Advanced Capability Integrated Trap Analysis-30

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Geoscience

Job Family Summary

GEO-Structure

The Structure job Family is responsible for ensuring high quality technical work in rock deformation components relevant for business decisions as well as stewarding the major components of trap-seal risking in exploration settings.

Job Role Summary

• The advanced capability Integrated Trap Analysis (ACITA) is expected to develop a broad range of fundamental geoscience skills (many at expert level) and have the ability to integrate data, concepts and skills to solve geologic problems across exploration, development production and research functions and influence broad project and strategic directions. Assignments will provide the opportunity to acquire these fundamental skills through on-the-job experience and training. In addition ACITA is capable of performing cold-eyes peer reviews across wider regions and business stages to identify critical gaps and issues in existing interpretations and analysis and provide direction to teams and regions. Furthermore, ACITA should be able to identify broader technology gaps and steer strategic research and hiring directions.
• ACITA has the ability to independently make trap-seal assessment of risk, uncertainty, fluid type and column height using integrated datasets (core, logs, seismic) across a range of settings and business stages. ACITA has the ability to mentor and influence across functions and is called upon for assistance in trap-seal risking for plays and projects. In addition, ACITA has the ability to utilize knowledge of multiphase flow and retention of hydrocarbons to production time-scale challenges of reservoir compartmentalization, flow baffling and development planning decisions.
• ACITA is typically reached through three to five assignments across different business stages where the focus may either be on play or prospect-scale trap-seal risking or development/production-scale evaluation of flow and compartmentalization that allows for better development planning.
• Performance dimensions including increased effectiveness and efficiency with regard to work quality and quantity, coordination and teamwork, demonstrating leadership, sound decision making, good business judgment and a focus on general interest are extremely important. These advanced technical and non-technical skills are expected to expand in scope and breadth through time, across projects and discipline over the course of a career. Skills required include the twenty three fundamental skills listed below (mostly Level 2-3) and an informed understanding of internal upstream business terminology, processes and systems. This knowledge will be obtained through a combination of multiple on-the-job experience and basic training. Skills requiring an expert capability (i.e. being able to broadly influence and strategically direct) include seismic interpretation, subsurface mapping and stewarding opportunities and discoveries through the maturation process. In addition, expertise in reservoir characterization and engineering requires the ability to take production data and detailed fault framework and stratigraphic architecture mapping to provide critical input on reservoir producilibity, well completion design and well planning.
• ACITA should take an active role in their skill and capability development to meet business needs and are encouraged to self-assess in as many skills and capability milestones as appropriate to accurately reflect their technical capabilities. Technical and non-technical skills are developed over the course of a career, including progression up the technical ladder to Senior Technical Professional Advisors, Senior Technical Consultants and Chief Geoscientist, consistent with the Upstream Professional Development Framework. See the GCO SharePoint for further documentation on career path and milestones.

Functional Skills

(F) Application of Sequence Stratigraphic Concepts

(F) Assessment

(F) Depositional Models

(F) Drillwell Planning & Execution

(F) Formation Evaluation Planning & Petrophysical Analysis

(F) Forward Seismic Modeling

(F) Fracture Analysis

(F) Geomechanics

(F) Gravity, Magnetics & Electromagnetics

(F) Hydrocarbon System Characterization

(F) Integrated Trap Analysis

(F) Opportunity Identification, Maturation & Stewardship

(F) Regional Geology & Basin Evaluation

(F) Reservoir Characterization

(F) Reservoir Presence

(F) Reservoir Quality

(F) Rock Property Analysis

(F) Seismic Attribute Analysis

(F) Seismic Interpretation

(F) Seismic Well Tie Generation & Interpretation

(F) Structural Interpretation

(F) Structure Analysis

(F) Subsurface Mapping & Analysis

(F) Velocity Models & Domain Conversion

(F) Geophysical Data Processing

(F) Geophysical Operations

(F) Trap & Seal Definition

Behavioral Skills

(B) Adapts

(B) Collaborates

(B) Communicates Effectively

(B) Creates Business Value

(B) Mentors

(B) Promotes Inclusion

(B) Shows Initiative

(B) Strategic