Airswift is looking for a geophysicist to work   in   Port of Spain, on an outsourced contract with a major oil and gas company.
This Well Planning Geophysicist will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to plan and execute wells in a manner consistent with the Well Delivery Process and company standards for Safety and Operational Risk Management.
Geophysicists on this team can be expected to support the planning and execution of wells for offshore Trinidad and potentially other sets of activities throughout the Western Hemisphere

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Support and/or lead well planning activities and construction of relevant documents.
• Liaise with Exploration and/or Asset Geoscientists to ensure the well planning activities and documents continue to meet the target objectives and desired outcomes articulated for the well.
• Assumes primary responsibility for seismic description of the overburden.
• Generate depth prognoses (with uncertainty ranges) for appropriate surfaces and faults.
• Identify potential subsurface-related drilling issues using seismic analysis, offset well information, and any additional data sources available.
• Work with wells engineers and pore pressure specialists to design well paths and target boxes that meet subsurface well objectives while avoiding or mitigating drilling/completion risks.
• Assist in the creation of pre-drill risk registers and ensure mitigation and contingency plans are created for all geological risks.
• Support and/or lead the construction of the SOR document ensuring the well objectives, data acquisition, and all relevant overburden characterization elements are contained.
• Assist in the construction of the (Geological Operations Plan (GOP), ensuring all relevant information is contained in this document.
•             Participate in daily subsurface operations meeting.
•             Participate as required and contribute relevant subsurface interpretations at the morning Wells rig call.
•             Participate in subsurface hole section previews.
•             Provide support to the Operations Geologist: daily and as needed.
•             Help interpret and select formation tops, casing, and core points per SOR and appropriate decision trees. Do real-time well ties/synthetics as need.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

University degree in geophysics, geology or related subjects.
Fluent English
Relevant industry experience, much of which should have been acquired in a geoscientific well planning environment.  General knowledge of Operations Geology would be an advantage, but not mandatory.
Essential industry experience in the areas of well operations, well planning, seismic interpretation and characterization of seismic depth uncertainties.
 Geological and seismic interpretation and workstation skills are essential; Experience with Petrel is highly desirable.
Experience with exploration wells and development offshore Trinidad is highly desirable


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