SENIOR GEOLOGIST (M/F/D)

wintershall dea

LOCATION
Stavanger, Norway

STARTING DATE
Next possible starting date

CONTRACT TYPE
Local Contract

DEPARTMENT
Projects & Engineering

WORKING HOURS
Full-time

REFERENCE CODE
1713

Application deadline: 01-Sep-2024

What you can expect
What you can expect

What you can expect – text
The Norway Projects and Engineering / Exploration and Subsurface teams comprise of internationally experienced individuals tasked with the maturation of discoveries and development opportunities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. During the early development phase close cooperation between the Early Phase Team Projects and Exploration teams ensures subsurface and other project risks are identified and mitigated at an early stage, in addition to identification of potential opportunities.  In total the subsurface community in Wintershall Dea Norway comprises of more than 100 staff and consultants engaged in activities related to operated and partner-operated exploration, development and production assets.
As a Senior Geologist you will report to a Subsurface Manager either either in Early Phase projects or Exploration and Subsurface and can expect to:
  • Be part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team.
  • Responsibility for building, maintaining and defending of static reservoir models
  • Assist in well planning, data acquisition program and follow up of drilling
  • Ensuring that results from geomodelling is integrated with other disciplines and communicated efficiently within subsurface teams, to project management and to JV partners
  • Contribute to technical discussions related to reservoir modelling and collaborate efficiently with subsurface teams
  • Contribute with coaching and mentoring 
  • Prepare high quality presentation material to be communicated in project team and to various stakeholders
  • Arranging and follow up of third party studies.

What we expect
What we expect

What we expect
Education requirements 
  • Relevant University degree 
Work experience
  • Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in production/development geology and geomodelling
Personal qualities and preferred skills 
  • Trust, care, open-minded and brave
  • Self-motivated
  • Able to find solutions and solve tasks
  • Service minded
  • Excellent communication and cooperation skills
  • Strong ownership mindset and the ability to perform and deliver high-quality prospect analysis
  • Sound knowledge of Petrel is a must, other related software packages (RMS, SKUA) is positive
  • Able to efficiently implement various sedimentological and structural geological concepts and scenarios into 3D-reservoir models
  • Experience with well planning of geo-steered wells is a benefit
  • Able to evaluate and implement geological risks and uncertainties in reservoir models by using uncertainty workflows 
  • Skilled to incorporate 3D-seismic data into static reservoir models
  • Good cross-disciplinary understanding in well log interpretation and numerical reservoir simulation 
  • Previous experience with license work on NCS is a desired advantage
  • Knowledge in coding skills (Python, VBA) with focus on scientific programming is positive, but not a requirement
Language skills 
  • Fluency in English, oral and written
Note: As a part of our routines background checks will be performed, with consent from relevant candidates. 

We offer
We offer

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Wintershall Dea is a leading independent European gas and oil company with more than 120 years of experience as an operator and project partner along the entire E&P value chain. The company with German roots and headquarters in Kassel and Hamburg explores for and produces gas and oil in 11 countries worldwide in an efficient and responsible manner. With activities in Europe, Latin America and the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa), Wintershall Dea has a global upstream portfolio and, with its participation in natural gas transport, is also active in the midstream business. And we develop carbon management and low carbon hydrogen projects to contribute to climate goals and secure energy supplies. More in our Annual Report.

 

Wintershall Dea was formed from the merger of Wintershall Holding GmbH and DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG, in 2019. Today, the company employs more than 2,000 people worldwide from almost 60 nations.

Contact: Torsten Eden