Senior Petrophysicist

About Saudi Arabian Chevron Inc:
Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC) operates on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
its ‎50% individual interest in the petroleum resources of the ‎5000 square-
kilometer onshore area of the Partitioned Zone (PZ) between the KSA and the
State of Kuwait. SAC is located in -Al-Zour (Mina Saud) in Kuwait and is ‎40 KM
North of Al-Khafji City. The Company works in partnership with Kuwait Gulf Oil
Company (KGOC), the operator for Kuwait''s equal interest in the area, through
joint operations JO located in Al-Wafra area in Kuwait. Staffed equally by SAC
and KGOC personnel, explores for, develops and produces oil in the PZ. SAC
independently operates a storage marine export facility at Mina Saud (Al-
Zour), where its head office and residential camp are located.
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Job Description Summary:
Senior Petrophysicist who can provide reservoir evaluation support for
Exploration prospect reviews, operations support for well planning, and
drilling operations support in Exploration and Asset Development projects.
Job Responsibilities Include:
* Working closely with the Exploration and Asset Development teams in prospect and field assessments.
* Presenting petrophysical work products in technical assurance reviews.
* Engaging with subsurface and drilling stakeholders to develop value-based well objectives and comprehensive formation evaluation programs (LWD, wireline, cement evaluation, pressure testing, gas, cuttings, core, and fluid sampling).
* Working with subsurface teams, service providers, wellsite geologists, and drilling teams to ensure incident-free LWD and wireline logging operations and conventional coring operations.
* Provides daily petrophysical interpretation and QC support for Exploration drilling operations including lithology, presence of hydrocarbons, and wellbore conditions.
* Providing technical mentoring and guidance to less experienced petrophysicists, earth scientists, drilling, and subsurface team members.
Minimum Requirements:
* Saudi National.
* Bachelor of Science in Geosciences or related field (e.g., Geology, Geophysics, Petrophysics, or other related science and engineering fields) is required.
* At least ‎8 years of relevant experience.
* Demonstrated technical proficiency in carbonate petrophysical interpretation skills for reservoir characterization and for evaluating wellbore conditions. Knowledge and experience in planning and coordinating conventional LWD, wireline, and coring operations.
* Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in an exploration drilling operations environment, achieve alignment among diverse drilling, vendor, and subsurface team stakeholders, and work occasional irregular hours tied to drilling operations.
* Demonstrated ability to prioritize work, adapt to change, manage multiple short timeframe tasks, build relationships, and communicate effectively are critical to success.
* Strong influencer traits are expected: candidate must be able to foster alignment within cross-functional teams (Exploration, Subsurface, Wells, G&G Operations).
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