* This position will be within the GOM Geoscience Specialists' Team
* The specialists in this team support regional exploration work, lease sales, prospect maturation and evaluation, as well as, operated and non-operated exploration wells and appraisal well drilling
* Statoil is looking for a technical specialist in the field of sedimentology and/or stratigraphy to join the team to assist in meeting the goals of our Gulf of Mexico Exploration organization

* Required:
* 4 year Bachelor's degree
* Extensive geological fieldwork experience
* 5+ years oil & gas industry experience as a sedimentologist/stratigrapher
* Additional desirable technical skills/experience:
* Fieldwork-based PhD in sedimentology/stratigraphy
* Gulf of Mexico Basin experience
* 5 to 15+ years of oil & gas industry experience as a sedimentologist/stratigrapher
* Experience in play mapping of reservoir - both reservoir presence and reservoir quality
* Experience in detailed reservoir quality evaluation
* Excellent ability to characterize sedimentary facies, identify depositional processes and interpret depositional environments from core, outcrop, standard LWD and wireline logs and work with other sedimentologists/stratigraphers, biostratigraphers and petrophysicists to provide an integrated solutions and interpretations
* Experience in 'operations sedimentology/stratigraphy' with an oil & gas operator; including geological interpretation of LWD and Wireline logs, well to well correlations for actively drilling wells, picking rotary sidewall core locations, delineation of whole core acquisition intervals, quick-look sedimentary core logging, detailed whole core logging
* Additionally, of high importance, is the ability to keep a clear business focus - making decisions, and technical recommendations with a business mindset and prioritizing work accordingly

* Statoil offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit package
* Statoil is an equal opportunity employer

  
* The successful candidate will be highly motivated with excellent interpersonal, communication and knowledge sharing skills combined with the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
* To succeed in this position it is critical that you enjoy working with other technical specialists in your own field and also those that you interface with, including biostratigraphers, geochemists, structural geologists and petrophysicists
* To enjoy working in this position you will need to be very comfortable working within multidisciplinary teams and additionally as an extended team member on varied short and long term projects
* Our values are to be courageous, open, hands-on and caring. We believe in these qualities, which are essential for building an even stronger Statoil. If you can identify with them, you could be the one to strengthen our team
* Candidates are expected to openly offer all relevant information about themselves during the recruitment process

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