Senior Development Geoscientist
About The Position
The Senior Development Geoscientist is part of bpx Energy’s Permian Development team and supports a multi-rig program. The role focuses on development planning, well planning, operational geological support, and integrating subsurface data to identify and high-grade development opportunities. The successful candidate will help evaluate drilling, completions, and production performance, support optimization and appraisal strategies, and contribute to continuous improvement and standardized workflows. The position works closely with geoscientists and teams across subsurface technology, land, reservoir, drilling, completions, regulatory, facilities, finance, and legal functions. It requires clear communication of findings and recommendations, sound data-based decisions, and a commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibilities, laws, regulations, and ethics and compliance. The position is hybrid, with negligible travel expected and no relocation assistance.
Requirements
- Master of Science in Geology or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in unconventional reservoirs.
- Experience in mapping and interpretation, play assessment, evaluation planning, petrophysics interpretation, exploration, data analytics, project management, and operational execution.
- Operations and/or geosteering experience.
- Familiarity with reservoir, drilling, and completions engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and analyze complex issues, make data-based decisions, identify alternatives, and select an appropriate course of action to achieve desired outcomes.
- Personal commitment to health, safety, environment, laws, regulations, and ethics and compliance principles.
- Demonstrated use of the IMPACT principles: Innovation, Motivated, Performance Driven, Accountable, Collaborative, and Trustworthy.
- Strong business acumen and data-based decision-making skills.
- Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Forward-looking thinker who actively seeks opportunities and solutions.
- Must be legally authorized to work full-time in the United States for an employer other than the candidate’s current employer.
- Must not require employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Nice To Haves
- Expertise with geoscience interpretation software; Petrel is preferred.
- Experience with geosteering software; StarSteer is preferred.
- Training or hands-on experience in data visualization software; Power BI is preferred.
- Training or hands-on experience with database web applications; Enverus is preferred.
- Training or hands-on experience in data analytics.
Responsibilities
- Support development planning for a multi-rig program, including subsurface attribute mapping, oil and gas portfolio high-grading, well placement and target-zone recommendations, and competitor well performance assessment.
- Provide geological support for operations, communicating with third-party geo-steerers, mudlogging vendors, rig personnel, and drilling personnel; integrate geological and geophysical data and help correlate drilling events with subsurface anomalies and features.
- Support well planning through pre-spud assessments, geo-hazard identification and mitigation, correlation of offset drilling events, subsurface anomaly flagging, target-window and survey-frequency protocols, data acquisition programs, and tool-failure protocols.
- Assess drilling, completions, and production performance by integrating geological, geophysical, geochemical, geomechanical, and reservoir properties to understand performance drivers and promote repeatable results.
- Collaborate with more experienced geologists to identify optimization opportunities and appraisal strategies that increase hydrocarbon reserves and production output, and optimize well placement, spacing, and targeting to maximize field value.
- Support post-well reviews and continuous improvement workflows.
- Contribute to standardization efforts, including templates, checklists, and best practices across programs.
- Collaborate with other disciplines to plan and deliver programs in compliance with business rules.
- Clearly communicate key findings and recommendations.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off.
- Discretionary annual bonus program.
- Long-term incentive program.
- 401(k) matching program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
