Sr. Exploration Geologist (APS)
Posted: Feb 2008
Addax Petroleum, founded in 1994, is an international exploration & production company active in the oil and gas Industry.
As an independent and rapidly growing company we target world class opportunities in emerging markets offering prolific petroleum basins. We have a strategic focus on Africa and the Middle East and within less than 15 years we have become the largest independent oil producer in Nigeria, and a pioneer investor in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Addax Petroleum has an aggressive exploration programme of over 30 wells in the next 3 years in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and the Joint Development Zone between Sao Tomé and Nigeria.
Since February 2006 Addax Petroleum has been listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange with a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange in May 2007. We have over 600 employees worldwide.
- Reports to
- Gabon Exploration Manager
- Technical Relation with
- Exploration General Manager & Functional Managers (if present)
- Main interfaces
- Gabon Exploration Manager and Gabon Exploration Team:
- Geophysicist/s, Geologist/s, Petrophysicist/s, Reservoir Engineer/s, Economist/s, Technical Assistant/s, and Third Parties
Job Function
- Operations
- Maintain awareness of other operator activity in Gabon.
- Advise before and while drilling on logging, casing, coring points, perforations and TD.
- Maintain daily updates of well and mud log correlations, x-sections, maps and well trajectories.
- Liaise with contractors for geophysical work.
- Studies
- Construct local and regional geological maps and cross sections to identify exploration prospects.
- Build local and regional geological models to support exploration programme.
- Further existing play trends and identify new play trends.
- Participate in determining prospect geological parameters and risk.
- Prepare well proposals and recommend logging, coring, and welltest programs.
- Provide geological support to New Ventures and development, as required.
- Others
- Represent Addax in meetings with joint venture partners, Government bodies, and Third Parties.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience Required
- BSc or higher in Geology.
- Ability to generate and/or evaluate exploration prospects.
- At least 8 years experience in exploration or development geology, preferably with an operating company.
- At least 3 years exploration experience, preferably in West Africa.
- Understanding of risk and uncertainty analysis, volumetric estimates, and economic assessments.
- Comfortable performing some geophysical work (e.g. interpreting seismic).
- Comfortable performing some petrophysical work.
- Willingness to load digital data when necessary.
- Fully conversant in the use of G&G databases and geological interpretation PC-based software
- (e.g. SMT, Petrosys, and Petrel).
- Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Availability to travel domestically and internationally.
- Good communication skills in English – both written and verbal.
Additional Attributes
- Experience with active participation in partner meetings.
- Experience with evaluating New Venture opportunities.
- Ability to work well in a team and alone.
- Ability to prioritize work and multitask.
- Experience with data room evaluations.
- Experience with multicultural environments.
It would be advantageous to have the following additional experience and skills
- Successful exploration experience in West Africa, especially Gabon.
- Basic skills in 3D seismic and petrophysical interpretation.
- Fluency in French – both written and verbal.