Petroleum Reservoir Engineer
PO&G Resources is a rapidly growing, twenty-five year-old private oil and gas company. Due to ongoing growth and acquisitions, the company is hiring a Senior Reservoir Engineer.
Basic Function:
This position will be located at the company's Houston Galleria headquarters. The reservoir engineer is a key team member in collaboration with the companys operation engineers and field personnel to optimize the production and ultimate reserves from our conventional oil and gas assets. The reservoir engineer will prepare reserve analyses and coordinate with our third-party engineering firm in preparing the annual reserve report. The ideal candidate will have practical experience in waterflood optimizations as well as identifying opportunities to increase reserves at wells undergoing primary recovery. Ability to economically evaluate investment options a must.
Roles and Responsibilities include:
- Identify, prioritize, present, and monitor oil and gas development and exploitation projects to increase production and reserves
- Identify reservoir mechanics and predict potential for additional recovery
- Research field and well histories
- Analyze cased hole and open hole well logs
- Analyze pressure and production/injection data
- Produce structure, production, isobaric, and isopach maps
- Compile relevant oil and gas field data into a complete history and plan for future development
- Evaluate economics and profitability of potential projects for the company
- Work in an integrated team with operations engineers to progress reserve add projects to an executable status
- Prepare reserve reports for bank and annual reports
- Coordinate with accounting, and land departments as required
- Identify, evaluate, recommend, and execute opportunities to maximize value through infill drilling, recompletions, well reactivations, waterflood optimizations, injection well conversions, etc.
Qualifications:
- B.S. in Petroleum, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum seven (7) years oil and gas experience with minimum five (5) years reservoir engineering experience
- Proven ability to generate investment opportunities
Skills and Competencies:
- Represent company in a positive, professional manner at all times and in all interactions
- Accountable for actions and results
- Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with internal and external customers
- Ability to act with a high degree of independence
- Self-motivated with a high level of individual initiative
- Ability to conduct detailed reservoir evaluations and studies
- Ability to integrate geological data into reservoir analysis
- Ability to complete multiple, diverse tasks of differing priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with specific ability to translate complex information into an organized and presentable manner
- Excellent project management, administrative, and organization skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to make technically and economically sound recommendations with incomplete information
- Excellent time management skills with ability to manage multiple assignments concurrently and meet deadlines
- Clear understanding of business drivers and their implication in development projects
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex data sets
- Proficiency in PHDwin and geologic mapping tools (Petra) a plus
Company Description:
PO&G acquires conventional and unconventional oil and gas properties and increases their value by improving operations such as artificial lift, water flood optimization, and vertical infill drilling. The company's current oil and gas properties are located in: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Utah and Mississippi. West Texas, Wyoming, and Oklahoma are the company's largest operating regions. Current gross / net production is 5,000 / 3,500 BOE/D. The company plans to continue its historical growth rate by doubling production every three years.
The company thrives as a result of its opportunistic, entrepreneurial culture, and has attracted select, high-impact personnel from a variety of oil companies and Wall Street firms. Company employees have the opportunity to involve themselves in a broad range of new activities as properties are acquired, providing constant challenge and growth opportunities. Direct exposure to top management ensures a rewarding, non-bureaucratic work environment.
Additional company information is available at www.pogresources.com.