Production Engineer NE and Central AB Team Information

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Canadian Natural Resources Limited

Canadian Natural’s goal has always been to run our business and run it well, executing on our projects and creating value for our shareholders. That is what we have focused on for the past twenty years, and it is what we continue to focus on. Our asset base is strong and balanced. We have crude oil and natural gas conventional operations in domestic and international basins, along with a world class oil sands mining operation.1989Shallow gas basin of Alberta was the modern iteration of the Co... Read More

Address	2500, 855 - 2 Street S.W. Calgary, AB T2P 4J8
Website	www.cnrl.com/
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Production Engineer NE and Central AB Team

THE OPPORTUNITY:
The Production Engineer will have responsibility for the production of the following within Central and North-Eastern Alberta:
• conventional dry gas
• heavy oil under CHOPS production
• carbonate and sandstone bearing light oil under conventional and waterflood recovery techniques
• horizontal multi frac light Cardium oil
• liquids rich natural gas potential in NC/NE Alberta

Note – Regular travel to the field is required.

• Work with other team members (Exploitation, Exploration, Land and Field Operations) to meet the production and financial targets in area of responsibility
• Liaise with Production Accounting, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Joint Ventures and Commercial Operations as required
• Work with team to recommend optimum depletion strategies to maximize the company’s assets
• Work closely with Field Operations to ensure that production is optimized and operating costs are within the company’s targets
• Participate in Exploration by helping to organize an effective execution plan and liaising with Surface Land and Operations to determine and design new pipelines and facilities
• Research, evaluate and recommend completion/work over candidates focusing on inactive wells to maximize the company’s oil and natural gas production
• Work with team members to generate area production and operating budgets
• Provide preliminary scoping and design for proposed facility and pipeline construction and upgrades and work with the Field Operations and Facilities teams to finalize these designs
• Provide cost estimates for and approve AFEs and mail ballots for wells and facilities, and check and approve related invoicing
• Responsible for tracking team capital expenditures and comparing to budget

HOW WILL YOU MAKE YOUR MARK?
• Maximize the company’s hydrocarbon production by identifying, evaluating and recommending recompletion/workover candidates focusing on inactive wells
• Recommend optimum depletion strategies while working with team members ( Exploitation, Exploration and Field Operations
• Advance Canadian Natural’s projects by providing preliminary scoping and design for the creation of proposed facilities, pipeline construction and upgrades and by working with Field Operations and Facilities teams to finalize these designs
• Optimize production while simultaneously maximizing the value of company’s assets
• Encourage safety awareness to prevent accidents within operations

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Typically 4+ years of industry experience with Engineering Degree or equivalent
• Registration or eligibility for registration with APEGA as a P. Eng
• Familiarity with and understanding of:
o surface and down hole production operations (oil and natural gas)
o water flooding
o artificial lift methods
o compression and property evaluations

• Strong knowledge of completions, workovers and production facilities and pipelines and shallow gas experience would be considered an asset

HEALTH AND SAFETY:
At Canadian Natural, safety is a core value. We conduct all of our operations in a way that identifies, minimizes and mitigates harm to the health and safety of employees, contractors, the public and the environment.

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Vacancy type:	Full Time	Contact Mode:	not provided
Fax:	403-517-7350	Contact Name:	not provided
Job Duration:	not provided	Phone:	403-517-6700
Email:	investor.relations@cnrl.com