Tech Specialist - Res. Engineering
Shell · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Full-time · Senior · Posted 18 days ago
, India Job Family Group: Information and Data Worker Type: Regular Posting
Start Date: May 22, 2026 Business Unit: Projects and Technology Experience
Level: Experienced Professionals Job Description: What's the role Technical
Specialist for Reservoir Engineering is expected to be connected with various
subsurface and reservoir engineering colleagues in assets and streamline and
document the data management process. Scope of the work covers also help for the
Well, Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM) community in extracting the
required data for any WRFM review process, as well as help for the assets in
capturing fluid, pressure, reservoir properties and managing key subsurface
uncertainties. You are expected to have good Knowledge of reservoir performance
analysis and maturation of hydrocarbon volumes. Experience in analyzing and
reporting Hydrocarbon Resource volume data, Subsurface/Production Benchmarking,
Annual Business Planning and Reserves Reporting to SEC are added advantage.
What you'll be doing Work closely with Assets / Reservoir Engineers in
maintaining and providing necessary access / data for various reservoir studies
/ reviews Understand and provide support on necessary reports & workflows during
the annual reporting cycles (internal and external) Lead Reserves Reporting and
Subsurface Benchmarking on behalf of the Asset. Integrate subsurface data types
such as production, pressures, etc. to present meaningful insights using
industry standard data visualization tools. Perform quality check and connect
with relevant stakeholders for verification / rectification. Support Assets with
Reserves estimation and classification and reporting, Decline Curve Analysis
(DCA) based Production Forecasting, Well Test interpretation and Material
Balance (MBAL) Modelling. Participate in reservoir engineering network and share
key achievements and challenges. Be a team player and coach /train other
colleagues in reservoir engineering process / workflows as required. Work with
multiple senior stakeholders and adopting various tools and workflows. Analyze
multiple, large and ambiguous datasets, incorporating risk and uncertainty
appropriately to support decisions with incomplete information. Demystify
process complexity and identify simplification opportunities. Work in
non-regular shifts to align with asset time zones. What you bring University
Degree in Geoscience, Reservoir engineering, Petroleum Engineering or relevant
Preferably with at least 6 years of experience in relevant areas such as Field
Development Planning, Reservoir Studies, Estimation and Production Forecasting,
Business Planning, Annual Reserves Reporting Process, Project Maturation
Processes. Good Data Management skills in identifying data sources, analyzing
data quality, and providing reliable data. Understanding of various data types
such as production, injection, fluid, pressure, reservoir properties etc. Strong
process knowledge in Subsurface & WRFM with proven ability to work on
Exploration and Development activities. Strong working experience in the
Reservoir Engineering related applications (OFM, IPM-Petex, Kappa-WS) will be
advantageous. Skills in Data analysis (using Python), data integration (using
VBA, Power Query) and visualization (using Spotfire, PowerBI) are added
advantage. Experience in applying Continuous Improvement methods for process
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