Lease Operator - East Texas - Overton / Troup Office

Job Description

Lease Operator - Oil & Gas – Troup, Texas

Faulconer Energy LLC, a well-respected, growing, and privately-owned Independent Texas Oil & Gas Company with over 40 years in the industry has an opportunity for an experienced, detail-oriented Lease Operator located in our Overton Field Operations. Position performs a key role in the daily inspection, operational monitoring, and reporting on assigned wells and facilities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Performs daily inspections of assigned oil and gas leases.

Gauges and reports daily production of oil and water in storage tanks and coordinates hauling as required. Responsible for daily gauge input and verification.

Reads gas meters, charts, and performs calculations for reporting daily produced gas volumes.

Monitors and records daily plunger runs on all non-automated wells.

Inspects plungers, sample catchers and performs gauge ring tests on a bi-monthly basis on all plunger lift wells.

Reads, records and reports tubing, casing, and SCG pressures on assigned wells.

Inspects pipelines, valves, gauges and flanges to detect malfunctions.

Operates intermitter controllers, pumping units, natural gas compressors, separators, refrigeration plants, JT plants, dehydrators, and generators, Triplex pumps, gas operated centrifugal pumps and pneumatic pumps.

Conducts daily readings and reporting on assigned compressors.

Makes repairs to control valves and pilots and separation equipment.

Reports lease deficiencies and other operational problems to the supervisor in a timely manner.

Oversees the operation of artificial lift equipment, such as down hole pumps, plunger-lift, gas lift, gas assist plunger lift, foamer pumps and capillary strings.

Performs mechanical troubleshooting on all equipment as required.

Inspects each location and repairs or makes recommendations for repair to supervisor.

Initiates, maintains and manages project lists for each lease as needed.

Proficient in the start-up and operation of each lease and its associated surface equipment.

Perform rotational work schedule that may require duties be performed on the weekend. Due to nature of work may be subject to call out or an “on call” schedule on a 3–4-week rotation.

Responsible for maintaining required housekeeping on assigned lease sites and Company vehicle.

Focal point for optimizing production on assigned wells. Works with optimizer and utilizes production report to schedule daily repairs.

Reports to the respective field Production Foreman.

Required Qualifications:

Five (5) + years’ Lease Operator Oil and Gas experience with good working knowledge of all surface production equipment and well automation.

Previous experience optimizing wells utilizing well automation is desired.

Recent Lease Operator experience highly desired.

Knowledge and skills to operate artificial lift equipment, such as plunger lift, down hole pumps, programmable controllers, and pumping units.

Strong mechanical aptitude with ability to perform troubleshooting and minor repairs on all oil and gas surface production equipment.

Previous work experience with compressor operations desired.

Good communication skills to interact effectively with members of small and large teams.

Ability to climb stairs, vessel ladders and work at heights up to 25 feet.

Experience with Microsoft Office and ability to effectively utilize Internet/E-mail in performance of job responsibilities.

Previous experience with P2-Carte/ZD or equivalent reporting programs preferred, but not required.

A minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent.

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

Attractive compensation and benefits package for qualified candidates.

Faulconer Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity

Full-time