Geothermal Production Engineer II
Calpine - Middletown, CA
posted 10 days ago
About the position
Calpine's Geothermal Production Analysis group develops views of production trends for the world's largest operating geothermal field, The Geysers in Northern California. Relying heavily on input from the broader Geysers operations team, the production analysis group builds models to project output from the existing field, analyze the impacts of long-term capital investment options, and optimize near-term production decisions. The Production Engineer will work as part of the Geothermal Production Analysis team in analyzing production and injection data, developing data-management improvement recommendations, water injection distribution and steam gathering system performance evaluations for optimum field development. The ideal candidate will have had experience in data-driven analytics for reservoir and injection/production optimization. We are particularly interested in individuals who have experience translating the outputs of analytical tools into field operations.
Responsibilities
- Design and analysis of water distribution networks.
- Provide support to the field reservoir engineers and recommendations to help maximize production and profitability of the facilities.
- Propose capital projects for annual budget planning and prepare economic justifications for capital projects.
- Integrate with adjacent disciplines to plan medium and long-term reservoir management strategies, such as optimizing distribution of injected water and production drilling opportunities.
- Assist in the evaluation of any corrective action or change in field operations considering power generation, revenue, and long-term resource performance.
- Propose adjustments to operating conditions as necessary to maintain or improve production.
- Analyze process data to recommend operational changes to improve quality, reliability, and efficiency (wells, steam gathering, and injection systems).
- Develop recommendations for mechanical changes to improve production.
- Evaluate injection infrastructure performance.
- Maintain the quality and completeness of geothermal resource database and operating records.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Advanced Degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, or related engineering discipline or computational/data science from an accredited university is required.
- Analytical/technical skills with a practical approach to problem solving.
- Familiar with data-management systems.
- Familiar with hydraulic modeling concepts, water distribution network design and analysis software. Some examples include Pipe-Flo, Pipe 2000, WaterCad/WaterGEMS.
- Familiar with process system modeling.
- Experience with one or more programming languages.
