The Unconventional Reservoir Engineering Sr. role for Apache Corporation will be a member of Apache’s Reservoir Engineering team at the company’s Houston, TX office reporting to the Unconventional Function Lead. This person will work with a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the assessment and development of Apache’s domestic assets. This role will be primarily responsible for the following: - Use unconventional reservoir engineering techniques and methodologies to inform and optimize field... more details
Specific Responsibilities
The Unconventional Reservoir Engineering Sr. role for Apache Corporation will be a member of Apache’s Reservoir Engineering team at the company’s Houston, TX office reporting to the Unconventional Function Lead. This person will work with a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the assessment and development of Apache’s domestic assets.
This role will be primarily responsible for the following:
• Use unconventional reservoir engineering techniques and methodologies to inform and optimize field development and reservoir recovery • Integrate rate and pressure transient analysis, material balance, decline curve and volumetric analyses into reservoir evaluation • Build reservoir simulation models when appropriate to validate/improve predictions and quantify uncertainty • Work with integrated team to develop and optimize completion, stimulation, and lift design • Apply probabilistic forecasting to both existing wells and new drills, to be utilized in decision trees and appraisal program assessments and valuations • Plan and execute drilling programs with multi-disciplinary team • Analyze well tests and use surveillance techniques to assess well/field performance • Help evaluate strategic acquisition/trade/divestiture opportunities • Perform basic economic analyses and sensitivities as needed • Provide justification and documentation for new reserve bookings
Qualifications & Experience
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
• BS in Petroleum Engineering (or related engineering degree) • minimum of 6 years of reservoir engineering experience with E&P Company • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well with multi-disciplinary team • Experience building a development plan incorporating operational constraints associated with simultaneous operations, surface limitations for full field development, lift mechanism, and product takeaway capacity • Experience assessing risk and uncertainty in unconventional reservoirs including the effect of depletion, inter well/bench spacing, and frac design on total value and hydrocarbon recovery • Experience in evaluating and proposing data collection plans including but not limited to wireline log data, fiber optic, DFIT, oil allocation and interference tests for exploration, appraisal, and development phases of unconventional reservoirs • Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and consistently meet project deadlines • Must be detail-oriented • Self-starter and able to accomplish tasks with minimal supervision • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; must be able to present to executive-level audience • Experience using database, engineering, and geoscience software, including Harmony, StimPlan, ResFrac, PetroVR, Spotfire, Mosaic
Competencies
The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:
Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache's business success;
Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
Culture: Willingness and ability to align one's behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.
Company Overview
Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living. We are committed to providing oil and natural gas in more innovative and sustainable ways to help meet the world's energy needs.
Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA). Apache and other affiliated subsidiaries have operations in the United States, Egypt and the United Kingdom's North Sea and exploration opportunities offshore Suriname and elsewhere.
For additional information about APA Corporation, please visit: www.apacorp.com.
Apache Statement on Hiring
To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.
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