Senior Geoscientist

Our Client is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company. The Client believes in providing energy that empowers people by doing right always, staying with it and thinking beyond possible.

They are actively looking for a talented Senior Geoscientist - Subsurface Development based in Houston to join their Geoscience team.

The Sr Geoscientist will work in the Client's Houston Corporate office and may work two (2) days a week remotely.

Responsibilities:

• Interpret seismic and well logs, generate maps and cross sections to create geological understandings for assigned fields and conduct risk and reserve/resource analyses
• Integrate data from different sources and construct geomodels in Petrel
• Create facies and petrophysical models using different methods and algorithms
• Perform well correlations, mapping and data analysis of different wells and sands
• Interface with reservoir engineers for reservoir simulation modeling
• Assess and recommend drilling of new wells and infill wells
• Present and make recommendations to management
• Predrill well preparation and planning. Interface with Drilling, Completions, Subsurface, Regulatory and Partners
• Provide operations support in drilling/rig program and update field results and reserves as needed
• Peer assist, collaboration both within the team and external support
• Understand Petroleum Systems, risking, and running field/prospect volumetrics

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Geology or other geoscience discipline
• Minimum 10 years' experience in oil and gas exploration and development with minimum 4 years directly involved in static modeling and 3D seismic interpretation
• Experience in sedimentological and stratigraphic characterization of deepwater depositional systems, facies distribution and reservoir quality
• Expert in developing fit for purpose geological models using Petrel
• Experience in integrating core, pressure, fluid, paleo and seismic into geological frameworks and models
• Experience in developing depositional facies models
• Experience in volumetric analyses
• Experience in using seismic attributes in qualitative interpretation of sand distribution
• Ability to work multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with operational well planning and execution
• Strong verbal and written communication English skills

Desired/Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters in Geology or other geoscience discipline
• Experience in Deepwater Miocene reservoirs preferred
  

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