Senior Production Engineer

Oil Authority; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

bp energy seeks a Production Engineer to support the Eagle Ford Operations team based in Denver, CO. The role focuses on maximizing asset value through robust production engineering practices, downhole optimization, and artificial lift lifecycle management.

You will collaborate with field staff and management to drive reliability, cost performance, and intervention planning, with travel up to 25% to field sites and partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required.
• 7–15 years of experience in production or petroleum engineering.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% to meet with field team and partners.

Responsibilities

• Own production optimization and well performance for Eagle Ford wells.
• Review and explain solutions to improve daily production.
• Support field operations with rapid response engineering.
• Collect failure data, perform RCFA, and implement cost-reducing interventions.
• Develop optimized artificial lift lifecycle for all wells.
• Manage frac-hit mitigation programs for BPX and offset completions.
• Engage with development team on choke management and AL lifecycle.
• Manage chemical treatment and flow assurance programs.
• Oversee mechanical integrity for downhole equipment.
• Project manage engineered solutions including budgets and schedules.
• Travel up to 25% to field and partners.

Skills

Production optimization

Well performance

Field troubleshooting

Project management

Economic analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

Job Family Group:

Engineering Group

Job Description:

bpx energy, a major oil and gas producer in the United States, leverages its expertise in unconventional gas, including shale, to deliver hydrocarbon production and technical knowledge worldwide. With operations in Texas and Louisiana, our US onshore business has become both a premier oil and gas producer and a leader in reducing methane emissions.

As part of BP, a global industry leader, we foster a high-energy, high-intensity environment built on accountability, collegiality, innovation, and empowerment. At bpx, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment where collaboration, continuous improvement, and inclusion are valued.

Discover your place with us and help our business meet the challenges of reimagining and reinventing the future of energy.

Role Synopsis

We are seeking a highly motivated Production Engineer to support the BPX Eagle Ford Operations team. The Eagle Ford is the cash flow engine of BPX with significant annual capital investment and a long-term plan to profitably grow production.

This role will work closely with field staff, other engineers, and management to apply Production Engineering practices to maximize the value of the Eagle Ford asset. This role will be responsible for executing a consistent well performance management cadence, with specific focus to the downhole and artificial lift engineering, downhole integrity surveillance, and route level LOS optimization for assigned wells.

The Eagle Ford Operations engineering team is based out of Denver, CO.

Key Accountabilities

• Own production optimization and well performance for subset of wells in the Eagle Ford BU inclusive of plan, forecast, actuals, underperformance identification and associated intervention actions, and AL strategy by well.
• Review, explain, and recommend solutions to drive improvements in daily production performance.
• Support field operations team through rapid response engineering and troubleshooting support.
• Work with operations team to collect failure data, determine RCFA, and develop and execute projects to reduce failures, reduce cost of failures, and improve production reliability and safety.
• Review, analyze, and improve cost performance across LOE and workover expense categories.
• Develop and implement an optimized artificial lift lifecycle for all wells in the Eagle Ford asset.
• Manage program and develop procedures for frac-hit mitigation for BPX and OBO offset completions.
• Effectively engage with development team to determine new well choke management strategy and AL lifecycle considerations for optimal well performance
• Manage and optimize chemical treatment and flow assurance programs
• Manage and optimize mechanical integrity for downhole equipment and components to extend AL and wellbore survivability
• Project manage implementation of engineered solutions: budgets, project economic analysis, resources, schedule, handover to field operations, and post project appraisals
• We will expect travel to the field up to 25% percent of the time to meet with the field team and critical contractual partners.

Essential Experience and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 7-15 years experience in production / petroleum engineering

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledgeable in gas lift, rod lift, plunger lift, and GAPL/PAGL design, troubleshooting and optimization
• Experience with choke management and nodal analysis to implement optimal drawdown and FBHP management
• Experience with cost modeling, root cause analysis,