Senior Lead Petrophysicist

Interested candidates, kindly mail to

enpcareers.hr@ril.com

Main Purpose :

The Senior Lead Petrophysicist will lead petrophysical evaluations across exploration, appraisal, and development wells, ensuring high-quality data acquisition and reservoir characterization. The role involves advanced log interpretation, core-log integration, and application of digital / AI techniques to optimize reservoir understanding and investment decisions. This position also requires stakeholder engagement and mentoring of junior professionals to drive technical excellence.

Job Responsibilities :

Lead Petrophysical activities for exploration, appraisal, and development wells.

Design and oversee logging programs (LWD / Wireline), including tool selection, vendor coordination, and real-time monitoring.

Conduct formation evaluation—porosity, saturation, lithology, and hydrocarbon volumes—and integrate results into subsurface models and documentation.

Attend rig site operations while logging and coring activities to provide real-time decision support during drilling.

Co-ordinate to execute coring programme and associated laboratory studies to ensure high quality deliverables.

Perform field quality control (QC) of logging operations and ensure data integrity across all acquisition phases.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as drilling, geology, reservoir engineering, geophysics, and related teams to deliver petrophysical insights and optimize data acquisition strategies.

Integrate petrophysical data with core study results (RCA / SCAL), advanced logs, and provide inputs for seismic interpretation, geological modeling and resource estimation.

Analyse advanced logs (e.g., NMR, Formation Tester, Imaging, Sonic Scanner etc.) and develop workflows for evaluating conventional, unconventional, and tight reservoirs.

Evaluate petrophysical uncertainties and their impact on volumetric resource estimates and support for high grading the prospects.

Analyse and interpret cased hole and production logs to evaluate reservoir behaviour, diagnose well performance, and guide optimization strategies.

Engage proactively with partners, regulators, and third-party stakeholders to ensure alignment and compliance across all technical, operational, and strategic dimensions.

Leverage machine learning and AI techniques to enhance petrophysical interpretation, automate workflows, and improve reservoir characterization.

Scout emerging technologies to improve efficiency and reduce costs in data acquisition and interpretation.

Evaluate farm-in / farm-out opportunities and deliver petrophysical assessments to support investment decisions.

Manage well log data systems, QA / QC processes, and reporting standards.

Mentor and train junior Petrophysicists and lead training initiatives to promote technical excellence and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications & Experience :

Master’s degree or higher in Geophysics from a recognized university.

Minimum 15+ years of experience in Petrophysics domain within the oil & gas industry.

Willing and able to travel offshore for rig site operations and field quality control.

Proven track record in offshore exploration, appraisal, and development projects.

Experience with major or international oil companies highly desirable.

Exposure to Production Sharing Contract (PSC) environments and regional regulatory frameworks preferred.

Technical Skills :

Proficient in industry-standard petrophysical software (e.g., Techlog, Geolog, Interactive Petrophysics).

In-depth knowledge of logging tools, acquisition systems, and core-log-seismic integration workflows.

Skilled in advanced interpretation techniques, including rock physics, facies classification and saturation modelling.

Experience with complex reservoir types : Clastics, carbonates, and unconventional plays (e.g., shale, tight gas).

Hands-on experience in machine learning and data analytics applications in petrophysical evaluation.

Interested candidates, kindly mail to

enpcareers.hr@ril.com