About the Role
West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) is a leading indigenous energy company dedicated to the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources across West Africa. Headquartered in Lagos, we drive sustainable energy solutions through innovation, operational excellence, and environmental stewardship. We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Production Technologist to provide vital technical leadership for well and production-system performance, ensuring safe, reliable, and maximized economic hydrocarbon production.
Key Responsibilities- Monitor and analyze well performance to identify operational constraints, underperformance, and value-adding production optimization opportunities.
- Perform nodal analysis and well-performance modeling to optimize tubing, choke, artificial-lift, and operating strategies.
- Identify, evaluate, and mature well intervention, stimulation, workover, and overall production-enhancement opportunities.
- Provide critical production technology input for new well designs, completion strategies, and comprehensive Field Development Plans.
- Analyze well-test, pressure, production, and fluid data to accurately diagnose well and near-wellbore performance issues.
- Support well integrity surveillance and remediation planning in close collaboration with Wells and Operations teams.
- Develop robust production forecasts and opportunity portfolios while tracking realized production gains against the operational plan.
- Provide technical assurance, mentor junior engineering staff, and document industry best practices.
- Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
- A relevant Master's Degree will be an added advantage.
- Minimum of 10 to 12 years of relevant upstream production technology and production engineering experience.
- Relevant professional engineering membership or certification is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated expertise in integrated production-system modelling, artificial lift, and production forecasting.
- Competitive salary reflective of industry standards.
- Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employee and dependents.
- Opportunities for professional development, advanced training, and global industry networking.
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment contributing directly to regional energy security.