Trinidad Petroleum & Reservoir Engineer Intern

Summer Intern – Petroleum & Reservoir Engineer– Trinidad

To apply, please visit: https://careers.bp.com/early-careers, utilize our Candidate Matching Tool, review all matching roles and apply to the one you are most interested in (only one application per candidate).

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About bp

As a leading global energy company with a presence in over 61 countries, bp is dedicated to delivering energy to the world, today and tomorrow. Across the bp landscape, we’re home to a range of brands across many areas of our industry.  For over 100 years, we’ve focused on discovering, developing and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner. It’s an exciting time to join bp. From wellbeing programs to mentorship and career growth opportunities, we aim to ensure you can thrive – in work and in life.

About the role

As a first step, nothing prepares you better for a career with us than an internship. Our internship program provides hands-on, career-specific experience working full-time during the summer. You will work on real projects that deliver tangible benefits and measurable results. At the same time, you will have the opportunity to learn about and help to solve some of the most important issues we face. You will experience genuine teamwork, and work alongside highly qualified and experienced colleagues, while you work on live projects and operations, using the latest equipment and technology.

From exploration to production, our petroleum and reservoir engineers play a crucial role in BP’s field operation success. As a Summer Intern petroleum or reservoir engineer, you’ll be integral 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.

Petroleum Engineers use tools, methodologies, and technologies to collate data from the field to effectively manage and optimize base production.  PEs work within multi-disciplinary teams to ensure wells and operations remain safe, efficient, compliant, and sustainable. Key focus areas for PEs include:

• Production Management - Maximize the value of our existing hubs through rigorous production monitoring and optimization
• Opportunity Progression – Wellwork candidate identification, planning, and execution.  Use system modeling to identify and progress opportunities. Contributor to well and reservoir reviews.
• Risk and Vulnerability Management – Understand the surveillance, barriers and mitigation measures.
• Digital Enhancements – Use of digital tools to store well notes and document events. Make a concerted effort to maintain key information for future teams. Use and grow digital capability to drive efficiency and simplification.

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, or flood management 
• Reservoir Management: setting depletion strategy, generating field development options, or reserves estimation
• Reservoir Simulation: model building, performance history matching & prediction
• Reservoir Fluid Specialist: PVT analysis, fluid characterization or reservoir souring modeling

About bp’s intern program

At bp, we love our interns! In addition to developing your technical capabilities within your given discipline, we ensure you enjoy your time with us and have a fun summer. You’ll work on real world projects, learn about our industry and see how we’re meeting the world’s growing energy needs. You’ll also pick up experience and skills that will launch you into a successful career. 

Some of the wonderful things you’ll experience as a bp intern are: 

• Project based roles for 12 weeks
• Typically for students between their penultimate and final year in program 
• Assigned a buddy/mentor to help you transition into bp
• Attend events consist of networking, lunch & learn, executive calls, webinars, and community service opportunities across locations
• Comprehensive performance assessment process (goal setting, setting deliverables for projects, mid-term review, and final presentation) 

About Production & Operations

This is the place to truly drive change. Our people develop hydrocarbon resources, deliver projects, operate refineries as well as oil and gas production assets.

Join us and make a difference by:

• making our production and operations safer and more standardized
• driving quicker reduction of our carbon emissions
• growing cash returns and delivering improved reliability and optimization
• maximizing efficiency through sharing resources
• accelerating the digital transformation of our operating assets
• developing our people faster, leveraging the scale of P&O
• building greater integration and collaboration in service of our purpose

Minimum Requirements for the PE/RE Internship

• Must be a citizen or legal resident of Trinidad and Tobago or CARICOM national
• Must be pursuing a degree in Petroleum Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• Currently in your penultimate year of study (pre-final year) with a minimum GPA of 3.0
• Must be available to start on agreed upon June start date
• Successful candidates will need to provide a valid certificate of character. Less than 6 months old at the point of start. Please visit the TTPS website at Certificate of Character (ttps.gov.tt)

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, national origin, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us. If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.