PRODUCTION ENGINEER

Growing oil and gas exploration and production company is seeking an experienced PRODUCTION ENGINEER for their TULSA, OK office.

SUMMARY;

Serve as a project leader on assignments requiring a relatively broad knowledge of production engineering. Handle relatively complex reservoir engineering assignments. Assists in training junior level Engineers.

RESPONSIBIITIES:

·   Conduct facility analysis and Production/Field Reviews

·   Facility optimization to include debottlenecking.

·   Artificial and assisted lift design, implementation, surveillance and enhancement using:

Ø Rod pumps.

Ø Gas lift.

Ø Plungers

Ø ESP’s of various pump designs (centrifugal and positive displacement).

Ø Jet Pumps

Ø Plungers

·   Accept and act on Field Supervisor requests for engineering.

·   Support well integrity issues.

·   Design new completions for existing wellbores.

·   Identify opportunities to apply new technology and improve performance.

·   Integrate safe practices and regulatory compliance into all procedures, plans and projects as received from field operations, management, and other guidance sources.

·   Day to day engineering support to field operations.

·   Use real time data, field reports, decline curves, pressure information, wireline information, rates, etc., to support daily well surveillance to meet production targets.

·   Prepare procedures and AFE packages for well intervention activities such as, production logging, artificial lift, well remediation, stimulations, electric line, slick line, coiled tubing, etc.

·   Track AFE cost performance  and write supplemental AFE’s.

·   Identify areas to reduce capital and operating expenses by recommending changes to practices, facilities or well design that accomplish cost savings.

·   Coordinate activities and resolution of problems that affect engineering projects with land, reservoir, drilling, field operations, accounting, etc. to ensure efficiency.

·   Review lease operating statements to identify cost saving opportunities.

·   Enhance base production by identifying programs that make significant impact. 

·   Oversee and evaluate contractors.

·   Support reservoir engineering and geological requests.

·   Support the preparation or prepare budgets and asset development plans.

·   Review completed work projects to enhance efficiency and success of future projects.

·   Review field compression for optimization by removing, adding or relocating compression to address future projects that impact compression.

·   Incorporate safety and environmental compliance

·   Prepare contract specifications, Statements of Work and Requests for Quotations as necessary to support work projects of assignments.

·   Model wellbores with NODAL type analysis or pump programs to determine if wells have been optimized.

·   Responsible for field facility design and optimization from the wellhead to the custody transfer points for oil and gas streams.

·   Assist in Management of Change and Process Hazard Analysis.

·   Review existing working process to expose problems then apply engineering techniques to solve problems and update processes with recommendations.

·   Oversee or perform tubing and packer movement analysis and be responsible for all inputs to the analysis.

·   Ensure anything in procedures or assignments that has a long lead time is ordered on time to avoid delays.

·   Review existing tank, pressure vessel, motor, pump, compressor and other related equipment design fitness and create AFE packages to address safety, regulatory, reliability or economic issues.

REQUIREMENTS:

·   Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field and 7+ years experience in Production.  

·   Previous experience with High pressure gas well work (in excess of 7,500 psig).

o  For pipe snubbing

o  For CTU

o  For Wireline

·   Previous experience with electric line and slickline operations.

·   Previous surface facility work with wellsite batteries and compression is highly desired.

·   Nodal analysis experience highly desired.

·   Enjoys working with field personnel.

·  Enjoys a high performance, fast-paced team environment.

·   Travel required for time spent in the field is 15 - 20%.

·   Legally authorized to work full time in the US.

If you fit this description please respond with your resume in MS Word Format to energyjobs@koopmannpartners.com We will treat you and your resume with confidentiality and we will introduce you to the highest levels of leadership if you are qualified. While we respect everyone's desire to be considered for this opportunity, only those candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be contacted.

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