Principal Petrophysicist

The Principal Petrophysicist will apply subject matter expertise to carbon sequestration projects in feasibility and development stages. Additionally, acts as a subject matter expert in rock mechanics. This role supports and collaborates with a multidisciplinary subsurface sequestration development team.

• Expertise in core retrieval/handling and design/evaluation of conventional and special core analysis programs including routine core analysis, capillary pressure, relative permeability, geomechanics, formation damage, etc.
• Support exploration and development teams in efforts to evaluate new strategic assets.
• Proactively collaborate to progress subsurface characterization of prospective intervals, develop subsurface appraisal plans, and support advanced development optimization reservoir studies, in support of corporate and departmental objectives.
• Execute feasibility studies, technology evaluations, and conceptual designs as required to support client projects or initiatives.
• Support efforts within the multidisciplinary subsurface teams, projects team and operations personnel to ensure compliance.
• Mentor staff by providing guidance, instructions and expert level technical advice.
• Foster a positive open work environment, systems approaches and disciplined execution of all assigned tasks.
• Conduct bids for services as required.
• Create petrophysical and geomechanics workflows to develop petrophysical models and integrate core data analysis.
• Collaborate with a wide variety of people with tact, courtesy, and professionalism.
• Speak clearly, both in person and by telephone, using a high level of verbal skills and listen carefully.
• Maintain a regular, dependable attendance and a consistently high level of performance.
• Will work non-traditional hours as needed.
• Maintain a high regard for personal safety, for the safety of company assets and employees, and the public.
• Other daily, weekly, monthly or special project duties as identified and defined.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Geophysical Sciences, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, or Engineering

• Requires a minimum of 7-10 years of related industry experience in Petrophysics.
• Experience worked in multiple basins.
• Expert knowledge of conventional rock petrophysical workflows including calculating clay volumes, lithologies, saturations, porosities, permeabilities, flow units, etc.
• Expert knowledge of seal rock evaluation including lithologies, threshold entry pressures, clay volumetrics, fracture analyses, seal integrity, etc.
• Expert knowledge of petrophysical workflows including deterministic and multi-mineral models with the ability to critically think and appropriately apply workflows for the rock and data.
• Expert level knowledge of old log and core data reports and comfort producing petrophysical models with vintage data sets.
• Expert level knowledge and interpretation methods of advanced logging tools including NMR, Dielectric, Dipole Sonic, Image Logs, Neutron Spectroscopy, etc.
• Expert level knowledge of cased hole logs, including pulsed neutron logs, saturation logs, cement bond logs, etc.
• Expert knowledge of image logs including resistivity and acoustic with the ability to process, interpret, and integrate the logs.
• Expert level knowledge of formation testing including design of the tests and interpretation; experience running fluid sampling tools.
• Rock mechanics, fluid substitution, and pore pressure subject matter expertise is required.
• Mud Logging expertise is required.
• Experience working with a reservoir management team including geoscientists, reservoir engineers, geophysicists, operations engineers, drilling engineers, and other technical staff.
• Experience working fields on injection such as water floods and steam floods; experience with CO₂ floods is a plus.
• Experience with well operations and making quick decisions including recommending tool changes; experience with Thru-Bit, Shuttle, Cased Hole, and Cordax a plus.
• Experience working with vendors to design well log programs including tool selection, placement, and operating parameters.
• Experience developing and managing budget.
• Intermediate…