Senior Exploration Geoscientist

About the role

BP is seeking a Senior Exploration Geoscientist to join its multidisciplinary Exploration Team in Baku, Azerbaijan. The role focuses on leveraging advanced geophysical techniques to generate and de‑risk exploration prospects, supporting the company’s net‑zero ambition and strategic growth in the Caspian region.

Key responsibilities

• Lead multi‑disciplinary integration to build coherent subsurface models and reduce uncertainty.
• Generate and mature new play concepts, leads, and prospects across the Caspian portfolio.
• Deliver drill‑ready opportunities with robust risk assessments and volumetrics.
• Produce regional basin and play descriptions to expand the exploration hopper.
• Develop depositional and stratigraphic frameworks and perform seismic stratigraphic and structural interpretations.
• Coach and mentor junior geoscientists, enhancing overall team capability.
• Present technical recommendations to senior stakeholders and partners to influence decisions.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Geophysics, Geology or related Earth Science; Master’s preferred.
• Strong experience in prospect generation, basin analysis and hydrocarbon play evaluation.
• Proven seismic interpretation capability with an integrated geoscience mindset.
• Background in Caspian or analogous basins is advantageous.

Required skills

• Seismic stratigraphic interpretation
• Seismic structural interpretation
• Basin analysis and play evaluation
• Depositional and stratigraphic framework development
• Petrel (or equivalent) for subsurface modeling
• Seismic processing, inversion and attribute interpretation
• Analytical risk and uncertainty assessment