Senior Well Planning & Geology Operations Lead

Crescent Petroleum Company; Sharjah; On-site; AED 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescent Petroleum Company is seeking a Lead Well Planning and Operations Geologist in Sharjah to oversee subsurface inputs for well design, trajectory optimisation, PPFG modelling, and real-time operational support across exploration, appraisal, and development wells.

You will drive rigorous QA/QC, mentor junior staff, and champion HSSE excellence while coordinating with subsurface, drilling, and completions teams to deliver high-quality well programmes.

Qualifications

• Degree in Geology or Geoscience; MSc/PhD preferred.
• 15+ years of relevant experience, international operator exposure preferred.
• Strong experience in well planning, PPFG modelling and operational geology.
• Proficiency with Petrel and geological workflows.
• Excellent analytical, communication and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a systematic review of offset and analogue wells.
• Execute rigorous QA/QC on subsurface and drilling datasets (logs, DDRs, EOWRs, pressure tests, LWD/WL).
• Analyse historical drilling events NPT to identify geohazards and root causes.
• Transform lessons learned into actionable technical recommendations for future well programmes.
• Evaluate data gaps for structural reinterpretation or new data acquisition.
• Develop and manage Petrel-based geological models for high-fidelity deliverables.
• Design and optimise deviated and horizontal well trajectories.
• Mitigate risk by integrating uncertainties into trajectory planning.
• Coordinate with LWD/WL programs, BHA/RSS, and completion requirements.
• Perform Anti-Collision Analysis within PPFG constraints.
• Develop PPFG models and calibrate real-time data (LOTS/FIT/XLOT).
• Deliver SoR and contribute to BoD; mentoring junior staff.
• Oversee service procurement and QA/QC for subsurface operations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and communicate with internal teams and service providers.
• Foster professional relationships and uphold HSSE standards.

Skills

Geology

Well planning

PPFG modelling

Petrel

Data QA/QC

HSSE

Leadership

Communication

Education

Geology degree

Tools

Petrel

Job description

Crescent Petroleum Company is seeking a Lead Well Planning and Operations Geologist in Sharjah to oversee subsurface inputs for well design, trajectory optimisation, PPFG modelling, and real-time operational support across exploration, appraisal, and development wells.

You will drive rigorous QA/QC, mentor junior staff, and champion HSSE excellence while coordinating with subsurface, drilling, and completions teams to deliver high-quality well programmes.