Job Description

About Simpson Energy

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Simpson Energy is advancing a large onshore exploration position in the southern Northern Territory across the Pedirka and Eromanga basins.

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Following major seismic work across EP93, Simpson is progressing further seismic acquisition and interpretation across its permit portfolio and maturing an initial oil and gas appraisal drilling program.

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The Role

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You will lead the geological work required to turn Simpson's expanding seismic and well dataset into ranked, drilling-ready prospects.

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Your immediate focus will be seismic integration, prospect maturation, well-target definition, appraisal planning and drilling support. You will work with specialist geophysicists, reservoir engineers, drilling personnel, and external consultants.

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Key Responsibilities

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- Lead and support geological interpretation and prospect maturation across Simpson's Northern Territory acreage.
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- Integrate seismic, well, petrophysical, pressure, fluid, stratigraphic and structural data into robust geological models.
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- Define geological objectives for seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation alongside specialist geophysicists and contractors.
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- Rank and risk prospects; prepare volumetrics, well proposals, prognoses and decision materials.
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- Lead geological inputs to drilling, including formation evaluation, coring, logging, sampling and post-well analysis.
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- Maintain disciplined QA/QC, data governance, peer review and uncertainty-management processes.
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- Manage geological consultants and technical studies; prepare material for regulators, partners and technical due diligence.
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- Support evaluation of reservoir, seal, fault and containment characteristics relevant to geological carbon-storage work.
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About You

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You are a senior petroleum geologist with a strong Australian onshore record and direct experience taking prospects from interpretation through drilling, and you must be prepared to travel to site on a regular basis.

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You will bring:

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- 12+ years of applied petroleum geology experience, preferably in Australian basins. (candidates with less experience may be considered subject to work history)
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- Northern Territory experience strongly preferred; experience in the Pedirka, Amadeus, Eromanga, Cooper or comparable basins highly regarded.
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- Robust seismic interpretation, structural and stratigraphic capability.
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- Demonstrated experience in prospect generation, risking, volumetrics and well-target maturation.
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- Direct appraisal or development drilling experience.
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- The ability to work effectively across geology, geophysics, petrophysics, reservoir engineering and drilling.
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- Experience with Petrel, Kingdom or DecisionSpace and GIS tools.
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- Clear technical writing and communication skills.
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- Experience in geological carbon storage, underground gas storage, injectivity, seal or fault analysis is advantageous but not essential.
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Why Simpson

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This role offers direct involvement in a significant Australian onshore exploration and appraisal program at the point where seismic interpretation is being converted into drilling decisions.

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Competitive remuneration will be offered, commensurate with experience.

📌 Lead Geologist (Queensland)
🏢 Simpson Energy
📍 Queensland