Sr. Technical Advisor - Global Coring Subject Matter Expert; SME

Sr. Technical Advisor - Global Coring Subject Matter Expert (SME) page is loaded## Sr. Technical Advisor - Global Coring Subject Matter Expert (SME) locations:
Houston, Texastime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R760
** Core Laboratories is the Reservoir Optimization Company
** Core Laboratories Inc. is a leading provider of proprietary and patented reservoir description and production enhancement services and products used to optimize petroleum reservoir performance. The Company has over 70 offices in more than 50 countries and is located in every major oil-producing province in the world. We are well-positioned to serve the growing needs of the energy transition while continuing to fulfill the demand for reliable and affordable energy sources like crude oil and natural gas.

Our services, products, expertise, and innovations will continue to be essential as our clients meet the growing demand for energy globally. For more information, visit At Core Lab, our values matter:
Safety, Honesty and Integrity, Customer Focus, Building Trust, and Employee Development. We regard our employees as our greatest asset. We believe that identifying, attracting, developing, and retaining talent are significant actions because our people are so important.## SUMMARY The Global Coring Subject Matter Expert (SME) serves as Core Laboratories’ global technical authority and advocate for subsurface coring across traditional oil and gas and emerging energy-transition applications, including carbon capture and storage (CCS), geothermal energy, lithium brines, critical minerals, and other subsurface resource developments.

The role is responsible for promoting the technical, regulatory, and economic value of coring, influencing operator and regulator decision-making, supporting business development, and ensuring best-in-class coring and wellsite core handling practices are consistently applied worldwide.## ## DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
** Technical Leadership & Advocacy
*** Act as the global technical authority on coring strategy, execution, and value realization across conventional and unconventional oil and gas, CCS, geothermal, lithium brine, and critical mineral projects.
* Advocate for the inclusion of coring programs to address reservoir characterization, seal integrity, injectivity, containment assurance, resource evaluation, completions optimization, and long-term monitoring requirements.
* Develop and communicate clear, defensible value propositions demonstrating the return on investment (ROI) of coring relative to alternative data-acquisition methods across multiple subsurface use cases.
* Support clients in defining coring objectives, target depths, core types (conventional, sidewall, pressure coring), and core handling and preservation techniques aligned with project risks and regulatory expectations.
* Advocate for the application of Invasion Profiler technologies to quantify and interpret mud-filtrate invasion during coring operations, improving core-quality assessment and downstream laboratory data reliability.
* Ensure alignment of global coring practices with industry best practices, evolving regulations, and Core Laboratories’ technical standards.
** Business Development & Client Engagement
*** Support global sales and business development teams across oil & gas and energy-transition markets with technical leadership and subject-matter expertise.
* Engage directly with operators, coring companies, developers, and regulators to influence subsurface data-acquisition strategies and project design at early decision stages.
* Provide technical and commercial leadership during tenders, proposal development, and client presentations.
* Represent Core Laboratories at industry forums, technical workshops, and regulatory engagements as a recognized authority on coring and subsurface diagnostics
** Operational Excellence & Best Practices
*** Define and maintain global technical standards and best practices for coring across diverse applications and regulatory environments.
* Provide technical assurance and troubleshooting support for complex, high-risk, or first-of-a-kind projects.
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