Localization Engineer, Sr jobs in Houston, TX

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Summary: Work with a team of engineering subject matter experts in underground hydrocarbon storage in both reservoirs and caverns.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

The following reflect common duties performed by the Senior Engineer (Underground Storage):

• Provide technical expertise and guidance to Operations, Engineering, Commercial and Legal for the design, implementation, monitoring, and troubleshooting of the Company’s underground hydrocarbon storage assets.
• Develop projects (both capital and O&M) to address identified well/field performance issues and opportunities, including feasibility studies, scope, cost estimates, contractor qualifications and bids
• Manage projects at the request of Operations
• Assist in the development of the annual O&M and capital budgets for the Operations department by providing cost and schedule data for proposed projects
• Assist with various regulatory filings as required
• Participate in new underground hydrocarbon storage facility design and commissioning
• Assist in the preparation of designs for facility modifications and incorporation of new equipment
• Facilitate equipment installation including modifications to designs to meet functional requirements, and coordinate communication with multiple groups (vendors, suppliers, contractors, commercial, engineering and operations) as requested by Operations
• Stay current with technology development in petroleum engineering/underground hydrocarbon storage and recommend
  testing, evaluation and implementation of improvements as appropriate
• Participate in accident investigations and failure analysis on underground hydrocarbon storage facilities including making
  recommendations to prevent reoccurrence of failures

The Underground Hydrocarbon Storage Senior Engineer has knowledge and expertise in the following areas:

• Underground hydrocarbon storage and underground injection control regulations (federal, state and local)
• Well planning, design, permitting, drilling, completion, workovers and abandonment
• Salt cavern solution mining
• Reservoir management
• Prospect evaluation
• Facility and equipment sizing
• Troubleshooting
• Well databases and field data collection devices
• Well logging
• Well testing
• Best practices for petroleum engineering (emphasis on underground hydrocarbon storage)
• Disposal well planning, permitting and operation