Senior Exploration Geologist - Athens - Full Expat Package
OilandGasPeople.com Geoscience JobsPosted: 24 November 2014 at 10:00 Expires: 08 December 2014 at 10:00
Posted In: Geoscience > Geologist - Exploration
Location: Greece > Athens
Job Description
An independent E&P which was created in 2007 as a means of acquiring the only operating oil and gas assets in Greece is actively seeking a Senior Exploration Geologist to join their business in Athens on a permanent, staff basis.
Since its inception, this operator has restored assets from the 1970's and systematically increased proven reserves from two million barrels to 30 million. My client also owns two exploration blocks in Egypt, a large onshore exploration license and a further development license, both in Greece. The company has recently farmed into two deepwater blocks in Israel, is bidding in the upcoming license rounds in Montenegro & Croatia and is looking to expand its operations into other Mediterranean countries such as Italy.
As a Senior Exploration Geologist with this Operator, you would be accountable for:
* Being a senior technical member with a broad geoscience knowledge base to be part of a focused team with the remit to renew and mature the exploration portfolio.
* Generate ideas and leads from basin and play analysis and mature these to prospect level for investment consideration.
* Identify data, technology and conceptual models that will enable new ideas and challenge existing views in mature areas.
* Demonstrating a sound knowledge of attribute analysis, seismic modelling, impedance inversion, seismic facies analysis, use of spectral decomposition, geobody extraction, and advanced visualisation techniques.
* Demonstrating an understanding of geological analyses including the interpretation and correlation of well logs, basin-modelling, sequence stratigraphy, and volumetric and risk estimation and well planning is desirable.
* Contribute high quality geological input into held exploration licence opportunities and ongoing appraisal projects.
* Participation in multi-disciplinary project teams.
* License Round and Farm-In activity.
* Contribute and participate in internal peer review and management presentations as my client's technical representative to partners and government.
The ideal applicant will:
* Be educated to Master's or PhD level.
* Have between fifteen and twenty-five years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry, working as a Geophysicist with an International Operator.
* Have a broad geoscience knowledge base and good working knowledge relating to petroleum systems, sedimentology and structural styles.
* Be skilled in risk analysis and reserve estimation (deterministic and probabilistic).
* Possess strong communication/presentation skills.
* Be up to speed with the latest seismic technology.
This position boasts a full expat package which can be discussed in further detail.
If you would be interested in hearing more about this position, please do not hesitate to contact Owen Evans for a confidential discussion.
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