Well Operations Technician III

Apache Corporation; Garden City (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Well Operations Technician III, responsible for optimizing well operations from flowback to abandonment. You will lead troubleshooting efforts, mentor teams, and ensure efficient use of artificial lift systems. A role for an experienced technician seeking to make an impact in the oil and gas industry.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Well Operations is required.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work on several projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Optimize all wells through its entire life cycle.
• Lead failure meetings and troubleshoot wells.
• Mentor lease operators on troubleshooting.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Problem-Solving

Team Collaboration

Education

High School Degree or GED

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Specific Responsibilities

The Well Operations Technician is a technical position that is responsible for the optimization of all wells through its entire life cycle, from flowback to Plug & Abandonment. This position is expected to become an expert on all forms of surface operations and downhole artificial lift, including Rod Pump, ESP, Plunger Lift, Gas Lift, PAGL, Intermittent Lift, Jet Pump, and Progressive Cavity Pump.

• Communicate with the engineering team to choose the correct forms of artificial lift, troubleshoot wells, test new forms of technology, and minimize failure rates.
• Lead failure meetings to identify root causes and improvement opportunities with cross-function team of engineering, workover, chemical and lease operator representatives.
• Install calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair pump off controllers, radios, and drives.
• Troubleshoot problem wells using multiple tools and techniques both in the field and computer.
• Thorough familiarity with all configuration and inspection of rod pumps, including annual pumping unit inspections and repairs.
• Troubleshoot all forms of artificial lift through personal knowledge or external resources.
• Work with a multi-disciplined team to complete maintenance on well pad surface equipment.
• Complete failure analysis on wells before turning over to engineering.
• Coordinate with workover team during well intervention.
• Operate and perform minor repairs on model D and E Echometers.
• Demonstrate proficiency with PC based computer applications including but not limited to MS Office applications, Cygnet, TAM, OFM, Avocet, XBal.
• Assist in evaluation of chemical programs, maintaining consistent communication with the chemical team.
• Supervise crews and cranes on pumping unit moves and repairs.
• Attend pump teardowns and work with pump shops, engineering and the chemical team to complete Root Cause Failure Analysis on all downhole equipment failure.
• Mentor lease operators on troubleshooting wells and issues at the facilities.
• Handle all regulatory matters including handling the H-5s, H-15s, and MITs
• Supervise well stimulations and smaller intervention work including wireline, slickline, swabbing units.
• Handle miscellaneous jobs as needed, including flowback, data integrity reviews, hot watering, and temporary assistant foreman duties.
  
  

Specific Responsibilities

The Well Operations Technician is a technical position that is responsible for the optimization of all wells through its entire life cycle, from flowback to Plug & Abandonment. This position is expected to become an expert on all forms of surface operations and downhole artificial lift, including Rod Pump, ESP, Plunger Lift, Gas Lift, PAGL, Intermittent Lift, Jet Pump, and Progressive Cavity Pump.

• Communicate with the engineering team to choose the correct forms of artificial lift, troubleshoot wells, test new forms of technology, and minimize failure rates.
• Lead failure meetings to identify root causes and improvement opportunities with cross-function team of engineering, workover, chemical and lease operator representatives.
• Install calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair pump off controllers, radios, and drives.
• Troubleshoot problem wells using multiple tools and techniques both in the field and computer.
• Thorough familiarity with all configuration and inspection of rod pumps, including annual pumping unit inspections and repairs.
• Troubleshoot all forms of artificial lift through personal knowledge or external resources.
• Work with a multi-disciplined team to complete maintenance on well pad surface equipment.
• Perform artificial lift design using Rodstar.
• Complete failure analysis on wells before turning over to engineering.
• Coordinate with workover team during well intervention.
• Operate and perform minor repairs on model D and E Echometers.
• Demonstrate proficiency with PC based computer applications including but not limited to MS Office applications, Cygnet, TAM, OFM, Avocet, XBal.
• Assist in evaluation of chemical programs, maintaining consistent communication with the chemical team.
• Supervise crews and cranes on pumping unit moves and repairs.
• Attend pump teardowns and work with pump shops, engineering and the chemical team to complete Root Cause Failure Analysis on all downhole equipment failure.
• Mentor lease operators on troubleshooting wells and issues at the facilities.
• Handle all regulatory matters including handling the H-5s, H-15s, and MITs
• Supervise well stimulations and smaller intervention work including wireline, slickline, swabbing units.
• Handle miscellaneous jobs as needed, including flowback, data integrity reviews, hot watering, and temporary assistant foreman duties.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• High School Degree or GED
• 6+ years of experience
• Team player willing to take active role in team responsibilities.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Ability to learn new skills.
• Willingness to share knowledge with others.
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work on several projects simultaneously.
• Good safety and driving record.
• Good knowledge of safe oil and gas operations and procedures in mature secondary and tertiary recovery fields.
• Follow safe practices with regard to oil field electrical installations.
  
  

Competencies

The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:

• Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
• Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache's business success;
• Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
• Culture: Willingness and ability to align one's behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.
  
  

Company Overview

Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are healthier, have access to better education, and are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living.

Nearly 3 billion people — roughly one-third of the global population — live without electricity or without clean cooking facilities. We are committed to providing energy in innovative and more sustainable ways to help raise the standard of living for those living in energy poverty and to meet the ongoing demands of people and economies around the world.

The products we deliver power increasingly cleaner electricity across the globe, fuel tractors and trucks, make fertilizer to keep the world's food supply on the table, and heat our schools, hospitals and businesses.

Our employees bring a wide range of talents and skills to the job every day to tackle complex business challenges. We believe in providing a truly rewarding work environment supported by a benefits platform that ranks among the best in our peer group. Our company offers career development opportunities where employees can grow personally and professionally. We promote employee benefits that cultivate a family-friendly work environment and focus on our employees' overall well-being.

We are committed to being a workplace where all employees are valued and can thrive with a sense of belonging. Our commitment to non-discriminatory, equal employment opportunities benefits our individual employees, our company and our external stakeholders; we are better as an organization when various experiences, ideas, and perspectives are brought to the table.

Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA). Apache has operations in the United States, Egypt's Western Desert and the United Kingdom's North Sea and a sister company with exploration opportunities offshore Suriname. Whether supporting Apache, APA Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, team members are employed by Apache Corporation.

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Apache Statement on Hiring

To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.

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Employment type

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