CCS Geoscientist

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What role you will play in our team

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Geoscientists evaluate storage opportunities across regional to reservoir scales to identify and evaluate the commercial potential of new carbon (CO2) storage opportunities. They are responsible for delivering high quality subsurface descriptions and clearly communicating key risks and uncertainties to support business investment decisions.

These professionals combine their subsurface and commercial insights to screen, capture and mature CO2 storage opportunities across a breadth of value chains through the interpretation and integration of geological and geophysical data, including seismic, well logs, fluids, and core samples. Advanced mapping, interpretation, and modeling techniques are routinely applied. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential, particularly in reservoir engineering, development and commercial planning, land, environmental, regulatory, well planning, operations and drilling execution.

ExxoMobil Houston Campus, Spring, Texas

What you will do

Skills and Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to synthesize and apply geological knowledge, concepts, and skills to solve complex subsurface challenges, while continuously expanding technical expertise across disciplines
• Proficient in generating and maturing storage sites within regional geological frameworks, even in data-constrained environments
• Skilled in evaluating deterministic and probabilistic CO2 storage potential and identifying subsurface risks through the full exploration lifecycle—from subregional mapping, screening to maturation of storage site and drilling execution
• Adept at integrating multi-scale datasets (seismic, well logs, core data) to construct robust and predictive subsurface models.
• Proven effectiveness in collaborating within and across diverse, multi-disciplinary teams to drive storage opportunity generation and maturation success and knowledge sharing
• Understand requirements for modeling and simulation and deliver products necessary to build simple to complex subsurface scenarios
• Understand CO2 injection and plume migration, safety-hazard-environmental risks due to CO2 migration and regulatory requirements for engagement with a multi-functional team
• Able to align technical decisions with strategic and commercial objectives, ensuring that geological activities contribute meaningfully to CO2 pore space value and long-term growth

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience:

• Experience with Petrel, ArcGIS and Kingdom considered an asset
• One must demonstrate leadership, adaptability, teamwork, excellent communication skills in English, and a commitment to high safety and ethical standards. In addition, candidates should be able to work effectively within and across diverse team environments

About you

• Effectively integrates subsurface understanding with CCS value chain, economics, risk, and regulatory requirements to prioritize CO2 storage opportunities and guide sound investment decisions. Demonstrates independent problem-solving by leveraging geoscience expertise, diverse datasets, and analogs, applying sound judgment and timely execution to deliver business-aligned solutions while maintaining a competitive edge through prior experience
• Candidates should have an MA/MS and/or PhD in Geology (or related fields). Candidates should have a strong, fundamental background in the earth sciences, physical sciences, and mathematics (including statistics)
• Five or more years of experience in a relevant industry
• Geological and Geophysical Interpretation & Integration: Proficiency in seismic interpretation, well log analysis, stratigraphy and structural geology to develop regional basin frameworks and delineate storage prospects
• CO2 injection strategies: collaborate with subsurface modeler and reservoir engineer to generate injection strategies, optimization and scenarios
• Quantitative Interpretation (QI): strong geophysical interpretation skills with the ability to develop integrated geophysical frameworks based on rock property predictions which can be leveraged in the identification of seismic attributes, environment of deposition and structural complexity
• Ability to evaluate subsurface data to identify CO2 storage opportunities and risks through scenario delineation, volumetric calculations, risk assessments, and economic evaluations across project and full life cycle
• Strong communication skills in presenting findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong technical writing skills to document subsurface basis for UIC Class VI permit applications (or international equivalent)
• Strong multidisciplinary collaboration and project management

Your Benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life. We offer you: 

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life. 
• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match. 
• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. 
• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing. 
• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you. 
• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

More information on our Company’s benefits can be found at www.exxonmobilfamily.com. 

Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.
 

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