Exploration Geologist Advisor - Ventures

Job Summary

Continental Resources is seeking an Advisor-level New Ventures Geoscientist to evaluate new ventures, develop play concepts, and support a commercially focused exploration strategy through integrated subsurface interpretation.

You will integrate regional geologic data including wellbore, 2D/3D seismic, and potential-field data, to build play evaluations and prospects that de-risk opportunities and support investment decisions. Outputs are used closely with Land and Business Development to shape entry strategy and capture opportunities. The work is fast-paced and team-based, with tight timelines and frequent decision points.

This Advisor role partners with executive leadership, asset teams, and external stakeholders, and mentoring geoscientists in fit-for-purpose workflows that connect regional context to petroleum systems and commercial outcomes.

• Lead prospect generation, evaluation, and maturation for new ventures using geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and geochemical data to define play fairways, petroleum systems, and prospect risk.
• Build basin-to-prospect interpretations and maps to constrain structure, stratigraphy, and fairway geometry.
• Develop subsurface models and risk assessments that link tectono-strati graphic evolution, charge/migration, reservoir/seal, and timing.
• Working across subsurface, operations, land, and business development to deliver clear evaluations that inform entry strategy, acreage capture, and deal decisions.
• Lead or advise on exploration well planning, seismic acquisition/reprocessing, and post-drill learnings to improve prospect ranking.
• Mentor geoscientists and set best practices for integrated interpretation, uncertainty tracking, and executive-level communication.
• Represent Continental Resources in external technical engagements with partners and authorities and stay current on emerging exploration technologies.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Integrated Interpretation
  - Integrates geology, geophysics, petrophysics, and geochemistry into clear play and prospect models.
• Seismic Interpretation - 2D/3D seismic structural and strati graphic mapping and interpretation across onshore and offshore datasets.
• Quantitative Interpretation
  - Familiarity with rock physics/AVO and seismic inversion concepts.
• Potential-Field Methods – Practical application of gravity and magnetic data for regional screening, structural constraint, and basement interpretation.
• Petroleum Systems & Basin Modeling Source rock, charge/migration, timing, and play risking.
• Reservoir Characterization – Petrophysics, rock properties, and analogs to assess reservoir quality and distribution.
• Communication & Leadership
  - Communicates technical work effectively with senior technical and executive audiences.
• Collaboration – Works well across disciplines and turns inputs into recommendations.

• Master’s or Doctorate degree in Geoscience or Earth Sciences from an accredited university.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of exploration experience with demonstrated success in new ventures and basin-scale petroleum systems evaluation.
• 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 log analysis, and integration of conventional and unconventional petrophysical data.
• Applied geophysical mapping skills, including 2D/3D seismic mapping and interpretation calibrated to well control.
• Advisor-level capability to lead high-impact evaluations, guide integrated workflows, and mentor peers through reviews and technical coaching.
• Experience in strategic exploration planning, exploration well execution, and post-drill technical evaluation.
• Applied understanding of economic evaluation, value drivers, and risk-based framing to support exploration screening and deal decisions.
• An acceptable pre-employment background and drug test.

• International exploration experience, including…