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Wellsite Geologist

Wellsite Geologist (JO014799) Doha, Qatar

Salary: USD400 - USD900 per day

Our reputed Client an Oil and Gas Company is urgently looking for a “WELLSITE GEOLOGIST ” in Doha Qatar.

 Rotation Cycle 28/28

Job Responsibilities:

Offshore Project:

HSE

  • Knowledge of Company HSE policy, rules and procedures (HSE MS) and in particular ISO14001 standard.
  • Observance of the company HSE policy, rules and procedures.
  • Promotes HSE standards in all wellsite formation evaluation acquisition activities 
  • Participation to HSE activities and global improvement (e.g. referential, reporting, REX, audits, HSE action plans…) ASSET INTEGRITY
  • Contributes to the Company Asset Integrity initiative by reporting any anomaly, defect, bad practice, lack of equipment, lack of competence that could result in a major HSE incident or loss of production.

OPERATIONS

  • Participates actively, through the interpretation of all available data, in the identification and evaluation of drilling hazards (losses, gains, overpressure, H2S, swelling clays, etc.)
  • Takes on site decision to initiate coring, intermediate logging, to continue or halt drilling at casing points, etc., after the approval of Well Geology and Operations Petrophysics Entity.
  • Supervise geological operations and various well data acquisitions (mudlogging, logging, LWD, coring), control quality and validate the data.
  • Integrates all available data for optimized well steering and adjusts accordingly drilling targets while drilling.
  • Performs preliminary interpretation of reservoirs at the wellsite (quality, content), either during or at the end of a drilling phase, to optimize operational decisions.
  • Supervises the conditioning, labeling and transportation of all the rocks and fluid samples collected during the course of drilling.
  • Ensures the proper communication between the mud logging personnel and the drilling crews, particularly regarding mud pit level monitoring.
  • Contributes to the training of junior geologists.
  • Uses, improve, and develop specific interpretation techniques.

PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT

  • Supervises geological operations personnel and ensure that all equipment’s provided by contractors are in line with the program and contracts.
  • Carries out audit and quality control of equipment’s and services provided by contractors.
  • Witnesses operations and communicates on all issues to ensure safe optimized decisions for data acquisition. 
  • Supervises and ensures regular testing and sensors calibration of Mud Logging equipment.

COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING

  • Guarantee and validate flow of wellsite data to the base.
  • Write up and keep updated all the documents and reports regarding well monitoring and geological operations.
  • Take part actively to the write up of the End of Well report.
  • When at the base, contributes to any Well geology and Operation Petrophysics activity: well preparation, SQM, experience feedback (REX), write-up of operating procedures, Company and contractor’s facilities visits.
  • Evaluates and quantifies petrophysical characteristics of the formations and their contents in close collaboration with Petrophysicists.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Technical competencies in Operations Geology/Subsurface, Drilling, Mud-Logging, Log acquisition, Quantitative interpretation, Reservoir geology, Structural and sedimentary geology. 
  • Good communication skills with both internal & external interlocutors.
  • Above 5 years varied experience in operation geology.
  • Very good written and spoken English.
  • Proven extended reach geosteering experience 
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