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About the Company

Petroleum Development Oman is the leading exploration and production company in the Sultanate of Oman. The Company delivers the majority of the country's crude oil production and natural gas supply.

Purpose of the Job

Seismic Interpreter to carry out fully integrated reservoir interpretations and coordinate HC maturation, Well planning and Well and Reservoir Management activities in a number of oil and gas fields. The job may entail extensive use of QI information to identify flank appraisal opportunities and sweet spots in the reservoir.

Education & Experience

• BSc. degree in Geophysics, Geology or equivalent. Minimum 5 years of industry experience in seismic interpretation in Gas/Oil Production environment.
• competent seismic interpreter with knowledge of other PE disciplines, particularly production geology. Good knowledge in field development planning, project coordination and portfolio management. Skills in QI and inversion modeling are considered an advantage for this position.
• Knowledge of reservoir property modeling, well planning & well operations, Well and Reservoir Management. Proficient in the use of Petrel or equivalent seismic interpretation platform.
• Good leadership & behavior skills, experience working effectively in multi-discipline teams and good team player.
• Effective communicator. 
   

Main Responsibilities

Portfolio    

• The remit of the Production Seismologist (PS) is to screen planned well trajectories in support of well planning activities and to identify opportunities for improved structural interpretation and reservoir characterization. The PS will also carry out detailed interpretations and incorporate relevant aspects of other disciplines, principally production geology, in order to deliver and maintain input into reservoir models. 

Performance    

• Carry out seismic interpretation studies to a high technical standard.
• Provide geophysical input into static models of oil/gas accumulations for  appraisal strategies and well planning. Identify and propose reservoir appraisal and re-development opportunities that are based on a range of options that may include IOR/EOR.
• Identify areas where seismic processing/re-processing/acquisition/re-acquisition of geophysical information would reduce uncertainties; support or design/ contribute to appropriate geophysical surface and in-well data acquisition and interpretation applications.
• Identify opportunities for enhancing the application of new technologies to improve hydrocarbon maturation and production.
• Contribute to discipline activities in terms of planning of seismic projects portfolio and application of new technology and processes.

 
Process

• Team member of a multi-disciplinary asset or study team. Coordinator for HC maturation and well planning activities in a number of fields. Participate in discipline activities in order to enhance sustainable production seismology capabilities. 

Planning    

• Prepare comprehensive documentation, presentations and workshops related to specific business plans, study work scopes or discipline content. 

People    

• Integrate with the Production Geoscience Community.

Main Challenges

• To deliver seismic interpretation studies to a high technical standard
• To provide seismic support to well operations
• To provide seismic input to static reservoir models
• Ability to work with all levels laterally and vertically as well as with other functions
• To effectively integrate with other Production Seismologists and the wider Production Geoscience Community.