2027 BOLT Intern - Gas Storage

The BOLT (Building Opportunities & Learning Together) Intern Program is Kinder Morgan’s elite summer internship program. Do you want to spend your summer gaining hands-on experience in the energy industry while enhancing your professional and interpersonal skills?  At Kinder Morgan, you will have the opportunity to do just that by participating in meaningful projects that support our vision of delivering energy to improve lives and create a better world.     KINDER MORGAN   Kinder Morgan is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. We own an interest in or operate approximately 79,000 miles of pipelines and 139 terminals. Our pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide (CO2) and more. Our terminals store and handle renewable fuels, petroleum products, chemicals, vegetable oils and other products.     We are a market leader in each of our businesses – Natural Gas Pipelines, Products Pipelines, CO2, and Terminals. We have an unparalleled, large footprint of diversified and strategically located assets that are core to North American energy infrastructure and help deliver needed energy products to high-demand markets.   BUSINESS UNIT:  NATURAL GAS PIPELINES  With approximately 66,000 miles of natural gas pipelines, Kinder Morgan owns an interest in or operates the largest natural gas network in North America. We serve the major consuming markets of the United States, and our pipelines transport approximately 40 percent of the natural gas consumed in the U.S. Our pipelines are connected to every important natural gas resource play and supply area, including the Eagle Ford, Marcellus, Bakken, Utica, Uinta Permian, Haynesville, Fayetteville and Barnett.   The Gas Storage Engineer is responsible for field/well operations of salt caverns and depleted reservoirs used for the underground storage of natural gas.  Knowledge of gas storage wellheads and wellbores including maintenance, risk analysis on assigned gas storage assets, reservoir and salt cavern well integrity related technical support, documentation for PHMSA and the Texas Railroad Commission compliance reporting, development and continuous improvement of reservoir and salt cavern well integrity related programs, systems and applications. The Gas Storage Engineer will report to the Manager of Gas Storage Engineering.

The primary duties of this role are as follows: Plan and execute requirements of Kinder Morgan’s operating and maintenance procedures for assigned gas storage assets following recommendations from API 1170 and 1171 as applicable Interact with appropriate subject matter experts and other stakeholders to meet deliverability, injectivity, and gas storage reliability requirements Identify, prioritize, document and address integrity threats Implement the Gas Storage risk assessment/threat evaluation, risk ranking, long term assessment planning Provide support to other company groups as needed such as Field Engineering, Operations, Commercial, Gas Control, Corrosion and Regulatory Participate in regulatory interactions with PHMSA, TRRC and other State agencies as needed  Maintain and strive to continuously improve both new and existing applications and databases such as: Gas Storage Database Well Risk Matrix Logging Schedules Well Files What You Need Education: Candidate must be working towards Bachelor's degree in Engineering. Entering either junior or senior year of college. Senior students must be graduating in December 2027 or later to be eligible.    Work Location: Work location will be Houston Headquarters based in Houston, TX.

Requirements: Ability to analyze reservoir performance, identify issues and recommend solutions to improve field deliverability Ability to maintain and continually improve well operations Ability to understand typical well-logging suites Practical oilfield and/or storage operations knowledge