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In addition, the division offers support to production engineering for stimulation and hydraulic fracturing operations.\nTight Sand Development Geologist primary role will be to generate and interpret fit-for-purpose geological models for reservoir characterization, field development plan and hydrocarbon in-place assessment by integrating sedimentology, petrophysics and geomechanics as well as drilling, stimulation, and production.\nCandidate will be required to perform and demonstrate the following:\nUse geological models to recommend placement of wells and supplementary processes to enhance production & Integrate & utilize geological & engineering data to optimize field development strategy.\nIdentify opportunities for workovers, infill drilling, and multi-well pad optimization.\nPerform complex geological assignments such as resource assessments and create volumetric calculations to determine reserves estimations.\nBuild and document static models while illustrating with cross sections, maps, cross plots, histograms, and summary tables, with high efficiency in using Petrel or RMS software.\nWork with reservoir engineers and reserve auditors to determine reserve estimations.\nWork with the field production, and drilling departments on well performance and optimization\nWork closely with drilling, production engineering, and reservoir engineering teams and champion operational activities from planning to execution using a Collaborative Work Environment\nRequirements\nThe successful candidate will possess the following characteristics:\nA Bachelor’s degree in Geology or a related science as appropriate to the required discipline. An advanced degree is preferred and will reduce prerequisite work experience stated below by one year for a Masters degree and two years for Ph. D.\nApproximately 15 years’ experience with at least 5-10 years in unconventional tight sand plays across different unconventional hydrocarbon basins required. 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