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Your Assignment
Operations- Exploration assignments are done at the prospect to play scales and focus on discovering and assessing new fields. Regional/frontier teams integrate data on play to basin scales to identify areas for future exploration or to better define an existing exploration trend. New opportunity teams typically work in areas where new concessions or discoveries have been made to test new prospects of confirm existing discoveries to determine whether or when production operations should commence.
- Production assignments are done at the reservoir to field scales and focus on defining, developing and depleting new or mature exiting fields. A strong emphasis in these assignments will be to build skills in integrating and interpreting geological and geophysical data, such as core/cuttings, fluids, outcrops, and seismic, using advanced mapping, interpretation, modeling and other techniques.
- Development assignments are in projects transitioning from exploration to production and the experiences and skills learned will be a combination of both.
Research
Fundamental and applied research opportunities also exist for PhD applicants in three general areas:- Hydrocarbon systems research includes, geochemistry, basin evolution, structural dynamics, petrophysics and geomechanics
- Reservoir performance prediction research includes controls on flow in clastic and carbonate reservoirs, geologic modeling and visualization
- Geophysics research includes advanced processing, acquisition, interpretation and modeling of seismic and other geophysical data
Research in all areas includes a significant component of field studies and takes advantage of state-of-the-art analytical and experimental laboratories and processing and numerical modeling capabilities.
Your Responsibilities
Integrate knowledge, ideas and skills to solve geologic problems across exploration, and production functions- Judgment and speed in application of geoscience tools and techniques
- Maintain competitive advantage through advanced training and superior technological understanding
Your Development
Geoscientists with ExxonMobil have the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and expertise throughout their careers. Multiple assignments in operations and/or research ensure the needed breadth and depth of experience and expertise for success. Geoscientists have opportunities to develop broad backgrounds necessary to do exploration and production mapping and prospecting or to specialize in various technical aspects of the exploration and production process.
Your Location
Initial assignments in exploration, production, development or research are typically in Houston, Texas. Longer-term assignments could be in Houston or one of our international offices located around the globe.
Your Background
Academic- MS or PhD Geology, quantitative background advantageous
- MS or PhD Geophysics, geologic background advantageous
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