Principal Geologist
Job Ref No: V-17634
Location: India
Job Type: Expat
Our Client
A highly successful oil and gas exploration and production company financially geared to globally grow their international portfolio and committed to continuing its track record of exploration success. This role offers an outstanding package with all of the usual expatriate benefits.
The Role
Our client is seeking a highly motivated, experienced technical geologist to work within the exploration team and provide specialist support for the company's operated and non-operated acreage and producing fields.
Key responsibilities of this role include:
- Working with geophysicists to integrated geology into 2D and 3D seismic interpretation
- Development of geological models and coherent structural models from integration of well, outcrop and analogue data
- Integration of 1D and pseudo-3D basin models to develop prospectivity in basins
- Prospect generation, including volumetric assessment, ranking and risking
- Work with the geophysical projects team specialists on rock physics studies as required, including seismic attribute studies, seismic modelling, inversion and AVO
- Design and writing of exploration well proposals as appropriate
- Database co-ordination
- Written and verbal reporting of technical studies and presentation to management, partners and Government
- Promote excellence within the geophysics group
- Participate in cross team peer review sessions
- Develop and mentor junior geophysicists and peers in the asset team
- Encourage access to leading technologies
- Network across discipline groups.
The Person
The following skills, experience and qualifications are required:
- Degree or higher in Geophysics
- Minimum 10 years of experience primarily geological interpretation and prospect generation, along with broad technical experience in hydrocarbon exploration
- Good understanding of geological processes, including structural geology, depositional systems and sequence stratigraphy
- Good understanding of geological features apparent in seismic, including skills in seismic sequence stratigraphy and seismic geomorphology
- Experience of numerous basins worldwide
- Understanding of project execution and cost implications
- Strong current geophysical workstation skills, including working in a 3D visualisation environment
- Expertise in GIS and database management would be an advantage
- Team player with open and flexible approach
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Commercially aware with entrepreneurial attitude
- Willingness to travel extensively.
This position is open to candidates of all nationalities.
For further information please contact Karyn Humphrys on +61 7 5341 8819 or email your queries to Karyn via mail@mnaglobal.com
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