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JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Petrophysicist Post Number:

Reporting to: U n i t:

Division: Location: Abu Dhabi

Department: Grade:

1. Job Purpose:
Carries out several Petrophysics duties to fulfill the technical requirements within a reservoir
development team by ensuring suitable logging and interpretation techniques of adequate answer
products and implementing cost effective programs whilst assuring high data quality deliverables.

2. Principal Accountabilities:
 Provides technical advice on logging tools physics and coring techniques, data integration,
well environments and drilling condition effects on measurements. Attends and contribute
to wells drilling and workover planning meetings.
 Programs logging after agreeing with USRD team members and estimates cost for Drilling
and workover data sheets. Analyzes the well path, it’s suitability to run W/L and or LWD
tools. Reviews existing logs for workover and ensures depth determination and
correlation logs.
 Reviews job with contracotrs’ engineers before logging. Provides well and logging report
header information. Discusses expected data quality in known formation and hole
conditions with contractors. Addresses contractors needs, difficulties and issues and
agrees on best solution. Performs post job data quality and depth control, aligned with
building quality database. Analyses logging efficiency. Measures quality development of
service companies. Visits the rig site for special logging operations such as wireline
pressure measurements, cement bond logs.
 Prepares necessary correspondence to concerned personnel within the Company internal,
Shareholders and service companies. Maintains well files and completion reports for
Petrohysical section. Prepares file notes on special studies, SCAL, and contributes to
reservoir characterization study reports.
 Manages and controls, depth shifting/splicing of log data prior to entry into database and
maintains Digital data in archiving system such as; copying prints, tapes, floppies.
 Provides quick look interpretation and data analysis for operational decision-making, Final
Elan interpretation, using Geoframe to identify lithology volumes and fluids saturation.
Integrates interpretation with core and test data. Reviews and corrects interpretation
performed by contractors. Provide Service companies input parameters to interpretation
and data analysis modules.
 Updates, reviews and follows up all safety reports written by service companies, and analyze
safety development index, as measure for contractors improvement in safety practices
with respect to quality and logging efficiency.
 Follows up development of tools and methods of data acquisition and interpretation, by
attending technical seminars, and reviewing technical papers, publications and manuals.
Submits technical papers to technical forums and conferences.
 Participates in reservoir characterization studies and contributes in special investigations,
technical reviews, problem solving teams, reservoir monitoring campaigns, data
acquisition and analysis projects.
 Works in line with HSE policy, rules and regulations.
 Implements, maintains and improves ADMA-OPCO Petrophysics regulations on data
management quality, depth, follow-up, interpretation and technical updates under

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Universal Petrophysics Integrated Control set of standards.

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3. Dimensions:

Budget (Operating/Capital), if applicable:

No. of employees supervised:

4. Communications & Organisational Relationships:

 Frequent contacts within ADMA-OPCO and ADNOC group Companies’


engineers at equivalent level to study field and exchange information.
 Regular contacts with service companies and/or contractors engineers at
equivalent level to cover ADMA-OPCO’s need.
 Occasional contacts with Shareholders representatives for the Shareholders to
make Reservoir study.
 Devises work methods from several existing alternatives and sets out
performance according to professional standards.
 Completed work is reviewed by Senior Petrophysicist/Team Leader.

5. Physical Effort: %Time


Sitting 80%
Walking/Standing 20%

6. Work Environment: %Time


A/C Environment 90%
Offshore visit on a seismic vessel 10%

7. Minimum Requirements [Knowledge Skills & Experience]:

 Degree in Petroleum Engineering or Science.


 Minimum 6 years experience in open/cased hole log interpretation. One year
core analysis experience. Good knowledge of computer applications.
 The ability to perform Petrophysics duties without supervision.
 Very good knowledge of English.

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