Geology Specialist

**Job Posting Date**:06-Mar-2023

**Work Location**: Doha, QA

**Company**:Qatargas

**Job Purpose**:

- Design, implement, and provide oversight on geological/geophysical activities associated with active field development, reservoir surveillance and subsurface studies including opportunity identification and generation to support well integrity, production sustainment and cost optimization. Develop and execute technical mentoring programs and activities for graduate trainees and less experienced staff.

**Reporting and Relationships - I**:

- Reports to Head of Reservoir/ Operation Geology.

**Internal**
- Regular contact with Subsurface personnel.
- Regular contact with Onshore and Offshore Asset (North and South Operations), Major Projects, HSE&Q, Human Capital, Shared Services and Legal.

**External**
- Shareholders (Shareholder SMEs).
- Third party vendors (Geoscience related services including Mud Logging, Wellsite Geologists, Geotechnical and Geophysical site surveys, etc).

**Job Context & Major Challenge(s) - I**:

- Operate in a multi-cultural, multi-national environment requiring maturity and good communication skills.
- Exercise discretion to investigate areas and determine methodologies to pursue.
- Influence on decision-making process through technical support and recommendations.
- Recommendations have potential impact on work program and budget for Qatar’s North Field development and production/surveillance operations.

**Key Job Accountabilities - I**:

- Establish an accurate and complete geoscience database including use of the Petrel software platform for smooth geoscience support of Petroleum Engineering activities and integrate new geological/geophysical, petrophysical and well surveillance data.
- Provide and produce geologic input to Qatargas Development Programs including well trajectory planning, optimization of well locations, and well data acquisition requirements for both infill and appraisal wells, as well as carrying out post-drilling geoscience interpretation and evaluation to ensure Shareholders’ expectations are met and delivered effectively.
- Develop, provide, and implement geoscience assessment and evaluation results and recommendations to support the Asset Surveillance Team activities and priorities with focus on improving the ASTs understanding of geologic controls on reservoir flow performance.
- Pursue and promote geoscience information and recommendations for multifunctional teams within Subsurface to implement studies and projects driven by or impacted by Geoscience knowledge.
- Support understanding and optimizing wastewater and acid gas disposal strategies including the reservoir characterization of the disposal reservoirs and their adjacent seals.

**Key Job Accountabilities - II**:

- Provide geological input on the monitoring of acid gas disposal and new technologies as they become available to ensure effective and safe delivery of injection programs.
- Provide and implement the geologic descriptions to support Qatargas surveillance studies (e.g., Saphir-Impact).
- Promote and stimulate the dissemination and integration of knowledge/learnings from subsurface geoscience related studies (such as Reservoir Flow and Fault/Fracture studies) to enhance ASTs understanding of the reservoir flow behaviour, and identification of well intervention opportunities for production sustainment.
- Collaborate with external parties (shareholders R&D, vendors, etc.) on research and development to enhance efficiency, improve productivity, and achieve cost optimization.
- Organize, participate, and deliver knowledge sharing activities in areas of expertise internally within Qatargas and/or externally representing Qatargas in conferences and workshops to support the high-performance culture of Qatargas.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in Geoscience.

**Knowledge and/or Experience - I**:

- 8 years’ industry experience.
- Good knowledge on variety of field and asset life cycles.
- Experienced mentor.