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Senior Reservoir Engineer

Coterra Energy
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 2/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/28/2025
Job description

Coterra is hiring a Senior Reservoir Engineer in Houston

As a Senior Reservoir Engineer at Coterra, you will support the Asset Evaluation Team, focusing on Acquisitions & Divestitures (A&D) with project-based evaluations requiring quick turnaround. This role emphasizes reservoir engineering expertise and economic analysis to assess and optimize oil and gas assets. You will report directly to the Manager of the Asset Evaluation Team and work on-site at Coterra's headquarters in Houston, Texas.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with geoscience, drilling, production, and land teams to complete asset evaluations

  • Conduct well performance analysis, pressure interpretation, volumetric calculations, recovery method assessments, and production decline curve evaluations

  • Perform economic analysis for acquisitions, drilling programs, recompletions, and workover opportunities using Excel and ARIES

  • Gather, organize, and interpret large datasets to define reservoir characteristics and generate type curves

  • Conduct discounted cash flow analyses and prepare cost estimates for future development of assets under evaluation

  • Evaluate Lease Operating Expenses (LOE) and operational costs for accuracy and alignment with asset performance

  • Perform reserves studies for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting

  • Conduct feasibility studies on existing assets, potential acquisitions, and divestitures, and provide recommendations based on findings

  • Lead special projects involving material balances, reservoir exploitation, and recovery method analysis

  • Maintain data accuracy in technical and economic reporting

Job requirements

Skills and Experience

  • Proficiency in ARIES, Spotfire, and Excel for technical and economic evaluations

  • Extensive experience with reservoir engineering methods, including material balances, volumetric calculations, and type curve generation

  • Advanced capability in analyzing large datasets and applying decline curve analysis

  • Experience conducting reserves evaluations for reporting and forecasting purposes

  • Familiarity with cost estimation for asset development and operational expenses

Education Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required, Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical Engineering or closely related field

Years of Experience

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in reservoir engineering or related technical discipline

  • Significant experience in acquisitions, divestitures, and reserves evaluation preferred

Working Environment

  • Work is typically performed indoors in an office environment. You must be able to perform work which includes typing, sitting and standing. In the event there are visits operations worksite, personal protection equipment, including head protection, hearing protection, safety glasses, safety shoes, and flame resistant clothing is required. Safety rules including OSHA and DOT requirements are strictly enforced. Employees must be willing to travel and work extended hours on short notice.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

  • 10% - 15% - Travel will be required for mandatory meetings, training and visits to field locations

ABOUT COTERRA ENERGY

Coterra Energy Inc. was formed in October 2021 as the result of a merger between Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation and Cimarex Energy. By merging, the two legacy companies have created one entity full of talented people with decades of experience in the energy industry. Our team is passionate about delivering reliable energy to all and achieving environmental excellence while doing so. We embrace innovation and technology and encourage an atmosphere of open dialogue between employees and leadership.

EEO-1 STATEMENT

Coterra Energy Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

 

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