The Reservoir Engineer will be responsible for providing reservoir engineering analysis to support Fervo Energy’s geothermal exploration and development activities.
Fervo’s Mission is to use innovation in geoscience to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. To accomplish that goal, Fervo has developed groundbreaking technology solutions that have advanced the state-of-the-art of geothermal energy decades ahead of schedule, including the world’s most successful commercial enhanced geothermal system completed in 2023. Fervo has raised over $400 million from leading investors and has secured a multi-billion-dollar project pipeline to meet the world’s growing need for 24/7 carbon free energy. Join us and work alongside world-class engineers, researchers, investors, and developers in making geothermal a key pillar of our climate-friendly energy future.
Description
The Reservoir Engineer will be responsible for providing reservoir engineering analysis to support Fervo Energy’s geothermal exploration and development activities. This position will play a key role in shaping the development strategy, evaluating investment opportunities, and optimizing reservoir performance across Fervo’s growing project portfolio. Responsibilities will include applying advanced reservoir simulation and geomechanics software to perform history matching, production forecasting, well completion and stimulation treatment design optimization, and reservoir management optimization. The Reservoir Engineer will design and implement well testing, reservoir monitoring, stress measurement, and other data acquisition programs to continuously improve Fervo’s field operations. This position will report to the Reservoir Engineering Manager.
Requirements
- History match geothermal reservoir simulation models based on field-wide production data
- Analyze field collected stimulation data to inform future well design
- Work with a cross-functional team of geologists, geophysicists, and drilling & completions engineers to integrate a variety of subsurface data and develop geothermal reservoir conceptual models
- Support the Asset Team with planning, design and execution of reservoir diagnostic programs
- Develop and implement data acquisition and well testing programs for Fervo field projects; develop well testing procedures and analyze field data
- Analyze production and injection data, including pressure transient data, rate-transient data, and diagnostic fracture injection test (DFIT) data
- Conduct optimization studies and economic sensitivities
- Develop uncertainty quantification and complete production decline curve analysis for reserves forecasting of Fervo projects
- Work with the project development team to perform financial modeling; assist with asset management and investment analysis/diligence; provide simulation and reservoir engineering support to R&D projects
- Develop geomechanical models and evaluate subsurface state of stress
- Prepare comprehensive technical evaluations with recommendations
- Work with the resource team to identify and evaluate opportunities to deploy innovative technologies to improve reservoir performance
- Use reservoir simulation to perform production forecasts to evaluate various reservoir management strategies and development plans
- Participate in industry meetings and conferences
Qualifications
- 5+ years of engineering experience in the oil and gas or geothermal industries
- Experience running commercial reservoir simulation software including Eclipse, CMG, Tough2, or TETRAD
- Experience running commercial or research hydraulic fracture simulation software, including GOHFER, Kinetix, ResFrac, StimPlan, or FrackOptima
- Experience with Python programming
- Preferred : Experience in SAGD, water floods, hydraulic fracturing, and well stimulation techniques in unconventional oil and gas
- Preferred : Experience in geothermal reservoir engineering in conventional hydrothermal systems
- Preferred : Experience working with geomodeling software (EarthVision, GOCAD, LeapFrog, or similar)
- Preferred : Experience in data analytics
Location
Fervo Energy is headquartered in Houston, TX with growing offices in Oakland, CA, Golden, CO, Reno, NV, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence at the Golden or Houston offices will be required. Travel is required for this position.
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