Job Description
Job OverviewJob Title: Operations Geologist
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Reference: #33994
Contract Type: Permanent
Language Requirements: English (Upper-Intermediate)
About the Role
At Eni, we are looking for a skilled Operations Geologist to join Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd. (NAE) in Abuja. In this role, you will provide vital geological expertise for drilling, completion, and production operations. By integrating subsurface geological data, you will drive the safe, efficient, and economically optimized delivery of wells and reservoir exploitation. You will also lead real-time geological evaluation and decision-making during active well operations, ensuring that all drilling and completion targets align perfectly with approved geological and reservoir objectives.
Responsibilities
Main ResponsibilitiesReal-Time Drilling Support: Deliver continuous geological oversight during active drilling operations, monitoring wellsite activities and providing immediate interpretation.
Formation Evaluation & Analysis: Analyze cuttings, cores, mud logs, wireline logs, and LWD/MWD data to rigorously evaluate formations and reservoir quality.
Risk & Hazard Monitoring: Track gas readings, lithology, formation pressure, and drilling parameters to identify geological changes and mitigate wellbore hazards.
Geosteering & Well Placement: Optimize well trajectories and coordinate geosteering efforts to maximize reservoir exposure and production potential.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Deliver timely, data-driven geological recommendations to the Drilling, Reservoir Engineering, Geophysics, and Well Engineering teams.
Data Quality Control & Management: Ensure accurate acquisition, rigorous quality control, and comprehensive archiving of all wellsite geological data and databases.
Well Planning & Programming: Contribute to the creation and review of well prognoses, geological programs, and detailed end-of-well reports.
Vendor & Service Coordination: Partner effectively with wellsite geologists, mud loggers, logging contractors, and drilling crews to ensure seamless operational execution.
Field Development & Post-Well Analysis: Provide key geological inputs for field development planning, reservoir characterization, and post-well lessons learned.
HSE & Compliance: Ensure all operations strictly adhere to health, safety, environmental (HSE) standards, company policies, and technical guidelines.
Requirements
Skills & Experience RequiredEducation: BSc or MSc in Geology, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering, or a related discipline, backed by significant professional experience in the oil and gas industry.
Drilling & Completion Expertise: Deep proficiency in advanced drilling, well completion activities, rigless high-profile completions, and complex workover operations.
Exploration & Geology Masterclass:
Comprehensive command of well data acquisition, reservoir characterization, sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology, and rock mechanics.
Expertise in basin assessment, geophysical/geological data integration, and prospect generation.
Geophysics & Analytics: Strong foundation in borehole seismics, AVO interpretation, geodesy, and cartography.
Reservoir & Project Management: Proven capabilities in reservoir modeling, production optimization, and general project execution.
HSE & Compliance: Rigorous commitment to integrated health, safety, environmental, and quality (HSEQR) processes.
Core Competencies: Exceptional problem-solving, decision-making, communication, teamwork, and adaptability in fast-paced operational environments.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted exclusively through our online portal.
Please submit and upload your CV in English.
