Midstream & Marketing Strategy Analyst

Entity: Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Strategic Planning & Business Development Group

Job Description:

bpx energy, a major oil and gas producer in the United States, leverages its expertise in unconventional gas, including shale, to deliver hydrocarbon production and technical knowledge worldwide. With operations in Texas and Louisiana, our US onshore business has become both a premier oil and gas producer and a leader in reducing methane emissions. As part of BP, a global industry leader, we foster a high-energy, high-intensity environment built on accountability, collegiality, and empowerment.

Role Summary

The Midstream & Marketing Strategy Analyst provides analytical, economic, and execution support to the Midstream & Marketing Strategic Advisor and broader commercial midstream organization. This high-impact role offers direct exposure to strategic decision-making across bpx's multi-basin portfolio, focusing on financial modeling, commercial analysis, data management, and coordination activities that support the development, evaluation, and execution of midstream, downstream, and marketing arrangements.

This position plays a key role in enabling informed decision-making, cost optimization, and value realization across bpx's asset portfolio while providing accelerated skill development through diverse technical challenges and direct interaction with senior commercial leadership.

Why This Role

The bpx Midstream & Marketing team's scope and complexity continues to expand due to increased development activity, evolving deal structures to maximize netback and flow assurance, and growing involvement in power sourcing/generation, produced water, and emerging energy initiatives. This creates an exceptional opportunity for a high-performing analyst to:

• Gain comprehensive exposure across three major U.S. oil & gas basins (Permian, Eagle Ford, Haynesville)
• Develop expertise in traditional midstream, emerging energy solutions, and commercial structuring
• Work directly with the Head of Midstream & Marketing and Strategic Advisor on high-value negotiations and strategic initiatives
• Build a skill set spanning financial analysis, energy economics, and commercial deal execution

Role Details

The Midstream & Marketing Strategy Analyst supports commercial activities across the Permian, Eagle Ford, and Haynesville basins for a broad range of midstream, downstream, and commercial arrangements, providing you with unparalleled breadth of experience including:

• Natural gas gathering, treating, compression, processing, and transportation
• Crude oil gathering, stabilization, storage, terminaling, intra-basin transportation, long-haul transportation, and buy/sell structures
• Natural gas liquids transportation, storage, and marketing arrangements
• Produced water gathering, trucking, and disposal
• Power, renewable energy, and carbon capture initiatives – positioning you at the forefront of energy transition

The role reports to the Head of Midstream & Marketing, with day-to-day support provided to the Midstream & Marketing Strategic Advisor, ensuring regular exposure to senior leadership and strategic discussions. The analyst works closely with internal stakeholders across Finance, Trading, Legal, Land, Operations, and Development – building a robust internal network and developing cross-functional business acumen.

Key Accountabilities

Strategic Analysis & Decision Support

• Develop, maintain, and update economic models, netback analyses, and sensitivity cases to support evaluation of midstream, marketing, power, and produced water agreements
• Prepare analytical materials, dashboards, and presentations for senior leadership reviews and board-level decision-making
• Support development of electrification and power sourcing initiatives through analysis of power costs, renewable alternatives, backup power solutions, and related economics – gaining modern experience in energy transition

Commercial Intelligence & Portfolio Management

• Maintain commercial trackers for midstream contracts, export availability, service costs, and contractual obligations
• Supervise midstream service costs and prepare variance and trend analyses versus plan
• Track production deferrals and contracted service availability, proactively identifying risks and opportunities to senior commercial leadership

Operations & Execution Support

• Assist with natural gas balancing activities through data validation, reporting, and coordination with trading and internal stakeholders
• Coordinate with Finance, Legal, Land, Operations, and Development teams to capture inputs and support execution of commercial agreements
• Ensure analytical outputs are accurate, timely, and aligned with commercial and operational realities

What You'll Gain

• Accelerated Learning: Exposure to diverse deal structures across multiple basins, commodities, and emerging energy technologies
• Strategic Visibility: Direct interaction with senior commercial leaders and involvement in high-stakes negotiations and strategic initiatives
• Career Advancement: Build a comprehensive skill set in energy economics, commercial structuring, and financial analysis that positions you for progression into expanded commercial or strategy roles
• Technical Expertise: Hands-on experience with sophisticated financial models, commercial analytics platforms, and energy market dynamics

Crucial Experience and Education

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, Business Administration, or a related discipline from an accredited university
• Robust experience in midstream, commercial analytics, energy economics, or a related role
• Strong proficiency in Excel and financial modeling; experience with Power BI or similar analytics tools; proficiency in AI programs to improve efficiency in performing key accountabilities.
• Solid understanding of U.S. onshore upstream and midstream businesses
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and data quality
• Effective communication skills with the ability to support senior stakeholders and work across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment
• Self-starter mentality with intellectual curiosity and drive to continuously learn and improve

We're looking for a high-performing analyst who:

• Thrives in a dynamic, high-growth environment with evolving priorities
• Demonstrates strong business judgment and can translate complex analysis into actionable insights
• Seeks meaningful responsibility and direct impact on commercial outcomes
• Values learning and professional development in a role with significant growth potential
• Brings energy, curiosity, and a collaborative mindset to cross-functional team environments

Compensation and Benefits

We offer a reward and wellbeing package to enable your work to fit with your life. These can include, but not limited to, access to health, vision and dental insurance, flexible working schedule, paid time off policy, discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and a generous 401K matching program. How much do we pay (Base)? $160,000- $200,000

*Note that the listed pay range is a good-faith estimate of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

Relocation may be negotiable for this role

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agreements and negotiations, Agreements and negotiations, Analytics, Commercial Acumen, customer and competitor understanding, Data visualization and interpretation, Deal structuring, Developing and implementing strategy, Economic evaluation methodology, Empowering Others, Financial Modelling, Generating customer insights, Inclusive Leadership, Influencing, Internal approval process, Investment appraisal, Joint Venture Structuring, Managing strategic partnerships, market, Market Analysis, Market Development, Project and programme management, Prospecting and pipeline management, Sector, Stakeholder Management {+ 1 more}

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