Job Description

Worker Type: Employee

Group: WWRP Subsurface Eng Department

Job Post End Date: 05/30/2023

About this opportunity:

Cenovus\xe2\x80\x99 Atlantic Region is seeking a Senior Production Engineer for the St. John\'s, NL office. As a Senior Production Engineer, you will provide production engineering expertise to the Subsurface Engineering team responsible for the development of the West White Rose field.

The successful candidate will assist in designing and executing West White Rose development wells. Following well construction, the candidate will be monitoring well performance, integrity and identifying optimization opportunities.

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.

Cenovus is the operator and majority owner of the White Rose field and extensions, located approximately 350 km offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. West White Rose is a concrete based drilling platform, which will access resources in the western part of the existing White Rose field and use the SeaRose floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for processing within our Atlantic Region Operations.

Cenovus\xe2\x80\x99s downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.

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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:

Well Design & Execution

Provide Production Engineering technical design, analysis, and documentation to the Well Design and Execution process in support of the West White Rose well program

Integrate with multidisciplinary design team to optimize well drilling trajectories and completions requirements; assess completion equipment sizing and evaluate artificial lift options

Technical support during well construction phase, and incorporate learnings into depletion plan and well architecture

Incorporate Well Designs and Reservoir Data into Wellbore simulation and Nodal Analysis Models

Complete Risk Assessments on Well Delivery and assist in mitigation strategies

Organize and manage production studies (i.e, formation fluid testing)

Prepare and update regulatory applications and interface with the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB)

Well Integrity

Support technical well envelope design and barrier management

Steward souring and corrosion risks to well integrity and identify mitigation strategies

Support flow assurance modeling and risk mitigation for wells

Well integrity anomaly management and risk characterization

Maintain and execute operational well integrity management system

Facilities Interface

Complete nodal analysis for existing and future development wells

Steward subsurface operational and facilities interfaces; participate in risk reviews as needed

Provide subsurface guidance for measurement and fluid allocation systems

Support well start-up and operational guidelines from the subsurface perspective

Support engineering evaluations of brownfield upgrades to support subsurface requests

Well and Reservoir Surveillance

Provide well management and surveillance of West White Rose wells within an integrated subsurface team: optimizing production, water & gas injection and artificial lift

Make recommendations on operational strategies to improve well and reservoir production

Identify interventions and workovers to improve well performance or remediate well integrity

Provide input into flow assurance and production chemistry management plans

Implement reservoir and facility inputs into short and long term production profiles

Work with operations group to maximize uptime, troubleshoot anomalies and develop work instructions

Evaluate production optimization opportunities in the Integrated Production Model.

Data & Management Systems

Investigate and develop data analytics, visualization and advanced computational methods to improve asset management

Support the Production Engineering components of SSDCI Management System

Support Production Engineering data acquisition, storage, and handling

Other

Participating in the Atlantic Region Emergency Response Plan, as assigned

Keep informed of technical advancements in the field of production engineering

Mentoring other production engineering staff as needed

Work with joint venture partners to advance production engineering design and operational learnings across JV operations

Support offshore work scope implementation physically on West White Rose or SeaRose, as required

Qualifications:

BSc in Engineering

Professional Engineer or eligibility for status with PEG-NL is required

8+ years of experience in the oil and gas industry, preference for production engineering experience

Ability to work effectively within a team and within the organization to achieve goals, and to identify and resolve problems

Ability to adapt to a variable working environment with changing tasks, responsibilities, and people

Strong analytical skills and ability to identify key issues based on relevant data and provide appropriate solutions/recommendations

Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills

Capable of acting independently, when required, and with initiative to achieve goals beyond what is required

Experience that includes exposure to an offshore and/or harsh weather subsea and platform development environment is an asset.

Ability to travel offshore, if required, with appropriate medical and safety certifications

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 of 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.

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Consistent with the Accords Act, residents of Newfoundland and Labrador specifically and Canada generally, who are qualified, will be given first consideration for training and employment.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT May 29th, 2023.

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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