Senior Geologist at Deep Blue Energy Services Limited

Deep Blue Energy Services Limited (DBESL) is a resource and solution management company that specializes in assisting international/Local companies in identifying Potential market opportunities, assisting with permits, sourcing highly skilled employees, bidding on and negotiating contracts and navigating the often complex political and policy environment of many sub Saharan African countries. The senior management and staff of DBESL have more than twenty years (20 years) experience in successfully operating in the Sub-Saharan African market, during which we have created innovative, user friendly solutions that have opened up new markets and increased the profitability of our clients.

We are currently recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Geologist

Location: Lagos

Job Objective/Purpose of Job:

• Ensures that the Asset team's geological studies and operations are performed safely, timely and within budget.
• Performs detailed reservoir geology review, analysis and modelling of all reservoirs in existing fields and un- appraised discoveries.
• Geological contribution to field development and appraisal planning and drilling.
• Contributory responsibility for all production geological and exploration activities.
• Supervises mentors, motivates and competently develops junior staff.
• Ensures adherence to government statutory regulations in all matters relating to geological activities.

Job Duties/ Responsibilities:

• Carries out all geological work required for the timely execution of designated projects in an efficient and cost effective manner, according to agreed technical specifications and standards.
• The scope and schedule of activities is to be agreed with the Asset Manager and updated in bi-weekly progress reviews.
• Develops scenario based geological models and realisations, incorporating relevant aspects of other disciplines to support field reviews, field development plans and ongoing drilling activities for the purpose of maximising hydrocarbon recovery by identifying in-fill and development opportunities.
• Identifies and evaluates infill and appraisal upside potential in designated projects and provides fully descriptive geological static models for well planning purposes and for use in dynamic simulation.
• Consults and interact with other disciplines as appropriate for the optimisation of interpretations, models, plans and reports.
• Applies rigorous data management procedures.
• Prepares detailed well proposals according to the schedule in consultation with colleagues.
• Provides technical / operational advice while drilling, whilst maintaining up-to-date well progress data, subsurface maps and geological data.
• Measures progress against the schedule at regular bi-weekly reviews.
• Participates in formation evaluation contract strategy and contract bids to ensure the most cost effective and technically sound approach is adopted.
• Identifies areas where the acquisition of additional data would be an economic method of reducing geological risks and uncertainties.
• Develops well-integrated depositional environments to support 3D geological modelling.
• Actively participates in scoring and coring evaluation and description activities and supervises contractors.
• Provides necessary technical support to, and to interface with, colleagues in other disciplines in the Technical Department.
• Provides functional advice and quality control to operational and study geologists.
• Provides mentoring to less experienced staff as appropriate.
• Participate in Operational Duties outside office hours.

Qualification/Requirements:

• Masters Degree in Geology or relevant subject.
• Minimum of ten years experience in production geology, including exposure to well site operations, petrophysics, seismic interpretation, formation evaluation, reservoir engineering and geological modelling.
• The ability to communicate well and get along well with other team members and functional peers, the ability to work independently within an integrated team and the willingness to seek guidance when needed are essential.
• Clear and effective decision making is required and rapid response is a necessity to many operational, and drilling issues that arise.

Application Closing Date
Not Stated

Method of Application
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