Geologist

Cammach is currently recruiting a Geologist on behalf of our client, an international Oil & Gas Operator, based in their office in London, UK. The position is offered on an ongoing PAYE contract basis.

ROLE

The role is required to strengthen the geological experience within the team to effectively evaluate exploration opportunities, specifically across Africa. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing regional geological databases, building basin expertise, and identifying and evaluating exploration and acquisition opportunities. Key activities include basin and play analysis, play fairway mapping, well correlation, prospect characterization, resource estimation, risk assessment and opportunity ranking.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead geological evaluations across multiple New Venture and M&A opportunities in a range of depositional and structural settings, integrating diverse datasets to identify and mature exploration opportunities.
• Work within multidisciplinary teams of geophysicists, petroleum system analysts, petrophysicists and engineers to assess prospectivity, risk, resources and commercial potential.
• Recommend and utilize appropriate geological data, databases and studies to support regional, play and prospect evaluations.
• Screen, evaluate and rank opportunities from bid rounds, data rooms, farm-ins and other business development activities.
• Assess the technical quality of external evaluations from potential partners, joint ventures and service providers.
• Collaborate with Technical Assurance teams to evaluate basin, play and prospect risk and resource assessments.
• Present clear, evidence-based recommendations to management on whether to pursue, acquire, farm into or relinquish opportunities.
• Monitor and apply advances in geological understanding and exploration technologies, promoting knowledge sharing across the organization.
• Deliver geological work programmes through effective collaboration with technical teams across the company’s UK and international locations.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships, sharing knowledge and contributing to collaborative problem solving.

REQUIREMENTS

• A higher degree (PhD, MSc or equivalent) in Geology, Geoscience or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience in the oil and gas industry
• Significant exploration experience within an Exploration & Production company.
• Strong expertise in regional basin evaluation, petroleum systems analysis, fairway mapping, and prospect and lead assessment across multiple basins.
• Demonstrated experience working with clastic and carbonate petroleum systems, diverse source rock and reservoir environments, and varied datasets.
• Knowledge of plate reconstruction and paleogeographic modelling, particularly for frontier and emerging basins, including the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and Indian Ocean margins.
• Strong skills in well log interpretation, volumetric assessment, risk evaluation, sequence stratigraphy and play-based exploration analysis.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills, coupled with strong cultural awareness.
• A pragmatic approach to managing uncertainty, ambiguity and exploration risk
• Proficiency with Petrel, GEOX and ArcGIS (or equivalent geospatial software).
• Experience in African and Mediterranean basins is desirable.