Reservoir Engineer, CO2 Floods | Midland, TX

Kinder Morgan, Inc.; Midland (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Schedule Offered

Job summary

Kinder Morgan is seeking a Reservoir Engineer for the Midland, TX office to support SACROC operations, applying reservoir management skills to identify and execute CO2 flood projects with a multi-disciplinary team.

The candidate will collaborate with geologists, production and facility engineers, and field staff to optimize project economics, improve recovery, and deliver technically sound recommendations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience in reservoir engineering.
• Position located in Midland, TX.
• Demonstrated ability to use petroleum engineering principles to solve problems and identify enhancement opportunities.
• Proficiency in reservoir engineering and pattern management practices: material balance, injector optimization, conformance improvement, flood pattern surveillance, and performance forecasting.
• Ability to make technically and economically sound recommendations with not all data/information available.
• Good overall practical oilfield operations knowledge.
• Ability to improve the profitability of a field using reservoir analysis.
• Understanding of oil and gas finance in relation to reserves and economics.
• Ability to understand typical well-logging suites.
• Flooding processes exposure: Water-flood and/or CO2 flood experience a plus.
• Experience in developing technical documents such as AFEs, economic analysis, presentations to management, etc. (written and verbal skills).
• Demonstrated initiative and results oriented team member skills.
• Non-supervisory, but expected to take leadership roles in projects.
• Ability to work with a team, take direction from supervisors, keep required work schedules, focus attention on details, and follow work rules.
• Good time management skills. Ability to juggle multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• High proficiency in all required technical and economic software packages.
• MS-Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint proficiency.
• DSS - working knowledge of Production Management Software.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and execute CO2 flood projects for SACROC in Midland, TX.

Skills

Reservoir engineering

Team collaboration

Economic analysis

Data interpretation

Tools

KMWAG

KMPLAN

Job description

Kinder Morgan is seeking a Reservoir Engineer for the Midland, TX office to support SACROC operations, applying reservoir management skills to identify and execute CO2 flood projects with a multi-disciplinary team.

The candidate will collaborate with geologists, production and facility engineers, and field staff to optimize project economics, improve recovery, and deliver technically sound recommendations in a fast-paced environment.