Petroleum Planning and Economics Consultant

19-08-2025
Job Type
Contract
Emp Type
Full Time
Industry
Oil and Gas
Functional Expertise
Countries
Salary Type
Hourly
Salary
Negotiable

Job Description

My Client is an international Service Company who are based in Kuwait. Due to expansion, my client is searching a Petroleum Planning and Economics Consultant for a 3-4 month Contract. The Consultant will be based in Kuwait working in the KOC offices.

The Petroleum Planning & Economics Consultant will be required to have above 15 years experience in:

Upstream asset lifecycle evaluation, portfolio strategy and capital efficiency optimisation.

Reserve economics, including PRMS reserves classification integrating into economic models and value optimisation of contingent resources through investment decisions

Building advanced economic models from exploration to abandonment using methods like Monte Carlo simulation

Calculations of critical risk-adjusted metrics including eNPV, EMV, risked asset value

 

Development Planning

  • Economic screening of development concepts
  • Well count optimization
  • Facility options analysis
  • Development phasing strategies
  • Techno-economic analysis of EOR/IOR projects

Prospect Economics

  • Prospect risking (chance of success)
  • Volumetric uncertainty modeling
  • Portfolio optimization

Essential Skills:

Reservoir to Economics

  • Translating reservoir simulations and decline curves into economic forecasts

Performance Analysis

  • Developing capital efficiency and post-audit project reviews

Cost Integration

  • Incorporating drilling/completion cost trends, LOE forecasts, and tariffs

Portfolio Strategy

  • Strategic portfolio balancing between exploration and development opportunities, and between short-cycle and long-term investments
  • Optimizing capital allocation under various constraints including rig availability, capital limitations

Consultants with experience in the following softwares would be preferred:

Category

Industry Standards

Economics Platforms

ARIES, Quorum, PHDWin

Portfolio Optimization

Spotfire, Power BI, Palantir Foundry

Risk Analysis

@RISK, Crystal Ball, DecisionTools Suite

Data & Analytics

Advanced Excel/VBA, Python (Pandas/NumPy), SQL

If you feel you have the right experience, please feel free to apply

Consultant

Samera Dewan