Sr. Geoscientist - (US-TX-Plano - 75094)

Minimum Education: Doctorate
Job Type: Full Time
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Growing independent oil and gas company. The Company is the largest oil and natural gas operator in Mississippi, owns the largest reserves of CO2 used for tertiary oil recovery east of the Mississippi River, and holds key operating acreage in onshore Louisiana, Alabama and Texas Barnett Shale areas.The Company increases the value of acquired properties in its core areas through a combination of exploitation drilling and proven engineering extraction practices.Company is seeking an experienced geologist with advanced reservoir description expertise. Candidate should have a demonstrated expertise and extensive experience in sequence and genetic stratigraphy, clastic sedimentology with a demonstrated capability in subsurface stratigraphic studies, correlation, mapping, core description/interpretation, and facies analysis. Candidate should have been a member of a team responsible for integrated reservoir simulation studies. In addition, candidate should have experience and expertise in using current industry software for subsurface studies. An advanced capability in using geostatistics for generation of reservoir geologic models for reservoir simulation studies using oil industry contemporary geostatistical software is required.Required Experience:Job responsibilities include conducting and directing integrated reservoir description studies. Candidate will be a key member of a fully integrated, interdisciplinary team of geoscientists and advanced simulation/enhanced recovery engineers employing compositional simulation to assist in the design and management of Company's CO2 floods. Good communication skills are required to interface with geoscience and engineering staff responsible for Client's many existing and pending the CO2 flood implementations and management.Required Education:Geologist with a PhD degree and 20+ years of major oil company experience are preferred.