Senior Exploration Geologist – Ventures

Job Summary

Continental Resources is seeking a Senior Staff New Ventures Geoscientist to evaluate new venture opportunities, develop new play concepts, and support our commercially focused exploration strategy through integrated subsurface interpretation and analysis. You will integrate regional geology with well data (logs, core, cuttings, and production where available), geophysics, and applied conventional and unconventional petrophysics to build play evaluations, generate prospects, and design testing programs that de‑risk opportunities and support investment decisions.

Work products are used closely with Land and Business Development to support entry strategy, acreage capture, and deal decisions. The work is fast‑paced and team‑based, with tight timelines and frequent decision points. In this Senior Staff role, you provide technical leadership on key evaluations and mentor developing geoscientists through fit‑for‑purpose, integrated workflows.

• Lead prospect generation, evaluation, and maturation of new venture opportunities using integrated geological analysis, well log interpretation, applied petrophysics, geochemistry, and geophysical mapping to define play fairways and prospect risk.
• Develop basin‑to‑prospect interpretations by integrating strati graphic/structural frameworks with well data and 2D/3D seismic mapping to constrain structure, stratigraphy, thickness trends, and fairway geometry.
• Integrate conventional and unconventional petrophysics into mapping, volumetrics, and uncertainty framing; ensure interpretations are consistent across wells, seismic, and analogs.
• Develop integrated subsurface models and risk assessments that link tectono‑strati graphic evolution, charge and migration, reservoir and seal effectiveness, and trap timing; document assumptions, key uncertainties, and value drivers.
• Partner with Land and Business Development to deliver clear, decision‑ready evaluations that inform entry strategy, acreage capture, and deal decisions.
• Provide technical input to exploration well planning and subsurface data strategies, capture post‑drill learnings to improve prospect ranking.
• Mentor developing geoscientists through technical coaching, peer reviews, and best practices for integrated interpretation, uncertainty tracking, and concise technical communication.
• Stay current on emerging exploration technologies and contribute to external technical engagements with partners and service providers as needed.

• Integrated Interpretation – integrates geology, geophysics, petrophysics, and geochemistry into clear play and prospect models.
• Geological Analysis – advanced strati graphic and structural interpretation; translates regional context into testable play and prospect concepts.
• Well Log Interpretation & Petrophysics – interprets open‑hole logs and integrates core/cuttings and production with applied conventional and unconventional petrophysics.
• Applied Geophysical Mapping – proficient 2D/3D seismic structural and strati graphic mapping.
• Petroleum Systems & Play Risking – applied knowledge of source rock, charge/migration, timing, trap/seal, and scenario‑based risking.
• Reservoir Characterization – rock properties, petrophysics, and analogs to assess reservoir quality and distribution in conventional and unconventional settings.
• Communication & Leadership – clear, concise technical communication for senior technical audiences; effective facilitation of peer reviews and decision forums.
• Collaboration – works well across disciplines and turns inputs into recommendations.

• Master’s Degree in Geoscience or Earth Sciences from an accredited university (Ph.D. a plus).
• Minimum of ten (10) years of exploration experience with demonstrated success in new ventures and/or play evaluation, prospect generation, and subsurface risk assessment.
• Expertise in conventional and unconventional reservoirs, including play fairway mapping, prospect generation, and probabilistic resource assessments.
• Proficiency in industry‑standard geoscience software (e.g., Geographix, Petrel, Kingdom, ArcGIS, Paleo Scan, etc.).
• Strong capability in geological interpretation, well…