Consultant - Surface Facility – Production Assurance

About Anton Anton is a globally leading integrated oil and gas value-added management service company committed to delivering resource value-maximizing solutions for clients through three core elements: technology, management, and resources. Headquartered in Dubai with a worldwide business footprint, Anton employs approximately 7,000 professionals from over 30 countries and regions. Anton's long-term vision is to become a world-leading green energy technology service enterprise, growing together with clients and talent while driving high-quality development in the energy industry. About the role Position Title: Consultant - Surface Facility – Production Assurance Work Location: Kuwait Department: On-sync Energy Management Services Company. Job Responsibilities Optimize the integrated production system by balancing well deliverability with surface processing capacity and constraints. Identify and eliminate surface bottlenecks to increase hydrocarbon throughput and reduce production backpressure. Develop, maintain, and analyze integrated surface network models to evaluate fluid flow, pressure drops, and thermal behavior across gathering and production facilities. Provide engineering support for facility modifications, equipment sizing, and debottlenecking projects, including changes in water cut and gas-to-oil ratio. Design, audit, and optimize chemical injection programs for scale, corrosion, asphaltene, hydrate, emulsion, and biological control. Diagnose and resolve complex flow assurance issues, including emulsions, foaming, scaling, wax deposition, and other production restrictions. Manage chemical service providers, establish performance and cost-efficiency KPIs, and oversee laboratory fluid analysis, including PVT, water chemistry, and crude characterization. Monitor and mitigate internal corrosion and erosion risks in pipelines and surface processing equipment. Conduct technical assessments and provide recommendations to improve production efficiency, facility reliability, and asset uptime. Use production surveillance and real-time operational data to identify performance issues and optimize flow efficiency. Support multidisciplinary teams on production optimization, flow assurance, surface facility performance, and technical troubleshooting. Qualification Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related discipline. Master’s degree or PhD is preferred. Minimum 15 years of direct experience in upstream Oil & Gas, with strong experience in surface facilities, production operations, flow assurance, and facility engineering. Advanced hands-on experience with industry-standard process and network modeling software such as HYSYS, PIPESIM, GAP, or OLGA. Proven experience in chemical injection system optimization and auditing, water analysis, crude composition assessment, and surface facility bottleneck/pinch-point analysis. Strong data analytics and production surveillance capabilities, with demonstrated ability to use real-time operational data to improve production efficiency and asset uptime. Strong understanding of surface production systems, gathering networks, separation, gas compression, water handling, chemical treatment, and asset integrity. Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and multidisciplinary coordination skills. Show more Show less