Principal Petrophysicist

Responsibilities

• Plan, supervise, coordinate and control the collection, analysis and evaluation of petrophysical data for well and reservoir studies, and support well operational activities.
• Generate appropriate field development plans and provide petrophysical support for QatarEnergy operated oil fields.
• Participate in reservoir management activities as a member of interdisciplinary reservoir study teams.
• Mentor staff and advise management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of relevant work experience in the oil and gas industry, with 6 years' experience doing a combination of petrophysical studies and operations.
• Experience focused on acquiring, evaluating, and interpreting petrophysical data, including advanced logging techniques and the ability to define hydrocarbon contacts and assess reservoir potential accurately.
• Thorough understanding of open hole (both wireline and MWD/LWD), cased hole and production logging tools.
• Ability to enhance reservoir characterization through integration of petrophysical, geological, and dynamic data to reduce uncertainties in reservoir simulations.
• Strong competency in quality control of petrophysical data, ensuring reliability and accuracy in routine and complex log analysis.
• Experience deploying new petrophysical technologies and methodologies to optimize field development and asset value.
• Strong teamwork skills and experience working in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with peers, less experienced staff, field staff, and management.
• Minimum of a BSc in Engineering/Geosciences/Applied Physics/Applied Electronics or equivalent.
• Desirable: ability to guide and improve processes related to petrophysical data acquisition and interpretation, applying industry best practices and innovative approaches to subsurface characterization.
• Desirable: experience with CCAL and SCAL evaluation techniques.
• Desirable: experience working in an integrated asset team environment.
• Desirable: knowledge of geostatistics and experience aiding geoscientists to build 3D geological and property models (deterministic and stochastic).
• Desirable: experience of horizontal well technology and geo-steering.
• Desirable: experience in carbonate reservoirs.
• Desirable: experience in statistical and pattern recognition (neural networks, fuzzy logic and multidimensional histograms) techniques.
• Desirable software knowledge/experience: Geoframe, TechLog and IP; Petroworks, Openworks, Zmap+; Petrel, RMS; Emeraude.

Skills