Job Description
Job Purpose
- Lead and integrate all Geoscience (Geology, Geophysics, and Petrophysics) activities under the Commercial structure to maximize subsurface value, mature hydrocarbon resources, reduce geological uncertainty, and support economically sound investment decisions.
- Ensure delivery of high-quality subsurface interpretations, volumetric assessments, prospect maturation, and reservoir characterization to enable exploration success, field development optimization, reserves growth, and commercial negotiations.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
- Strategic & Commercial Alignment
- Align G&G strategies with corporate growth objectives, portfolio strategy, and commercial targets.
- Translate subsurface insights into value-driven business cases and investment proposals.
- Support farm-in/farm-out evaluations, asset acquisitions, and divestments.
- Contribute to reserves booking strategy and certification processes.
- Exploration & Prospect Maturation
- Oversee basin analysis, play fairway evaluation, and prospect generation.
- Ensure robust risking, volumetrics, and uncertainty analysis for exploration opportunities.
- Approve prospect maturation workflows prior to drill-ready status.
- Present subsurface evaluations to management and investment committees.
- Reservoir Characterization & Development Support
- Integrate seismic, geological, petrophysical, and well data into coherent reservoir models.
- Guide static model construction and ensure subsurface integrity for FDPs (Field Development Plans).
- Support well planning, placement, and post-well evaluation.
- Drive uncertainty reduction strategies to improve recovery factors and reserves classification.
- Technical Governance & Quality Assurance
- Establish G&G technical standards, workflows, and best practices.
- Ensure independent technical assurance and peer reviews.
- Validate subsurface risks prior to major capital commitments.
- Maintain compliance with international reporting standards (e.g., SPE-PRMS).
- Data & Digital Integration
- Oversee subsurface data management, seismic reprocessing strategies, and petrophysical database integrity.
- Promote digital subsurface solutions, AI-based interpretation, and integrated modeling technologies.
- Ensure effective knowledge management and lessons learned capture.
- Leadership & Capability Development
- Lead and develop Principal-level technical experts.
- Foster a high-performance, collaborative subsurface culture.
- Build succession planning and technical competency frameworks.
- Act as senior technical authority in G&G matters.
- Stakeholder & External Engagement
- Represent the company in JV technical committees and regulator discussions.
- Support commercial negotiations with technical subsurface insights.
- Coordinate with Drilling, Reservoir Engineering, Production, and HSSE functions.
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