Stimulation Engineer Specialist

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer. 

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Saudi Aramco seeks Petroleum Engineer to work with the Gas Reservoir Management under the Petroleum Engineering & Development Admin Area.

The Petroleum Engineer will provide reservoir engineering support for Underbalance Coil-Tubing Drilling (UBCTD) operations with advanced steering decision-making process through monitoring real-time reservoir properties. The Petroleum Engineer will interact with multidisciplinary team of geologists, geophysicists, drilling engineers, Petro-physicists to enhance the real time underbalance wells steering decision-making process and improve well productivity.

This position is embedded within the Petroleum Engineering business and as a senior technical specialist, the prospective candidate will engage with leaders and experts across the upstream business.

• Utilize real-time dynamic data and flow parameters from the well-while-drilling to identify target reservoir layer and ensure accurate well placement.
• Capitalize on Geosteering expertise in the well landing phase with real-time formation top picking support
• Capitalize on Geological Operations Department chemostratigraphy reports to predict reservoir quality based on advanced mud logging analysis
• Coordinate with Reservoir Description & Simulation Department to generate petrophysical logs while drilling for enhanced lateral placement
• Implement technologies & enhanced processes for UBCTD operations
• Provide guidance and oversight on best-in-class reservoir management tenets, practices and state-of-the art- technologies for all Saudi Aramco non-associated gas assets.
• Formulate reservoir development, data acquisition, strategic surveillance and monitoring master-plans to ensure optimal development and depletion strategies.
• Utilize reservoir management standards and guidelines to enhance both NPV and hydrocarbon recovery.
• Prepare reservoir engineering input into drilling and work-over proposals and programs.
• Participate in technical societies and technical groups.

• The successful candidate should hold a bachelor degree in engineering from an internationally recognized and approved program by Saudi Aramco. MSc or PhD will be an addition, but not required.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience in petroleum engineering organization with 7 years’ Reservoir Engineering experience along with any combination of Drilling Engineering, Geosteering experience, Coil-Tubing field experience or Petrophysical Logging experience in natural gas/gas-condensate reservoir. A training history of appropriate specialized courses and seminars is expected. Technical publications are valued but in-depth practical experience is paramount.
• The prospective candidate must be willing to work in “work-shift” schedule in office for reservoir engineering support and ready to address any operational-related situations round the clock that require swift decision making.
• The candidate should demonstrate the ability to interact and communicate effectively with specialists in geology, fluid analysis, petrophysics, drilling, production and surface facilities.
• The candidate should demonstratable technical contribution in Petroleum and Reservoir engineering knowledge sharing through reputable international publications, technology patents and mentoring programs.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.