Petroleum & Reservoir Engineering - Summer Internship 2025 (Aberdeen)

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Petroleum & Reservoir Engineering - Summer Internship 2025 (Aberdeen)

About the Internship

This is your opportunity to spend 11 weeks with bp, working directly on impactful projects that you’ll lead from start to finish. Based in one team, you’ll gain real, hands-on experience, with the support of a dedicated line manager and a buddy from our early careers community. Throughout the internship, you’ll also have the chance to attend social events and training sessions, helping you grow both professionally and personally. Our programme is carefully designed to build your technical expertise while giving you a true sense of what it’s like to work at bp.

Role and Responsibilities

As a Petroleum & Reservoir Engineering (PERE) intern, you’ll join bp’s Subsurface team within the Production & Operations (P&O) business group. P&O drives the development of bp's oil and gas assets worldwide, focusing on exploration, production, and refining. Our team’s vision is to be at the forefront of safe, efficient, and sustainable hydrocarbon production, and we actively integrate across bp’s value chain to tackle the industry’s biggest challenges. Our digitally-driven, agile Subsurface team plays a vital role in identifying, developing, and managing a portfolio of high-value, low-carbon resources.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this role, you’ll get a chance to support bp’s goal of achieving net zero and improving people’s lives. You’ll work as a Reservoir Engineer, where you’ll apply skills in geoscience, rock and fluid analysis, pressure evaluation, and well engineering. Your work will help understand and manage how hydrocarbon reservoirs or storage facilities perform, supporting the planning of new field developments or optimising economic recovery from existing resources. Your experiences may include:

• Well and Area Performance: Participate in reviews, analyse reservoir performance, plan wells, and contribute to effective flood management.
• Reservoir and Storage Management: Help set strategies for resource depletion, generate options for field development, and estimate reserves.
• Reservoir and Storage Simulation: Work on history matching, build models, and develop solutions using data analytics.

Beyond the Role

At bp, we value holistic development and encourage you to get involved beyond your immediate role. You’ll have the opportunity to support local community initiatives, engage with bp’s Business Resourcing Groups, and spend time on activities that interest you.

Why bp?

This internship not only enhances your technical skills but also provides a pathway to lasting professional connections and valuable experience in a global energy company that’s committed to a more sustainable future.

Requirements 

To apply for this role, you must be in your penultimate year of study or; in your final year but you are continuing your education with a master’s degree in the next academic year. 

You are also expected to have strong spoken and written English language skills, including business and technical English. Language skills will be assessed throughout the recruitment process.

Location(s)

This role will be based out of the following UK office:

Bp Aberdeen – NSHQ (North Sea Headquarters), 1 Wellheads Avenue, Dyce, Aberdeen, AB21 7PB, UK

Start & End Dates

23rd June to 5th September 2025 

Please note: Our internships are full-time. If you will struggle to be available for these dates &/or may not be able to work full time, please flag this if you are invited to a technical interview, or earlier if possible.

Other Information

Please note the following when applying:

You can only apply to one bp early careers opportunity globally per academic year – within this time, we will only process the first application you make. You will be withdrawn from any subsequent applications. 

Unless you apply to a role with a location explicitly stated, role locations are not guaranteed – where not stated, you will be placed in a location based on business need.

Accommodation – once confirmed, where you need or decide to move closer to your location, you are responsible for organising and funding this accommodation.

Adjustments

We are keen to make our recruitment process accessible to all. If you require any adjustments/accommodations, to any stage of the recruitment process, please mention this in the allocated section on your initial application form. Someone will then be in touch to discuss or confirm the adjustments/accommodations as appropriate for you. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss adjustments before applying, please get in touch:

T: +44 1635 584149

E: enquiry@bpgraduates.co.uk

Reward

Salary: £35,200 p.a. (prorated for the duration of your internship)

Legal Disclaimer: 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/ accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us. 

T: +44 1635 584149 

E: enquiry@bpgraduates.co.uk 

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.

About bp

bp is a global company that offers a world of opportunities for professionals as well as those starting out in their career. We’re guided by our purpose and ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and help the world get there too.

What does this mean for you? It means you can expect purposeful work, world-class training and the flexibility to realize your full potential. Not to mention the chance to join a company committed to delivering more sustainable energy for all. Ready to crack on? Your perfect job match awaits.

How to apply

To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button.

Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.