Seismic Rock Physics Specialist

bp Technical Solutions India (TSI) center in Pune, aims to build on bp's existing engineering and technical strengths to deliver high quality services to its hydrocarbons and new energy businesses worldwide. TSI brings together diverse engineering capabilities to provide technical services across a range of areas including engineering, maintenance, optimization, data processes, projects and subsurface, to deliver safe, affordable and lower emission energy, while continuously innovating how we work.

Key Accountabilities:

In the role you will be responsible for working with well data to model the seismic response of rocks and fluids and provide the rock physics foundation to projects where seismic amplitudes are used for subsurface characterization.

This role will give successful individual opportunities to work with company experts, to deepen and/or broaden their existing skills and strengthen their core skills while impacting business delivery and supporting technology development and discipline capability. The role provides an excellent opportunity to understand and impact the diversity of geographies and business challenges across the bp Subsurface portfolio.

The team currently has members based in Houston and Sunbury including a diverse range of backgrounds and experience, and has a friendly, supportive culture based around mutual support and collaboration. Team members work closely with integrated geoscientists, geophysical analysts and many other members of the subsurface organization.

About the role:

As a rock physics specialist in the team, you will work with Global Subsurface Solutions, Exploration or Region based teams to appropriately scope projects to support business objectives and integrate technical products into the broader subsurface workflows. Describing and communicating the associated uncertainties will be a key component. Projects will include:

• Petrophysical interpretation of well data including the ability to identify and edit poor quality data
• Performing fluid substitution and modelling the impact of pressure, porosity, thickness, lithology and net-to-gross changes
• Integration of data from other disciplines including sedimentology, fluid analysis, pore pressure, reservoir quality and petroleum systems
• Models of Extended Elastic Impedance and reflectivity responses and creating concise summaries of the key controls of seismic amplitudes/AVO
• Assessment of the potential for Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators and reservoir quality predictions for exploration squads
• Providing rock physics relationships for seismic amplitude characterization workflows (eg Stochastic Inversion)
• Timelapse seismic feasibility and calibration studies incorporating core velocity measurements and reservoir simulation to seismic workflows
• Enhancements and adaptation of deployed workflows
• Coaching of squad members

Essential Criteria:

In addition to holding a degree in a Physics or Geoscience related subject and around 10 years industry experience working rock physics it is important that you can also demonstrate:

• A good track record working with both geophysical and petrophysical data
• A strong drive for personal development including understanding both technical detail and practical applications
• A business value focused mindset
• Comfort working across multiple time zones in an agile and flexible manner
• Good communication skills both one-to-one and working remotely
• Ability to work independently while comfortable seeking support when appropriate
• A collaborative working style
• Enthusiasm to trial new technologies

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of technical coaching
• Coding skills using Python
• Some experience of Techlog and Petrel software

Why join bp

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generously paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.