Senior Geoscientist

Senior Geoscientist – Alaska Well Delivery Team

The Senior Geoscientist is a member of the Alaska Well Delivery Team and is part of the Subsurface and Engineering organization. This role will be responsible for the delivery of development wells within the operated Pikka Unit on the North Slope of Alaska, as well as day‑to‑day technical support to all disciplines on the team by:

• Planning and execution of Pikka development wells
• Engagement with drilling and completion groups to optimize well placement and future deliverability
• Work effectively within an integrated team of geologists, geophysicists, petrophysicists and reservoir engineers to optimize well placement and design and perform post‑well analysis to capture and apply learnings
• Advance reservoir understanding through seismic mapping, well log correlation, and general subsurface data integration
• Assist reservoir modelers to integrate new data and interpretation into the full‑field reservoir model

• Promote and lead in the implementation of Santos Ltd policies and procedures, including safety, health, environment, process, people and planning
• Well delivery:
  In collaboration with other team members, integrate geologic, geophysical, petrophysical and engineering data to ensure that specific objectives are achieved for development wells and future appraisal opportunities. Safely execute and deliver development wells that contribute to Pikka Unit production goals
• Post‑well analysis:
  Interrogate post‑well results, compare with pre‑drill expectations, identify lessons learned. Integrate learnings to offset pad development planning.

Master’s Degree or higher in geology or geophysics

• Proven experience planning and executing horizontal wells
• High competency in Petrel / Studio software
• Project management capabilities
• A team player with a positive attitude and a “customer service” approach to assisting others
• Self‑motivated with excellent time‑keeping and organisational skills
• High personal standards for technical analysis and impeccable attention to detail

• Geological interpretation, particularly log correlation and seismic stratigraphy
• Geoscientist able to work across scales (core to basin)
• Tight‑sand, hybrid or Unconventional reservoir experience
• Strong understanding of petrophysics, routine and special core analysis
• Alaska experience

8+ years prior experience as a Geoscientist, particularly in the well planning & well operations