Senior Production Technologist
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Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited, operator of OML 30 in the Niger Delta, is recruiting a Senior Production Technologist on a hybrid basis in Ikoyi, Lagos. The role sits in the Production Engineering team and focuses on well and reservoir management, technical limits, well integrity, and production optimisation. Candidates will support surveillance, stimulation, intervention, and WRFM activities across assigned assets.
- Hybrid role based in Ikoyi, Lagos within the Production Engineering department.
- Responsible for well and reservoir potential, technical limits, operating envelopes, and well integrity.
- Involves surveillance proposals, flow assurance, stimulation design, and workover support.
- Requires collaboration with specialists and mentoring junior production technologists.
- Heritage Energy is an affiliate of Heritage Oil Limited, operator of OML 30 in the Niger Delta.
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Job Title: Senior Production Technologist
Senior Production Technologist at Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (Hybrid)
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Sep 17, 2026, 11:13 AM
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Established in 2016, Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (Heritage Energy) is an affiliate of Heritage Oil Limited (HOIL) a Jersey-headquartered international Oil and Gas company. Heritage Energy is also the Operator of the flagship Asset, OML 30 in the Niger Delta, which is a Joint Venture Partnership between NNPC Exploration and Production Limited (NEPL) and Shoreline Natural Resources Limited (SNRL).
Our focus is to explore underappreciated basins and assets to create value for all stakeholders – the host communities, host governments, and ultimately our shareholders, in a sustainable and responsible way.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Hybrid
Department: Production Engineering
Job Summary
In this role within the Production Engineering Team, the candidate will have the opportunity of being a focal point for Production Technology in assigned Assets/Fields and will be responsible for managing the Wells and Reservoirs potentials, Technical Limits, Operating envelopes and Well Integrity of the Well stock.
In the role of Senior Production Technologist, the Candidate will be sharing knowledge and collaborating with many top specialists in implementing solutions to enhance production and optimise the Well stock.
The Senior Production Technologist role is an operational position that gives broad insight into Well and Reservoir management operations.
Key Accountabilities
- Generate activity proposals for surveillance operations, which contains the economic justification, functional design and programme outline.
- Ensure compliance with well, reservoir and facility management, well integrity, control guidelines by taking appropriate actions in assigned field/s. This is to safeguard the asset and assure reputation of the company.
- Follow up on well integrity issues. Support/secure required corporate dispensations when applicable. Establish well operating envelopes and ensure compliance.
- Ensure flow assurance for the life cycle of the completed wells. Incorporate mitigation strategies into production optimisation plans.
- Identify wells that require additional and/or re-perforations, due to high mechanical skin and design operations (e.g. gun selection, drawdown). Monitor operations and evaluate results.
- Mentor and support less experienced members of the PT community, increasing their knowledge and confidence levels.
- Identify candidate wells, which have near-wellbore or wellbore damage for stimulations (e.g. acid or hydraulic stimulations) and design suitable treatment. Monitor the stimulations operations and evaluate the results.
- Support the wells team in Preparation and execution of wireline interventions, coiled tubing interventions, workover and abandonment programmes including economic justification and operational support.
- Integrate knowledge about the asset into Well, Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM) activities, identify and implement data acquisition needs and integrate these into reservoir and well surveillance plans.
- Carry out similar or related duties such as assisting in the preparation and presentation of Technical papers to Company management and Interest Holders, maintaining close working relationship with field staff to ensure that field related tasks are carried out in efficient manner and related problems are timely identified and actions taken to remedy them.
- Generate well/system models (including artificial lift) to compare actual performance with predicted. Identify wells that are not optimized and initiate actions/well interventions to change the operating conditions. Identify wells that are not performing optimally and review options to improve inflow performance.
- Identify short term oil opportunities for ranking in the business planning processes and mature short term oil opportunities within the asset team.
- Identify candidates for BHPs, production logging & related cased hole logs and design operations. Monitor operations and evaluate results.
- Develop and support the Production Engineering team’s internal and external communication materials including presentations to corporate, partners and authorities.
- Lead Well performance modelling, sand prediction, sand control selection & design and upper completion design, perforating and smart well design for land and swamp operations. Work in an integrated study team (as a member or a study team lead) to mature opportunities. Make PT input into field development plans.
- Identify water or gas shut-off candidates wells and design treatments (mechanical and chemical treatments). Monitor operations and evaluate results.
Requirements
Qualifications
A university degree in Engineering or equivalent with 12 - 15 years relevant experience, including a minimum of 12 years PT work
Experience
in an Oil and Gas operating company.
As a Senior Production Technologist, incumbent should have a broad understanding of other E&P disciplines and be skilled in all key Production technology competence areas.
Skills and Competencies:
Knowledge in Production Operation
Production Technologist core skills
Wells, Reservoir, and Facilities Management.
Planning & Design of Well Intervention Activities
Well Integrity Management and Determining Well Operating Envelope
Results oriented and commercial focus
Sand Control and Management
Production System Optimization
Coaching/Mentoring
HSE consideration in well management and completion operations
Completion Design and supervision
Well Modeling & Performance
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note
No relocation support is available for this position.
By submitting an application, candidates confirm that they are based in the advertised work location or will relocate at their own expense if selected.
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