Petrophysicist

Petrophysicist

Job Purpose

Policies, Processes and Procedures

Day-To-Day Operations

Contracts Management

• Supports the Supervisor in technical evaluation and verification of contractors’ pre-qualification documents and assessment of each contractor’s capabilities, to ensure selection of appropriately qualified contractors at the optimum price and required standards.
• Provides specialized support during the execution of contracts to ensure that both contracting parties fulfil their obligations.
• Evaluations of Opportunities
• Undertakes independent and collaborative Petro-physical evaluations of the highest technical standard for asset specific nature in support of Exploration & Development.

Petro-Physical Activities

• Designs and executes logging programs (pilot-hole requirements, types of logs, intervals) for specific exploration activities in order to gather appropriate and high quality data ready for analysis.
• Executes well log interpretation processes for individual wells, and performs petro-physical characterization of the reservoir, and constructs geo-cellular models. Evaluates cut-off properties and performs volumetric reserves evaluation.
• Supervises wire-line logging and other petro-physical data acquisition to ensure the safe and smooth operation and quality of data production. Coordinates with contractors, verifies service tickets, and checks and approves the final products and reports prepared by contractor.
• Receives, analyses and evaluates logs and core data using different types of computerized evaluation packages and calculates Petro-physical data such as porosity, hydrocarbon saturation, permeability, temperature, etc. in order to provide the basis for oil in place calculations.
• Reviews and interprets historical logging data around the proposed well location, and identifies remaining oil zones and formation water behaviours to propose target zones and logging operation water programmes for new well drillings or workover. Initiates authorization formalities for execution of petro-physical survey/analyses programmes.
• Liaises with geology and reservoir engineering staff to ensure physical corroboration of evaluations and to supplement well data. Evaluates production logs (PLT, TDT), monitors and interprets fluids’ movements in the reservoir and liaises with Reservoir Engineers.
• Establishes and maintains records of raw and computerize petro-physical data and provides data for the petro-physical well data base (digitized log and core data).
• Carries out petro-physical field studies and participates with other reservoir engineers in formulating a field-wide reservoir model for a future updated field development plan.

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