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Reservoir Engineer

KBR

Basra, Al Başrah, IraqMid
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Location
Basra, Al Başrah, Iraq
Work model
On-Site
Level
Mid
Posted
Aug 17, 2026

About this role

Title: Reservoir Engineer Job Title:                          Reservoir Engineer Company:                          KBR Location :                           Basra Iraq Employment Type:           Full-time, Contract Rotation:                            28/28 Required Nationals         Any About Company "Belong, Connect, Grow, with KBR! The KBR team delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals. KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets." Job purpose The Reservoir engineer is part of the Well Reservoir Facilities Management team in the Petroleum Engineering Department. The primary job purpose is to ensure asset value maximization, development planning and optimization decisions. The incumbent is also need to ensure the optimum recovery of remaining reserves and production within optimal operating envelope.

Duties and responsibilities

Overview and participate in in-house reservoir studies and provide technical consultation support to internal/external reservoir studies (validation, assess quality of deliverables). Check with the Study Team on the dynamic simulation model for short, medium and long term production forecasts and design a reservoir management strategy. Support the Study Team to update the reservoir simulation model for field development plans, depletion planning, forecast and reserves assessment. Daily reservoir production and performance monitoring in order to meet production criteria while adhering to prudent reservoir management plan. Formulate, review and enhance reservoir management and surveillance plans. Evaluate opportunities to improve reservoir ultimate recovery and production targets. Provide support to other groups for well intervention, proposal, data acquisition and reservoir evaluation. Provide technical advice and support on infill, appraisal and development drilling. Get production forecasts from the Study Team (simulation models and/or other acceptable reservoir engineering techniques). Conduct well and reservoir review, present recommendation to team and stakeholders as required. Ensure a comprehensive range in subsurface uncertainties understanding has been thoroughly evaluated and passed on to develop production forecast, input, assumptions for WPB, STPF/LTPF etc. Ensure integration and consistency between engineering and geological interpretations by close collaboration with the Study Team and other professionals (Production Technologist, Petrophysicists, geologists, geophysicist, operations and facilities engineers) Evaluate new technologies and applications to the reservoirs to improve ultimate recovery and encourage knowledge sharing amongst peers and colleagues. Mentoring and training and enhance capability of less experienced colleagues and junior staff in all aspects of surveillance and reservoir management.

Qualifications

Degree in Petroleum Engineering In-depth knowledge of reservoir management. Experience and good technical knowledge and understanding of reservoir drives mechanism, stimulation design, well test analysis, decline curve analysis, production forecast and artificial lifts applications. Previously working in a multi-cultural and multi-nationalities team. Knowledge of well completion, intervention, drilling and workover procedures and regulations. Oil and Gas, Wells design and integrity monitoring and management from

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