West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) is an indigenous energy company focused on the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources across West Africa headquartered in Lagos State, Nigeria.
WAEP is committed to delivering safe, efficient, and sustainable energy solutions through the application of industry best practices, technological innovation, operational excellence, and environmental stewardship. Our operations are guided by the highest standards of integrity, safety, professionalism, and corporate responsibility as we contribute to energy security and economic growth throughout the region.
WAEP continues to build strategic partnerships that create value for stakeholders while supporting the sustainable development of Africa’s energy sector.Role Purpose
The Senior Petroleum Engineer provides high-level petroleum engineering support for reservoir management, production optimization, reserves maturation, well opportunity generation and field development to maximize hydrocarbon recovery and long-term asset value.
Core Competencies
Reservoir engineering and simulation
Production forecasting and optimization Reservoir surveillance
Reserves and resources evaluation
Well opportunity maturation
Field development planning
Uncertainty and risk analysis Petroleum economics awareness Technical assurance
Multidisciplinary collaboration Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Production forecast accuracy
Quality and timeliness of reservoir studies Maturation of value-adding well opportunities Reserves/resource technical support quality Reservoir surveillance effectiveness Production optimization value delivered
Technical assurance and documentation compliance
Key Responsibilities
Perform integrated reservoir and production engineering studies to support field development and reservoir management decisions.
Develop and update production forecasts, depletion plans and reservoir surveillance programmes.
Evaluate reservoir and well performance using pressure, production, PVT and other subsurface data.
Identify and mature infill drilling, workover, intervention and production optimization opportunities.
Support static/dynamic model integration, history matching. forecasting and uncertainty evaluation.
Contribute to reserves and resources estimation, classification, maturation and reporting
Provide petroleum engineering input to Field Development Plans, annual work programmes, budgets and investment proposals.
Work closely with Geology, Geophysics, Petrophysics, Wells, Production and Facilities teams to optimize development decisions.
Participate in well planning well performance reviews, technical assurance and post-well evaluations.
Coach less-experienced engineers and promote strong technical standards, documentation and knowledge sharing.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
Relevant Master’s Degree is an added advantage.
Minimum 10-12 years’ relevant upstream E&P petroleum/reservoir engineering experience.
Relevant professional engineering membership or certification is desirable.