Duration & Location
Location Kampala, Uganda
Duration 12+ months
Status Resident

Qualifications/Experience required
Qualification:Degree in Engineering or equivalent qualification.

Experience:
 12 years minimum in Oil & Gas industry. Oil production affiliate exposure, FOPS Method team, GSR team, qualification in an operating environment (drilling, operations, with practical experience).
Minimum one exposure as Well performance engineer on operated asset (ESP pumps operation) and/or Smart room.
 Sound knowledge in well performance tools and understanding of the Field operation challenges on the onshore project
 Foreign language: English fluent level.

Dimension
 The Production Performance Lead Engineer is a key person in Field Operation team in charge of day to day follow up and optimization of Surface facilities and more than 400 wells in operation. Producing 200 kbopd and injecting 700 bwpd with LPG facilities loading 25 trucks per day.
 It is a transverse position with the ambition to lead Tilenga production optinisation towards a maximum field oil potential.
 He/She is responsible for the FCW in the affiliate, its design, start up and operation.
 He/She covers all activities, methods and tools allowing to control wells in an efficient, economical, and safe way.
 He/She is directly linked to updating and reviewing Integrated field modelling (wells and surface facilities) which is done in close cooperation with Well Performance Team that is focusing on long term Well performance tasks.
 He/She is responsible for the well in operation integrity follow-up and reporting.
 This is contributing to Tilenga excellence and flagship objectives lowering the GHG intensity of the field and reducing the cost per barrel of produced oil.Reporting line in organizationField Operations Manager

Activities
 Participate and assist in the development & implementation of Environmental and Energy Management System in relation with ESP operation
 Focal point for definition of the wells, wellpads and field startup procedures
 Accountable for Well Instruction sheet and wells loadshedding matrix
 Take part in ESP Pre-Commissioning procedure development implementation for the wellpads
 Validate with contractor VSD & Step-up transformer settings
 Follow site activities related to ESP electrical checks and Spin test before the SU
 Establish and participate in preparation of technical specifications for automated well control tools: FCW (Full Control of Wells) for installation on Tilenga sites, ensure parameters are correctly implemented
 Participate in FAT, pre-production, acceptance, installation, and start-up of these tools on site
 Encourage and proactively support the teams on site for the best use of the FCW
 Participate in the definition of needs in terms of automated well control in multi-trade projects: WPG (Well Performance Group), PPG (Production Performance Group) aimed at developing tools to maximize well productivity and/or production.
 Animate the community of FCW users in the affiliate in order to capture the needs of adaptation, evolution and adjustments of the tool according to the best practices and share them
 Prepare training modules for new CRO and implement training program for FCW use and parameters adjusting
 Contribute to the development of the OTS tool for the tanning of Operators
 Maintain and improve the technical repository in the Well domain by capitalizing on feedback from users
 Prepare well integrity management follow up withing FOPS department
 Follow up well and surface network interventions that could have an impact on production
 Manage the well troubleshooting either during the well run or ESP test with support from ESP supplier, Well Performance Team, Reservoir, Completion, Production
 Contribute to the preparation of procedure related to his area of responsibilities
 Participate in the development of NPDMS for the well test validation criteria
 After First oil monitor the well behavior and ESP operating parameters through the PI system and various Dashboards
 Participate in the Collaborative Environment / Smart room ESP and Wells follow up development, implementation and start up
 Contribute to daily shortfall analyses and production forecast
 Ensure ESP run continuously within the operating envelope as recommended by the manufacturer
 Contribute to the Smart room development, focal point for 1st level of troubleshooting on the ESP operation
 Manage and coach a Junior Well performance detached to Smart room
 In collaboration with Process and Flow assurance and Reservoir monitoring teams develop and maintain Integrated field and individual models of wells and surface network (Prosper, GAP, …) for production data monitoring (wells and surface network)
 Coordinate multidisciplinary well and operations studies together with field operation method engineers and drilling/completion engineers
 Digital: involved in development of new digital tools for better predictive approach and help decision on well operation.
 Contribute to the development of the GHG emission follow up and optimization tools at well pads

Context and environment
A Green Field Project, the Tilenga field is to be found in a remote location in UGANDA near lake Albert with particular sensitive environmental conditions.A challenging project; heavy and waxy oils produced from 31 drilling pads, (with some of them located in a national park) and treated in a Production Center of 200,000bopd oil capacity and 650,000 blld of water treatment capacity. Dedicated to gas treatment, LPG recovery and storage facilities will be located at site with 25 trucks of LPG loaded per day (3 loading bay in operation). Reservoir pressure maintenance is ensured either by water injection or by polymer water injection depending onthe reservoirs characteristics. The project also includes an extended interconnecting network with temperature preservation.Multicultural environment: Contractors are anticipated to be located in various parts of the world. Ugandan rules and regulations, administrative requirements and technical authorizations as well as international codes for onshore plant will apply.

Accountabilities
 Development, deployment, and promotion of all initiatives related to improvement and production optimization.
 Analysis of well and facility performance indicators
 Contribute to reliability improvement by updating well loadshedding matrix
 Participate to well studies aiming at evaluating production profiles
 Permanent member of Well Performance Group and Production Performance Group
 Guarantee the Well Performance Database Update
 Ensure the compliance to TEPU and TotalEnergies Group HSE policy through a non-compromising attitude
 Lead his/her team to deliver a cost-effective (OPEX/CAPEX) and optimized operations of wells and surface facilities that meets the requirements of the project in safety, reliability, operability, and maintainability for 25-year design life. Manage interfaces between disciplines. Specific budget lines for HQ support and External services as delegated.