About this role
Development Geologist at West African Exploration and Production (WAEP)
West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) is an indigenous energy company focused on the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources across West Africa headquartered in Lagos State, Nigeria.
WAEP is committed to delivering safe, efficient, and sustainable energy solutions through the application of industry best practice...
Development Geologist
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience 8 - 12 years
- Location Lagos
- Job Field Engineering / Technical
Role Purpose
- The Development Geologist provides high-quality development geology support for reservoir characterization, static modelling, well planning, field development and reservoir management to improve subsurface understanding, reduce uncertainty and maximize recovery from the Company's upstream
- assets.
Core Competencies
- Development geology
- Structural and stratigraphic interpretation
- Static geological modelling
- Well correlation characterization
- Volumetric assessment and reservoir
- Well planning and opportunity maturation Subsurface uncertainty and risk analysis Integrated field development
- Technical reporting and multidisciplinary collaboration
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Quality and currency of geological/static models
- Accuracy and timeliness of geological deliverables
- Contribution to successful well maturation and placement
- Reduction of subsurface uncertainty
- Quality of reserves and FDP geological inputs
- Technical assurance compliance
- Data quality and documentation
Key Responsibilities
- Interpret and integrate well logs, core, seismic and production information to build robust geological understanding of reservoirs.
- Develop and maintain structural, stratigraphic and depositional frameworks for producing and development assets.
- Build, update and quality-assure static geological models for volumetric assessment, well planning and reservoir simulation
- Generate and mature development, infill and appraisal well opportunities in collaboration with reservoir engineers and geophysicists.
- Provide geological input to well prognosis, well placement, geosteering support and post-well evaluation.
- Assess geological uncertainty and risk and communicate implications for development decisions. Support reserves/resource estimation, Field Development Plans and reservoir management activities.
- Participate in integrated subsurface reviews, peer assists and technical assurance processes
- Maintain high-quality geological databases, maps, correlations and technical