Exploration & Production
Petrologist Specialist
F05-70018128
JOB LOCATION: SAUDI ARABIA
The Exploration Organization primary responsibilities are finding and delineating new oil and gas fields, and characterizing the company's large portfolio of oil and gas fields and reservoirs for field development. The Organization has six departments: Area Exploration (oil and gas exploration), Reservoir Characterization (reservoir geology and geophysics, geosteering, modeling, and groundwater), Resource Assessment (pore volume and resource assessment), Exploration Operations (geophysical acquisition and processing, and cartographic support), Exploration Technical Services (geological, geophysical, and data management), and Upstream Ventures.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Saudi Aramco is seeking an experienced Petrologist Specialist to join the Exploration Organization in Saudi Arabia.
The applicant will be required to work within multi-disciplinary teams to provide sedimentologic and stratigraphic support for active programs in exploration and reservoir exploitation of carbonate formations. Contributions to the understanding of controls on reservoir quality, assessment of the 3D distribution of reservoir facies, evaluation of rock properties and the integration of petrographic and wireline log data would be expected. Development of depositional models and reservoir stratigraphy - with emphasis on identifying and understanding later diagenetic modifications that may have affected final reservoir quality - that will be utilized as input to 3D geocellular models are required.
Applicant would be expected to bring state of the art approaches to applied stratigraphic reservoir problems.
SELECTION CRITERIA
BS Geology or a related science. Graduate study in a specialized discipline of Geology, a related science or other extended special training is desirable.
Ten (10) years of experience, including at least 5 years as a specialist in his discipline. Incumbent must be recognized for study efforts in principle discipline.