Sr Geoscientist, International Exploration
Murphy Oil Corporation · Houston, TX · 1 mo ago
HybridAnalystFull-time
Responsibilities
- Conduct regional basin and prospect-level geological and geophysical evaluations.
- Interpret 2D and 3D seismic data to identify, mature, and assess exploration opportunities.
- Generate structural, stratigraphic, and attribute-based interpretations and maps.
- Integrate seismic, well, geological, geochemical, and regional datasets to develop exploration concepts.
- Perform lead and prospect generation, maturation, risking, and resource assessments.
- Contribute to technical assurance reviews, portfolio assessment, and opportunity ranking.
- Provide geoscience support during exploration drilling operations and post-well evaluations.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Geology, Geophysics, or a related Earth Science discipline.
- Minimum 7 years of exploration experience, including work along the Atlantic Margins.
- Strong understanding of petroleum systems, structural geology, stratigraphy, and seismic interpretation.
- Demonstrated experience progressing opportunities from regional evaluation through prospect maturation.
- Experience with prospect risking, resource estimation, and uncertainty analysis.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency with Kingdom Suite.
- Experience with Paleoscan and ArcGIS.
- Experience with resource and risk analysis software, including RoseRA.
- Experience supporting exploration drilling operations.
- Exposure to frontier and emerging basin exploration.
Benefits
This role will work in our Houston Corporate office and may work up to two (2) days a week remote.
Pay
Details on pay are not specified in this posting.
Schedule
The role requires regular office attendance and may involve occasional remote work.
Skills
A solid understanding of geologic models for resource estimation and risk application utilizing statistical software such as RoseRA is required.
Qualifications
The individual is required to follow all applicable safety precautions.
Application Instructions
Details on how to apply are not provided in this posting.