Airswift has been tasked by one of our major Oil and Gas clients to seek a Operations Geologist III to work on an initial 12-month contract in Spring, TX - possibly to be extended!

MAIN FUNCTIONS
 

Safety Leadership: Uphold the company’s safety culture by ensuring no spills and maintaining the “Nobody Gets Hurt” principle, both in the office and, if required, on the rig site. Pressure Surveillance: Monitor pressure trends for multiple wells across various affiliates, interpret these trends, and communicate findings to all relevant parties. Quality Assurance/Quality Control: Oversee rig-based deliverables and monitor data feeds (ML, WL, LWD, WSG) to ensure accuracy and reliability. Knowledge Management: Capture lessons learned for future operational improvements.  Maintain and steward operations geology database and prepare End of Well Reports (EOWR). Wellsite Assistance: Assist in well site-based activities as needed, including selecting casing seats, wireline logging, and formation testing programs. Program Review and Analysis: Review and analyze geologic evaluation programs and service company performance on a well-by-well or monthly/quarterly basis to identify areas for improvement. Daily Reporting: Prepare and distribute daily geological reports summarizing drilling progress, geological findings, and any issues encountered.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
  Education: BS/MS in Geology from a recognized institution. Experience: Proven experience as an Operations Geologist. Drilling Experience: Onshore and offshore (barge, jack-up, MODU) drilling experience. Language Proficiency: Fluent in both written and spoken English. Organizational Skills: Strong organizational and coordination abilities, with the capability to work well with others. Offshore Drilling: Experience with offshore platform/deviated well drilling and associated technologies (e.g., LWD, WL). Formation Pressure and Fluid Sampling: Proficiency with pressure and fluid sampling LWD/WL tools, selecting pressure locations, and monitoring pressure/fluid sampling data in real-time to ensure efficient collection of high-quality samples. Mud Logging: Experience with mud logging, cuttings description, real-time image logs, and correlating them to determine lithology and well path. Wireline Logging: Experience with wireline logging tools, techniques, and real-time data quality assurance. Formation Evaluation: Basic interpretation skills for identifying rock type, fluid type, borehole conditions, etc. Managed Pressure Drilling: Familiarity with managed pressure drilling (MPD) practices and the impact of those practices on well surveillance. Production Drilling: Experience in production drilling environments, addressing challenges such as depleted reservoir, wellbore stability, and fluid type uncertainty. Directional Drilling: Knowledge of directional drilling, well planning, depth control measurements, and understanding of Bottom Hole Assemblies (BHAs). Geosteering: Familiarity with geosteering operations in development and production settings and implications during well surveillance. Coring Operations: Experience with planning and executing conventional coring operations. Geologic Data QA/QC: Extensive experience with industry standards and best practices for quality assurance/control of geologic data collected during drilling operations. This experience should include a deep understanding of real-time and static data transmission.