What are the responsibilities and job description for the Geoscience Advisor - Exploration position at Apache Corporation?
APA Corporation is seeking a Geoscience Advisor to join our Deepwater Exploration team in Houston. This is a high-impact role ideal for a proven oil finder who thrives in technically complex environments and has a passion for unlocking new hydrocarbon potential across the globe.
As a Senior Geoscientist in our Exploration team, you will evaluate opportunities from frontier regions to near-field prospects, guiding business decisions with your expertise in seismic interpretation, prospect maturation, and risked volumetric analysis. You'll also provide mentorship, promote collaboration, and drive innovation in subsurface evaluation and data integration.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct regional technical evaluations and play fairway mapping using:
- 2D/3D seismic, well data, gravity/magnetic datasets, and published literature
- Generate and mature leads and prospects in deepwater depositional systems.
- Apply probabilistic volumetrics and play/prospect risking methodologies.
- Integrate with Commercial, RE, Planning, and HSE teams to assess above ground and technical risk.
- Review and present technical findings to internal leadership and stakeholders.
- Ensure seismic data integrity through close collaboration with seismic processors.
- Mentor staff in Quantitative Interpretation (QI) and subsurface workflows.
- Collaborate with stratigraphers, basin modelers and reservoir engineers to characterize reservoir quality, continuity, and trap integrity.
Technical Expertise
- Advanced seismic interpretation and amplitude analysis (AVO, inversion, etc.).
- Strong background in rock physics, including clastic and carbonate systems.
- Proficiency in Hampson-Russell or similar inversion toolkits.
- Experience in the application of QI workflows to deep water clastic systems.
- Skilled in probabilistic facies and geostatistical inversion techniques.
- Comfortable integrating well and seismic data into QI workflows.
- Experience in complementary subsurface disciplines such as Petrophysics, and downhole data QC.
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
- Master’s degree or higher in Geology or Geophysics (PhD preferred in Geophysics).
- Minimum of 10 years’ industry experience in exploration and subsurface disciplines.
- Proven oil finder with a successful exploration track record in deepwater settings.
- Strong project delivery and cross-functional leadership experience.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and project management skills.
- High ethical standards and demonstrated professional integrity.
- Actively pursues cross-team and cross-discipline collaboration.
- Agile mindset with the ability to work across multiple concurrent projects.
