Lease Operators

Job Responsibilities

• Gauge production on assigned wells and report gauge readings, downtime, and other pertinent well information to the district office.
• MUST have experience working with high production volume wells with H2S.
• Perform lease maintenance such as minor surface pump and production equipment repairs and adjustments; trim weeds, clean up trash, Etc.; grease pumping units, service lease equipment, etc…NOTE problems and or recommend course of actions to supervisor in order to decrease costs and increase production.
• Perform daily battery and satellite checks focusing on levels and pressures.
• Witness LACT proving and sample pot shakeouts with the pipeline company.
• Check wells and maintain stuffing box and flow line leaks.
• Operate water injection pumps and wells.
• Keep field at the correct pressure and locate, and repair leaks.
• Check out Beam and ESP failures, load and test wells for failures.
• Analysis surface and downhole cards for correct pump-off set points to minimize failures.
• Oversee pumping unit inspections and identify unit failures.
• Shoot fluid levels and make decisions on unit stroke per minute and pump size changes.
• Calculate beam well VE% and compare to well test data.
• Trouble Shoot tester problems and obtain valid tests for each well every month.
• Perform work in a manner that ensures the secure and environmentally safe operation of all wells and leases for which you the operator is responsible for.