Job Summary
UCC Holding is seeking an experienced Senior Geologist Manager to lead geological evaluation, exploration, appraisal, and field development activities within its Upstream Oil & Gas business. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership in subsurface studies, basin evaluation, reservoir characterization, prospect generation, and resource assessment to support strategic exploration and production objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead regional and field-scale geological studies for exploration, appraisal, and development projects.
- Conduct structural, stratigraphic, sedimentological, and petroleum systems analysis.
- Identify and mature exploration prospects and drilling opportunities through integrated subsurface interpretation.
- Integrate geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and reservoir engineering data for reservoir characterization and field development planning.
- Perform resource and reserve assessments, volumetric calculations, and geological risk evaluations.
- Provide technical assurance and recommendations for exploration acreage, farm-ins, acquisitions, and development projects.
- Support well planning, drilling operations, and post-well evaluations.
- Manage multidisciplinary subsurface teams and mentor geoscientists.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, HSE requirements, and best geological practices
Technical Requirements
- Extensive experience in basin analysis, structural geology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, and petroleum geology.
- Strong expertise in prospect generation, play fairway analysis, reservoir characterization, and geological modeling.
- Hands-on experience with Petrel, Kingdom, GeoGraphix, DecisionSpace, ArcGIS, or equivalent geological software.
- Strong understanding of clastic and carbonate reservoirs, fractured reservoirs, and unconventional resource plays.
- Experience integrating seismic interpretation, well log analysis, core data, and production performance data.
- Proven capability in reserves and resources estimation under international reporting standards.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Geology, Earth Sciences, or related discipline.
- Master's Degree preferred.
- Minimum 15+ years of experience in the Upstream Oil & Gas industry.
- Experience with major IOC, NOC, or leading E&P companies.
- Proven leadership experience managing geological teams and high-value exploration and development portfolios.
