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Economist – Oil & Gas
Location: Aberdeen or Uxbridge
Contract: 12 months
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Petroleum Economist to support a major operator within the UK energy sector.
This is an excellent opportunity for an established Economist with strong knowledge of the UK oil & gas fiscal regime and experience delivering economic evaluations across development, brownfield, decommissioning, and strategic investment opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Delivering economic evaluations for investment opportunities across the UK.
- Supporting development, brownfield, decommissioning, and other strategic projects.
- Presenting economic analysis to Joint Venture partners.
- Supporting project Gate Reviews and preparing associated Gate documentation.
- Providing economic input into project approvals, Strategic Plans, and annual Work Programme & Budget processes.
- Supporting impairment and reserves reviews and Decommissioning Security Agreements.
- Participating in Peer Reviews and identifying requirements for Economics Peer Assists.
- Completing economic lookbacks on major expenditure to assess value creation and capital efficiency.
- Supporting commercial analysis, including tariff and cost-sharing negotiations.
- Supporting wider planning activities and ad hoc economic analysis as required.
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What We're Looking For
We are looking for an experienced Petroleum Economist who can demonstrate:
- Strong experience completing UK oil & gas economic evaluations.
- Expert knowledge of the UK oil & gas fiscal regime.
- Previous experience working as the Economist within multidisciplinary project evaluation teams.
- Strong economic modelling experience, including the ability to review the work of other Economists.
- Experience supporting commercial evaluations, including tariff/cost-share negotiations and Decommissioning Security Agreements.
- Exposure to Geology & Geophysics, Reservoir Engineering, Facilities Engineering, and Planning.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to communicate economic analysis to senior leadership.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel capability.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
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If you are an experienced Petroleum Economist with a strong UKCS background and would like to discuss the opportunity, please apply via LinkedIn.
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