Geologist Advisor

Apache Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Apache Corporation in Houston seeks a senior technical contributor for its Egypt Gas Exploration team. The role focuses on subsurface interpretation, prospect generation, and petroleum systems analysis across Egypt’s Western Desert, leveraging seismic interpretation and well data to reduce uncertainty and support exploration, drilling and investment decisions.

The successful candidate will lead cross-disciplinary efforts, mentor geoscientists, and collaborate with engineering and operations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Geology or Geophysics required; master's/PhD preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant exploration experience.
• Expertise in seismic interpretation and well-log/core correlation.
• Experience with probabilistic volumetric assessments and economic screening.

Responsibilities

• Generate and mature exploration prospects across the Western Desert of Egypt.
• Integrate seismic, well log, core, and production data to develop and defend geologic interpretations.
• Deliver pre-drill evaluations, including volumetrics, risking, and uncertainty assessments.
• Apply sequence stratigraphy, depositional systems analysis, and structural interpretation to predict reservoir distribution and quality.
• Utilize advanced Petrel workflows for subsurface evaluation.
• Support and mentor geoscientists through knowledge sharing and technical coaching.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to optimize exploration drilling and execute successful drilling campaigns.

Skills

Seismic interpretation

Well log integration

Prospect generation

Petrel workflows

Communication & leadership

Education

Geology or Geophysics degree

Master's or Ph.D. preferred

Tools

Petrel

Job description

The successful candidate will serve as a senior technical contributor for Apache’s Houston-based Egypt Gas Exploration team. This role focuses on subsurface interpretation, prospect generation, and petroleum systems analysis across Egypt’s Western Desert, leveraging expertise in fluvial to shallow marine clastic systems and advanced seismic interpretation to reduce uncertainty and support exploration, drilling, and investment decisions. The position includes active involvement in drilling campaigns and field operations.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record of hydrocarbon discoveries, extensive experience in complex structural and clastic depositional settings, and strong skills in seismic interpretation and well log correlation from regional to prospect scale. Success in this role requires technical leadership, stakeholder influence, and the ability to communicate complex subsurface concepts effectively to executives, industry peers, and technical audiences.

This role will be primarily responsible for the following:

• Generate and mature exploration prospects across the Western Desert of Egypt.
• Integrate seismic, well log, core, and production data to develop and defend geologicinterpretations.
• Deliver pre-drill evaluations, including volumetrics, risking, and uncertainty assessments.
• Apply sequence stratigraphy, depositional systems analysis, and structural interpretation topredict reservoir distribution and quality.
• Utilize advanced Petrel workflows for subsurface evaluation.
• Support and mentor geoscientists through knowledge sharing and technical coaching.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to optimize exploration drilling and executesuccessful drilling campaigns.
• Collaborate closely with Apache teams in Houston and Cairo.

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology or Geophysics or related field required; Master’s or Ph.D. degree preferred.
• 10+ years relevant experience.
• Expertise in fluvial to shallowmarine clastic systems; Western Desert experience preferred.
• Strong record of lead generation, prospect maturation, and hydrocarbon discovery.
• Advanced seismic interpretation and well log/core integration skills using Petrel.
• Experience with probabilistic volumetric assessments (Rose RA or similar).
• Experienced in well planning, drilling operations, completions, and operational constraints.
• Strong business acumen, including economic screening and value-of-information analysis.
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence technical and business decisions.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience.

The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:

• Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
• Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache's business success;
• Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
• Culture: Willingness and ability to align one's behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.

Company Overview

Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are healthier, have access to better education, and are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living.

Nearly 3 billion people — roughly one-third of the global population — live without electricity or without clean cooking facilities. We are committed to providing energy in innovative and more sustainable ways to help raise the standard of living for those living in energy poverty and to meet the ongoing demands of people and economies around the world.

The products we deliver power increasingly cleaner electricity across the globe, fuel tractors and trucks, make fertilizer to keep the world's food supply on the table, and heat our schools, hospitals and businesses.

Our employees bring a wide range of talents and skills to the job every day to tackle complex business challenges. We believe in providing a truly rewarding work environment supported by a benefits platform that ranks among the best in our peer group. Our company offers career development opportunities where employees can grow personally and professionally. We promote employee benefits that cultivate a family-friendly work environment and focus on our employees' overall well-being.

We are committed to being a workplace where all employees are valued and can thrive with a sense of belonging. Our commitment to non-discriminatory, equal employment opportunities benefits our individual employees, our company and our external stakeholders; we are better as an organization when various experiences, ideas, and perspectives are brought to the table.

Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA). Apache has operations in the United States, Egypt's Western Desert and the United Kingdom's North Sea and a sister company with exploration opportunities offshore Suriname. Whether supporting Apache, APA Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, team members are employed by Apache Corporation.

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