Well Testing Operations & Pressure Transient Analysis Engineer (Experienced)

 

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What role you will play in our team

 

• ExxonMobil is seeking a qualified and experienced individual to provide operational well testing expertise for a variety of projects including Conventional Oil & Gas exploration and appraisal projects and Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS).
• The successful candidates will be responsible for working with multi-discipline teams (reservoir / wells / geoscience / service companies) to provide support in well test design, planning, operational readiness, on-site supervision of rig operations, data quality assurance, pressure transient analysis, and reporting.
• Travel required both domestically and internationally.  Both longer trips up to 4 weeks per trip up to 3 trips per year and shorter trips can be expected (2-5 days) periodically. 
• The position is located at ExxonMobil Spring campus in Texas, with extended global travel to domestic and international onsite operational locations.  
• ExxonMobil will not consider qualified candidates without permanent right to work in the US.

 

What you will do

 

Rig based activities; the candidate must be proficient with:

 

• Supervision of well test operations, including rig-up activities and equipment readiness in addition to normal well flowing and shut-in activities
• Demonstrated safety leader of well testing flowback operations and have an understanding of wellbore and surface safety systems
• Data acquisition and Quality Control of the well test data
• Supervision of on-site fluid analysis and fluid sampling, flow assurance (chemical injection, zero environmental incidents)
• The operation of equipment and technologies, both surface and downhole used for well test operations and data acquisition
• Daily operations reporting, data QA/QC, pressure transient analysis and preliminary report writing
• At a minimum cursory knowledge of well completions, well servicing and work-over operations
   

Office based activities; the candidate must be proficient with:

 

• Well test design: both reservoir and wellbore hydraulics
• Suitable applications and key limitations of current well testing equipment and technologies, both surface and downhole 
• Pre-test planning: quality data acquisition, operational readiness, flow assurance, hydrocarbon disposition, fluid samplin