Geologist

Ten Oaks Energy Advisors is seeking a Geologist to work alongside the technical and commercial A&D marketing teams. This role will contribute to the geoscience function of upstream A&D evaluation with a goal to generate high-quality geologic analysis and technical materials to be presented to the client and counter parties in support of Ten Oaks/Red Oaks advisory services.

Ten Oaks Energy Advisors is a Dallas-based, industry-leading energy investment bank providing divestiture, M&A, and capital-raising advisory across the Energy Sector. Ten Oaks and its subsidiary Red Oaks have successfully completed over 400 middle-market transactions and does >$1.0 B in transactional value annually. You will be joining an elite group of advisors focused on delivering best in class execution to our clients.

• Will work closely with the current subsurface team and engineers to assist in divestiture mandates and will be expected to integrate into the subsurface team with a collaborative mindset to help strengthen the technical team.
• Perform technical evaluations of assets - including subsurface analysis and associated offset analogue work, geologic studies, and key performance drivers in support of sell-side mandates.
• Responsible for collaborating closely with clients to better understand the assets, present data in a clear and consistent manner, and communicating deliverables while maintaining strict quality controls on produced materials (including slide work, maps, cross-sections, type logs, analysis, etc.).
• Will be expected to leverage experience to ensure the technical accuracy of all geologic and subsurface related material produced and expected to present/defend material in front of clients and counter parties.

• 5+ years of relevant oil and gas experience working for an operator or in A&D Banking as a Geologist with a commercially oriented ability to understand economic fundamentals associated with oil and gas development.
• Direct experience performing geologic analysis across 3+ oil and gas basins and multiple reservoirs.
• Proficiency in Petra Software – 3+ years experience performing subsurface evaluations using PETRA – including log interpretation, mapping, and project/database management.
• Background in reservoir characterization – including experience identifying and exploitation of conventional / unconventional oil and gas reservoirs (knowledge of log analysis, petrophysics, and volumetrics.
• Ability to generate high-quality maps and exhibits with a design sense to construct clean materials in PowerPoint.
• Working proficiency in GIS (QGIS / ArcGIS) — shapefile creation and editing, joining and validating spatial and tabular data, and producing deal-quality map exhibits.
• Familiarity with commercial industry databases (e.g., Enverus, S&P Global / IHS) and public / regulatory sources (e.g., the Texas Railroad Commission), with the ability to manage and analyze large datasets quickly through Spotfire, Excel, or similar tools.
• Ability to present and defend geologic analyses to large groups, and to work directly with clients and their multidisciplinary geoscience teams on highly confidential evaluations.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities under tight deadlines in a professional manner while working independently with sound judgment and communicating clearly, both verbally and in writing.

• Experience with additional mapping / geoscience software (Geo Graphix, Kingdom, Transform, Petrel, Canvas, etc.).
• Scripting and workflow automation (e.g., Python, arcpy / geopandas) to streamline repeatable GIS and data tasks.
• Working proficiency in GIS (QGIS / ArcGIS) — shapefile creation and editing, joining and validating spatial and tabular data, and producing deal-quality map exhibits.
• Maintains professional society membership and seeks to serve in visible and/or leadership roles in the local community and national organizations.

• Bachelor’s Degree with a degree in geology from an accredited University is required.
• Master’s Degree with an emphasis in geology from an accredited University is preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant industry…