Production Chemist

Lagos, Nigeria

Job Family Group:

Production Engineering Upstream

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

July 3, 2026

Business Unit:

Upstream

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What's the role

As a Production Chemist, you will be responsible for providing expert production chemistry support to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective hydrocarbon production. You will focus on flow assurance, chemical management, water quality control, corrosion and scale mitigation, and continuous optimization of production systems.

What you'll be doing

You will provide Production Chemistry (PChem) support for new projects (BN/HI/ND) and Well Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM) production optimization and restoration activities. You will manage Production Chemistry laboratories to deliver high-quality analytical data within agreed turnaround times, maintain applicable laboratory certifications, and provide technical assurance for third-party laboratory service providers. Review and approve technical interpretations, recommendations, and reports, while overseeing chemical and laboratory service contracts, supporting compliance with statutory regulations, delivering field chemistry services, and acting as the Asset Chemical Management System custodian.

• Provide Production Chemistry (PChem) discipline expertise across the E&P lifecycle, from drilling to abandonment/projects, including technical input to new projects, MOCs, and technical studies.
• Support production optimization and restoration activities as part of the integrated Well Reservoir and Facility Management (WRFM) Team by interpreting production chemistry data and trends, identifying risks, and recommending corrective actions.
• Monitor and control flow assurance risks, including corrosion, scale, hydrates, emulsions, and fouling, while providing technical input to Asset Integrity, Flow Assurance, and Reliability teams.
• Support start-ups, shutdowns, well interventions, and production upsets from a chemistry perspective, while facilitating the acquisition of quality analytical data to support production and field development.
• Lead or support Production Chemistry Improvement Plans (PCIP), continuous improvement initiatives, and at least one discipline specialist area (Process or Well Fluids), including the implementation of innovative solutions to improve production efficiency and reduce operating costs.
• Manage chemical selection, qualification, performance evaluation, consumption optimization, and cost control to meet OPEX targets, while interfacing with chemical vendors and implementing the Chemical Management System (CMS) in SNEPCO.
• Ensure compliance with HSE standards, regulatory requirements, and company procedures by promoting the safe handling, storage, and application of production chemicals, while supporting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) monitoring and reasonable assurance compliance.
• Collaborate effectively with production, operations, subsurface, facilities, and procurement teams, while embedding the Ensure Quality Product (EQP) process as part of SNEPCO SEAM implementation.

What you bring

• University graduate, preferably in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, with a minimum of 8 years of cognate E&P experience, including at least 5 years within an oilfield production chemistry team
• Must demonstrate a minimum skill level in at least three Production Chemistry (PChem) discipline competency areas i.e. Drilling fluids chemistry, Process Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, hydrocarbon/water separation, Internal Corrosion and Production Systems Optimization
• Possesses strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills
• Demonstrates competency in Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) and Quality Management Systems
• Has knowledge of Contracting principles and processes
• Has knowledge of Project Management and Laboratory Information Management Systems (SampleManager LIMS)
• Has knowledge of Chemical Management Systems (ProSteward)

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Shell

Who We Are

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing 103,000 people and with operations in more than 70 countries. We use advanced technologies and take an innovative approach as we seek to help the world build a sustainable energy future.

Shell is a customer-focused organisation, serving more than 1 million commercial and industrial customers, and around 33 million customers daily at more than 47,000 Shell-branded retail service stations.

Our approach

Powering Progress sets our strategy to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050, generating value for our shareholders, our customers and wider society. As we move forward on this journey, we will power lives and respect nature while maintaining our core values of honesty, integrity, and respect for people.

Our values

At Shell, we share a set of core values - honesty, integrity and respect for people - which underpin all the work we do. The Shell General Business Principles, Code of Conduct and Ethics and Compliance Manual help everyone at Shell act in line with these values and comply with relevant laws and regulations.

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Principal Accountabilities:

• Support new projects (BN/HI/ND) to deliver P.Chem scopes
• Support WRFM production optimization and restoration activities
• Manage PChem. labs to deliver high quality data within agreed turn-around-time
• Maintain applicable certifications for all labs
• Make/review interpretations, recommendations and approve technical reports
• Provide technical assurance for 3rd party labs providing services to SNEPCO
• Chemical and lab services contract management
• Support compliance with relevant statutory regulations
• Provide field chemistry services
• Asset Chemical Management System custodian

Challenges:

• Increasing complexity of Wells and applications that require lab and field chemistry support
• Managing increasing number of fields, third party labs and contractor activities
• Maintenance of routine and specialized analytical equipment
• Implementing fit-for-purpose conventional, novel, analytical and chemical technologies
• Safe execution of chemistry related activities in a hazardous work environment

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