Senior Geophysicist

bp; Mumbai City; Hybrid; INR 4,200,000 - 6,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Up to 10% travel

Job summary

bp is seeking a highly experienced geoscientist for a hybrid role based in Mumbai. The candidate will apply deep geological and geophysical fundamentals to drive subsurface solutions for mature fields, collaborating with bp and partner subsurface teams.

The role emphasizes seismic interpretation, data integration, and development planning, with travel and relocation within country as needed. Strong English communication and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• Must have a geoscience degree from a recognised university.
• Experience of seismic processing and seismic analysis is required.
• Excellent geoscience and subsurface interpretation skills, able to integrate data using Petrel or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to sharing geophysical understanding of the field to stakeholders.
• Interprets and analyzes key geophysical products to construct a consistent subsurface description.
• Identifies technologies to improve reservoir characterization and business delivery.
• Works with client stakeholders to define optimal seismic processing flows.
• Uses seismic data to plan future well targets and underpin business decisions.
• Assesses data quality and plans forward work to improve data quality.

Skills

Geoscience interpretation

Petrel

Seismic processing

Depth conversion

Inversion workflows

Seismic analysis

Team collaboration

English communication

Stakeholder management

Oil & gas experience

Education

Geoscience degree

Tools

Petrel

Paleoscan

Job description

Job Family Group:

Subsurface Group

Job Description:

About bp:

In production & operations, we find, develop and operate oil and gas resources and assets, as well as refineries, pipelines and terminals around the world.

Our vision is to become an industry-leading hydrocarbons business and the engine room of our integrated energy company.

Gas & low carbon energy (G&LCE) encompasses businesses, platforms and partnerships helping to deliver shareholder value and decarbonize our operations while positioning us for growth through the next decade.

Our organization also aims to:

Partner with bp's businesses to provide integrated solutions and governance across our NOJV portfolio.

Lead the development of deep and enduring relationships with targeted strategic corporates and partners in service of bp's businesses.

Ensure bp's strategy, plans and wide-ranging activities in the US and China are unified and regionally integrated for value.

About the role:

This is an opportunity for a motivated individual to join the agile, fast-paced and exciting integrated team thatprovidestechnical advice foropportunitiesinProduction Management, Depletion Management, Area Development Planningand Explorationtoimprove production and recovery fromoil & gasfieldsand to identify new opportunities.

The successful candidate for this role will drive business value through the consistent application of deep technical and functionalexpertiseusing BP workflows, practices,guidelinesand toolkits.Askillfulunderstanding and usage of the seismic products linked to an ability to translate those products into a geological description and hydrocarbon habitatwhilst collaborating with othersarecrucial to success.

This is ahands‑ontechnical role suited to someone who brings strong geologicaland geophysicalfundamentals, thrives in collaborative environments, and enjoys shaping subsurface solutions for complex mature fields.

What You will Deliver:

• Contributes to sharing geophysical understanding of the fieldto a diverse range of stakeholdersincluding broader asset subsurface team.
• Interprets and analyzes key geophysical products to construct a consistent subsurface description.
• Identifiesmaximising technologies and studies that will improve the understanding of the data and integration of these products for reservoir characterization in service of business delivery.
• Workswith client stakeholders todefineoptimalseismic processing flows and opportunities for improvements.
• Usesseismicdata to review and planfuture well targetsandunderpinabusinessdecision
• Assessesthe data quality of the current seismic data,it’strengths and weaknesses andworkswithstakeholders to plana forward workprogramthatimprovesdata qualityenabling businessdecisionsnowand in the future

What you will need to be successful:

Must have educational qualifications:

• A geoscience degree from a recognised university

Minimum years of relevant experience:

• Minimum of10+years’ experience as ageophysicistinoil, gas or exploration,appraisal,developmentorproductionwhich must include experience of seismic processing and seismic analysis

Must have experiences/skills (To be hired with):

• Excellentgeoscience and subsurfaceinterpretationand integrationskills,demonstratedthrough understanding of workstation environmentusingPetrelor equivalent
• Skilled in the use of rapid interpretation techniquese.gPaleoscan
• Understandingof seismic processing (pre and post stack)andrecentadvances
• A good all-roundknowledgeofdepth conversion,seismicrockpropertyand inversionworkflows
• ExposuretoExploration,appraisal,developmentand production geoscience in oil and gas assets
• Delivery of Integrated Subsurface Descriptions
• Skilled incharacterising and communicating subsurface uncertainty and riskusing minimal data and taking minimal timeto make decisions and conclusions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Experience of working in diverse global teams and managing stakeholders
• A highly collaborativestyle, able to work with many cultures with aproven track-record of personal deliverywhilstworking underchallengingconditionsin a different office environment.

Good to have experiences/skills (Can be trained for – learning/on-the-job):

• Experience in Carbonates
• Well planningexperiencefrom ExplorationtoDevelopment
• Leading technical projects
• Hands‑on experience of depth conversion, inversion, seismicprocessingand seismic rock properties
• Experience manipulating seismic and other data in and out of Petrel
• 4D and potentialfields experience
• Contributionor exposure to the development or update of static and dynamic models

You will work with:

Your line manager will be thebpArea Development Manager

You willbe based at Mumbai and work from the partner offices.

You will work in close collaboration with both bp andpartnersubsurface and production teams and with bp's global subsurface technical specialists and subject matter experts.

Why join bp

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work tofitwith your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generously paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation toparticipatein the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement:

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Basin resource evaluation, Basin resource evaluation, CO2 utilisation and storage, Data Analysis, Depletion and Storage Development Planning, Depositional framework, Fluid Properties, Geodesy and coordinate integrity, Geohazard Assessment, Geological Reservoir and Storage Unit Modelling, Geophysical surveillance, Integrated Resource Progression, Integrated Well Delivery, Non‑seismic geophysical methods, Petroleum Systems Analysis, Petrophysical Seismic Lithology and Fluid Prediction, Petrophysical Seismic Reservoir Characterisation, Research and Development, Reserves Estimation and Storage Volume Assessment, Reservoir quality, Resource, Rock Properties Framework, Seismic Acquisition, Seismic Analysis, Seismic Processing {+ 7 more}

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