Oil Reservoir Management Engineer
Chicago, IL, United States
- Engineering
- Full-time
- oil reservoir management
- petroleum engineering
- reservoir optimization
The Oil Reservoir Management Engineer at Aramco leads the design and implementation of advanced reservoir management programs to optimize hydrocarbon recovery and asset value. The role involves strategic development, surveillance, and application of cutting-edge technologies including AI and machine learning, to enhance oil field performance globally. The position requires extensive experience in reservoir engineering, field development planning, and mentoring junior engineers within a world-class energy company.
Aramco energizes the world economy.
Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities 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.
Overview
We are seeking an Oil Reservoir Management Engineer to join Petroleum Engineering/Oil Reservoir Management Department.
Petroleum Engineering/Oil Reservoir Management Department is responsible for developing and managing world-class fields, reservoirs, and reserves, leveraging cutting-edge technology and innovation at our state-of-the-art Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Our organization also conducts pioneering research, introduces new technologies, and provides engineering services as part of our customized reservoir management practices.
As an Oil Reservoir Management Engineer your primary role is to serve as an expert in Oil Reservoir Management, providing guidance and expert advice to the design, implementation, and optimization of best-in-class reservoir management programs for the world’s largest onshore and offshore oil fields.
Key Responsibilities
As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:
- Provide expert guidance and oversight on best-in-class reservoir management principles, practices, and cutting-edge technologies across all Saudi Aramco hydrocarbon assets.
- Formulate reservoir development, data acquisition, strategic surveillance, and monitoring of masterplans to optimize asset development and depletion strategies. This involves utilizing established reservoir management standards and guidelines to maximize Net Present Value (NPV) and hydrocarbon recovery.
- Lead, design and practice in integrated field reviews and field development plans.
- Prepare critical reservoir engineering inputs for drilling and workover proposals and programs, recommending innovative completion techniques for complex well configurations, including: horizontal and multilateral wells.
- Lead and participate in reservoir engineering studies focused on optimizing ultimate recovery through reservoir stimulation modeling of various Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) processes.
- Engage in professional development activities, such as: participating in technical societies and groups, sharing expertise, and mentoring young engineers to foster growth and excellence within the organization.
Minimum Requirements
- As a successful candidate you will hold a:
- Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering or a related Engineering discipline from an accredited university. Advanced degree is a plus.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience including at least 7 years specializing in oil reservoir management.
- Training history of appropriate specialized courses and seminars is expected.
- Knowledge of open-hole and cased-hole logs, geological modeling, simulation, completion and production procedures and technologies.
- Technical knowledge and expertise are required in formation evaluation, geological modeling, simulation, reservoir appraisal and field development planning, completion, production/injection procedures-strategy-technologies, water flooding, reservoir surveillance, SCAL, PVT, geochemical analysis, and fluid's compatibility.
- Expertise in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and data analytics are preferred.
- History of using modern reservoir management practices for oil reservoirs.
Posting Duration
Posting Start Date: 11/27/2025
Posting End Date: 12/31/2026
Work Location and Work Schedule
Work Location: Within Saudi Arabia – To be specified in Job offer
Work Schedule: Full Time - To be specified in Job offer
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.
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