Petrophysicist Advisor

About Baker Hughes and Gaffney Cline energy advisory (GCea)

Baker Hughes is an energy technology company with operations in over 120 countries, focused on delivering innovative technologies and services across the energy value chain. Gaffney Cline energy advisory (GCea), a segment within Baker Hughes, provides technical, commercial, and strategic advice to the petroleum sector. GCea specializes in the business of petroleum, with expertise in exploration, development, production evaluation, field development, formation evaluation, wellbore analysis, economic analysis, and production optimization.

The Role of Petrophysicist Advisor

Baker Hughes is seeking a Petrophysicist Advisor with over 15 years of experience to join the Gaffney Cline energy advisory team. This full-time role involves providing specialized expertise in formation evaluation and reservoir engineering for multidisciplinary projects. The advisor will integrate various subsurface data to assess reservoir potential, optimize hydrocarbon recovery, and provide strategic advice to clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide formation evaluation and reservoir engineering expertise for projects including field development planning, reservoir characterization, and 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, either 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 of varying scope and complexity.
• Support business development activities, technical proposal preparation, and client engagement initiatives.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Work authorization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is required.
• Over 10 years of experience in petrophysics and reservoir engineering.
• 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, or other applicable industry software platforms.
• 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.

Key Skills and Attributes

• 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.
• 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.

Application Process

Candidates who meet the above requirements and are authorized to work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are encouraged to apply for this full-time Petrophysicist Advisor position.