Reservoir Engineer Consultant , Houston

Airswift is seeking a Reservoir Engineer (Onshore) to support a major client in the oil and gas industry based in Houston, TX.

Reservoir Engineer (Onshore) Profile Summary

An experienced Reservoir Engineer with 5+ years of unconventional onshore expertise, specializing in optimizing shale and tight formations (Haynesville, Eagle Ford, Marcellus/Utica) through advanced modeling, reserve estimation, and field development. Skilled in leveraging data analytics for strategic decisions and economic evaluations across acquisitions, drilling, workovers, and recompletions.

Core Technical Expertise:

• Economic analysis and engineering evaluations for acquisitions, drilling, workover, and recompletion opportunities. External benchmarking

• Investigate and understand other operators’ development plans to assist in longevity projects

• Application of DCA, RTA/PTA techniques

  for evaluating and forecasting well performance

• Budgeting and forecasting for reporting purposes

• Economic analysis for project viability and development planning

• Reserves estimation and defense for internal/external audits

• Well spacing, lateral length optimization, and parent/child well impact studies

• Completion design optimization and depletion analysis

Digital & Analytical Skills:

• ARIES

  proficiency (required)

• Spotfire

  for data visualization (preferred)

• Harmony

  for performance analysis (preferred)

• Strong analytical capabilities for large datasets and actionable insights

The Position:

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to evaluate well location, spacing, completion parameters, CAPEX/OPEX, and design considerations across unconventional basins.

• Perform economic evaluations for acquisitions, drilling, and recompletion opportunities.

• Support budgeting, forecasting, and reserves reporting processes.

• Provide reservoir engineering support for base producing wells using DCA and RTA/PTA techniques.

• Assist in M&A evaluations and documentation for investment approvals.

• Prepare technical reports, presentations, and project updates for internal and external stakeholders.

• Conduct lookback analyses to identify lessons learned and improve future activities.

• Benchmark competitor development plans and incorporate findings into long-term strategies.

• Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in unconventional reservoir engineering.

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