Production Allocation Engineering Intern

Repsol • Houston, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Repsol is seeking a student to intern with the Production Allocation Engineering Team during the summer of 2027. Repsol is one of the top companies in the oil and gas industry. We are present across the entire value chain: exploration and production, transformation, development, and marketing of energy that is efficient, sustainable, and competitive for millions of people. Repsol is committed to our internship program and helping students enhance their academic studies with real-world, hands-on projects. As an intern, you’ll work on real projects that deliver tangible benefits and measurable results. At the same time, you’ll 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. At the end of your internship, you will present your summer project to our staff. Repsol’s student employment program offers the following advantages. Mentoring by experienced professionals in your field. Increasing levels of challenge and responsibility as skill and industry knowledge grow. The opportunity to gain hands-on experience and apply your academic knowledge. Exposure to different technical groups across the company. Technical and software training.

Requirements

• Fully authorized to work for any employer in the US without sponsorship now or in the future. Additionally, we are not authorized for employment under OPT/CPT/F1 visa programs.
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Data Engineering , or a related technical field.
• Students with an expected graduation 2028-2029 are encouraged to apply (juniors or sophomores). May 2027 graduates may only be considered if enrolled in a post-graduate program.
• Must have cumulative and major GPA of 3.3 or higher, to be confirmed with transcript (unofficial transcript is acceptable)
• Must be available for a continuous 12-week period for the duration of the 2027 summer intern program, starting May 17th and ending on August 6th.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, lookups, basic analytics).
• Familiarity with production systems, SCADA, or engineering software is a plus (Spotfire, Power BI, Energy Components, ProCount, Avocet, Merrick, Aries, or similar).
• Basic understanding of oil & gas production operations preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineers, field personnel, and accounting teams.
• Self‑driven and able to work both independently and collaboratively.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with production systems, SCADA, or engineering software is a plus (Spotfire, Power BI, Energy Components, ProCount, Avocet, Merrick, Aries, or similar).
• Basic understanding of oil & gas production operations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily well‑level production allocation for oil, gas, and water volumes.
• Support monthly close activities, including comparing allocated volumes to tank strapping, meter readings, SCADA data, and production accounting system totals.
• Help identify and reconcile discrepancies in production data (e.g., well tests, theoretical to allocated analysis, tank measurement errors, facility imbalances).
• Validate PVT data and assist in generating updated well test inputs for allocation engines.
• Update and maintain production data in allocation systems (e.g., Energy Components, ProCount, Avocet, Aries, TOW, P2 Merrick, or internal equivalents).
• Review facility balancing issues and support corrections to allow monthly allocation to close.
• Assist in building or improving Power BI dashboards for visualization of production trends or allocation accuracy.
• Help maintain allocation network diagrams (well → facility → battery → sales point).
• Work with Allocation Engineers to monitor performance trends, identify unusual production behavior, or flag potential well or facility issues.
• Support analysis on flaring, venting, downtime coding, and production loss categorization.
• Collaborate with Measurement and Field Operations to verify meter performance, test separator data, tank gauging, and equipment limits.
• Assist with creating or updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) related to allocation and production data workflows.
• Participate in allocation model improvements (e.g., new well setups, route modeling, facility optimization).
• Help support regulatory reporting inputs (state production reporting, environmental volumes, emissions‑related data).

Benefits

• Mentoring by experienced professionals in your field.
• Increasing levels of challenge and responsibility as skill and industry knowledge grow.
• The opportunity to gain hands-on experience and apply your academic knowledge.
• Exposure to different technical groups across the company.
• Technical and software training.
• A summer stipend will be provided to help offset out of pocket expenses.
• Interns will be compensated for observed company holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern