Experienced Unconventional Technology Development Reservoir Engineer

 

About us

 

At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.

 

The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies. 

 

We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more about our What and our Why and how we can  work together.

About Houston

ExxonMobil's state-of-the-art campus north of Houston serves as home to its Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses and their associated service groups. The facility opened in 2014 and accommodates more than 10,000 employees and visitors. 
 

By bringing many global functional groups together, the campus provides employees with the tools and capabilities needed today, and in the future, to achieve business objectives and accelerate the discovery of new resources, technologies and products. It was designed to foster improved collaboration, creativity and innovation and enhance the company’s ability to attract, develop and retain the top talent in the industry. 
 

The campus is located in Spring, Texas, on 385 wooded acres immediately to the west of Interstate Highway 45 (I-45), at the intersection of I-45 and the Hardy Toll Road, approximately 25 miles from the cultural vibrancy of downtown Houston. 
 

The campus was constructed to the highest standards of energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. Its design incorporates extensive research into best practices in building and workplace design through extensive benchmarking of the world’s top academic, research, and corporate facilities. 
 

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What role you will play in our team

 

• Unconventional Technology Development Reservoir Engineers develop and deploy new technology aimed at step-change opportunities to improve recovery in unconventional assets
• Work with multi-discipline teams in our unconventional business and technology development organizations  
• Leverage fundamental reservoir engineering and simulation skills in reservoir description, surveillance, performance prediction, economic evaluation, development planning, opportunity generation and production optimization
• The position is located at the  ExxonMobil campus in Spring, Texas

 

What you will do

 

• Explore, identify, and assess new technology leads for unconventional enhanced oil recovery
• Develop new approaches to reservoir simulation for novel recovery processes
• Perform reservoir modeling and simulation for enhanced oil recovery concepts
• Analyze fluid and core laboratory studies for Unconventional EOR techniques and apply results to field studies
• Design and implement reservoir surveillance plans combined with production performance analysis to EOR projects
• Plan, evaluate and execute unconventional asset enhanced oil recovery field trials to provide recommendations and next steps

 

Skills and Qualifications

 

• Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in Engineering (Petroleum, Chemical, Mechanical), Applied and Computational Mathematics, or Applied Physics 
• 3+ years work experience in Unconventional Reservoir Engineering
• Ability to complete decline curve analysis, to forecast future production rates, estimate ultimate recoverable oil volume, and perform economic evaluations.
• Understand Economic evaluations and risk assessments for enhanced oil recovery projects.
• Strong computer proficiency and familiar with industry software
• Candidates should be self-motivated and focused on achieving business results while working in a multi-disciplinary team. Demonstrated teamwork, communication and leadership skills are essential

 

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

 

• 5+ years of post-graduate/non-university industry experience in Upstream O&G with a focus on technology development