Petroleum Engineer
Halliburton
Basra, BA, IQ, 61001 · Posted October 30, 2026
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About the job
We are looking for the right people — people who want to innovate, achieve, grow and lead. We attract and retain the best talent by investing in our employees and empowering them to develop themselves and their careers. Experience the challenges, rewards and opportunity of working for one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the global energy industry.
Job Duties
Responsible for the analysis and tracking of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual oil production, water and pressure production trends;
Discovers and reports abnormal wells and analyses the preliminary reasons and acquire new data;
Implement and coordinate the implementation of production wells and water wells intervention;
According to the production operation plan and reservoir characteristics, propose the suggestion of adjusting the production parameters of the oil well and implement the plan after approval;
Be responsible for arranging data acquiring and arranging for sending oil samples;
Ensure that the basic data of well oil, casing pressure, daily oil production and water content are reliable.
Qualifications
A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, with substantial hands-on production engineering.
Undergraduate degree in Petroleum engineering, Geology, Geophysics or Applied sciences
Field development and production management experience working directly (preferred) or indirectly on a producing field for an oil & gas operator.
Solid grounding in subsurface uncertainty assessment and risk management
Experience in Well Optimization, integrated production system optimization and production enhancement, particularly for mature fields.
Strong exposure to well performance analysis, nodal analysis, flow assurance risks/mitigation, production system modeling & software.
Experience working with artifitial lift systems (ESP, PCP, Gas lift, Rod pumps, etc.)
Experience executing surveillance programs as well as identifying, maturing and delivering well intevention, workover and recompletion opportunities.
Exposure to mature or brownfield assets.
Iraq/ Middle East/ N Africa experience.
Experience working rotational in an emerging country with experience mentoring national employees.
Team leadership and Supervisory experience
Requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely with geologists, engineers, contractors and asset teams to successfully execute projects from concept to operation; over time, incumbent will become very knowledgeable of HAL technologies and solutions experience together with the exploitation methodologies and technologies that other companies apply.
Halliburton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation .
Location
Oils Opertion ST,N°29 Burjesia, Basra, Basrah, 61001, Iraq
Job Details
Requisition Number: 210433 Experience Level: Experienced Hire Job Family: Operations Product Service Line: Halliburton Project Management Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
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Compensation Information Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.