Geologist

Key Responsibilities

Land Department Responsibilities

Mineral Land Management:

Manage Section 18 requests, offset notices, and land relinquishment decisions, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and maximizing land value.

Land Evaluations & Divestitures:

Conduct detailed land evaluations for potential farmin, farmout, or divestiture opportunities. Identify strategic value in existing and prospective land holdings.

Land Sale Assessments:

Analyze our land portfolio in comparison to surrounding assets, providing valuation insights and recommendations, particularly under new land leadership.

Geoscout Operations:

Perform technical geological work and land data analysis using Geoscout, supporting cross-departmental decision-making.

Continuations:

Manage and oversee continuation processes to maintain asset integrity and regulatory compliance.

Production Department Responsibilities

Commingled Zone Analysis:

Identify water production in commingled zones and recommend water shut-off strategies to enhance productivity and optimize reservoir performance.

Reservoir Pressure Mapping:

Create detailed maps of reservoir pressure and depletion trends, with a focus on complex foothills regions.

Geologic Reservoir Modeling:

Contribute to the development of a reservoir model, modeling for acid gas injection schemes.

Abandonment & Closure Activities

Geological Review for Abandonment:

Provide geological input for well abandonment decisions based on uphole potential and long-term field development strategies.

Regulatory Collaboration:

Work closely with BC Energy Regulator (BCER) and Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) on abandonment operations, including geological justifications for porosity identification and cement plug placement.

Handle non-routine abandonment applications and maintain direct communication with BCER geological staff.

Porosity & Pressure Analysis:

Identify and interpret porosity zones and top of cement interactions using pressure and well integrity data.

Prospecting & Value-Adding Activities

Play Development:

Design and develop new plays across our land base using integrated datasets; seek innovative funding models and farmout opportunities to advance exploration.

Reserves Support:

Support Proved Undeveloped (PUD) reserves management. Coordinate with internal technical teams and external reserves auditors, track changes, and report to senior leadership.

Production Optimization:

Identify and evaluate opportunities for recompletions, workovers, and production enhancement initiatives to improve asset value.

Offset Evaluations:

Monitor and evaluate competitor (offset) activities and incorporate relevant intelligence into our strategic planning.

Data & Asset Management

Data Integration:

Process and incorporate legacy data and other third-party datasets into internal systems to enhance subsurface understanding.

Well File Management:

Maintain and organize physical and digital well files to support regulatory and operational needs.

Offsite Records Management:

Retrieve and manage offsite geological and engineering records, ensuring data availability for technical reviews and regulatory responses.

Education, Experience, Skills & Attributes

Education

- Bachelor’s degree in Geology or a related Earth Sciences discipline.

Experience

- 3+ years of experience in similar role.

- Proficiency in geological software (e.g., Geoscout, or similar platforms).

Skills & Attributes:

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.

- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

- Motivated and eager to learn, with a willingness to apply knowledge gained from experienced team members in a collaborative setting.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $92,000.00-$110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Company events

- Dental care

- Disability insurance

- Employee assistance program

- Extended health care

- Life insurance

- On-site gym

- On-site parking

- Paid time off

- RRSP match

- Vision care

- Wellness program

Education:

- Bachelor's Degree (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Calgary, AB T2G 4Y5