Exploratory Ventures

Job Summary

Continental Resources is seeking an Advisor-level New Ventures Geoscientist to evaluate new ventures, develop play concepts, and support a commercially focused exploration strategy through integrated subsurface interpretation.

You will integrate regional geologic data including wellbore, 2D/3D seismic, and potential-field data, to build play evaluations and prospects that de-risk opportunities and support investment decisions. Outputs are used closely with Land and Business Development to shape entry strategy and capture opportunities. The work is fast-paced and team-based, with tight timelines and frequent decision points.

This Advisor role partners with executive leadership, asset teams, and external stakeholders, and mentoring geoscientists in fit-for-purpose workflows that connect regional context to petroleum systems and commercial outcomes.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead prospect generation, evaluation, and maturation for new ventures using geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and geochemical data to define play fairways, petroleum systems, and prospect risk.
• Build basin-to-prospect interpretations and maps to constrain structure, stratigraphy, and fairway geometry.
• Develop subsurface models and risk assessments that link tectono-stratigraphic evolution, charge/migration, reservoir/seal, and timing.
• Working across subsurface, operations, land, and business development to deliver clear evaluations that inform entry strategy, acreage capture, and deal decisions.
• Lead or advise on exploration well planning, seismic acquisition/reprocessing, and post-drill learnings to improve prospect ranking.
• Mentor geoscientists and set best practices for integrated interpretation, uncertainty tracking, and executive-level communication.
• Represent Continental Resources in external technical engagements with partners and authorities and stay current on emerging exploration technologies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Competencies

• Integrated Interpretation - Integrates geology, geophysics, petrophysics, and geochemistry into clear play and prospect models.
• Seismic Interpretation - 2D/3D seismic structural and stratigraphic mapping and interpretation across onshore and offshore datasets.
• Quantitative Interpretation - Familiarity with rock physics/AVO and seismic inversion concepts.
• Potential-Field Methods - Practical application of gravity and magnetic data for regional screening, structural constraint, and basement interpretation.
• Petroleum Systems & Basin Modeling Source rock, charge/migration, timing, and play risking.
• Reservoir Characterization - Petrophysics, rock properties, and analogs to assess reservoir quality and distribution.
• Communication & Leadership - Communicates technical work effectively with senior technical and executive audiences.
• Collaboration - Works well across disciplines and turns inputs into recommendations.

Required Qualifications

• Master's or Doctorate degree in Geoscience or Earth Sciences from an accredited university.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of exploration experience with demonstrated success in new ventures and basin-scale petroleum systems evaluation.
• Expertise in conventional and unconventional reservoirs, including play fairway mapping, prospect generation, and probabilistic resource assessments.
• Proficiency in industry-standard geoscience software (e.g., Geographix, Petrel, Kingdom, ArcGIS, PaleoScan, etc.).
• Strong capability in geological interpretation, well log analysis, and integration of conventional and unconventional petrophysical data.
• Applied geophysical mapping skills, including 2D/3D seismic mapping and interpretation calibrated to well control.
• Advisor-level capability to lead high-impact evaluations, guide integrated workflows, and mentor peers through reviews and technical coaching.
• Experience in strategic exploration planning, exploration well execution, and post-drill technical evaluation.
• Applied understanding of economic evaluation, value drivers, and risk-based framing to support exploration screening and deal decisions.
• An acceptable pre-employment background and drug test.

Preferred Qualifications

• International exploration experience, including offshore new ventures and exploration & appraisal program execution.
• Experience applying remote sensing, surface imaging, or geospatial datasets as a complementary input to basin screening and integrated exploration workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate structural geology, tectonic evolution, and basin-scale geodynamic frameworks into exploration strategies.
• Awareness of, and experience applying, AI-assisted workflows and emerging technologies to improve interpretation efficiency, data QC, and general AI literacy.
• Curious, keeps learning, and looks for better ways to evaluate plays and prospects.
• Positive, practical, and collaborative in high-uncertainty exploration work.
• Professional proficiency in one or more languages in addition to English.
• Experience working with partners in international, JV, or PSC settings, including technical assurance and stakeholder communication.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping.
• Occasional lifting up to 25 pounds.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator.

Continental Resources, Inc. provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.