Reservoir Petrophysicist

Job Reference: 251626

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Start Date: 07/09/2026
Applications close on: 15/09/2026
Contract Type: Contract
Country: Saudi Arabia
Discipline: Petrophysicist
Job Contact: [email protected]

Location: Khafji, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 6 Months (Extendable)
Start Date: ASAP
Seniority: 20+ Years’ Experience

Our client is seeking an experienced Reservoir Petrophysicist to support a major field development consulting project in Khafji, Saudi Arabia. This is a senior technical role requiring extensive expertise in formation evaluation, reservoir characterization, and subsurface data integration to support reservoir development and optimization studies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead petrophysical evaluations to support field development and reservoir characterization studies.
  • Interpret and integrate well log, core and reservoir data, including electrofacies classification, porosity, permeability, shale volume and water saturation analysis.
  • Develop saturation height models, assess secondary porosity and fracture impacts, and evaluate reservoir quality across carbonate and clastic reservoirs.
  • Build and improve petrophysical interpretation workflows using Techlog, including Python scripting where required.
  • Perform quality control, uncertainty analysis and prepare technical reports with recommendations for future data acquisition and reservoir development.

  • 20+ years’ experience in reservoir petrophysics within the oil and gas industry.
  • Extensive experience with carbonate and clastic reservoirs.
  • Strong proficiency in Techlog, Petrel, Python, Microsoft Excel and other subsurface interpretation software.
  • Proven experience in formation evaluation, reservoir characterization and integrated subsurface studies.
  • Excellent analytical, communication and technical reporting skills with the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
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