Grade HResponsible for supporting the provision of subsurface assurance and guidance for the development and production of reservoirs, using sound technical knowledge to ensure robust subsurface description and clear articulation of the surface uncertainties and risks of the field to underpin project advancement.Entity:
Production & Operations

Job Family Group:
Subsurface Group

Job Description:

Would you like to join our team to support well planning, execution, abandonment, and continuous improvement through the development of compliant pore and fracture pressure forecasts?

We are looking for the PPFG (Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient) Specialist!

We need you to support at least two drill centers and/or one exploration well and a regional project. The role will engage with Geomechanics in the use of wellbore strengthening and wellbore stability evaluations, support pressure detection efforts as required for specific exploration, appraisal, or complex development wells, and evaluate subsurface related "non productive time" events into new forecasts as well as serving as an instructor for sections of the formal Pore Pressure Principles intermediate course. Successful candidate will actively participate in PPFG/Geomechanics global calls/workshops to share regional learning, regional workflows, and look for opportunities to incorporate learnings from other regions into local workflows and processes.

Please note that the role is open for Azerbaijani citizens only.

Key responsibilities

Pore Pressure Prediction: Build integrated, compliant PPFG forecasts for Exploration, Appraisal, or Reservoir Development wells. Interaction with drilling, subsurface teams sharing knowledge, data and learnings from drilling and well planning.

Pore Pressure Detection: contribute to PPD efforts for Exploration, Appraisal, and/or complex Development wells with help of regional PPD SPA.

Coach, mentor and develop staff to ensure appropriate development and career progression of junior staff within Subsurface and Wells.

WBS model build and analysis: integration of subsurface data and offset drilling information.

New Well Delivery Common Process: contribute PPFG/Geomechanics information to planning documents, perform post well analyses and document experiences related to pressure and drilling hazards.

Regulatory and Operational: contribute to reservoir design operating limits (RDOL), broaching analyses, zonal isolation assessment, alternate well design, deviation/abandonment risk assessments.

Drillability Assessment: Depleted reservoir/wellbore strengthening evaluation for development drilling through life of field, sidetracks from existing wells with zonal isolation issues. Exploration Prospectivity Assessment using PPFG concepts, hopper prospects for existing fields.

PPFG Workflow, Toolkit development: support development and implementation of a world class PPFG and Geomechanics toolkit

In this role we have the following requirements

Education

Degree in Mathematics/Engineering/ Science/ Geoscience/ Geomechanics or equivalent with strong numeracy

Skills and experience

• Familiarity with Techlog, and Techlog PPFG toolkit, and aware of the utility the Geomechanics Toolkit
• Proficient in Well advisor and applicable vendor real-time monitoring software
• Familiarity with Spotfire and extraction of SURM outputs
• Awareness of basin modeling tools and network able to provide this input
• Proficient in Petrel: data visualization, data extraction
• Excellent communication skills, able and willing to convey key concepts across local squads
• Good initiative, self-starter

Field Working Knowledge

Geology: Stratigraphy, Structural Geology, Petroleum Systems/Basin Modelling

Geophysics: Seismic Interpretation, Visualization, seismic processing basics, Imaging/Velocity Model Building, velocity conditioning and QC, Error Analysis

Petrophysics: Basic Log Editing, Log QC, Log Splicing, attribute cross-plotting

Geomechanics: Rock Mechanics Fundamentals, Borehole Stresses, Wellbore Stability, Wellbore Strengthening, FPIT interpretation (Formation Pressure Integrity Test), Rock Mechanics Testing

Basics Operations Geology, Mud Logging

Basic Drilling Engineering: Casing Design, Rig Systems

Basic Well Control/Well Monitoring

Basic Reservoir Engineering

Desirable Criteria:

Ability to code (VBA, Python)

Why join our team

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 crafting 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 to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits! We operate a hybrid model with 60% from the office and 40% from home with flexibility as agreed with line management.

Travel Requirement
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:
Basin resource evaluation, Basin resource evaluation, Data acquisition strategy, Data Management, Depositional framework, Fluid Properties, Geohazard Assessment, Geomechanical analysis, Integrated Well Delivery, Microsoft Excel VBA Programming, Petroleum Systems Analysis, Petrophysical Dynamic Reservoir Description, Petrophysical Seismic Lithology and Fluid Prediction, Petrophysical Static Reservoir Description, PPFG detection, Python for Data Analysis, Research and development, Reservoir geomechanics, Reservoir quality, Seismic Analysis, Seismic Interpretation, Seismic stratigraphic interpretation, Seismic structural interpretation, Stratigraphic framework, Structural framework {+ 4 more}

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