COMPANY NAME:
Qatar Shell Service Company

JOB TITLE:
Structual Geologist

INDUSTRY: Utilities and Energy
JOB CATEGORY: Scientific (Biology, Chemistry, Environmental,
Non-engineering)
v2 JOB CATEGORY: Geologists
PROFESSION:
Specialised Skills
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: PERMANENT
FULLTIME/PARTTIME: FULLTIME
JOB PAYMENT:
SALARY RANGE: 0 - 0
% TRAVEL INCLUDED: 0
% TELECOMMUTE: 0
JOB START DATE:
JOB END DATE:
EDUCATION: MASTERSDEGREE

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COUNTRY: Qatar
STATE/PROVINCE: QA-DA
CITY: Al-Dawhah (Doha)
AREA CODE: 0
ZIP CODE:
JOB# (REQUISITION NO): 10017
CONTACT NAME: Shell
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: SI-GRITS-User-Support@shell.com

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:
Shell companies have been exploring for and producing hydrocarbons for over a century. Today, Exploration & Production (EP) employs some 17,000 people worldwide and has interests in ventures in 36 different countries.  This is a technically challenging work environment characterised by research and the pursuit of new ways of working. It demands people who will thrive in a culture that encourages and rewards innovation, collaboration and the ability to learn from success as well as failure.  Qatar is one of the prime growth opportunities for Shell. Agreements have been signed between Shell and the State of Qatar to develop Gas-To-Liquids, LNG and petrochemicals projects. Shell is supporting these projects and its relationship with Qatar through the establishment of the Qatar Shell Research and Technology Centre (QSRTC). The activities of the Centre will initially focus on Exploration & Production and Gas-To-Liquids (GTL) technologies, complemented with Shell Global Solution Services (SGSI) and a related training centre to enable sharing of technology and best practices.  The Qatar EP team forms a local hub of Shell Exploration & Production Technology (EPT), the technology division of Shell's EP business, located in Rijswijk and Houston. A multi-disciplinary team of geoscientists and reservoir engineers will serve as a Shell Carbonate Centre of Expertise in the Middle East by concentrating on the development and research of new technologies and the application of integrated carbonate-specific research to projects and in Qatar and the region. A sister team is located in Rijswijk. Considerable interaction occurs between staff in the two locations. One key area of technology development will be the improved detection and modeling of permeability (flow units) in carbonate reservoirs.  The team has also established links with Qatar's academic institutions, such as Qatar University and Texas A&M University at Qatar. The aim is collaborate on innovative solutions and technologies to address the challenges of exploiting carbonate oil and gas reservoirs and to assist in educating the next generation of geoscientists in Qatar.  EPT-Solutions is the front-end project delivery organisation of the Global Technical Partners, a group of 700 technical professionals with more than 20 different nationalities, located in Rijswijk/Aberdeen and Houston. In addition to EPT-Solutions staff, the multi-disciplinary project teams are staffed with resources from other Global Technical Partners as well as from SGSi for surface engineering skills. Together with the regions and the Global Exploration and New Business Development organisations, EPT-Solutions works on delivering many high profile projects, and is a key enabler for the future of EP. Working in EPT-Solutions guarantees a global reach and involvement in Shell's top priority EP projects.  This position offers exposure to work in a high-tech environment, working with highly experienced and competent colleagues, in an atmosphere where technical and operational excellence, and diversity, are highly valued. The variety of projects, their global reach, and the different roles within the project teams offer numerous development opportunities to increasing personal networks and promoting reputation and influence, as well as providing a good appreciation of the Group's business needs and priorities.



DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities :
QSRTC's staff fulfil a remit to the government of Qatar to conduct a programme of research, studies and teaching that benefits the people of Qatar. Obviously, QSRTC is also focused on developing Shell's technical edge in Qatar and the greater Middle East, and in helping leverage a technical edge into tangible positive business impact. We want to expand our capabilities within the team to conduct structural and fracturing studies on a regional and field-specific basis. Planned work includes a study of the North Field's Petroleum System. This will require an integrated team effort by specialists in structuring, depositional systems, diagenesis, organic geochemistry, geophysics, basin modelling, etc.  As a Structural Geologist, you'll work with colleagues in Doha, Rijswijk and other locations to achieve our technical and business goals, and your responsibilities will be as follows:

• Building regional structural models by making use of 3D and 2D seismic data, regional horizons, well and outcrop data for the development of a consistent structural framework
• Integrating structural models with tectonostratigraphy, potential fields data (gravity and magnetics), remote sensing data (satellite and aerial photography), and surface geology/structure
• Building, in collaboration with regional evaluation, structure-controlled depositional models and crustal structure for basin modelling
• Applying rock mechanics principles and observed structural styles to assess natural fracture distributions, intensities and orientations
• Assisting in the development of numerical models to predict fracture distributions in ME carbonate fields
• Recognising and characterising fractures in core and on logs, such as BHI
• Relating fractures to borehole breakouts and regional stress fields
• Modelling fracture distributions in carbonates with SVS using stochastic or deterministic methodologies
• Assisting in static carbonate reservoir modelling and simulation of dual porosity (fractured) reservoirs
• Applying in-house modelling tools such as SVS and structural reconstruction tools and using modern visualisation techniques in support of fault and fracture characterisation in carbonate reservoirs
• Supporting EP-Research in developing tools and technologies
• Sharing and learning best practices within and outside of EPT, as well as bring in new ideas from other sources
• Assisting in training and mentoring of EP and local staff in structural methods and tools
• Being actively involved in local communities of practice and outside consortia
• Building and maintaining personal networks, and implementing new technology to leverage Shell technology to enhance business growth in the region.

REQUIRED SKILLS:
Requirements :
With a PhD or its equivalent in structural geology, engineering or a related field, you'll be an experienced modeller with a minimum of four years experience. With solid geological structural technical skills, and good working competencies in general geology, you'll have an excellent team-working attitude, first-class communication skills and a willingness to work closely with operating unit staff on practical technology applications.

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