Petroleum Engineer

Petroleum Engineer Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Petroleum Engineer to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Determining the most efficient way to fracture shale beds to free the gas or oil;
• Analyzing, interpreting, and monitoring the geological formation data to ascertain the extraction risks and the best methods of extraction;
• Determining the most efficient way to drill through internal divisions for a free-flowing single well;
• Developing and refining methods of extracting more petroleum from existing wells;
• Using surveys, testing, and analysis to evaluate new reservoirs to determine profits and to create low-cost drilling and extraction plans;
• Maintaining on-site drilling and pumping equipment.

Requirements:

• Develop plans to drill in oil and gas fields, and then to recover the oil and gas;
• Good communication, interpersonal, and team working skills;
• The willingness and ability to be held accountable for multi-million dollar operations;
• Develop ways to inject water, chemicals, gases, or steam into an oil reserve to force out more of the oil;
• Make sure that wells, well testing, and well surveys are completed and evaluated;
• The willingness and ability to work in remote locations, with harsh climates and often unfriendly locals;
• An in-depth, creative knowledge of extraction techniques and principles;
• The ability to handle a physically demanding and stressful work environment;
• Strong technical, analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills;
• Design equipment to extract oil and gas in the most profitable way;
• Good IT, research, and survey skills;
• Use computer-controlled drilling or fracturing to connect a larger area of an oil and gas deposit to a single well;
• A Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum, Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, or related Engineering field;
• Make sure that oil field equipment is installed, operated, and maintained properly.