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Stimulation Engineer

  • Location:

    Erbil

  • Sector:

    Oil & Gas

  • Contact:

    Dina Mahmood

  • Job ref:

    5500

  • Published:

    15 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    2026-06-04

mselect is looking to hire a Stimulation Engineer for an international oil and gas operator in Erbil, Iraq. Candidates must have 5–8 years of experience in stimulation engineering, strong expertise in stimulation design and execution, and hands-on experience with coiled tubing and well interventions. Fluency in Kurdish and English is a must.

Job Summary
The role is responsible for designing, planning, coordinating, and supporting the execution of stimulation interventions in naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs to optimise production and injection safely and cost-effectively.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work closely with service companies to achieve optimum design of planned stimulation (recipe, pump schedule and flowback)
  • Writing of specialised stimulation intervention programs for wells in fractured carbonates to achieve safe, technically sound and cost-efficient treatment
  • Develop detailed well stimulation cost estimates for assessing the economic viability of the intervention
  • Design and execute quality assurance/quality control, and perform post-job analysis for well stimulations
  • Determine production improvement potential for wells. Perform studies and projects assuring adequacy and conformance to overall objectives of all phases of problems in areas including stimulation, production, well design/testing programs, reservoir flow properties & fluid studies
  • Working closely with the organisation, you will plan, monitor and validate well surveillance activities to ensure well integrity
  • Identify, evaluate, and select potential vendors to support well simulations
  • Maintain safety as a core principle in every aspect of the job and serve as a safety leader
  • Manage the post-well operations reporting process to ensure the optimisation of operational data collation and interrogation to be used for continuous design and operational improvement
  • Provide input into the specification of completion and well intervention-related equipment and services in accordance with company procedures
  • Work closely with the sub-surface team to ensure reservoir requirements are delivered
  • Work between the field and the office, particularly during stimulation operations
  • Provide coverage for the Senior Stimulation Engineer during his rotation leave

Requirements

Required Qualifications and Experience:
  • Minimum education: Bachelor's Degree
  • A minimum of 5–8 years in Stimulation engineering
  • Significant experience with naturally fractured carbonates
  • Experience with coiled tubing and interventions
  • Demonstrated expertise in at least one industry-leading hydraulic fracturing simulation software (e.g. Stim Plan, Kinetix, GOHFER)
  • Proficiency in petrophysical and mechanical property logs, Nodal Analysis, and advanced IP and EUR strategies
  • Familiarity with reservoir engineering workflows and software (e.g. Petrel, Echelon)
Key Attributes:
  • Good understanding of well–reservoir interaction in fractured carbonates
  • Flexible to travel to the field when needed (Kurdistan/Iraq)
  • Team player
  • Open to sharing experience and open to new ideas
  • Achievement focus and practical
  • Committed to safety as a value


*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.