Petroleum Systems Analyst

We are the global leader in Oil and Gas recruitment and consulting, providing our clients with permanent and project based solutions. Faststream employs a team of 140 professionals globally with operations in the United Kingdom, the United States (Houston and Fort Lauderdale), and Singapore. Faststream has partnered with a Global Oil and Gas industry leader that is looking for a Petroleum Systems Analyst.

The Petroleum Systems Analyst role will be based in Houston.

Responsibilities for the Petroleum Systems Analyst position:

• Performs specialist petroleum systems modelling and analysis. Advises the asset on suitable techniques to solve petroleum systems problems.
• The individual will be focusing on unconventional and hybrid opportunities that can include shale reservoirs, tight sandstones, or tight carbonates.
• Performs geochemical data analysis.
• Advises the asset on suitable techniques to solve specific geochemistry problems.
• QC and maintenance, where applicable, of databases to store corporate geochemical data.
• Advises on the geochemical data acquisition strategies for the drilling of exploration and appraisal wells.
• Organizes and manages external contractors for provision of specialist geochemical services overseeing and QC'ing their work products.
• Provides a focal point for problems specific to petroleum systems modelling and analysis.
• Mentors and coaches peers and graduate staff to develop petroleum systems analysis skills.
• Supports the Group Subject Matter Expert of Petroleum Systems to develop a strategy for world class analysis of Petroleum Systems.
• Monitors the development of new and evolving technologies, investigating their relevance and applicability to the asset.

Qualifications required for the Petroleum Systems Analyst position:

• Either a Geochemistry or Petroleum systems Ph.D, specialist MSc, or equivalent post-graduate qualification in Geoscience, Geochemistry or Petroleum Systems Analysis.
• Experience in using PetroMod, Zetaware (Genesis & Trinity).
• Experience of working in different geological settings - clastics, carbonates, passive margins, thrust belts, etc.

Preferred Qualifications for the Petroleum Systems Analyst position:

• Experience with unconventional exploration.
• A detailed understanding of the following: heat flow processes and controls through time; assessment of source rock distribution, quantity and quality; kerogen type variability and its control on petroleum generation, expulsion and fluid composition; migration and entrapment of petroleum in the subsurface; pore pressure prediction;
• Familiarity with Petrel.
• Experience of working in Midcontinent, Rockies, and/or Appalachia regions preferred.