Proven plays
Established by demonstrated discoveries, with opportunities to evaluate remaining prospectivity and untested fairways.
Geoscience and energy advisory
Turning Subsurface Complexityinto Business Confidence.
StrataIntegrity bridges technical interpretation with practical business decisions, from the first play concept to the final drilling or investment call.
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An integrated perspective
StrataIntegrity approach
Understand the geology.Quantify the uncertainty.Support the decision.
Technical depth, transparent assumptions and practical deliverables, aligned to the decision the client needs to make.
About StrataIntegrity
Independent thinking. Integrated subsurface insight.
StrataIntegrity Consultancy & Services is being positioned as a specialist petroleum and geoscience consultancy serving operators, investors, partners and energy-sector organizations.
- Exploration-focused technical evaluation
- Integrated geological, geophysical and petroleum systems thinking
- Clear treatment of uncertainty, assumptions and risk
- Decision-oriented reports, maps, models and recommendations
SubsurfaceEvidence-led interpretation
New venturesOpportunity assessment
Risk & valueDecision support
The platform
A connected service model, not a collection of isolated studies
StrataIntegrity connects technical evidence with business decisions: what opportunity is worth pursuing, what is uncertain, what would change the decision, and what should happen next.
Step 01
Explore
Screen basins, plays, acreage and opportunities.
Step 02
Evaluate
Integrate geology, geophysics, petroleum systems and reservoir evidence.
Step 03
De-risk
Identify material uncertainties and the best next tests.
Step 04
Add value
Prioritise work and capital against business objectives.
- Evidence
- Interpretation
- Uncertainty
- Risks
- Next step
The value promiseWe do not sell certainty where the data do not support it. We deliver a transparent technical basis for action: the evidence, the interpretation, the uncertainty, the risks and the recommended next step.
The 360-degree integrated method
Every engagement starts with the business decision
A fully integrated G&G workflow that links data, geology, geophysics, petroleum system, risk and value to deliver a decision-ready recommendation.
360°Integrated workflowFrom data to discovery to value
TrapSealReservoirMigration pathwaysSource rock & generation
Guide data acquisitionTest uncertaintiesDe-risk and optimiseRefine strategy and focus01Define
02Validate
03Integrate
04Evaluate
05De-risk
06Decide
- 01
Define
Business Context & Objectives
- Portfolio strategy and business goals
- Area of interest and key questions
- Decision criteria and success metrics
- Stakeholder alignment and work plan
- 02
Validate
Data QC & Conditioning
- Seismic, well, geochemical and geological data QC
- Coordinate, datum and depth consistency
- Seismic conditioning and merge (amplitude and phase)
- Well-log standardisation and petrophysical QC
- Data gaps and uncertainty assessment
- 03
Integrate
Geology, Geophysics & Petroleum System
- Well-to-seismic correlation and horizon calibration
- Structural and stratigraphic interpretation
- Reservoir characterisation and facies modelling
- Petroleum system analysis (source, generation, migration, reservoir, seal, timing)
- Integrated 3D geological model
- 04
Evaluate
Play, Prospect, Volumes & Risk
- Prospect definition and trap effectiveness
- Hydrocarbon migration and saturation prediction
- Sealing risk and preservation analysis
- Uncertainty analysis and geological chance of success
- Resource volumetrics (GIIP/STOIIP) with P90/P50/P10
- 05
De-risk
Targeted Studies & Decision Gates
- Focused seismic reprocessing and new attributes
- Basin and migration modelling (1D/2D/3D)
- Geomechanical and seal analysis
- Well design, pre-drill risk reduction and AVO/rock physics
- Appraisal concepts and alternative scenarios
- 06
Decide
Commercial Evaluation & Action
- Integrate geological, technical and commercial risks
- Economic and fiscal evaluation (value and sensitivity)
- Rank prospects and select opportunities
- Decision: proceed, mature, acquire, partner, defer or stop
- Prepare decision-ready recommendation
Output
A decision-ready recommendation with clear evidence, limitations, material risks and next actions.
- Integrated geological model
- Risked and unrisked resources
- Key uncertainties and sensitivities
- Recommended work programme
Business decision
- Drill / mature
- Further de-risk
- Acquire / partner
- Defer / stop
- People
- Data
- Geology
- Geophysics
- Technology
- Risk
- Decisions
Service portfolio
One platform. Ten connected capabilities.
Engage one focused service or combine workstreams into a complete opportunity evaluation.
Service 01 of 10
Geological & Geophysical Interpretation
Turn fragmented datasets into a consistent geological framework that supports exploration decisions.
Scope of work
- Seismic data inventory, QC and interpretation readiness
- Well-log preparation, correlation and well-to-seismic tie
- Horizon, fault and structural framework interpretation
- Sequence stratigraphy, depositional interpretation and seismic attributes
- Velocity and time-to-depth review where data support it
- Alternative interpretations, mapping uncertainty and data-gap recommendations
Typical client deliverables
- Interpreted sections and maps
- Structural / stratigraphic framework
- Well correlation panels
- QC and uncertainty register
- Recommended next-step data plan
Value to the client
Improves the quality and traceability of the subsurface picture; identifies imaging and mapping limitations before they become expensive decision errors.
Service 02 of 10
Basin & Petroleum Systems Modelling
Test charge plausibility, timing and preservation using integrated geological history and fit-for-purpose basin modelling.
