Senior Reservoir Engineer - Development Subsurface Projects

Job Number:  TEC738182
CSG:Petroleum
Business / Project:Development
Job type:Full Time Regular (USA)
Location:US - Texas - Houston

BHP Billiton is all about smart technology, innovation and great talent. If you want a challenging career and a chance to explore resource opportunities as well as your ambitions, we're the company for you. Think ahead. Think BHP Billiton.

PURPOSE

Provide reservoir engineering solutions and evaluations to support worldwide Exploration projects in the capture, maturation and appraisal phases.  Provide reservoir engineering expertise to Exploration well and operational planning, formation evaluation and testing.  Responsible for quantification and classification of discovered resources for appraisal projects.


ATTRIBUTES
 

• Innovative and creative
• Successfully and articulately communicates results of work and is receptive to other models and ideas
• Action Oriented, Proactive.  Willing to lead integrated evaluation teams.
• Meets stated deadlines providing high quality and fit for purpose evaluations.
• Encourages collaboration within and between teams; works toward win-win relationships with functional groups and the Res Eng community.
• Comfortable with uncertainty analysis and probabilistic methods
• Fosters open dialog and comfortable sharing his/her opinion; respectful of fellow team members
• Exercises good judgment when faced with uncertainty, able to make timely decisions.

RESPONSIBILITIES
 

• Participate in multi-disciplinary teams to provide reservoir development solutions to support economic evaluations of Exploration projects.  Identify possible recovery solutions due to water injection, artificial lift, well and reservoir management.
• Develop reservoir engineering inputs for evaluations, using appropriate and fit for purpose tools and models ranging from classical engineering on prospects to reservoir simulation on appraisal projects.
• Present evaluation results in a clear and concise manner to convey the key risks and value drivers.
• Participate in well planning teams and provide Res Eng support for well and DST design, formation evaluation and regulatory submissions. Provide operational support during drilling for FE program and DST if required.
• Manage MDT, PVT, SCAL and flow assurance studies and data during appraisal.

Responsible for quantification and classification of discovered resources for appraisal projects and input of resource documentation into VOLTS.


EXPERIENCE
 

• This position requires a Bachelor of Science or advanced degree in Petroleum or Chemical Engineering
• Requires solid, demonstrated technical capabilities in some or all of the following areas of reservoir modeling / numerical simulation, history matching, simulation work flows, depletion planning, performance prediction, fluid characterization modeling, SCAL data interpretation & manipulation, water flooding and economics.
• The candidate should possess effective communications skills, and the ability to interact with multi-disciplined teams on a global scale, both internal and external to the Company.
• Proficiency in the use of various engineering software such Eclipse, Schedule, Prosper, GAP, SAPHIR, and familiarity with experimental design software, Petrel and extended networks

Experience Level: A minimum of 10-15 years experience in the upstream petroleum industry, preferably with a major oil company.  A minimum of three years experience supporting Exploration operations and evaluations would be a plus.

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