Development Geologist

The successful candidate will be working with a team of expatriates and local employees. The applicant may be assigned to either a development/exploitation team or an exploration team and thus be responsible for detailed field and/or regional geologic mapping, teamed with a geophysicist.

The candidate will be required to work at a rapid pace to identify drilling opportunities to fit an aggressive program.

Candidate should also be able to provide mentoring to national staff and overseeing their progress.

Candidate should have experience in the following technical skill categories:

• Geologic interpretation with a focus on:
  • Clastic sedimentology
  • Sedimentary facies & depositional environment analysis
  • Sequence stratigraphic interpretation using well log, core, biostratigraphic and seismic data
  • Structural styles
  • Fault seal analysis
  • Log analysis
  • Some basic knowledge of petroleum geochemistry and basin modeling.
• Generation of prospects in a team environment for drilling and present to governmental organizations for approval.
• Preparing, monitoring and evaluating drilling programs.
• Coordination with vendors regarding logging programs, rock analysis (core & cuttings), geochemistry, and biostratigraphy.
• Familiarity with probabilistic assessment techniques for hydrocarbon prospects.
• Assessment and improvement of existing field production techniques (i.e. waterflood, etc.)

· Generating field development/appraisal plans for discoveries and justify plans with governmental organizations.

• Coordination and participation in regional geologic studies that aid the region’s geologic understanding of current plays as well as development of new play concepts.
• Proficiency in and/or a willingness to learn the following PC applications:
  • Mapping (Petrel and/or Z-Map)
  • Geologic/Reservoir Model Generation (Petrel)
  • Basin Modeling (Trinity/Genesis)
  • MS Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)