Senior Geologist, Operations

About the role

ADNOC Offshore is hiring a Senior Geologist, Operations for its Biogenic-Shallow Gas Project in Abu Dhabi. The role provides geological operations support for exploration, appraisal and development drilling projects, overseeing geological operations for active drilling programmes, interpreting subsurface data and integrating well log and drilling data so that well objectives are met.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare pre-drill jobs, including offset well correlation panels and pre-spud meetings, and ensure service contractors use tools to their optimum capability.
• Oversee wellsite geology processes such as mudlogging, LWD/MWD, wireline logging, coring, directional drilling and stimulation, and provide quality oversight.
• Plan, advise and supervise well design, data acquisition, coring, logging, formation evaluation, testing and stimulation, and integrate results into well prognosis and the well programme.
• Interpret drilling reports and real-time data to assess geologic hazards, tops selection and well trajectory, and work with the project geologist, geomodeler, geophysicist, petrophysicist and engineers to reduce geological uncertainty.
• Coordinate coring jobs, core handling and transport, and finalise markers and survey data with the project team.
• Produce Geological End-of-Well Reports and post-drilling summaries, maintain daily/weekly geological reports and contribute to development planning and geological model updates.
• Enforce health, safety and environmental policies and train junior staff; stay current with geological software and attend technical events.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Geology or Engineering Geology.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in exploration/development operations geology and drilling.
• Experience with geological and office software applications.
• Presentation skills and experience writing technical reports.