Development Geologist

Job description / Role

The Development Geologist is a key position in a team responsible for managing the company operated portfolio with a variety of reservoirs, fluids and maturity:
• Delivers well scoped and pre-defined geological elements of Development projects
• Applies geological expertise and professional judgment in delivering assigned projects and presents completed analysis and recommendations at Peer Reviews, Peer Assists and Functional Reviews as part of the company Value Assurance Framework. May act as a peer reviewer for other projects
• Define realistic alternative subsurface realizations and provide field optimum development concepts and recommendations
• Ensures all geological uncertainties and risks are incorporated into forward exploration and developments plans, and are included in all estimates of reserves
• Liaise with other team members to carry out subsurface evaluation and analysis to propose well locations and pick wells to fulfil business needs as well as defining necessary data gathering like logging, coring, etc.
• Contributes to all phases of planning, delivery and evaluation of well operations as assigned, including Geotech Documents, data gathering, daily reporting and post-well studies and analyses
• Coordinate specialist studies; sedimentological, diagenetic, micropalaeontology , Oil typing (finger printing) etc.
• Prepare and keep up to date subsurface interpretations, presented as structural contour maps, thickness maps and X-Sections aimed at defining boundary conditions of the pools and reservoirs
• Ensures all own evaluations are documented and related geological data (both petrotechnical and physical) is handled in accordance with the companies Data Management Standards
• May represent the company at partner interface meetings & TCM's. Propose, develop and support subsurface work to gain internal and partner approval for operator recommendations/proposals
• Establish and formulate workflows, best practices and procedures for OOCEP in the geological function
• Adheres to appropriate Subsurface Policies and Standards
• Mentoring junior geologists in the team and support other team members as required
• Stand-by / on-call duties when required; and
• Any other related tasks that you are asked to do

Requirements

• BS in Geology, or another relevant science subject
• Minimum 8 years experience
• Omani Nationals preferred
• Well operations planning and delivery
• Expert user of geological interpretations systems
• Field appraisal and development including reservoir characterisation
• 3D Geological modelling skills, preferably in Petrel Software
• Regional and new venture evaluations
• Prospect generation and evaluation
• May have proven background of working in different geological settings (preferably Oman Barik and Miqrat) - clastics, carbonates, passive margins, thrust belts etc.

About the Company

Oman Oil Company Exploration & Production LLC (OOCEP) is an upstream Oil & Gas company based in the Sultanate of Oman. Initially having operated as a division of Oman Oil Company SAOC (OOC), OOCEP is now a subsidiary of OOC following the Company's incorporation as a separate legal entity in 2009. OOCEP has numerous assets and diversified interests in Oil & Gas exploration and production both inside and outside Oman.