Development Geoscientist

bp•Denver, CO

2d•$132,000 - $155,000•Hybrid

About The Position

bpx energy, a major oil and gas producer in the United States, leverages its expertise in unconventional gas, including shale, to deliver hydrocarbon production and technical knowledge worldwide. With operations in Texas and Louisiana, our US onshore business has become both a premier oil and gas producer and a leader in reducing methane emissions. As part of BP, a global industry leader, we foster a high-energy, high-intensity environment built on accountability, collegiality, innovation, and empowerment. At bpx, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment where collaboration, continuous improvement, and inclusion are valued. Discover your place with us and help our business meet the challenges of reimagining and reinventing the future of energy. The Eagle Ford Development Geoscientist is a member of the Eagle Ford Development team within bpx Energy supporting a multi-rig program. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 3 years of industry experience, preferably in the Eagle Ford, including operations, development/evaluation planning, well planning, detailed mapping, petrophysics, and play assessment. Experience should include exposure to integration of subsurface datasets to characterize play fairways and facilitate high grading of development opportunities.

Requirements

Master of Science in Geology or related field
Personal commitment to health, safety, environment, laws, regulations, and ethics and compliance principles
Minimum of 3 years industry experience in unconventional reservoirs
Basic mapping skills/interpretation, play assessment, evaluation planning, petrophysics interpretation, geophysics, exploration, data analytics, project management, operational execution
Demonstrated ability to understand and analyze subsurface issues, make data-based decisions, and using analytics where possible, to identify alternatives and select an appropriate course of action to achieve desired outcome
Operations and/or geosteering experience preferable
Familiarity with reservoir, drilling, and completions engineering
Demonstrated use of IMPACT principles: I - Innovation: Learns from new ideas and applies solutions to add value. M - Motivated: Overcomes obstacles with an intense desire to succeed. P - Performance Driven: Makes value-based decisions involving measured risk to deliver business objectives. A - Accountable: Takes responsibility and ownership of business performance. C - Collaborative: Shares knowledge and works together for the good of BPX. T - Trustworthy: Keeps commitments, listens to others and authentically supports change necessary to achieve our Path to Premier.
Strong business acumen and data-based decision making
Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in fast-paced environment
Forward-looking thinker who actively seeks opportunities and solutions
Familiarity with geoscience interpretation software (Petrel preferred)
Familiarity with geo-steering software (StarSteer preferred)

Nice To Haves

Eagle Ford experience preferred but not required
Training or hands-on experience in data visualization software (Spotfire preferred)
Training of hands-on experience with database web applications (Enverus preferred)
Training or hands-on experience with Claude, Python, Spotfire, Snowflake, or similar analytical tools and databases preferred

Responsibilities

Support of surveillance data acquisition planning/execution/interpretation to include assessment of new technology and cost-efficient data acquisition to de-risk appraisal and development plans while maximizing return on investment
Development Planning in support of multi-rig program including subsurface attribute mapping, oil and gas portfolio high grading, well placement/target zone recommendations, and competitor well performance assessment
Well Planning to include pre-spud assessment with geo-hazards identification and mitigation, offset drilling events correlation, subsurface anomaly flagging, target window protocol, survey frequency protocol, data acquisition program, and tool failure protocol
Execution of geological operations including communicating with third-party geo-steerers, mudlogging vendors, rig personnel, and drilling personnel; integration of geological and geophysical data; supporting correlation of drilling events with subsurface anomalies/features
Assessment of drilling and completions performance by integrating geological, geophysical, geochemical, and geomechanical characterization to understand performance drivers and ensure repeatability of successful results.
Close collaboration with multiple other disciplines (Subsurface Technology, Land, Reservoir, Drilling, Completions, Regulatory, Facilities, Finance, Legal, etc.) for planning and delivery of program in compliance with business rules.
Clear communication of key findings and recommendations
Partner with reservoir, drilling, completions, and finance teams to identify opportunities that maximize net present value and improve capital efficiency.
Integrate production, completion, surveillance, and geological datasets to identify performance drivers and improve future development design.
Evaluate competitor drilling, completion, spacing, and production results to identify transferable learnings and emerging development opportunities.