Airswift is looking for an Operations Geologist to work on a 1-year temporary contract with a leading energy company in Trinidad & Tobago.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support well planning activities, ensuring safety, compliance with regulations, and efficiency in meeting defined well objectives.
• Collaborate with subsurface and wells teams to ensure integration of well planning and operational activities.
• Assist in the creation of key documents like Well Initiation Document (WID), No Drilling Surprises (NDS), and operational decision trees.
• Help create and manage pre-drill risk registers, and ensure mitigation and contingency plans are in place for geological risks.
• Assist in the development of the Statement of Requirements (SOR) document, including well objectives, data acquisition, and overburden characterization.
• Ensure appropriate resourcing of well-site geologists both onshore and offshore, through effective supplier engagement.
• Lead the construction of the Geological Operations Plan (GOP), ensuring it contains all relevant information.
• Manage contractor performance for key well-site services such as mudlogging, wireline/LWD, and geological services.
• Lead the daily subsurface operations meetings and represent subsurface interests in the morning wells rig call.
• Interpret and select formation tops, casing, and core points according to SOR and decision trees.
• Ensure efficient delivery of data acquisition programs, ensuring data quality and security of sensitive subsurface data.
• Collaborate with subsurface and wells teams to achieve well objectives safely and efficiently.
• Provide support to the operations petrophysicist in the quality control of data acquisition programs and procedures.
• Contribute to post-well activities such as completing the End of Well (EOW) Report, finalizing data, and conducting after-action reviews.
• Engage in root cause analysis for any non-productive time (NPT) related to subsurface operations.
• Support the development of national staff through learning sessions and workshops.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in Geology or related field.
• 8-15+ years of relevant industry experience, primarily in geological operations environments.
• Experience in well planning and operations geology, with strong knowledge of drilling operations, pore pressure, and mudlogging.
• Proficient in geological, seismic, and petrophysical log interpretation; experience with Petrel and TechLog is highly desirable.
• Experience with deepwater exploration and development wells, especially in the Gulf of Mexico, is a plus.
• Fluent English.