and support safe, efficient, and reliable production growth.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a leading diversified energy group wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Founded in 1971, the company operates across the energy value chain and supports responsible energy production, lower-carbon solutions, and long-term industrial development. ADNOC Group is investing in cleaner energy, decarbonization technologies, operational excellence, and sustainability while maintaining a strong focus on safety, technical reliability, production efficiency, and responsible energy delivery from Abu Dhabi Emirate to global markets.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Specialist - Production Optimization will act as a senior technical authority supporting subsurface, surface, and asset teams on production optimization matters. This position helps maximize asset value by connecting reservoir behavior, well performance, artificial lift performance, surface network constraints, plant limitations, and digital engineering tools into practical optimization frameworks. The role directly contributes to improved production delivery, better technical assurance, adoption of advanced methodologies, risk mitigation, engineering capability development, and stronger knowledge sharing across the petroleum engineering community.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide specialized advice and technical guidance on production optimization matters to support subsurface and surface teams.
* Support asset teams in addressing technical challenges related to well productivity, field performance, artificial lift, network constraints, and production system optimization.
* Participate in the implementation of Technical Center strategies in line with the center’s mandate, objectives, and long-term technical direction.
* Identify production optimization challenges across ADNOC Onshore assets and recommend practical technical solutions.
* Evaluate new technologies, tools, techniques, methodologies, and software solutions for their suitability in solving production optimization issues.
* Provide expert consultation to asset teams on production optimization studies, field reviews, well performance diagnostics, and integrated production system analysis.
* Promote effective integration between production optimization and related petroleum engineering disciplines.
* Strengthen the link between well models and surface models to improve integrated production forecasting, troubleshooting, and optimization decisions.
* Provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of high-level production optimization frameworks.
* Ensure production optimization frameworks include clear processes, technical expertise, performance monitoring, and value-focused decision support.
* Review and assure production optimization activities to confirm they meet asset requirements, ADNOC standards, safety expectations, and cost-effectiveness targets.
* Design, develop, and support specialist production optimization programs that build stronger technical capability within petroleum engineering teams.
* Promote industry best practices in production optimization, well performance management, and production system efficiency.
* Advise and review the development of production optimization performance frameworks and relevant key performance indicators.
* Promote continuous improvement, results-oriented working practices, feedback loops, peer reviews, and technical assurance routines.
* Develop standard practices, technical guidelines, and engineering workflows for production optimization activities.
* Encourage consistent application of production optimization standards and guidelines across ADNOC Onshore assets.
* Capture lessons learned, field experience, best practices, and technical insights related to production optimization.
* Ensure production optimization knowledge is communicated across assets through technical forums, workshops, peer reviews, and structured knowledge-sharing sessions.
* Coordinate with ADNOC HQ, shareholders, and other operating companies on relevant production optimization practices.
* Support corporate-level adoption of effective production optimization technologies, methods, and best practices.
* Promote production optimization learning across the petroleum engineering community.
* Act as a technical mentor to production optimization staff, petroleum engineers, and fresh graduates.
* Deliver in-house production optimization training courses to improve engineering capability and practical field understanding.
* Provide guidance on well performance analysis, diagnostics, troubleshooting, stimulation, well testing, workover, rigless activities, and production enhancement opportunities.
* Support optimization of artificial lift systems, especially gas lift and ESP applications.
* Review production system behavior across reservoirs, wells, networks, and plants to identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities.
* Use industry software tools and enterprise data solutions to support modelling, analysis, visualization, and technical decision-making.
* Ensure production optimization activities are aligned with technical standards, asset priorities, operational safety, and long-term value creation.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor degree in Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or an equivalent discipline.
* M.Sc. or Ph.D. is preferred.
* Minimum 15 years of experience in petroleum production optimization or closely related activities.
* At least 5 years in a specialist role focused on production optimization.
* Strong background across all production optimization aspects, especially subsurface activities at well and field level.
* Wide petroleum engineering expertise covering drilling, completion, stimulation, well testing, workover, rigless operations, artificial lift, well performance analysis, diagnostics, troubleshooting, and optimization.
* Strong understanding of artificial lift systems, especially gas lift and ESP performance.
* Broad and deep engineering understanding of the complete production system, including reservoir, wells, networks, and plants.
* Practical experience connecting well models, surface models, network models, and production performance data to improve asset decisions.
* Knowledge of standard industry software tools such as PVTSim, Multiflash, Prosper, Pipesim, and OLGA.
* Familiarity with enterprise data management and visualization solutions used in petroleum engineering and production optimization.
* Ability to evaluate emerging technologies, software tools, technical workflows, and optimization methodologies.
* Strong capability in developing technical frameworks, standard practices, guidelines, performance indicators, and peer review mechanisms.
* Experience mentoring engineers, delivering technical training, and promoting knowledge sharing across multidisciplinary teams.
* Strong communication, technical leadership, analytical thinking, troubleshooting, and stakeholder coordination skills.
* Ability to work in a complex Oil and Energy environment where production performance, safety, asset value, and technical integrity are critical.
Skills Set
* Production optimization
* Petroleum engineering
* Reservoir engineering
* Chemical engineering
* Well performance analysis
* Production system optimization
* Subsurface engineering
* Surface production systems
* Integrated production modelling
* Well modelling
* Surface network modelling
* Artificial lift
* Gas lift
* ESP
* Drilling support
* Completion engineering
* Stimulation
* Well testing
* Workover activities
* Rigless operations
* Production diagnostics
* Troubleshooting
* Field performance analysis
* Reservoir-well-network integration
* Production forecasting
* Asset value optimization
* Technical assurance
* Technical standards
* Production optimization frameworks
* KPI development
* Peer reviews
* Knowledge sharing
* Technical mentoring
* In-house training
* Technology evaluation
* PVTSim
* Multiflash
* Prosper
* Pipesim
* OLGA
* Data management solutions
* Visualization tools
* ADNOC standards
Why Join Us
This role offers a senior petroleum engineering specialist the opportunity to influence production performance across major Oil and Energy assets in Abu Dhabi Emirate. The position provides exposure to advanced production optimization methods, integrated modelling, artificial lift strategy, subsurface and surface collaboration, technical capability building, and asset value improvement. It is a strong career opportunity for a production optimization expert who wants to guide high-impact engineering decisions, mentor future technical talent, and support safe, efficient, and reliable production growth.
About the Company
ADNOC Group is a leading diversified energy group wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government. Founded in 1971, the company operates across the energy value chain and supports responsible energy production, lower-carbon solutions, and long-term industrial development. ADNOC Group is investing in cleaner energy, decarbonization technologies, operational excellence, and sustainability while maintaining a strong focus on safety, technical reliability, production efficiency, and responsible energy delivery from Abu Dhabi Emirate to global markets.
