Position Title: Exploration Advisor
Contract type: Direct hire
Expected package: To be discussed
Location: Egypt
Job Purpose
- Lead initiatives to support development planning of hydrocarbon reservoir for increasing value realization from the Assets.
- Support & advise the exploration teams to foster technical solutions for the existing reservoir challenges to help embed practical solutions.
- Coordinate with Petroleum Technology teams and conduct Joint R&D studies to help restore reservoir potential.
Responsibilities
Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) Technical Support and Best-inClass/Strategic advice:
- Provide assurance all Exploration studies and operations conducted safely to higher quality and standards.
- Professional input on robustness of drilling / exploration systems and technologies and suggest innovative alternatives for related cost reduction.
- Conduct technical studies and advise on key Exploration uncertainties, and alternative techniques for handling key challenges.
- Assess applied technology readiness level and recommend deployment of new technology and industry best practices that best suit Company subsurface environment.
- Liaise / coordinate closely with exploration teams (geology, geophysics, petrophysics etc.) to ensure ultimate recovery at minimum cost and risk.
- Act as SME & perceived as expert for best practices of exploration operations.
- Apply multi-disciplinary skills in geology and geophysics, contributing to the understanding of the basin and of the sedimentologic and stratigraphic aspects in the areas of interest.
- Collaborate with geoscientists and other team members in exploration and reservoir characterization studies to define, delineate and evaluate new prospects.
- Conduct reservoir characterization studies to improve the understanding of heterogeneity in targeted prospects and formations.
- Participate in risk assessment and volumes estimations for new prospects.
- Participate in the planning of exploration wells and new well locations in collaboration with the operations team.
- Provide recommendations in areas of expertise and identify chances for improvement in current practices.
- Contribute to the creation of geoscience workflows, integrating multi-disciplinary data.
- Produce cross sections, maps, cross plots and tables to document and report the work.
Provide a strategic advisory role consistent with responsibilities as Senior Executive Role.
- Develop Advisory role objectives and Key Performance Indicators to support the company’s core business and strategic objectives.
- Ensure that the appropriate software and technology is in place to support the exploration teams in meeting their objectives.
- Review exploration teams deliverables to ensure that they have found the safest, most economical and technically feasible approaches to optimizing subsurface management plans.
- Ensure cost-effective methods are implemented for all projects related to exploration Management.
- Evaluate and report on methods for monitoring expenditure, maintaining cost control and implementing corrective action as required.
Reporting: Prepare reports in support of Integrity Management activities.
- Prepare high-level reports for executive management, providing clear advice on improvements for both compliance and methodologies and best practice to generate efficiency.
- Prepare reports containing observations, comments and recommendations on technical work performed, based on personal expertise and experience.
Job Factors
- Minimum Education Level Required Bachelor Degree or equivalent in Geoscience, closely related discipline
- Master’s Degree is a plus
- Minimum 15 years of experience in Geoscience, Reservoir
- development, engineering, petroleum and project management, with progressively increasing leadership responsibilities.