Petrophysicist Advisor

About Baker Hughes and Gaffney Cline Energy Advisory

Baker Hughes is a leading energy technology company operating across the energy value chain in over 120 countries. Gaffney Cline energy advisory (GCea), a segment within Baker Hughes, provides technical, commercial, and strategic advice to the petroleum sector. GCea specializes in petroleum business, offering expertise in exploration, development, production evaluation, field development, formation evaluation, wellbore analysis, economic analysis, and production maximization strategies.

The Role of Petrophysicist Advisor

Baker Hughes is seeking a Petrophysicist Advisor to join its team in Saudi Arabia. This is a full-time position requiring a minimum of 10 years of experience in formation evaluation and petrophysics. The role involves providing formation evaluation and reservoir engineering expertise for multidisciplinary projects, integrating various data types to optimize hydrocarbon recovery, and advising clients on key strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide formation evaluation and reservoir engineering expertise for multidisciplinary projects, including field development planning, reservoir characterization, and reservoir performance analysis.
• Integrate petrophysical, geological, and reservoir engineering data to evaluate reservoir potential and optimize hydrocarbon recovery.
• Conduct advanced formation evaluation studies, including log interpretation, petrophysical analysis, saturation evaluation, net pay determination, and reservoir quality assessment.
• Apply reservoir engineering techniques such as reservoir simulation, material balance analysis, decline curve analysis, and production forecasting.
• Present technical data, interpretations, recommendations, and reports to clients independently or as part of a multidisciplinary project team.
• Advise clients on formation evaluation, petrophysics, reservoir management, field development, and production optimization strategies.
• Support mentoring, coaching, and technical training activities for junior engineers and petrophysicists.
• Lead large multidisciplinary project teams and manage multiple projects with varying scope and complexity.
• Support business development activities, technical proposal preparation, and client engagement initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering, Geology, or Geophysics.
• Minimum 15 years of total experience in the oil and gas industry.
• At least 10 years of experience specifically in formation evaluation and petrophysics.
• Demonstrated expertise in Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Engineering, including open-hole and cased-hole log interpretation, petrophysical evaluation, rock typing, saturation analysis, reservoir simulation, decline curve analysis, PVT and SCAL data interpretation, reservoir performance analysis, and field development planning.
• Strong understanding of integrated subsurface workflows, combining geology, geophysics, petrophysics, formation evaluation, and reservoir engineering data.
• Hands-on experience with Baker Hughes and industry-standard software applications for Formation Evaluation and Reservoir Engineering.
• Experience leading integrated studies and collaborating across Reservoir Engineering, Petrophysics, Geology, Geophysics, Drilling, and Production disciplines.
• Strong understanding of unconventional and conventional reservoir evaluation methodologies and reservoir management practices.
• Experience supporting reservoir characterization, formation evaluation, field development, reserves assessment, and production enhancement projects.

Required Skills

• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively within multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams.
• Highly motivated with strong analytical, technical, and leadership skills, including experience in managing multidisciplinary technical teams and mentoring professionals.
• Advanced project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong planning, organizational, and time-management abilities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while delivering high-quality technical solutions.

Benefits

Baker Hughes offers a comprehensive benefits package, including contemporary work-life balance policies, wellbeing activities, comprehensive private medical care options, life insurance and disability programs, tailored financial programs, and additional elected or voluntary benefits.