Job title: SENIOR EXPLORATIONIST
Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Job reference #: 34053
Contract type: Fixed-term - You must be eligible to live and work in Vietnam to apply for this position
Language requirements: Fluent in Vietnamese and English
At Eni, we are looking for a Senior Explorationist to join Eni Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City. You will interpret and integrate geological and geophysical data at regional, prospect and target scale to identify and assess hydrocarbon opportunities. You will also support opportunity evaluation by estimating hydrocarbon volumes and geological risk, in line with Company processes and best practices.
About Eni Vietnam B.V.
Eni Vietnam is a subsidiary of Eni, one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. Present in Vietnam since 2013, Eni has established a strong position in the country's offshore exploration sector and currently operates two offshore exploration blocks across the Song Hong and Phu Khanh Basins. In 2019, Eni made the Ken Bau gas and condensate discovery in Block 114, the potential of which was subsequently confirmed through appraisal campaigns. Today, Eni Vietnam continues to conduct geological and engineering studies, assess exploration and appraisal opportunities, and support its ongoing upstream activities in Vietnam. Joining Eni Vietnam offers the opportunity to contribute to technically challenging projects within a dynamic, international, and innovative working environment.
Main responsibilities:
- Deliver integrated geoscience studies to evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of Exploration and New Ventures opportunities, ensuring technical quality, identifying key subsurface uncertainties, and supporting economic evaluations.
- Apply multidisciplinary geology and geophysics expertise to assess and mature exploration opportunities.
- Support the development of exploration work programmes and budgets.
- Integrate geological and geophysical data to evaluate petroleum systems across diverse geological settings.
- Identify and mature leads and prospects through the analysis of basin evolution, structural geology, stratigraphy, and hydrocarbon systems.
- Generate new exploration plays and recommend testing and drilling programmes supported by geological and economic assessments.
- Recommend data acquisition opportunities aligned with exploration strategy and technical objectives.
- Provide technical support for exploration and appraisal drilling activities.
- Develop resource estimates and risk assessments in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
- Communicate technical findings effectively to Management, Partners, and National Oil Companies (NOCs).
- Assess geological risk and estimate in-place hydrocarbon volumes for prospects and leads.
- Promote and maintain a strong HSE culture by complying with Company HSE policies and procedures, reporting incidents, supporting HSE initiatives, ensuring contractor compliance with HSE requirements, and contributing to the achievement of HSE objectives.
Skills and experience required:
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Geology, Geosciences, Petroleum Geology, or a related discipline.
- Extensive experience in exploration, with a strong background in geological and geophysical interpretation.
Technical Knowledge & Skills
- Proficiency in industry-standard geoscience interpretation software and workflows (e.g. DecisionSpace®, Landmark®, Hampson-Russell®, or spectral decomposition software).
- Expertise in exploration planning, basin screening, prospect generation, and integrated geological and geophysical interpretation.
- Strong understanding of petroleum systems, structural geology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, geochemistry, petrophysics, and reservoir characterisation.
- Experience with seismic interpretation, velocity and depth imaging, seismic stratigraphy, reservoir geophysics, and related subsurface evaluation techniques.
- Knowledge of reservoir modelling, resource assessment, risk analysis, and economic evaluation.
- Familiarity with E&P business processes, project management, data management, and industry best practices.
Required Competences
- Fluent in English and Vietnamese, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams and contribute to shared exploration goals.
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build productive relationships across diverse cultures and organisational levels.
- A proactive, results-driven approach and the ability to thrive in a dynamic exploration environment.
How to apply:
- Applications are only accepted through our online application system.
- Please upload your CV in English.
About Eni
Eni is a global energy company operating in 61 Countries, with over 30,000 employees. Originally an oil & gas company, it has evolved into an integrated energy company, playing a key role in ensuring energy security and leading the energy transition. Eni's goal is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 through the decarbonization of its processes and of the products it sells to its customers. In line with this goal, Eni invests in the research and development of technologies that can accelerate the transition to increasingly sustainable energy. Renewable energy sources, bio-refining, carbon capture and storage are only some examples of Eni's areas of activity and research. In addition, the company is exploring game-changing technologies such as fusion energy – a technology based on the physical processes that power stars and that could generate safe, virtually limitless energy with zero emissions.
Working at Eni
At Eni we believe in enterprising people, capable of making a difference and making their contribution with passion and innovation, to respond to the global challenges of the energy transition. For us, the skills and attitudes of each individual, continuous training, and diversity and inclusion are fundamental. We promote flexible ways of working with particular attention to well-being, welfare and work life-balance. Eni will evaluate applications considering plurality and diversity as sources of enrichment. If your application is assessed to be among those most in line with the required profile, you will be contacted to continue the selection process. Whatever your ambition, at Eni you can find the tools to make it happen.
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