Production Engineer Job Description - Wichita Falls, TX

R2Q Operating, LLC is actively prospecting and acquiring proved-producing acreage in North Texas and is need of a quality Production Engineer to manage new and existing properties. The production engineer will be responsible for day-to-day activity in his/her area of responsibility. Responsibilities will include artificial lift optimization, completion design, and interfacing with field personnel. Additionally, the engineer will also be working to optimize asset value through production and LOE optimization, economic evaluation, and enhanced production recovery methods.

 

Production Engineer Responsibilities

• Optimizing artificial lift equipment, including sucker-rod lift (typically beam pumping), gas lift, electrical submersible pumps, subsurface hydraulic pumps, progressing-cavity pumps, and plunger lift


• Evaluating inflow and outflow performance between the reservoir and the wellbore


• Designing completion systems, including tubing selection, perforating, sand control, matrix stimulation, and hydraulic fracturing


• Well, reservoir and facility management


• Water flooding surveillance and implementation.


• Conceptual well and completion design


• Make recommendations for optimizing production rates in existing assets.


• Perform reserve and profitability analysis on drilling, recompletion, and workover opportunities.


• Compile risked economics for evaluating and ranking behind-pipe potential.


• Assist in semi-annual reserve evaluations on Company's operated and non-operated assets.


• Work in concert with field operations staff to meet production goals and cost metrics.


• Work closely with management to meet financial, production and other corporate goals.