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MaverickX

Provides lixiviants for mineral recovery

Senior Stimulation Chemist

Physical SciencesUpdated on Nov 11
Full-timeAustin, TX, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's or advanced degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, or a related field is required.
  • At least 5 years of hands-on oilfield chemistry experience, with personal ownership of formulations and their performance, is required.
  • Hands-on experience working with cores and running rock-fluid tests is required.
  • Depth in one or more of oilfield stimulation chemistry, acidizing chemistry, chelant or sequestrant chemistry, mineral dissolution, or aqueous inorganic chemistry is required.
  • Experience characterizing reaction kinetics and precipitation behavior in complex fluid systems is required.
  • Experience designing and interpreting laboratory testing, such as dissolution, compatibility, precipitation, or corrosion testing, is required.
  • The candidate must be willing to work on-site in Austin, Texas, travel to field sites, other facilities, and industry events as needed, and work extended hours as needed.
  • The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, reaching overhead, bending, and standing or being on one's feet for long periods.
  • The candidate must follow BSL2 laboratory operating guidelines.
  • The candidate must have strong technical communication, writing, and reporting skills for technical and nontechnical audiences, be able to work well with coworkers from varied scientific backgrounds, and work independently.

Responsibilities

  • Own core testing for the chemistry by designing, running, and interpreting rock-fluid tests on reservoir core, and use the results to guide each treatment.
  • Characterize fluid reactions with target mineral phases, including dissolution behavior, reaction kinetics, and the chemistry of penetration and spending.
  • Define what the reaction chemistry implies for treatment sizing and placement, and provide those constraints to treatment design.
  • Own spent-fluid chemistry, including precipitation risk, secondary reactions, and formation-damage potential.
  • Validate compatibility with co-injected fluids, production chemical programs, brines, and physical equipment, and define the conditions under which PetroX Boost is a viable treatment.
  • Provide technical constraints for treatment designs, including spending rate versus target depth, precipitation thresholds, and compatibility limits.
  • Support laboratory work on new platform applications in the oilfield and metals, including metal removal from oil and bench leach tests on ores.

Desired Qualifications

  • End-to-end validation experience from bench testing through field deployment is preferred.
  • Experience with bio-based chemistries is preferred.
  • Working familiarity with the Permian, Bakken, and Eagle Ford basins and their mineralogies is preferred.
  • Working familiarity with production chemical programs, including scale and corrosion inhibitors, biocides, and demulsifiers, is preferred.
  • Laboratory experience with a leading energy operator or service company is preferred.

About the Company

MaverickX

Provides lixiviants for mineral recovery

MaverickX develops chemical technologies for mineral and energy extraction, offering LithX and PetroX to boost metal recovery from low-grade ores and legacy stockpiles. LithX is a ambient-temperature lixiviant that dissolves metals without added acid or high-pressure systems and can fit into existing mining flowsheets; PetroX is a synthetic enzyme that solubilizes hard rock ores at low temperatures to extract metals like lithium. The company differentiates itself by delivering chemistry-based solutions that require little capital and energy, targeting complex ore bodies and integrating with current workflows, backed by YC funding and a growing seed round. Its goal is to enable scalable recovery of metals such as copper, gold, lithium, and other critical metals while improving efficiency in oil and gas operations and reducing energy use.

Company size
11-50
Company stage
Early VC
Total funding
$7.6M
Headquarters
Austin, TX
Founded
2022

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