Senior Geoscience Specialist

Job Purpose

• Provide geoscience assessments of new venture opportunities by analyzing geological data, including geophysical, petro physical, sedimentological and petrological evaluations, and incorporating them into integrated interpretations through Petrel modelling.
• Generate resource estimates of prospects and leads and evaluate the associated geologic risks; estimate geological chance of success in exploration opportunities.
• Recommend regarding the technical merits and risks of individual opportunities and present evaluation results internally and to partners as appropriate.
• Assist in finding, evaluating and executing new venture opportunities in exploration, production and development.
  
  
  

Job Responsibilities

• Screen New Venture opportunities on a geoscience technical level, including exploration and development projects and make recommendations regarding potential level of interest.
• Participate or lead as appropriate in data room evaluation projects, bid round roadshows, and other seller technical oriented sessions/processes.
• Prepare exploration prospect/lead generation/analysis, resource evaluations and geologic risk assessments for new venture opportunities, working with Exploration, Drilling and/or Reservoir departments.
• Review geoscience work produced by Exploration team or other technical advisors; support, challenge or oversee this work as necessary. Review and challenge petrel models generated by Exploration team.
• Ensure that geoscience strategies, work processes, quality standards and project deliverables reflect current technologies and oil and gas industry best practices.
• Facilitate the flow of information between the New Venture team and Exploration, Drilling and/or Reservoir departments; work actively with these departments for thorough peer review of work.
• Along with Drilling and Reservoir Departments, work directly with new venture partners to carry out geoscience evaluation activities related to evaluation of exploration and/or development investment opportunities.
  
  
  

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geology or Geophysics
• Minimum 12 years of professional experience in petroleum industry, with broad oil and gas geoscience evaluation experience
• Operates independently under broad guidelines. Incumbents have broad responsibility for planning, organizing and prioritizing work. Active control by the supervisor is only exercised on longer term goals and policy issues. This is the typical supervision level for middle managers and high level professionals.
  
  
  

Job Requirement

Borehole Geophysics and Non-Seismic Exploration Methods

Basin Analysis

Play Analysis

Prospect Generation

Subsurface Uncertainty

Seismic Acquisition , Processing and Interpretation Techniques

Seismic Velocity Analysis and Imaging

Surface Seismic Acquisition Techniques

Sequence Stratigraphy

Certifications

• Masters degree is preferred
  
  
  

Skills

Physical Requirements

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