Job Family Group:
Subsurface Group
Job Description:
About bp
In production & operations, we find, develop and operate oil and gas resources and assets, as well as refineries, pipelines and terminals around the world.
Our vision is to become an industry-leading hydrocarbons business and the engine room of our integrated energy company.
Gas & low carbon energy (G&LCE) encompasses businesses, platforms and partnerships helping to deliver shareholder value and decarbonize our operations while positioning us for growth through the next decade.
Our organization also aims to:
Partner with bp’s businesses to provide integrated solutions and governance across our NOJV portfolio.
Lead the development of deep and enduring relationships with targeted strategic corporates and partners in service of bp’s businesses.
Ensure bp’s strategy, plans and wide-ranging activities in the US and China are unified and regionally integrated for value.
About the Role:
This is an opportunity for a motivated individual to join the agile, fast-paced and exciting integrated team that provides advisory on opportunities for Production Management, Depletion Management, and Area Development Planning to improve production and recovery from oil & gas fields.
As a Geologist in the G&LCE team, you will play a central technical role in interpreting, integrating, and communicating geological insights that drive reservoir management decisions. You will work closely with partners, bp subsurface specialists, and multi-disciplinary teams across India and global bp hubs.
This is a hands-on technical role suited to someone who brings strong geological fundamentals, thrives in collaborative environments, and enjoys shaping subsurface solutions for complex mature fields.
What you will deliver:
As an individual technical contributor, working closely with other subsurface teams and other business units such as the Wells organization, you will deliver high-quality geological inputs to progress prioritized business opportunities.
You will interpret and integrate core, well-log, seismic, analogue, and dynamic data (pressure, production etc.) to develop and refine the integrated structural, stratigraphic, depositional, rock property and fluid frameworks which underpin integrated subsurface products.
Your technical and business skills will enable you to develop appropriate subsurface scenarios, to characterize and communicate subsurface uncertainties and use this knowledge to plan and deliver ‘fit for purpose’ technical products.
You will support the base management and reservoir management opportunities to enhance economic recovery from existing infrastructure.
Engage proactively with bp specialists, partners, and cross disciplinary team members (RE, PT, geophysics, data, wells) to drive integrated subsurface solutions. disciplinary team members (RE, PT, geophysics, data, wells) to drive integrated subsurface solutions.
Support adoption of new technologies, digital workflows, and data-driven tools (e.g., RAPID-style workflows) that improve efficiency and reliability of subsurface interpretation.
Your ability to clearly communicate subsurface uncertainty to colleagues and business leaders will enable the development of appropriate risk management and mitigation plans.
As a geologist in bp’s geological and subsurface communities you will coach, share standard process and seek to innovate to solve technical and business problems.
What you will need to be successful
Must have educational qualifications:
A geology / geoscience degree from a recognized university
Minimum years of relevant experience:
Minimum of 12+ years’ experience as a geologist in oil, gas or exploration, appraisal, development or production.
Must have experience/skills:
Excellent geoscience and subsurface interpretation skills, including interpretation workstation skills and seismic interpretation (e.g., Petrel or equivalent).
Exposure in appraisal, development and production geoscience in oil and gas assets
Ability to integrate diverse static and dynamic subsurface data
Delivery of Integrated Subsurface Descriptions
Skilled in characterizing and communicating subsurface uncertainty and risk
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
A highly collaborative, team-first ethos, and a validated track-record of personal delivery.
Good to have experiences/skills:
Contribution or exposure to the development or update of static and dynamic models
Broad development, production and well planning experience
Experience of working in diverse global teams and managing stakeholders
Leading technical projects
Experience in probabilistic resource assessment and reservoir performance prediction
Experience in Carbonates
Familiarity with agile working practices
You will work with
Your line manager will be the Performance manager – PE/RE
You will be based at Mumbai and work from the bp and partner offices.
You will work in close collaboration with both bp and partner subsurface and production teams and with bp’s global subsurface technical specialists and subject matter experts.
Why join bp
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit in with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generously paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Travel Requirement:
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is eligible for relocation within country
Remote Type:
This position is not available for remote working
Skills:
Basin resource evaluation, Basin resource evaluation, CO2 utilisation and storage, Core acquisition and analysis, Cost-conscious decision-making, Data acquisition strategy, Data Management, Depositional framework, Fluid Properties, Fluid sampling and analysis, Geodesy and coordinate integrity, Geohazard Assessment, Geomechanical analysis, Integrated Well Delivery, Operations Geology, Petroleum Systems Analysis, Petrophysical Dynamic Reservoir Description, Petrophysical Seismic Lithology and Fluid Prediction, Petrophysical Static Reservoir Description, PPFG detection, Research and Development, Reservoir geomechanics, Reservoir quality, Seismic Interpretation, Seismic stratigraphic interpretation {+ 6 more}
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