Asset Reservoir Engineer
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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.
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
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
Fervo provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability, flexible paid time off, and paid parental leave.
Additionally, Fervo offers an incentive stock options program, a bonus incentive program, and a 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.
About Fervo Energy
Public geothermal power developer building enhanced geothermal systems for utilities, hyperscalers, and other electricity buyers.
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