As Director of European Operations, you will be responsible for actively supporting a wide variety of membership interests across Europe with a focus on HSE, training and regulatory issues.
This full-time contract position will allow you to use your in-depth knowledge of the global oil and gas industry to build a substantial network within the association and the industry within Europe.
You will take on a Project Management lead role and be responsible for managing and delivery within budget. You are to deliver Prospect projects, using your own technical expertise and experience in Engineering Design and Computational Analysis as well as group-wide technical support.
Design and specification of hydraulic systems for marine and offshore cranes.
Calculations in accordance with the regulations of the classification companies.
Follow-up of workshops and subcontractors at home and abroad.
Participation in design and product development for our projects.
You will report to the Principal Engineer, you will support the execution of Prospect projects, using your own technical expertise and experience in Engineering Design, Computational Analysis as well as group-wide technical support.
In this key role, you’ll have an important part to play in the wide range of new Oil and Gas developments we’re rolling out across the globe. And when you realise the scale and scope of what will often be $multi-billion projects, you’ll understand what an exciting opportunity that presents. Providing technical expertise on every aspect of Process Control, the challenges you’ll face will be as diverse as the projects you’re involved in. As well as working closely with Development Managers and Subsurface professionals to make the most of our existing sites and develop new proposals, you’ll oversee the work of contractors from conceptual studies all the way through to the detailed design stage. You’ll also contribute significantly to the development of less experienced colleagues.
Petrobras’ Tupi oil find has the potential to be the largest ever deep-water oil discovery, said energy consultant Wood Mackenzie, but the scale of the find will present "challenges" in developing it.
“Petrobras has estimated recoverable reserves in the (Tupi) area at between 5 and 8 billion barrels. Should this estimate prove to be accurate, this would make Tupi the largest discovery since Kashagan in Kazakhstan in January 2000 and the largest ever deepwater (>400 metres) oil discovery, dwarfing previous big finds in the exploration hotspots of deepwater West Africa and deepwater Gulf of Mexico,” said Wood Mackenzie.
Tupi on its own could transform the outlook for Brazilian oil production, adding between 40% and 60% to Wood Mackenzie’s current estimate of 12.6 billion barrels for Brazil’s remaining 2P reserves, increasing its future export potential hugely.
However, the size and water depth of Tupi means developing it will not be easy from a technology and equipment-access viewpoint.
“Development of subsalt resources in ultra-deep water presents major technology challenges. Seismic imaging of the reservoir may be poor, making estimation of reserves difficult and location of production wells hard to optimise. Subsalt fields elsewhere in the world have experienced drilling problems that have slowed production build-up. These challenges are particularly acute given the high cost of wells in ultra-deep water.”
Petrobras is the operator of Tupi with a 65% interest with partners BG (25%) and GALP (10%).