Pune, Maharashtra, India
Onsite
Job Family Group:
Business Support Group
Job Description:
Subsurface - Petroleum Engineering Intern - 2027
About bp
As a leading global energy company with a presence in 61 countries, bp’s purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. We are one of only a few companies that can deliver energy – at scale – to countries and millions of customers every day. With more than 100 years of experience, we bring together technology, innovation and deep expertise that keeps communities moving – and we’re still evolving.
bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) center in Pune, strives to build on bp’s existing engineering and technical strengths to deliver high-quality services to its hydrocarbons and new energy businesses worldwide. TSI brings together diverse engineering capabilities to provide technical services across a range of areas including engineering, maintenance, optimization, data processes, projects and subsurface, to deliver safe, affordable and lower emission energy, while continuously innovating how we work.
Global Subsurface Solutions (GSS) delivers high-quality, high impact, subsurface technical products to address prioritized business challenges across bp’s oil, gas, and low carbon businesses.
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.
Our internships
Make an impact on cutting-edge projects. Help find solutions to complex challenges. Be part of a company that invests in you and your growth. You can do it all as an intern at bp. Our 10-week summer programme gives you the opportunity to build your technical knowledge, develop key skills and learn more about life at bp. You'll be part of one team throughout your internship, supported by a dedicated line manager and buddy. There’ll be opportunities to connect with other interns, take part in training, and grow your network across the business.
One Subsurface internship programme – Petroleum Engineering
One Subsurface is an early careers programme designed to create a pipeline of diverse professional engineers who are high performers, have broad discipline experience, a transferable skills set and solving the most complex problems of today and of the future.
As a Petroleum Engineer (PE) intern, you will be part of the Subsurface organization’s Global Subsurface Solutions (GSS) arm and our vision is to become an industry-leading engine room of our integrated energy company; we will do this by putting safety first, reducing carbon emissions, improving efficiency, integrating across the value chain, and flexibly deploying talent to solve the most significant issues. At the heart of Subsurface lies our purpose of being a digitally enabled and agile team that can apply and nurture its subsurface skills to find, develop and manage a portfolio of high-value, carbon-efficient resources.
As a Petroleum engineer intern, you will be responsible for applying innovative digital and data science technologies to deliver system monitoring, optimization and capacity growth across the 4-chokes (Reservoir-Wells-Plant-Export) and developing well intervention requirements to maintain or improve the production of hydrocarbons and CO2 storage throughout the life of the field. Depending on your bp location and role, you will gain broad capability, primarily through job experience, in:
Reservoir and Well Performance: Participation in reservoir and well reviews; involvement in production forecasting, optimizing water, gas, and CO2 injection, or helping design Well intervention or surveillance programs.
System Optimization: Create and maintain numerical models, data analysis, and data visualization tools to optimize the integrated production system, delivering safe, reliable, low-carbon operations and identifying opportunities to grow installed production capacity.
Well Management: well performance tracking or well operations, real-time surveillance, and analyzing and developing data analytics solutions.
Role and responsibilities
The precise nature of your internship role and project will be determined by your skills as well as the needs of the business, but your responsibilities include:
Working on projects and supporting your team to find the best solutions
Helping to maintain performance within your team and for bp as a company
Building relationships both within bp and with our external partners, collaborating across functions, segments and teams to deliver excellence
Demonstrating drive and dedication through the bp values with an emphasis on safety
During your internship you’ll get continuous feedback and guidance on how to plan and deliver your project, along with advice on what to look for and who to talk to. You’ll also be encouraged, individually and together with your intern peer group to find out as much as possible about other teams, disciplines and operations to broaden your understanding of the bp business. This is an assessed internship and may serve as a pathway to the 2028 graduate programme, subject to business needs at the time.
Requirements
Be currently pursuing a bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in Petroleum Engineering, Applied Petroleum disciplines
Maintain a CGPA of 7 & above
Should be class of 2028 and be eligible for a 10-week internship between May to July 2027
Have a willingness to learn, a passion to excel and deliver results
In addition, demonstrable data science skills would be advantageous for any geoscience candidate applying for a role in bp. Specifically, proficiency in using statistical methods to interrogate large datasets for geological insight, and in the application of using scripting languages such as Python and R, and development environments such as Jupyter and Rstudio.
Location
You will be based in our Pune office.
Important application instructions:
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Uploading an updated resume/CV is mandatory. Applications without a resume/CV will be deemed incomplete and will not be reviewed.
Ensure your contact details, academic information, and other application details are accurate and up to date.
Keep your mobile number and college email ID active throughout the recruitment process, as all communication will be shared through these channels.
Any discrepancy or misrepresentation of information at any stage of the recruitment process may lead to disqualification.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for subsequent stages of the recruitment process via their registered college email ID.
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