Geophysicist Advisor

Description :

Geophysicist Advisor The Morrow Group has an immediate opening for a Geophysics Advisor in Saudi Arabia. Our Client serves the oil & gas industry in developing reservoir-driven solutions covering the full asset life cycle, from the earliest phases of project development through abandonment. Our global teams in Aberdeen, London, Delft, Dubai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Perth, Calgary, Buenos Aires, and Houston work diligently to find and maximize reserves; increase production rates and recovery factors; select, define, execute field development plans and analyze acquisition and divestiture options. GFA, a global consultancy within our clients organization, offers technical, commercial and strategic advice to the petroleum sector. The company’s expertise is the business of petroleum, reflecting an unparalleled track record in :

• Exploration, development and production evaluation and operations
• Field development and rehabilitation
• Reserves and resources reporting requirements or statutory reporting or financing purposes
• Due diligence property evaluation and valuation for acquisition, divestiture or dispute resolution
• Midstream and downstream facilities and economic evaluation
• Advice to Sovereigns on petroleum licensing, depletion and fiscal policy and maximizing resource potentialGFA is quickly expanding its global operations and is now seeking talented and motivated professionals to join our dynamic organization Responsibilities Perform technical analysis and studies related to UR geophysical assessments in KSA : – Regional geological / geophysical evaluation of unconventional plays.– Play and prospect generation and risk evaluation– Geophysical support for an unconventional play or development– Borehole, micro and surface seismic design, processing and interpretation– Has strong fundamental geophysical interpretation skill set, including well to seismic correlation, seismic mapping, velocity model building, depth conversion, 3D visualization, reservoir properties from seismic (RPFS) work flow, AVO analysis, acoustic and elastic inversion and survey design. – Structural characterization of faulted, naturally fractured reservoirs– Seismic sequence stratigraphic analysis– Advanced seismic attributes, AVD, inversion, sweet-spot detection skills– Geohazard avoidance during drilling– Geochemistry, petroleum systems and basin modeling– Log analysis and interpretation in unconventional reservoir– Reservoir characterization in unconventional hydrocarbons plays (tight gas, shale gas, unconventional oil, and / or coal bed methane) Demonstrated ability to integrate 3D seismic, geological / well data, and production data to characterize reservoirs and reduce uncertainties. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Geophysics or a related science as appropriate to the required discipline. An advanced degree is preferred and will reduce prerequisite work experience stated below by one year for master degree and two years for PhD. Experience A minimum of 15 years of related experience within the oil / gas industry, with at least 5 years of this experience in unconventional hydrocarbon basins. Prior consulting / secondment experience a plus. Skills Advanced knowledge and application of geophysical principles. Good working knowledge of BHI products and services. Excellent client relations, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills; a real team player. Software Skills Strong geophysical workstation skills. Duration Full-time permanent. 2-3 year expatriate assignment