Insight Global is seeking a Production Engineer to sit onsite in Downtown Houston 2-3 days per week at a growing oil and gas company. This Production Engineer is responsible for overseeing daily operations of wells including, but not limited to: monitoring well performance, planning and overseeing workover and facility projects, maximizing recovery, minimizing operating expenses, and optimizing artificial-lift and pipeline systems. Additionally, this position is responsible for collaborating with completions, land, and marketing to ensure parent well value is preserved from infill development through offset well planning. This is an excellent opportunity to join an experienced team and be involved in a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial upstream business that offers employees significant opportunities for career advancement. Monitor production operations, costs, and profitability. Study area for additional development from a workover, recompletion, and surface optimization perspective. Monitor operating expenses with field superintendents and foreman to identify and control high-cost areas to maintain lifting cost at the lowest possible level. Prepare AFEs and procedures for workovers, recompletions, and facilities projects. Review all expenditures for properties within a specified area. Analyze production problems and direct actions to be taken. Equipment selection for wells; surface and downhole. Assure compliance with governmental regulations and company policies. Monitor well tests and production volumes to maintain and improve production. Work closely with reservoir and geology to develop behind pipe reserves. Be proficient in artificial lift and implement cost effective artificial lift mechanisms. Interact daily with production superintendents, production foremen, well site supervisors, and regulatory agency personnel to carry out effective well work and facility projects.
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3-7+ years of production/operations experience, some of which coming from the field
Experience in the following areas: oil and gas production operations, workovers/recompletions, surface facilities, new well completions and P&L evaluation/optimization
Completion and artificial lift design and implementation in conventional and unconventional assets, with an emphasis in horizontal wells
BS in Petroleum Engineering, or Mechanical, Chemical, Civil Engineering considered
Facilities experience with SWD wells, producing wells, facilities, and surface operations
Ability to navigate and generate economic analysis with Aries
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.