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.

Essential duties and responsibilities

* 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.

Minimum requirements:

Education:

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

Experience/Specific Knowledge:

* 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 waterfloods 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…