Formation Evaluation Specialist

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What role you will play in our team

We are seeking dynamic, creative, and resourceful candidates for ExxonMobil’s Spring, TX location to work on a variety of challenging petrophysical problems as part of a core team of formation evaluaton specialists. The role will include, but is not limited to perfoming integrated petrophysical analyses, utilizing mulitple data types, using a variety of software for petrophysical data processing and evaluation. Ideal candidate can work independently on all types of petrophysical log and core data and be able to interpret complex analyses from raw logs to integrated solutions.

What you will do

• Contribute to all stages of petrophysical project work, including data preparation, pre-processing, data filtering/augmentation, environmental corrections, and calibration.
• Provide real-time operational support during drilling and completion activities, including designing and executing data collection programs, ensuring accurate and timely petrophysical data interpretation to guide operational decisions as and when required.
• Conduct model-based petrophysical analyses to evaluate reservoir properties and fluid distributions across the lifecycle, while supporting ExxonMobil's efforts to formulate new and innovative approaches to improve the efficiency of multi-well workflows.
• Support rock physics modeling, fluid substitution, well-to-seismic ties, and seismic modeling if needed.
• Work with computational scientists, engineers, and geoscientists to test, deliver, and support various petrophysical software tools, models, algorithms, and software both globally

About you

Skills and Qualifications

• Candidates should have a BS, MA/MS and/or PhD degree from a recognized university in Geology, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering or Physics (or related fields).

• Minimum 5 years of industrial experience in petrophysical/formation evaluation analyses in support of upstream oil and gas operations.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams and take ownership.

• Relevant hands-on experience in any of the following areas across various stages of the field lifecycle, including conventional and unconventional reservoirs, operational support, and seismic rock physics, is highly desirable.

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data sets in both clastics and carbonates.
• Experience with one or more integrated petrophysical analysis software suites including Geolog.
• Coding experience and knowledge of statistical methods, machine learning and numerical modeling can be an added advantage

Your Benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life. We offer you: 

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life. 
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match. 
• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. 
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing. 
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you. 
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com. 

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
 

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ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.