Sr. Reservoir Engineer - Uinta Asset Development

The Uinta Sr. Reservoir Engineer will be a member of the Uinta Basin development team located in Denver, CO. The Uinta Sr. Reservoir Engineer will assume a key role to optimize the development plans of the newly acquired Utah asset. The engineer will strive for continual improvement for the asset by providing detailed technical analysis, economic analysis and recommendations on development projects. This position operates under limited review while handling assignments of a broad scope and moderate difficulty. 

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop correlations between geological and completion variables and well performance. 
• Integrate learnings with the goal to increase asset value for each drilling cycle. 
• Evaluate oil and gas reserves for all cases at mid-year and year-end.  
• Initiate reservoir studies of existing assets to determine completion and spacing improvements. 
• Incorporates production analysis into workflow for well evaluation and forecasting purposes. 
• Analyze the asset with a holistic tool kit including rate or pressure transient analysis, volumetrics, analytical or numerical modeling and decline curve analysis. 
• Prepare and update asset business plans and budgets. 
• Coordinate the creation of AFE’s to execute development plans. 
• Provide estimations of resource volumes and recoverable hydrocarbons using both probabilistic and deterministic volumetrics, EURs and recovery factors.  
• Strong Spotfire and Aries skills.  Experience with simulation for development planning is a plus.  
• Conduct business with the highest ethical standards; demonstrate decision-making skills that ensure the safety of all persons associated with SM facilities.

General Knowledge and Skills

Strong reservoir engineering background. Is familiar with the basics of other specialties and/or disciplines. Takes initiative to maintain and increase technical knowledge through practical application and knowledge transfer. Understands important geological, petrophysical and geochemical properties for unconventional plays. Working knowledge of different completion types, designs and fluid systems. Proficient and strong ability to learn and apply new skills and technologies. Proficient and strong use and application of standard engineering principles and techniques including industry and company standards in assigned discipline.

Computer/Software Applications

Proficient and strong level of skill in Microsoft Office, including Excel. Effectively utilize Spotfire to increase analytical speed and efficiency. Proficient and strong knowledge of Aries or other economic evaluation software programs in addition to analytical models in RTA.

Role-Specific Technical Knowledge & Skills

Experience with development of a variety of unconventional resource plays. Command of fundamental reservoir engineering disciplines including decline curve analysis (DCA), rate transient analysis (RTA), volumetrics, recoveries, fluid behavior, simple analytical history matching, and flow regime identification. Proficient and strong understanding of Pressure-Temperatures phase diagrams for practical purposes. 

Proficient and strong understanding of probabilistic and deterministic methods.  Can easily identify limitations in data set and range in certainty of results. Proficient and strong understanding principles of flow in porous media including capillary pressure, Darcy's law, and relative permeability.   Familiar with core analysis and petro-physical evaluations. Proficient and strong knowledge / experience relating to relating to geochemistry, operations, geological interpretation, well data integration, petrophysics and seismic attributes.

Education

B.S. degree in Engineering is required

Typical Experience

5-12 years of reservoir engineering experience

SM Energy offers competitive compensation and benefits programs which include, but are not limited to, variable pay, health care coverage, retirement plan, protection coverage, time off and leave programs, training and development opportunities and a range of allowances connected to specific work situations. Details are available at Careers :: SM Energy Company (SM) (sm-energy.com).

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.