Senior Operations Geologist — Hybrid Well-Planning Lead

Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Magnolia Oil & Gas is seeking an Operations Geologist to join an integrated subsurface team. The role supports well-planning and drilling operations, from pre-spud to execution, with emphasis on collaboration across geoscience, land, and drilling teams.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of geoscience experience, strong communication skills, and hands-on experience interpreting 3D seismic data and building integrated structural models. The position offers a hybrid schedule in Houston, TX.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Geology or Geophysics required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a geoscientist.
• In-depth understanding of well-planning and drilling execution.
• Excellent communication skills for leading discussions and presentations.
• Ability to interpret 3D seismic data and build integration models.
• Experience with geosteering and related software (StarSteer, SES, Kingdom).
• Knowledge of GIS and satellite imagery for well planning.

Responsibilities

• Support well-planning tasks for a multi-rig horizontal program along the Texas Gulf Coast.
• Generate coordinates, surface hole locations, and QC survey plats.
• Reformat, import, and QC data from offset geosteering interpretations.
• Build integrated structural models with tops, control points, and 3D horizons.
• Generate target lines for wells in Kingdom based on structure and hazards.
• Coordinate with drilling engineers to generate and QC directional plans.
• Create geoprogs with tops, hazards, type logs, and data collection programs.
• Develop operational Road Maps and participate in pre-spud meetings.
• Coordinate data transfer to geosteering team and oversee operations.
• Assist subsurface post-drilling tasks including data reformatting and look-back analyses.

Skills

Geosteering

3D seismic interpretation

Leadership / collaboration

GIS knowledge

Drilling operations experience

Integrated structural modeling

Education

Master’s degree in Geology or Geophysics

Tools

StarSteer

SES

Kingdom

Job description

Magnolia Oil & Gas is seeking an Operations Geologist to join an integrated subsurface team. The role supports well-planning and drilling operations, from pre-spud to execution, with emphasis on collaboration across geoscience, land, and drilling teams.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of geoscience experience, strong communication skills, and hands-on experience interpreting 3D seismic data and building integrated structural models. The position offers a hybrid schedule in Houston, TX.