Production Chemist

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**ExxonMobil’s affiliates in India**:
ExxonMobil’s affiliates have offices in India in Bengaluru, Mumbai and the National Capital Region.

ExxonMobil’s affiliates in India supporting the Product Solutions business engage in the marketing, sales and distribution of performance as well as specialty products across chemicals and lubricants businesses. The India planning teams are also embedded with global business units for business planning and analytics.

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**What role you will play in our team**:
The production chemist will lead the development, execution and optimization of global Oilfield Chemical programs inclusive of asset integrity, flow assurance and production/process optimization. Primary responsibilities include identification and management of downside risks and upside opportunities related to inorganic scale, wax, asphaltenes, corrosion, biological growth, calcium naphthenates, hydrates (LDHIs & AAs) production operation and phase behavior issues, and water treatment. Familiarity with other commodity and specialty chemicals such as viscosity reducing agents (VRAs), drag reducing agents (DRAs), pour point depressants, demulsifiers, foamers, and antifoam is preferred. Familiarity with artificial lift methods may be a plus but is not required.

**What you will do**:

- Develop technical scopes of work and associated chemical testing procedures for evaluation and selection of new/replacement chemicals
- Develop and optimize chemical treatment programs and methods to meet asset integrity and production goals, which minimizing upsets and downtime
- Develop and optimize chemical monitoring programs to monitor/surveil both chemical treatment and chemical performance for both integrity and flow assurance
- Serve as Company production chemistry SME, engaging with chemical suppliers to review proposals and provide revised/new recommendations as needed. Lead and coordinate interfaces between asset engineering & operations teams, chemical vendors and project teams to converge on optimized chemical program solutions. Develop and optimize tools, templates, procedures, etc. underpinning this work area. Support implementation of digitalization and implement methods to better visualize program effectiveness and cost management
- Train, mentor and develop less experienced engineers
- Leverage global SME network, and steward lessons learned and knowledge management platforms to leverage key lessons learned between global OFC(oil field chemistry) program design, execution and optimization
- Influence decision making in OFC research and/or technology development
- Transfer lessons learned and best practices across sites
- Lead/Participate in TSA (Total System Analysis) and CMT (Chemical Management Team) activities. Influencing teams to enhance asset performance
- Support the planning and budgeting process for Oilfield Chemicals Program (i.e., monthly actual consumption & spend, collaborate with chemicals vendor and operations / technical teams to develop annual budgets, etc.), looking for enhancements in purchasing, logistics, treatment rates, and supply management
- Support Contract Administration, reporting and stewardship activities (i.e., coordinate with contract owner/administrator to steward quarterly meetings, track contract administration KPIs, evaluate chemical contractor performance, provide feedback to contract owner and contractor for improvement, work with contractor to resolve any gaps, etc.)
- Support Operations on Regulatory Complianc