IT Advisor Petrophysical Data Management

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Oxy produces , markets and transports oil and natural gas to maximize value and provide resources fundamental to life. The company leverages its global leadership in carbon management to advance lower-carbon technologies and products. Headquartered in Houston, Oxy primarily operates in the United States, Middle East and North Africa. To learn more, visit Oxy Oxy strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business. IT Advisor Petrophysical Data Management This person will lead initiatives in petrophysical data management, integration, and digital transformation. This role is critical to advancing our initiatives to enable seamless integration, management, and utilization of petrophysical and other subsurface data types within the OSDU Platform. Technical Skills 10+ years in petrophysical data management and/or other subsurface data management disciplines. A deep understanding and working knowledge of all types of petrophysical data and other subsurface data types, including: well logs, core data, fluid properties, rock typing/facies, geochemical, geo-mechanical data types. Collect organize, and validate well log data (depth adjustments, SP baseline offset, etc) and be familiar with applications and methodologies for performing quality control on petrophysical data sets to ensure compliance with company standards. Good working knowledge of the curve mnemonics and units for open hole, cased hole, MWD, LWD, etc and their supporting well log file types (e.g. las, DLIS, FMI, lis, etc). Strong understanding of logging rock and fluid properties, porosity, permeability and saturation and competent in the use of petrophysical data analysis, databases, and visualization software, such as, Interactive Petrophysics, Techlog, LasWorx, Recall, iPoint, etc. Lead or contributor to an enterprise-wide ingestion, transformation, and management of petrophysical data into the Open Source Data Universe (OSDU) platform. Support integration of petrophysical data with other subsurface datasets (e.g., seismic, geological, drilling & completion, production) into OSDU. Ability to work with OSDU's open APIs and microservice architecture for ingestion, search, and retrieval of subsurface data. Proficiency in AWS, for deploying and managing OSDU environments. Knowledge of container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) and cloud-native services is essential. Competence in Python or similar languages for data extraction, transformation, and loading workflows. Familiarity with DataOps principles for streamlining OSDU integration and operational workflows. Experience with data lifecycle management in the OSDU and subsurface data management environment. Familiarity with data science techniques (e.g., statistical analysis, predictive modeling, etc), machine learning algorithms, and its applications to petrophysical data. Deep understanding of cloud computing and data lake environments for large scale data processing (e.g., AWS, Azure, etc). - Ability to troubleshoot data ingestion and access issues, ensuring compliance with data governance and security policies. Background collaborating with petrophysical teams to develop data governance frameworks, ensure metadata quality and effective management, and establish security policies for handling petrophysical and geological datasets. Excellent working knowledge of logging operations, drilling, coring, geodetics, well and log headers, downhole units of measure, and API numbering standards. Familiarity with 3 rd party applications and data consortiums for well and log header information. Demonstrates expertise in the complete well lifecycle, including the integration of petrophysical data into reservoir modelling and informed decision-making processes. Comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end well lifecycle workflow within the OSDU platform. Knowledge of data integration techniques, ensuring that petrophysical data from various sources can be aligned and interpreted consistently. Deep understanding of OSDU quality control tools (e.g. Geoquest Alloy) and business intelligence/data visualization software, such as (e.g. PowerBI, PowerAutomate, Spotfire, etc). Advanced Excel skills (e.g. for data analysis and reporting) and experience with database management systems (e.g. SQL, Oracle, etc). Strong understanding of machine learning, AWS, and data analytics techniques applied to petrophysical data. Communication & Leadership Excellent verbal and written communication abilities for effectively conveying complex petrophysical concepts to stakeholders without technical backgrounds. Project management skills to lead and oversee various petrophysical studies and initiatives. Remains current

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