Job Description

Worker Type: Employee

Group: Reservoir Optimization Department

Job Post End Date: 05/29/2023

About this opportunity:

Cenovus is currently looking for a Reservoir Engineer, Reservoir Optimization to join our Calgary team!

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Reservoir Optimization, your primary role will be to analyze well and reservoir operating data and implement specific strategies to improve reservoir performance. You will be assigned a group of pads and tasked with optimizing each of them while working with a multi-disciplinary team and the team will identify and prioritize redrill and redevelopment scope to maximize value. As a supplement to traditional analysis methods, reservoir simulation and history matching work will be required to properly evaluate some of the opportunities.

The Reservoir Optimization team is responsible for optimizing all four Cenovus Thermal projects. Your primary pad assignments will span Foster Creek and Christina Lake SAGD projects. Support for our Sunrise and Lloyd thermal assets may also be required.

In addition to the optimization responsibilities, you will be tasked with reservoir optimization projects and studies spanning operating strategy advancements, technology progression, field trials, etc.

About Cenovus:

We\xe2\x80\x99re a Canadian-based integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to maximizing value by sustainably developing our assets in a safe, innovative, and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.

We operate in Canada, the United States, and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus\xe2\x80\x99s downstream operations include upgrading, refining, and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.

Our shares trade under the symbol CVE and are listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.

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Why we work at Cenovus:

Safety as a core value

Competitive compensation

Flex time

Employer paid benefits: health, dental, vision & more

Volunteering opportunities

Community Investment activities

Inclusive work environment

Career progression/internal mobility opportunities

Company/team building events

Responsibilities:

Reservoir Optimization

Working with Pad Teams of geoscientists and production engineers to action opportunities to improve conformance, reduce SOR, increase production/recovery, and minimize impacts of bottom water and thief zones. Responsible for coordinating annual performance reviews on assigned base pads. This includes production comparisons to forecasts, tracking recovery vs time and sharing knowledge of key observations and learnings.

Reservoir Modeling

Develop and history match models to understand and forecast pad performance to identify and evaluate potential value add optimization opportunities (operating strategy refinement, well placement, SOR management, ramp down/blowdown strategies etc.).

Redrill and Redevelopment Well Planning

Responsible for evaluation of redrill and redevelopment opportunities, developing forecasts and economic evaluations pertaining to redrill wells and supporting the forecasting and economic evaluation of redevelopment wells on assigned operating pads.

Base Pad Forecasting Support

Responsible for providing input and validating base pad forecasts on assigned operating pads.

Continuous Technical Improvement:

Identify and progress studies and field trials to continuously optimize performance in support of operating strategy advancement and technology progression. This includes a learning plan, analyzing results and lookback analysis to document key learnings and transition to commercialization where applicable.

Qualifications:

Must be legally entitled to work in Canada

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) accredited with APEGA

Minimum of 4+ years of experience with prior experience on commercially operating SAGD assets

Working knowledge of reservoir simulation is an asset (CVE Sapsim, CMG STARS or an equivalent thermal simulation software package).

Demonstrated capacity to learn new concepts quickly and drive for continuous improvement

Ability to process large amounts of information from multiple sources

Excellent collaboration, communication, organization, and time management skills.

Experience programing in one or more languages is an asset (Python, SQL, R, VBA or Matlab)

For Internal Candidates Only: Those that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance, how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to determining next steps.

At Cenovus we embrace diversity of thought, experience, and backgrounds to help us make better business decisions, address our challenges, seize opportunities, and unlock innovative solutions. We define diversity as the variety of people, including all the unique attributes of our staff, as well as the variety of ideas within our organization. Building an inclusive workplace by drawing on the skills and talents of a diverse workforce provides Cenovus with a competitive advantage. We believe it\xe2\x80\x99s important to maximize the potential of everyone who works for our company and ensure people feel respected, appreciated, and heard. We define inclusion as \xe2\x80\x98diversity in action,\xe2\x80\x99 creating an environment of involvement, respect, and connection, where various ideas, backgrounds and perspectives are harnessed to create business value.

Note: The application deadline for this position is May 28, 2023 @ 11:59 PM TIME MST

This posting represents the desired scope, accountabilities, skills, and experience requirements of the job. These requirements may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

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