QatarEnergy
Senior Geophysicist
- Permanent
- Doha, Qatar
- Experience 15 - 20 yrs
Job expiry date: 27/01/2026
Job overview
Date posted
13/12/2025
Location
Doha, Qatar
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
15 - 20 yrs
Seniority
Senior & Lead
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
27/01/2026
Job description
The Senior Geophysicist role is responsible for planning, supervising, coordinating, and controlling the acquisition, analysis, and evaluation of geophysical data to support well and reservoir studies and generate effective field development plans. The position provides advanced geophysical support for QatarEnergy oil fields and plays a key role in reservoir management activities within integrated, interdisciplinary asset teams. The role involves applying expert-level interpretation of seismic and VSP data, integrating stratigraphy, structural geology, and economic considerations to support development decisions. The Senior Geophysicist contributes to the full lifecycle of subsurface studies, from data acquisition and processing through interpretation and field development optimization, while ensuring technical quality and consistency of geophysical outputs. In addition, the role includes mentoring and developing less experienced geophysicists, reviewing and validating technical work, and contributing to collaborative reservoir studies to maximize asset value and long-term field performance.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Plan, supervise, coordinate, and control the collection of geophysical data for well and reservoir studies
- Analyze and evaluate seismic and VSP data to support reservoir characterization and field development planning
- Provide geophysical support to oil field development and reservoir management activities
- Participate in interdisciplinary integrated asset and reservoir study teams
- Apply expertise in carbonate reservoir systems to subsurface interpretation and development planning
- Integrate stratigraphy, structural geology, and economic considerations into geophysical evaluations
- Supervise and review geophysical studies to ensure technical quality and consistency
- Utilize geophysical software applications including OpenWorks, R5000, and Petrel for interpretation and modeling
- Apply statistical and pattern recognition techniques such as neural networks, fuzzy logic, and multivariate analysis where applicable
- Mentor, coach, and develop less experienced geophysicists
- Review and approve technical work performed by geophysics staff
- Contribute to the generation of effective, economically sound field development plans
Experience & skills
- Hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Geophysics or Geology
- Possess more than 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry
- Demonstrate at least 10 years of experience in geophysical studies or operations
- Exhibit strong expertise in carbonate reservoir environments
- Demonstrate proficiency in seismic and VSP acquisition and processing
- Show strong working knowledge of stratigraphy and structural geology
- Demonstrate familiarity with statistical and pattern recognition techniques including neural networks, fuzzy logic, and multivariate analysis
- Exhibit proficiency with geophysical software such as OpenWorks, R5000, and Petrel
- Demonstrate experience working within integrated asset team environments
