Production Engineer

Verdun Oil Company; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading oil and gas firm in Houston is seeking a Production Engineer to oversee operations and optimize production for wells and facilities. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in engineering and 5-9 years of experience in production engineering. Expertise in gas lift design and nodal analysis is essential. Join a collaborative team where your expertise will drive innovation and success.

Qualifications

• 5-9 years of production engineering experience in unconventional shale plays.
• Expert knowledge of production engineering and operations, including well intervention.
• Proficiency in writing production procedures.

Responsibilities

• Oversee operations and production optimization for wells and facilities.
• Monitor production volumes using software platforms to drive optimization.
• Assist in economic feasibility of well production enhancement opportunities.

Skills

Nodal analysis expertise

Gas lift design

Production surveillance techniques

Proficiency with MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in petroleum, chemical, or mechanical engineering

Tools

Power BI

Wellview

Cygnet

Aries

Job description

Join our team and shape the future with us! At Verdun Oil Company, we believe in empowering our employees to innovate, grow, and make a real impact. Whether you2re just starting out or looking to advance your career, you2ll find a supportive, collaborative environment where your talents are valued and your contributions make a difference. Discover endless opportunities to learn, lead, and succeed with us!

Production Engineer

Houston, TX
Full Time

Description

Position Summary

This position is responsible for working with the field organization to oversee operations and production optimization for all wells, facilities, gathering systems, and compressors in the responsible area. The candidate will require expert knowledge of gas lift design and monitoring as well as nodal analysis. This position will work with field and office staff to achieve efficient operating costs through operating practices, reviews, and hands-on field optimization. The candidate will also be responsible for maximizing production from the field on a total and per-well basis while driving the Company culture of hands-on leadership support from technical experts to field-based operations. The position is based in our Houston Office with up to 25% travel to the field.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must possess the skills or be responsible for the following:

• Responsible for applying lessons learned to improve production by designing, installing, optimizing, and monitoring artificial lift, and performing necessary facility modifications, including the use of sucker rod pumps, gas lift, plunger lift, plunger-assisted gas lift, and jet pump systems.
• Responsible for monitoring production volumes utilizing Cygnet (Scada) and Power BI software platforms to optimize the production system from the reservoir to the sales point. Create production trends to interpret production data and drive system optimization.
• Responsible for daily cost tracking and auditing to ensure quality data and leveraging that data to lower lifting costs. Assist with identifying daily out-of-range cost parameters & develop ways to decrease out-of-range cost creep.
• Responsible for monitoring, KPI reporting, and summarizing production chemical usage to track trends in chemical costs and consumption, allowing for optimization.
• Responsible for production economics, production forecasting, and modeling using ARIES.
• Responsible for Lease Operating Expense KPI reporting and improvement by providing technical and financial analysis support to field operations to control and reduce LOE while maintaining system integrity. Accountable for an area s Lease Operating Statements and providing support for the annual budget process.
• Assist with developing AFEs, including the high-level scope of work summarization related to project costing required to analyze project economics for viability.
• Assist the workover operations team in determining the economic feasibility of well production enhancement opportunities, provide cost estimates, and draft workover procedures. Support field operations with scheduling and execution of the procedures.
• Assist drilling, completions, and workover teams as needed with good design, completion, workover, and well intervention through tubing operations, coiled tubing, electric line, slick line, and production optimization.
• Ability to travel to field locations several days a month to support the operations team.

All other duties and tasks as assigned by the direct supervisor or manager.

Qualifications & Skills

The qualifications and skills listed below represent those required to complete the essential duties listed above successfully.

Education/Experience

Bachelors degree in petroleum, chemical, or mechanical engineering.

5-9 years of production engineering experience in unconventional shale plays.

Other Skills & Requirements

Expertise in nodal analysis models to maximize well performance is required.

Expertise in gas lift design and monitoring is required.

Expert knowledge of production engineering and operations, including well intervention, artificial lift optimization, compression, depletion planning, and facility design, is preferred.

Proficiency with writing production procedures, oil and gas processing design and operations, and production surveillance techniques preferred.

Computer Skills

Proficiency with the MS Office suite required, including Power BI.

Experienced with Wellview, Cygnet, and Aries preferred.