Geologist - TSI

Grade H
Responsible for supporting the provision of subsurface assurance and guidance for the development and production of reservoirs, using sound technical knowledge to ensure robust subsurface description and clear articulation of the surface uncertainties and risks of the field to underpin project advancement.

Entity:

Production & Operations

Job Family Group:

Subsurface Group

bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) centre in Pune aims to build on bp s existing engineering and technical strengths, to deliver high quality services to its hydrocarbons and new energy businesses worldwide. TSI brings together diverse engineering capability to provide technical services across a range of areas including engineering, maintenance, optimization, data processes, projects and subsurface, to deliver safe, affordable and lower emission energy, while continuously innovating how we work.

Global Subsurface Solutions (GSS) delivers high-quality, high impact, subsurface technical products to address critical business challenges across bp s oil, gas, and low carbon businesses. Reservoir modelling and simulation are part of Reservoir Performance, Prediction and Base Management, in the central GSS organisation and are responsible for leading and supporting the building, maintaining and use of reservoir models across the bp asset portfolio

This role is for a production geologist /geomodeller working in GSS, supporting static and dynamic model builds and modelling activity across bp s portfolio with a primary focus, supporting and raising geomodelling capability in the bp asset portfolio. The role will involve an understanding of the reservoir description and dynamic processes to be able to collaborate with asset squads, and multi-disciplinary practitioners (RE/PP/GL/GP). The successful applicant will work to build, update and use models, providing appropriate modelling outputs to support and inform effective decision making.

An essential component to this role is effective communication and integration with the other subsurface subdisciplines and other GSS practitioners based in different locations and time zones. Build relationships and represent the GSS in regional teams to:

• Ensure an appropriate reservoir description with a broad range of alternative scenarios to encompass the perceived uncertainty range to feed into the model framing exercise.
• Develop robust static models that encompass multiple static scenarios to cover the appropriate uncertainty range that will underpin the development decisions and risk management plans being considered.
• Work with Reservoir engineers to calibrate (History Match) integrated static and dynamic simulation models.
• Work with regional teams on the implementation of the appropriate modelling philosophy and modelling best practice.
• Via coaching, develop static modelling capability within the region, ensuring BP best practice is applied and effective modelling approaches are shared to foster learning and continually improve the modelling workflow.
• As required support current R&D projects in the Innovation & Engineering team.
• Identify and incorporate discipline expertise in geology, geophysics and petrophysics to ensure successful model development. Work in collaboration with other UT teams (e.g. reservoir characterisation) to ensure involvement of appropriate expertise.

• Promote bps commitment to safe, responsible and sustained performance, and demonstrate strong individual and leadership behaviors in line with bp values.

What you will need to be successful

Must have educational qualifications:

• A geology / geoscience degree from a recognized university

Minimum years of proven experience:

• At least 10 years of relevant geo-modeling experience

Must have experiences/skills (To be hired with):

• Strong geoscience and subsurface interpretation skills, including interpretation workstation skills.
• Familiarity with Petrel /RMS modelling software and workflows
• Strong desire to develop skillset in geo-modeling

• Skilled in characterizing and presenting subsurface uncertainty, risk and value
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• A highly collaborative, team-first ethos, a proven track-record of personal delivery

Good to have experiences/skills (Can be trained for - learning/on-the-job):

• Knowledge of subsurface model building process
• Experience of using and updating static models.
• Effectively working in multi-disciplinary and/or split site teams with limited guidance.
• Experience of Petrel/RMS Workflows and building models in these packages.
• Basic use of some coding languages may be useful (e.g. RMS IPL, Python).
• Experience in agile working practices.
• Understanding of the Integrated Subsurface Description process and subsurface uncertainties in terms of both discrete scenarios and continuous uncertainty of variables.
• Experience working in diverse global teams and managing stakeholders

You will work with

Your line manager will be the Geology Discipline area Leader for the TSI Unit within GSS.

You will work in Pune, India, but may be remotely deployed into an international, integrated subsurface delivery squad where day-to-day activities/deliverables will be prioritized by the squad leader. These GSS squads typically consist of 5-10 multi-disciplinary technical members in several locations and are deployed based on global subsurface business prioritization.

You will also work in close collaboration with subsurface teams in the country your squad supports, as well as with bp s global subsurface technical specialists and subject matter experts.

Why join bp

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit in with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generously paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

Basin resource evaluation, Basin resource evaluation, CO2 utilisation and storage, Core acquisition and analysis, Cost-conscious decision-making, Data acquisition strategy, Data Management, Depositional framework, Fluid Properties, Fluid sampling and analysis, Geodesy and coordinate integrity, Geohazard Assessment, Geomechanical analysis, Integrated Well Delivery, Petroleum Systems Analysis, Petrophysical Dynamic Reservoir Description, Petrophysical Seismic Lithology and Fluid Prediction, Petrophysical Static Reservoir Description, PPFG detection, Research and development, Reservoir geomechanics, Reservoir quality, Resource, Reserves Estimation and Storage Volume Assessment, Seismic Analysis, Seismic Interpretation {+ 8 more}

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