Maersk Oil & Gas AS (Maersk Oil) is seeking an experienced Development Geologist to work in our Houston office to support the company's Angola deep-water development activities.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a minimum BSc. degree in Geology, and 5+ years of active work experience as a Reservoir Geologist. Good personal work efficiency, ethics, team-work, inter-personal and communication skills are essential qualifications. The Development Geologist is sought to assist development well planning, optimisation and execution of the development program.

The candidate is expected to have the following technical skills in order to perform satisfactorily in this position:

� Experience in the integration of detailed seismic interpretation, static modelling and dynamic simulation results for well targeting, well planning and optimisation in vertically stacked reservoir systems, and during the execution phase. Petrel expertise is highly preferred

� Knowledge of reservoir modelling techniques and software is required in order to successfully integrate seismic and RE data into development well planning and optimisation

� Knowledge of modern Operations Geology is essential: including LWD, wireline logging and Petrophysics interpretation principals, as well as knowledge of modern well completion strategies

� Experience in the planning and execution of formation evaluation campaigns for operated wells, in collaboration with subsurface (geosciences and Reservoir Engineering), drilling and completions personnel and overseas field operations bases (west African experience is highly preferred)

� Deepwater operations and international experience is highly desirable

The role has the following key responsibilities:

� The successful candidate will liaise and integrate data from the Seismic Interpretation, Geologic Modelling and Reservoir Engineering groups in order to assist development planning activities and execution of the Field Development Plan, reporting to the Chissonga Subsurface Manager

� Significant scope exists for performing seismic and well data interpretation and geologic modelling during both the construction and execution of the Field Development Plan

� Daily liaison with our Operations Geologist in Luanda as an interface between the Houston Subsurface Team and our Luanda Operations groups

� Planning of FE programs and the preparation of geological operations documents in support of our development drilling program. All applicants should possess a valid US work authorization. Maersk Oil is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All applicants should possess a valid US work authorization.
Maersk Oil is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Development Geologist