Career Opportunities: Staff Petrophysicist (5123)

Murphy Oil Corporation•Houston, TX

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Murphy Oil Corporation, we believe the rich experiences and backgrounds of our employees strengthen our Company, create a productive workforce, and drive our success. We encourage you to apply for the positions for which you meet the qualifications. Job Summary Murphy Exploration and Production seeks a technically capable and experienced Petrophysicist for the Houston office to support offshore exploration and development. We are looking for a candidate with a track record of verified petrophysical evaluations of deepwater wells, support of interdisciplinary technical projects as well as planning and execution of formation evaluation programs for deep water projects. The role calls for active participation within integrated teams, requiring seamless interaction with geoscientists, reservoir engineers, operations staff, and drilling and facilities engineers. Collaboration across these disciplines is essential for success, and candidates must excel under pressure, delivering accurate interpretations on tight timelines while maintaining composure. Strong organizational skills are crucial, as the position demands ownership of data management responsibilities, overseeing integrity and accuracy throughout each project. In addition, excellent presentation and communication abilities—both written and verbal—are required for conveying technical information to various stakeholders within the organization. The Staff Petrophysicist will work in our Houston Corporate office and may work up to two (2) days a week remotely, as business needs allow.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Geoscience or Engineering Discipline
Minimum 12 years of Petrophysical Engineering experience within the oil industry, service company or producer
Deep water basin experience such as Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, or Atlantic Margins
Experience with petrophysical software packages: Geolog. IP or Techlog experience will be considered on a case-by-case basis
Database management experience. Must be willing to clean data, splice logs, and manage daily reporting and data transfer while drilling wells
Experienced in advanced methods of post core retrieval handling and analysis techniques
Demonstrated ability to design logging programs in deepwater reservoir systems that are fit for purpose
Able to assist in building Pore Pressure Predictions for pre-drill modeling. Analysis of formation pressures and samples from wireline and LWD for fluid contacts, fluid type, and reservoir quality is required
Th e individual is required to follow all applicable safety precautions. Work is performed almost entirely in a controlled (i.e., inside) environment and does not typically subject the incumbent to any hazardous/extreme elements; some positions may require regularly moving or transporting items weighing up to 25 lbs. around the office for various needs. The successful candidate must be able to complete all essential physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred
Pore pressure prediction
Multi-mineral petrophysical interpretation skills
Image log processing and interpretation skills
NMR processing
Reservoir quality prediction software such as Touchstone
Unconventional experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Formation evaluation and development of petrophysical models for a variety of age reservoirs for offshore Gulf of America, Côte d'Ivoire, and other New Ventures opportunities
Actively participate with a multidisciplinary team that undertakes subsurface technical evaluations and reservoir characterization projects.
Integration and calibration of core to wireline and LWD log data to provide volumetric determination, lithological determination, fluid contacts and completions recommendations
Maintain and update the field specific petrophysical models, integrating and reconciling existing and future data from all subsurface disciplines
Maintain well data for exploration and development areas
Data collection activities include planning and execution of formation evaluation programs and procedures for coring, wireline logging, data quality control, computer processing, and data management
Support all aspects of open hole log applications and interpretation of routine and advanced core analysis
Perform operational petrophysics while drilling, real time evaluation, collection of formation pressures, fluid samples and rotary sidewall cores
Liaise with core analysis, coring, mudlogging, wireline, and LWD companies and in-house experts, to verify operational procedures are being executed with high standards of safety, quality, and best practices
Display strong organizational and communication skills, making evaluations, interpretations, and assessments available for integration by team members from assets
Champion petrophysical knowledge sharing / mentorship across the subsurface organization
Undertake petrophysical regional studies to support near field exploration and development teams in their efforts to evaluate new basins/plays and improve reservoir characterization of strategic assets