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Reservoir Engineering

As a Reservoir Engineer, you’ll evaluate field performance opportunities and perform reservoir modeling studies to enhance hydrocarbon production. Your objective is to maximize the value of both exploration and production properties.

Who we hire
What you’ll do
Where you’ll work

Who we hire

We’re looking for individuals with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Petroleum, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, as well as other Engineering disciplines with previous oil industry experience.

What you’ll do

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Estimating reserves and forecasting for property evaluations and development planning
  • Carrying out reservoir simulation studies to optimize recoveries
  • Predicting reserves and performance for well proposals
  • Predicting and evaluating water flood and enhanced recovery performance
  • Developing and applying reservoir optimization techniques
  • Developing cost-effective reservoir monitoring and surveillance programs
  • Performing reservoir characterization studies
  • Analyzing pressure transients
  • Designing and coordinating petro-physical studies
  • Analyzing the economics and risk assessments of major development programs
  • Estimating reserves for producing properties

Where you’ll work

As a Production, Reservoir, Completion or Drilling Engineer, you’ll start your career in the U.S. in:

  • Houston or Midland, Texas
  • Bakersfield, California
  • New Orleans or Lafayette, Louisiana
  • Evanston, Wyoming

International locations may include Perth, Australia and Aberdeen, Scotland.