About this opportunity
Stanford Climate Ventures lists this Asset Reservoir Engineer opportunity in golden, Colorado. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Description
The Asset Reservoir Engineer will be responsible for leading asset development planning and performing reservoir engineering analysis to support Fervo Energy’s geothermal development activities. This position will play a key role in shaping the development strategy, reservoir management, and improving capital efficiency across Fervo’s growing project portfolio. Responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and refine asset development plans, economic evaluation, analytical and numerical modeling to support development decisions, production forecasting, and reservoir management. The Asset Reservoir Engineer will design and implement well testing, reservoir monitoring, and other data acquisition programs to support development decisions and continuously improve Fervo’s asset development plan. This position will report to the Asset Reservoir Engineering Lead in the Geoblock Factory.
Requirements
Responsibilities
Project Management
Prepare recommendations based on comprehensive technical evaluation
Coordinate and support cross-functional teams to generate and refine development plans
Evaluate economics of asset plans and development scenarios
Collaborate with subsurface and engineering teams to plan data acquisition programs to support development decisions
Data Analysis & Interpretation
Interpret stimulation data (e.g., step-down tests and ISIPs) to inform completion design recommendations
Analyze production and injection data, pressure transient data, rate-transient data, diagnostic fracture injection test (DFIT) data, and tracers
Conduct uncertainty quantification studies for reservoir field diagnostic tests and well performance
Field Operations Support
Use reservoir simulation and field data to support operational decisions
Develop and implement data acquisition and well testing, including 2-phase flow, programs for Fervo field projects; develop well testing procedures and analyze field data
Support pad facilities and power plant design decisions based on well performance and forecasts
Reservoir Simulation & Forecasting
Perform model sensitivity analysis and optimization studies, driving well enhancements for future development
Develop production forecasts to evaluate various reservoir management strategies and development plans
History match geothermal reservoir simulation models based on field-wide stimulation and production data
Participate in industry meetings and conferences
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in engineering
6+ years of engineering experience in the oil and gas or geothermal industries
1+ years of field experience in oil and gas, geothermal, or similar operations
Experience in project management and asset development planning for oil and gas or geothermal developments
Experience applying economic models to support asset development decisions
Experience in production forecasting and probabilistic analysis
Experience in hydraulic fracturing, well stimulation techniques in unconventional oil and gas
Experience running commercial reservoir simulation software including ResFrac, Eclipse, CMG, Tough2, IX, or TETRAD
Experience running commercial or research hydraulic fracture simulation software, including GOHFER, Kinetix, ResFrac, StimPlan, or FrackOptima
Knowledge of geomechanics and thermodynamics
Experience in data analytics with Spotfire or Power BI
Willing to travel up to 15% for fieldwork and occasional visits to other Fervo offices
Preferred
Experience in Python programming for data analysis
Experience in reservoir data acquisition including tracers, PTA/RTA, waterflood/CO2/Steamflood pattern analysis
Experience in hydraulic fracturing data analysis
Experience running and interpretating flowing/static pressure/temperature surveys
Experience interpreting and modelling tracer results
Experience with geothermal wellbore interventions such as thermal stimulation, acid stimulation, coil tubing and air lift.
Monitoring pressure-transient responses in saturated and 2-phase geothermal reservoirs
Diagnose reservoir issues such as permeability zones behind casing, cold water infiltration, steam zones, reduced near wellbore permeability, scaling
Location
Preferred location is Golden, CO. Fervo Energy is headquartered in Houston, TX with growing offices in Golden, Oakland, Reno, and Salt Lake City. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence at the Golden office location is required. Occasional travel will be required for this position.
Compensation & Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Short-term and long-term disability
Flexible paid time off
Paid parental leaveIncentive stock options program
Bonus incentive program
401(k) plan with an employer match
Fervo Energy is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. Expected Salary: $140,000-$200,000 based on Colorado locality, pay in other locations may vary.
Fervo Energy reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
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Worksite address
golden, CO, 80401, US
Who can apply
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