Principal Exploration Geoscientist

Exploration Growth in West Africa

Energi Talent Resourcing has been retained by a high -profile
indigenous upstream exploration and production company to identify a Principal
Exploration Geoscientist who will play a defining role in expanding
reserves, maturing drilling opportunities, and strengthening a multi -asset
subsurface portfolio across Nigeria’s most prospective basins.

This is a rare opportunity to join a technically ambitious E&P
organization with producing assets, near -term development opportunities, and
frontier exploration upside, supported by strong regional expertise and
international technical capability.

If you are motivated by prospect maturation, reserves growth, and
portfolio expansion in a high -impact operating environment, this role
offers genuine influence at asset -strategy level.

The Role

As Principal Exploration Geoscientist, you will lead integrated
geological and geophysical interpretation programs that directly shape drilling
decisions, development planning, and portfolio growth strategy.

You will operate at the centre of subsurface decision -making—working
alongside asset leadership, wells teams, and senior technical advisors to
convert opportunity into executable value.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading
  integrated subsurface interpretation across exploration and appraisal
  assets
  
• Identifying and
  maturing drilling prospects and development opportunities
  
• Delivering
  volumetrics, reserves estimation, and risk assessments
  
• Supporting
  field extension strategies to increase recovery and asset value
  
• Planning
  seismic acquisition, processing, and interpretation programs
  
• Contributing
  geological input into well planning and drilling risk mitigation
  
• Supporting
  opportunity screening across new basins and licence positions
  
• Coordinating
  multidisciplinary subsurface studies to strengthen portfolio quality
  

What Makes This Role Different

This is not a routine interpretation role.

You will help shape:

• exploration
  strategy
  
• drilling
  readiness decisions
  
• basin entry
  thinking
  
• reserves growth
  pathways
  
• portfolio
  expansion opportunities
  

You will work inside a technical team known for rapid asset
progression from discovery to production and disciplined subsurface execution
in complex Nigerian geology.

Requirements

Candidate Profile

We are interested in senior geoscientists who combine deep technical
rigour with commercial awareness and leadership credibility.

Typical requirements include:

• Degree in
  Geoscience, Geology, Geophysics, Physics, or related discipline
  
• Master’s degree
  required (PhD advantageous)
  
• 16–20 years’
  upstream subsurface experience within an E&P environment
  
• Minimum 6 years
  leading multidisciplinary subsurface teams
  
• Strong
  experience in:
  
• seismic
  interpretation
  
• regional
  geology
  
• play
  maturation
  
• volumetrics
  
• reserves
  evaluation
  
• basin
  screening
  
• Working
  knowledge of well planning and drilling integration workflows
  
• Strong
  proficiency in Petrel (Kingdom advantageous)
  
• Experience
  supporting asset growth in frontier and producing environments
  

Leadership Capabilities We Value

Successful candidates typically demonstrate:

• strategic
  subsurface judgement
  
• exploration
  creativity grounded in technical discipline
  
• ability to
  influence drilling investment decisions
  
• cross -functional
  collaboration across wells, operations, and development teams
  
• coaching and
  mentoring capability within multidisciplinary environments
  

Why This Opportunity Matters

This role sits at the intersection of technical leadership and asset
value creation inside an operator actively expanding its reserves base and
exploration footprint across Nigeria’s most promising hydrocarbon basins.

For the right individual, this is a platform role—not just a technical
position.