Production Engineer
Production Engineer - ConocoPhillips
Company Overview ConocoPhillips is an integrated energy company with interests around the world. Headquartered in Houston, the company had approximately 29,800 employees, $153 billion of assets, and $245 billion of revenues as of Dec. 31, 2011. The company has announced plans to reposition its upstream and downstream businesses into two stand-alone, publicly traded corporations during the second quarter of 2012. Once the repositioning is complete; ConocoPhillips will become one of the industry?s largest and most diverse global pure-play exploration and production companies, and; Phillips 66, the downstream company, will become one of the largest U.S.-based refining companies, with integrated operations that also include segment-leading marketing, midstream and chemicals businesses. ConocoPhillips? repositioning is subject to market conditions, customary regulatory approvals, the receipt of an affirmative ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the execution of separation and intercompany agreements and final board approval. This position will reside within the Production Optimization organization of the future ConocoPhillips, the upstream company. Position Summary The successful candidate for the Production Engineering position will provide petroleum engineering and operations support for production optimization for ongoing operations. The Engineering assignment will be located in Farmington NM where COPC operates approximately 10,000 wells, has net production of 1.2 BCFGE and leasehold of 1.2 MM net acres. Primary function will be to support field operations related to production performance monitoring optimization and well flow analysis for well performance prediction. This includes identifying underperforming wells and recommending appropriate action and then seeing the project through to completion. This involves production surveillance and liaising with field personnel to solve problems and identify opportunities, identifying remedial candidates, preparing well work procedures, installing and optimizing artificial lift (e.g. Plunger Lift and Beam Pumping Units), recommending compressor installations or re-sizing, and modifications to surface facilities. The engineer is expected to understand and follow all safety practices/procedures.