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Geologist job description

A ready advert for a Geologist job in Libya, in Arabic and English. Post it on jobs.ly and edit it to fit your organization.

About the job

We are looking for a geologist to study rocks and subsurface formations and follow wells as they are drilled, helping to find and develop reservoirs.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Study geological formations and determine the properties of oil- and gas-bearing rocks
  • Interpret well and survey data and prepare geological maps and cross-sections
  • Follow drilling at the wellsite and describe cuttings and core samples
  • Pick casing points and target formations with the drilling engineers
  • Help propose new well locations and estimate reserves
  • Build geological reservoir models with specialist software
  • Write geological and end-of-well reports

Working conditions

  • Spells of work at desert drilling sites on a rotation

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in geology or earth sciences
  • 3 to 6 years of experience in petroleum geology

The years of experience follow the level you choose when posting.

Skills

  • Petroleum geology
  • Petrel
  • Sample analysis
  • Geological mapping
  • GIS
  • Well log interpretation
  • Stratigraphy and sedimentology
  • Technical report writing

Preferred

  • Wellsite geology experience
  • Master's degree in petroleum geology
  • Knowledge of Libya's sedimentary basins, such as the Sirte and Murzuq basins
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