Reservoir Engineer

Houston

POSITION

Reservoir Engineer – Acquisitions & Divestitures

COMPANY

Our client is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition and development of oil and gas reserves.

LOCATION

Houston, Texas

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

This position reports to the Vice President - Business Development, Acquisitions & Divestitures.

SCOPE

Over the past few years our client has experienced a steady growth, mainly through the development of acquisitions.  In order to maintain this increase, we have been asked to identify and recruit a talented Reservoir Engineer that can provide technical analysis of potential acquisitions and divestitures incorporating geologic, reservoir, production and operations engineering as well as financial analysis.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Specifically, the Reservoir Engineer will be responsible for the following:

• Participate in the evaluation of technical data for potential acquisitions and divestitures for the company.

• Coordinate evaluation of operations, land, acquisition accounting and business development; and incorporate findings of each in the technical evaluation and recommendation.

• Responsible for the reserve estimation production forecast and economic analysis/planning for prospect/fields.

• Identify and quantify potential upside, as well as downside, scenarios for potential acquisitions.

• Review and make recommendations and presentations regarding prospective acquisitions and divestitures providing technical facts and summary findings.

• Participate in financial projections of acquisitions to the management group department for tracking and grading of acquisitions.

• Participate in the generation of divestiture packages including reservoir engineering, geology, land, and economics.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate should possess a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering with eight years minimum experience in the oil and gas industry in technical positions of increasing responsibility.  Ideally, this person will also have an MBA or industry related financial experience. 

The right individual will have a strong working knowledge (skill set) in all aspects of oil and gas reservoir engineering, as well as operational and drilling engineering.  Additionally, candidates should also possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, with specific ability to translate complex information into an organized and presentable manner.  Furthermore, candidates will also possess excellent management, administrative and organizational skills.

The ideal individual will be proficient in working with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Outlook), Aries economics evaluation software, nodal analysis software, and generally accepted petroleum engineering software packages. 

In summary, this individual will become an integral team member by taking an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to reservoir analysis and reserve additions that will build value for the company over the next several years.