Graduate - Reservoir Engineer – Houston, TX

Job Family Group:

Subsurface Group

Job Description:

Please note, only one early career application per candidate.

About bp

bp operates at the heart of the global energy system, helping countries meet their energy needs and serving millions of customers every day. With world-class assets, technology, trading capability and partnerships, we deliver energy at scale today while investing with discipline in the energy transition.

About early careers

Your talent. Your skills. Your big ideas (and even bigger dreams). We know you have a lot to give. So we’ll make sure you get a lot in return. From next-level experiences to global impact. From inspiring teammates to exceptional support – we offer graduate and internship roles across multiple areas.

About One Subsurface Programme

One Subsurface is our early careers programme designed to create a pipeline of subsurface professionals. Early careers will follow a structured development offer to accelerate the acquisition of foundational technical skills, experience and knowledge, and application in the business world. The programme supports transition from university to discipline professional and provides a framework of ‘non-technical’ skills to support building personal effectiveness skills. Early careers will build their experience through challenging development assignments, grow a toolkit of transferable skills for the future, and have a dedicated network of support to help them succeed.

This is a three-year program with two 18-month rotations, including field experience.

About the role

From exploration to production, our petroleum and reservoir engineers play a crucial role in bp’s field operation success. As a petroleum or reservoir engineer, you’ll be key to ensuring we extract hydrocarbons safely and efficiently from our global discoveries. You’ll be a vital member of our team and support the entire lifecycle of an oil or gas field, gaining exposure and experience through partnering with specialists across our business. This covers everything from evaluating prospects to define potential productivity and profitability, to developing which areas to optimize hydrocarbon production.

As a Reservoir Engineer, you’ll focus on integrating geoscience, facilities and well engineering data to understand hydrocarbon reservoir performance, plan field developments and optimize the economic recovery of hydrocarbons. Reservoir engineers also support exploration and carbon sequestration projects. Depending on your bp location and role, you will gain broad capability, primarily through job experiences in:

• Reservoir and Well Performance: participation in the reservoir and well reviews; involvement in reservoir performance analysis, well planning, business planning or flood management
• Reservoir Management: setting depletion strategy, generating field development options, or reserves estimation
• Reservoir Simulation: history matching or model building
• Reservoir Fluid Specialist: PVT analysis, fluid characterization or reservoir souring modeling

Benefits

• One-time sign on bonus
• Annual cash bonus
• Retirement benefits (401K and Pension)
• Relocation and moving assistance.
• Health and welfare benefits
• Competitive pay

You may learn more about our generous benefits here Explore Our Benefits.

Minimum Requirements

• Working toward a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Geological Engineering, or Petroleum-related engineering
• Must have cumulative and major GPA of 3.2 or higher 
• Eligible to work in the U.S. with no restrictions (bp will not support U.S. Immigration sponsorship for full-time or long-term employment)
• Must be in final year, graduating from December 2026 through May 2027 or graduated in the last 3 years.
• Must be available to start on agreed upon global programme start dates (January 19, 2027 or June 21, 2027).

Travel Requirement:

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Data acquisition strategy, Data Analysis, Data Management, Depletion and Storage Development Planning, Fluid Properties, Fluid sampling and analysis, Geological Reservoir and Storage Unit Modelling, Integrated Resource Progression, Measuring and Verification for Carbon Storage, Monitoring, Operations Geology, Petrophysical Dynamic Reservoir Description, Petrophysical Static Reservoir Description, Reservoir Forecasting and Business Planning, Reservoir quality, Rock Properties Framework, Subsurface integration, Subsurface uncertainty and risk management, Subsurface verification and assurance, Well and Area Performance Management

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