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Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Operations Engineer II
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What they do
A Reservoir Engineer provides engineering analysis of oil and gas reservoirs, estimates the capacity of a reservoir and determines the best engineering process for recovering oil or gas from site.
$138,373 / year median in Louisiana
-5% projected decline
Job Description
Our core values — Stewardship, Character, Collaborate, Learn, Disrupt — are the lens through which we evaluate every business decision. As a dynamic, growing company that offers extremely competitive compensation and benefits, our employees are our most valued assets and the foundation of Expand's performance among our E&P competitors.
We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team. We realize that, historically, underrepresented groups feel the need to be 100% qualified in order to apply. If you meet any combination of our requirements, we encourage you to apply. We strive to hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. Job Summary
This intermediate level position performs routine aspects of engineering assignments under general supervision and guidance in order to provide technical and specialized solutions to petrotechnical engineering challenges. Job Duties & Responsibilities Evaluates costs and estimates the production capabilities and economic value of oil and gas wells, to evaluate the economic viability of potential drilling sites
Develops plans for oil and gas field drilling, and for product recovery and treatment
Directs and monitors the completion and evaluation of wells, well testing, or well surveys
Analyzes data to recommend placement of wells and supplementary processes to enhance production
Monitors production rates, and plans rework processes to improve production
Interprets drilling and testing information
Specifies and supervises well modification and stimulation programs to maximize oil and gas recovery
Assists engineering and other personnel to solve operating problems
Confers with scientific, engineering, and technical personnel to resolve design, research, and testing problems
Coordinates the installation, maintenance, and operation of oil field equipment
Performs field and screening studies of existing assets and potential acquisitions, including associated economic analyses
Recommends, acquires, and analyzes the necessary test data used to define accurate reservoir characterization
Performs other duties as assigned Job Specific Skills Intermediate knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology including applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of the oil and gas industry
Intermediate knowledge and practical application of well performance/nodal analysis, pressure transient analysis, material balance, volumetric and decline curve analyses in the evaluation are essential
Intermediate knowledge and practical application of volumetric calculations, decline curve reserve determinations, appropriate analogue techniques and material balance assessments
Intermediate knowledge and practical application of economic evaluation and reserve assessment for exploration programs, development drilling programs, work overs and production optimization opportunities
Ability to use rigorous logic, critical thinking skills and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions
Intermediate knowledge of and skills associated with reservoir simulation techniques
Intermediate knowledge of unconventional experience associated with tight gas reservoirs, CBM development, and shale gas resource work Education
Minimum:
One of the following: Bachelor's degree- from accredited university
- Engineering from an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) program, or Professional Engineer (PE) license, or Master's degree
- from accredited university
- Master's of Engineering degree from a program in which the correlating Bachelor's degree is accredited by the