What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Production Engineer position at CSI Recruiting?
Job Description
CSI Recruiting is searching for a Production Engineer for a growing E&P company based in Dallas, Texas and focused on oil & gas production in the Permian. Client is seeking in-house experience working as a Production Engineer in the Permian Basin for an E&P / Operating company. As the company has conventional and unconventional assets in the Permian, they are open to experience with either (or both!) flavors of assets. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 years of experience working as a petroleum engineer focused on domestic, onshore assets.
We know this company well and have placed a number of engineering and land staff with the firm, all of which are still working at the company and growing their careers. The firm maintains a professional office environment, focused on collaboration and results. Decisions are made quickly, as the owners of the company are involved in the daily operation of the company. After decades of success in a variety of oil & gas projects, this a unique senior-level role within the firm's small but very effective engineering team.
The Senior Production Engineer will report to the Vice President of Engineering.
Requirements
The Senior Production Engineer will support day-to-day production operations activity in the Permian Basin, working with both conventional wells and new-drill unconventional wells.
The position will be responsible for :
Production Optimization (including Well Work - Workover and Recompletion Activity)
- Control and adjust production parameters to optimize gas production of a large number of existing vertical wells.
- Monitor and identify variances in the flow rate and pressure, and lead production optimization activities, including artificial / plunger lift and condensate management to enhance production rates from the wells
- Diagnose downhole and surface equipment problems, support root cause failure analysis process, and recommend intervention or design changes as needed
- Review well files and logs to identify, design and execute behind pipe recompletion targets within existing producing wells.
- Lead well reviews with the operations team and subsurface to identify opportunities for improvement, including but not limited to artificial lift optimization, facilities and pipelines bottlenecks, compression improvements, and other equipment improvements.
- Generate and review capital / expense AFE's for facility, workover, and regulatory expenditures
- Prepare and execute Workover programs designed to reactivate downed wells, reduce downtime, and / or decrease operating expenses.
- Position will be expected to fly to and from the field to supervise on-site work as required.
- Investigate new technologies and implement when appropriate
Operating Costs
Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration - Work with :
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :
