Senior Geophysicist

Industry Type Petroleum / Oil & Gas
Functional Area Engineering
Location of Job Al Kuwait - Kuwait
Job Description
Provides geophysical expertise and support for all aspects of the Company's exploration and development activities. Reviews, interprets and maps seismic data relating to operated, non-operated and new venture projects and provides the Company with an independent geophysical evaluation as part of an on-going technical review to enable a full commercial evaluation of all assets. • Designs, plans, supervises and manages geophysical acquisition and processing programs. • Undertakes seismic structural interpretation, mapping and seismic attribute studies using workstation interpretation, and mapping and cartographic software to identify drillable, economic prospects. • Recommends exploration, appraisal and development well locations that satisfy corporate aims. • Prepares and presents technical papers on behalf of the Company at industry technical conferences. • Liaises with other team members in providing a basis for creating and updating geological and reservoir simulation models. • Designs, plans and manages appropriate external geophysical work programs and studies. • Performs geophysical studies using workstation and PC-based software, and writes technical reports in conjunction with team members and support staff. • Prepares and presents prospect inventory, prospect ranking, and farmout material with Senior Geologist and Senior Reservoir Engineers. • Recommends borehole geophysical logging programs in conjunction with team members and contractors to identify key horizons and reservoirs. • Represents the Company at Technical and Operating Committee Meetings, workshops, farmout presentations and industry technical conferences to ensure the Company technical and financial aims are met. • Liaises with Operators on geophysical studies, well planning, and budgets to optimize economic aims. • Work with team members pro-actively to seek New Venture opportunities to achieve corporate aims in production and reserves base.

Desired Candidate's Profile
Profile
B.SC Degree in Geology or Geophysics.• Able to interpret seismic data, incorporating relevant well information, to produce both seismic time and depth maps • Computer literate both on UNIX based workstations and on PC based computers • Able to work within a team of, primarily, geologists and reservoir engineers etc • Able to clearly communicate what is seen on seismic data and its geological significance • Able to organize and plan the geophysical work such that the effort of the team is optimized • To be financially aware and seek to optimize expenditure and maximize investment return.
Experience 10 - 15 years
Education Basic - Bachelor of Science ( Geology )
Nationality Any Nationality
Gender Any

Contact Details
Name Saadia Habib - Recruitment Coordinator
Website http://www.sosrecruitment.net