Job Title: Senior Geophysicist / Rock Physicist -
Abu Dhabi (Expat Package)
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary: Tax Free Salary + Expat Package
Company: Edgar Cowen
Job type: Permanent
Date posted: 17/11/2009
Reference: AP/241109/Earth
The Company
An Oil & Gas consultancy with an Abu Dhabi office as well as other offices around the globe. They have an excellent working environment and provide their staff with a superb benefits package with the opportunity to earn a significant bonus on top of their salary.
The Role
The role will be to evaluate and develop the assets of clients through the use of seismic interpretation and other geophysical techniques. This is achieved by working closely with your team and other disciplines in the organisation. They are looking for a geophysicist with a solid understanding of rock physics for a couple of specialist projects currently underway.
Experience Required
You should have experience in the majority of the areas below
- 10 years + experience in a similar role gained either in a producer or service company.
- An ability to evaluate and develop assets through the implementation of geophysical techniques.
- An ability to evaluate geological and geophysical data
-To quality control well and seismic data and propose additional work, reprocessing or acquisition of new data or special studies as required
-Interpretation of structure, stratigraphy, paleogeography, lithology and fluid fill from seismic reflectivity and acoustic impedance data with relevant attribute extractions and cubes such as coherency, dip and frequency
-Modelling seismic and attribute data to aid interpretation or support proposals for further studies
-Provision of input for static and dynamic modelling studies and the planning and positioning of wells
-Evaluation and quantification of uncertainty and risk
-Participation in peer reviews and share knowledge and skills with the organisation
-Experience of standard industry interpretation, mapping and modelling software, preferably including some of Petrel, RMS, GoCad, Zmap, SeisWorks, Promax, Geoprobe, with a thorough understanding of background theory
-Solid background in all areas of 2D/3D seismic interpretation, subsurface mapping, structural geology, salt tectonics and sequence stratigraphy
-Knowledge and/or experience of co-ordinate systems, acquisition and processing, multi-component seismic gravity and magnetics, petroacoustics, data inversion and modelling
Analysis and processing of 3d image data for simulation models
Design and development of experiments to support numerical simulation capabilities
Understanding of wettability in rocks
Data for input into simulations
Conducting R & D to understand various relationships between microstructure and macroscopic properties
What Next
For an informal discussion about this role please contact Andrew Pearson or alternatively send us your CV
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Contact
Andrew Pearson
Email:andrew.pearson@edgarcowen.com
Tel: 01228 217 277
Web: www.EdgarCowen.com
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