What are the responsibilities and job description for the Exploration Geoscientist - Alaska position at Apache Corporation?
Specific Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be based in Houston, Texas and serve as a senior advisor for Alaska North Slope exploration and development, bringing deep expertise in coastal plain fluvial and shallow marine clastic systems. They will drive high-quality subsurface interpretation, prospect generation, and field development strategy across the Alaska North Slope petroleum system, applying advanced geological methods to reduce uncertainty and support high-value drilling and investment decisions. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated track record of hydrocarbon discovery and broad global experience. This role requires strong proficiency in seismic interpretation across all scales, from regional analysis to prospect-level evaluation. They will exhibit strong technical leadership and a consistent ability to influence stakeholders across the organization and the wider industry. Success in this role also depends on excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical concepts effectively to executive leadership, industry audiences, and in peer-reviewed publications.
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:
Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are healthier, have access to better education, and are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living.
Nearly 3 billion people — roughly one-third of the global population — live without electricity or without clean cooking facilities. We are committed to providing energy in innovative and more sustainable ways to help raise the standard of living for those living in energy poverty and to meet the ongoing demands of people and economies around the world.
The products we deliver power increasingly cleaner electricity across the globe, fuel tractors and trucks, make fertilizer to keep the world's food supply on the table, and heat our schools, hospitals and businesses.
Our employees bring a wide range of talents and skills to the job every day to tackle complex business challenges. We believe in providing a truly rewarding work environment supported by a benefits platform that ranks among the best in our peer group. Our company offers career development opportunities where employees can grow personally and professionally. We promote employee benefits that cultivate a family-friendly work environment and focus on our employees' overall well-being.
We are committed to being a workplace where all employees are valued and can thrive with a sense of belonging. Our commitment to non-discriminatory, equal employment opportunities benefits our individual employees, our company and our external stakeholders; we are better as an organization when various experiences, ideas, and perspectives are brought to the table.
Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA). Apache has operations in the United States, Egypt's Western Desert and the United Kingdom's North Sea and a sister company with exploration opportunities offshore Suriname. Whether supporting Apache, APA Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, team members are employed by Apache Corporation.
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Apache Statement on Hiring
To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.
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The successful candidate will be based in Houston, Texas and serve as a senior advisor for Alaska North Slope exploration and development, bringing deep expertise in coastal plain fluvial and shallow marine clastic systems. They will drive high-quality subsurface interpretation, prospect generation, and field development strategy across the Alaska North Slope petroleum system, applying advanced geological methods to reduce uncertainty and support high-value drilling and investment decisions. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated track record of hydrocarbon discovery and broad global experience. This role requires strong proficiency in seismic interpretation across all scales, from regional analysis to prospect-level evaluation. They will exhibit strong technical leadership and a consistent ability to influence stakeholders across the organization and the wider industry. Success in this role also depends on excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical concepts effectively to executive leadership, industry audiences, and in peer-reviewed publications.
- Apply insights from analogous basins worldwide to refine depositional models, reservoir prediction, and play extension
- Apply advanced sequence stratigraphy, depositional systems analysis, and structural interpretation to predict reservoir presence, quality, and continuity
- Characterize reservoir heterogeneity and compartmentalization using both local data and global analog frameworks
- Support development planning through precise well placement, reservoir connectivity analysis, and depletion strategy insights
- Lead advanced interpretation workflows (in Petrel) and integrated subsurface modeling incorporating best practices gained from global operations
- Help drive technically complex, high-impact projects, critical to North Slope asset value
- Mentor geoscientists by transferring global learnings, analog frameworks, and advanced interpretation approaches
- Collaborate with engineering and operations to translate geologic insight into optimized development under Arctic constraints
- Represent the company as a technical authority in partner and industry settings
- Deep expertise in North Slope petroleum systems, especially Brookian topsets, turbidites, and legacy reservoirs (Kuparuk, Prudhoe Bay)
- Experience conducting probabilistic volumetric evaluations in GeoX, Rose RA or other similar applications
- Strong track record in lead generation, prospect maturation, and development geology
- Advanced seismic interpretation and well log/core integration in clastic environments (using Petrel)
- Reservoir characterization and geologic modelling of coastal plain fluvial to shallow marine clastic systems.
- Solid understanding of well design, completion engineering, drilling constraints, and operating in Arctic operating conditions
- Strong business acumen, including economic screening and value of information
- Effective communicator with ability to influence technical and business decisions
- Proven mentor and technical leader
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in geology or geophysics
- 15 years relevant experience
The successful candidate should demonstrate and exhibit the following core competencies:
- Communication: Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication setting;
- Results: Pursues work with energy, drive, and results orientation to positively impact Apache's business success;
- Collaboration: Works in partnership with others and encourages different perspectives, while building and maintaining trust; and
- Culture: Willingness and ability to align one's behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of Apache.
Our primary product is energy, and where there is affordable, abundant energy, people are healthier, have access to better education, and are given greater opportunities to elevate their families to higher standards of living.
Nearly 3 billion people — roughly one-third of the global population — live without electricity or without clean cooking facilities. We are committed to providing energy in innovative and more sustainable ways to help raise the standard of living for those living in energy poverty and to meet the ongoing demands of people and economies around the world.
The products we deliver power increasingly cleaner electricity across the globe, fuel tractors and trucks, make fertilizer to keep the world's food supply on the table, and heat our schools, hospitals and businesses.
Our employees bring a wide range of talents and skills to the job every day to tackle complex business challenges. We believe in providing a truly rewarding work environment supported by a benefits platform that ranks among the best in our peer group. Our company offers career development opportunities where employees can grow personally and professionally. We promote employee benefits that cultivate a family-friendly work environment and focus on our employees' overall well-being.
We are committed to being a workplace where all employees are valued and can thrive with a sense of belonging. Our commitment to non-discriminatory, equal employment opportunities benefits our individual employees, our company and our external stakeholders; we are better as an organization when various experiences, ideas, and perspectives are brought to the table.
Apache Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA). Apache has operations in the United States, Egypt's Western Desert and the United Kingdom's North Sea and a sister company with exploration opportunities offshore Suriname. Whether supporting Apache, APA Corporation or one of its subsidiaries, team members are employed by Apache Corporation.
For additional information about APA Corporation, please visit:
Portfolio
Sustainability
Investors
www.apacorp.com
Apache Statement on Hiring
To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to base all employment-related decisions and actions exclusively on employment-related criteria. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide broad dissemination of job opportunities, as consistent with the nature of the positions. To provide genuine equal opportunity to all people, it is the policy of Apache Corporation and its subsidiaries to review its employment-related policies and actions on a regular basis to ensure that their application is consistent with their intent.
Equal Employment Opportunity