Senior Exploration Geoscientist

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner. 

This role will be crucial in leveraging advanced geophysical techniques to identify and de-risk exploration prospects, optimize resource development, and ensure safe and efficient subsurface operations. 

This is a high-impact role focused on generating ideas, building high-quality prospects, and driving exploration decisions in one of our most strategically important basins. You will be joining multidisciplinary bp Exploration Team based in Baku Xazar Centre office, Azerbaijan. 

Note that the role is open for Azerbaijani nationals only. 

Key Accountabilities: 

• Lead activities in a  multi-disciplinary team – combine disciplines to build coherent subsurface models and reduce uncertainty through  integration, ensuring effective collaboration with geoscientists, reservoir engineers, and drilling teams. 

• Generate  exploration ideas – develop and mature new play concepts, leads, and prospects across the Caspian portfolio and wider in the region  

• Deliver drill-ready opportunities – deliver clear, integrated prospect descriptions with robust risking and volumetrics 

• Deliver regional descriptions – apply basin and play understanding to unlock new opportunities and strengthen the exploration hopper. 

• Develop and integrate depositional and stratigraphic frameworks to enhance subsurface understanding and reduce uncertainty. 

• Perform seismic stratigraphic and structural interpretations to define play concepts and delineate traps. 

• Coach and develop others – support and mentor junior geoscientists, raising overall team capability 

• Influence decisions – present clear technical recommendations to senior stakeholders and partners to in order to make informed decisions 

Job Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Geophysics, Geology, or a related Earth Science discipline, Master degree preferred. 

• Strong experience in prospect generation and maturation 

• Experience in Basin Analysis and hydrocarbon play evaluation 

• Strong seismic interpretation capability and integrated geoscience mindset 

• Proficiency in Seismic Stratigraphic Interpretation and Seismic Structural Interpretation. 

• Understanding of Depositional Frameworks and Stratigraphic Frameworks. 

• Awareness of  Petrophysical Seismic Reservoir Characterization. 

• Background in Caspian or analogous basins preferred 

• Skills in Seismic Analysis, including seismic processing, inversion, and attribute interpretation. 

• Proficiency with tools such as Petrel (or equivalent) 

• Analytical skills with the ability to assess and manage Subsurface Uncertainty and Risk. 

• Strong communication, collaboration, and presentation skills. 

• Good  people skills – collaborative, credible, and able to mentor others 

Why this role matters: 

You will be directly contributing to: 

• Refreshing and expanding the AGT exploration portfolio 

• Improving prospect quality and drilling success 

• Bringing new ideas into a mature but still high-potential basin 

• Generating new play ideas in less explored basins.