Summer Intern – Reservoir Engineer – Houston, TX

Internship Opportunity at 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.

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 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 production engineering data to understand hydrocarbon reservoir performance, plan field developments and optimize the economic recovery of hydrocarbons. Reservoir engineers also support exploration and appraisal 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: history matching or model building

Successful interns may be considered for a full-time role within our One Subsurface programme upon earning their degree. 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.

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  12-week summer programme gives you the opportunity to build your technical knowledge, develop key skills and learn more about life 'll be part of one team throughout your internship, supported by a dedicated line manager and buddy.

There will be opportunities to connect with other interns, take part in training, and grow your network across the business.

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…