Senior Petrophysicist

Strategic Resources ERC Ltd; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, an oil and gas operator, is seeking a Senior Petrophysicist for the Subsurface team on a PAYE contract until the end of the year. The role offers hybrid working and requires expert petrophysical interpretation and integration with reservoir modelling.

The successful candidate will provide real-time analysis, contribute to field-wide studies, mentor junior staff, and ensure high-quality data delivery to support critical decisions.

Qualifications

• Degree preferred in Geology, Petrophysics, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Expert in basic and advanced petrophysical interpretation.
• Experience with wireline or LWD and production logging operations.

Responsibilities

• Real time petrophysical analysis of wells for key decision-making and management briefing.
• Undertake petrophysical studies from small to field scale as requested by customers.

Skills

Petrophysics

Log interpretation

Techlog

LWD/Wireline

SCAL

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Geology / Petrophysics degree

Tools

Techlog software

FE tools

Job description

Our client an oil and gas Operator is seeking an experienced Senior Petrophysicist to join their Subsurface team. This will be until the end of the Year PAYE contract position. This role has hybrid working in place.

Purpose of Role:

Provide operational and study-based petrophysical support to well and asset teams and Explorationists
Key resource in well planning and execution teams including rapid petrophysical interpretation for key decisions. Delivery of reference curves

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:

• Real time petrophysical analysis of Op / Partner Op wells for key decision-making and management briefing
  Undertake small (several well) to large-scale (Field/Regional level) petrophysical studies to extent and time scale requested by customers.
• Input into formation evaluation programs including use of current or new technologies, as part of well planning team.
  Compile and QC all petrophysical well results and data (notably FWR and final composite log) and satisfy defined OGA data requirements.
  Maintain strong links to industry to ensure current best practices.
  Mentor and support junior Petrophysicist and other members of subsurface community.
  Interprets the fundamentals of petrophysics and log analysis including core data interpretation, open hole well log analysis and interpretation of petrophysical and core analysis
• Integrates technical information from reservoir characterisation and geomodelling, sedimentary petrology and sedimentology, along with subsurface mapping and volumetric calculations, and interprets sedimentological information, petrographic analyses and petrophysical evaluation to establish rock quality
• Degree preferred in Geology, Petrophysics, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering, or other Engineering discipline
  * Fully developed technical skill set
  * Expertise in corporate standard Techlog software
  * Experience of log interpretation gained as a geologist or through a service organisation, preferably a major wireline or LWD company.
  * Experience of well interventions and production logging operations.
  * Expert in basic and advanced petrophysical interpretation. Able to produce rush CPIs.
  * Good current knowledge of FE tools (wireline, LWD, coring) and their applications.
  * Good knowledge SCAL (Special Core Analysis)
  * Up-to-date knowledge of LWD, wireline and other technology.
  * The ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team
  * Puts forward own views credibly and persuasively, linking communications with desired outcomes
  * Listens actively while guiding others towards positive communication outcomes, considering other perspectives
  * Looks for opportunities to develop others. providing constructive and timely feedback to support development.
  * Invests time in coaching others
  * Takes accountability for the success of both their own and others’ projects, considering and integrating a wide range of information and views in making decisions. Recognises the importance of framing and strong multi-disciplinary narratives
  * Works to build trust with a multi-disciplinary team. proactively finds opportunities to assist others and provide guidance, promotes a teamwork-based collaborative approach
  * Uses own and others expertise to achieve results, can coordinate teams while collaborating with others outside the team, engages and motivates others, works strategically and communicates the bigger picture to others
  * Adapts easily to change and views change as a catalyst for success
  * Anticipates sources of conflict and takes steps to prevent these, looking beyond their own relationships when thinking about how to prevent conflict.
  * Able to solve complex problems by balancing different needs, displaying creativity and considering innovative approaches when solving problems while looking for business efficiencies in their solutions
  * Consistently completes tasks on time and to a high standard, taking responsibility for both personal and collective goals.
  * Promotes Harbour's Core Values and works actively to create and sustain a positive culture that embodies those values.