Scope of work
- Regional burial and tectono-stratigraphic framework
- 1D modelling of burial, thermal history, maturity and generation timing
- 2D modelling along selected cross-sections where justified
- Source-rock, kinetic and calibration review where data are available
- Sensitivity to heat flow, erosion, thermal boundary conditions and model inputs
- Charge timing compared with trap, reservoir, seal and tectonic history
Typical client deliverables
- Model input register and assumptions
- Burial / thermal-history plots
- Maturity and generation outputs
- Petroleum-system event chart
- Charge-risk and sensitivity summary
Value to the client
Helps distinguish a plausible charge concept from a poorly constrained assumption and identifies which calibration data matter most.
Service 03 of 10
Play Fairway & Prospectivity
Identify where the key play elements align and where further technical investment is most likely to add value.
Scope of work
- Basin and regional synthesis; play definition and segmentation
- Reservoir presence, quality and distribution assessment
- Source, maturity, migration and charge-access integration
- Seal, trap, timing, preservation and breach assessment
- Common risk segment and play-element mapping
- Fairway ranking using technical chance, resource potential, data confidence and cost to de-risk
Typical client deliverables
- Regional synthesis and play definition
- Play-fairway and risk-element maps
- Common-risk-segment assessment
- Ranked areas and uncertainty overlays
- Recommended work programme
Value to the client
Focuses acreage screening, seismic acquisition and prospect generation on areas with the strongest integrated geological rationale.
Service 04 of 10
Prospect Generation, Evaluation & Risking
Move leads toward decision-ready prospects with explicit assumptions, material risks and a plan to resolve them.
Scope of work
- Lead inventory and maturity classification
- Trap geometry, closure, spill point and fault-seal review
- Reservoir, seal and charge evaluation
- Risk-element definition with evidence and rationale
- Dependencies and correlated risks review
- Prospect mapping, contacts, fluid cases and low/base/high scenarios
- Peer review, prospect ranking and drill-or-defer recommendation
Typical client deliverables
- Prospect dossier and map set
- Risk-element table and rationale
- Chance-of-success statement
- Critical risk and uncertainty list
- Maturation plan and decision recommendation
Value to the client
Creates traceable prospect decisions and directs budget to the uncertainties most likely to change the decision.
Service 05 of 10
Volumetrics & Resource Assessment
Quantify the range of potential volumes using consistent maps, transparent assumptions and appropriate uncertainty methods.
Scope of work
- Review area, gross rock volume, net-to-gross, thickness, porosity and saturation inputs
- Integrate structural maps, wells and petrophysical evidence
- Build low/base/high deterministic cases
- Use probabilistic simulation when input distributions and dependencies are supportable
- Sensitivity analysis to identify dominant parameters
- Separate unrisked volumes, geological chance of discovery and commercial considerations
Typical client deliverables
- Input and assumption register
- Volumetric calculation workbook
- Low/base/high estimates
- Probability distributions where appropriate
- Sensitivity and uncertainty narrative
Value to the client
Makes estimates reproducible and comparable, exposes uncertainty drivers and supports more disciplined portfolio choices.
Service 06 of 10
Reservoir Characterisation & Petrophysical Integration
Develop a defensible view of reservoir quality and distribution from available logs, core, tests and geological context.
Scope of work
- Log QC, standardisation, depth alignment and correlation
- Lithology, facies and reservoir interval interpretation
- Porosity, shale volume, water saturation and net-pay evaluation where data permit
- Cut-off, contact and formation-water assumption review
- Integration of depositional setting, diagenesis, fractures and seismic-scale distribution
- Property ranges, spatial variability and missing-data recommendations
Typical client deliverables
- Petrophysical summary and correlation panels
- Reservoir-property tables
- Net-to-gross / net-pay assumptions
- Quality and uncertainty notes
- Additional-data recommendations
Value to the client
Strengthens reservoir inputs to prospect volumes and highlights where data quality limits confidence.
Service 07 of 10
New Ventures, Asset Screening & Technical Due Diligence
Provide an independent, structured view of what is known, what is assumed and what should be resolved before an opportunity decision.
Scope of work
- Screen basins, acreage, assets and partnerships against client criteria
- Review data-room completeness, provenance, quality and omissions
- Assess play maturity, prospect inventory and resource assumptions
- Review historic wells, drilling outcomes and interpretation basis
- Build material technical risk register and data-gap list
- Compare opportunities using agreed technical, strategic, maturity and confidence criteria
- Prepare decision papers, technical questions and recommended follow-up
Typical client deliverables
- Asset-screening matrix
- Technical due-diligence report
- Material-risk and data-gap registers
- Opportunity comparison
- Management decision brief and work programme
Value to the client
Supports better-informed acquisition, farm-in, partnership and portfolio decisions. Legal, fiscal and regulated financial advice remains with appropriately qualified advisers.
Service 08 of 10
Exploration Portfolio & Work-Programme Optimisation
Connect each proposed study or well to a decision gate, a material uncertainty and a clear rationale for spending.
Scope of work
- Consolidate prospect, lead, play and acreage inventories
- Standardise maturity, risking and volumetric bases
- Rank against client-defined strategy, cost, timing and risk tolerance
- Compare mature, acquire data, drill, partner, defer or exit scenarios
- Identify duplicated work and shared-data opportunities
- Design phased programmes with measurable evidence gates
- Create management dashboards and decision logs
Typical client deliverables
- Portfolio register and ranking matrix
- Opportunity heat map
- Phased work programme
- Decision-gate framework
- Data-acquisition priorities
Value to the client
Improves capital discipline by linking technical activity to the next decision and its evidence requirements.
Service 09 of 10
Data Management & Workflow Design
Make technical work repeatable and auditable through data standards, QC templates and traceable processes.
Scope of work
- Data catalogue, metadata and coordinate / datum standards
- Well-log and seismic QC workflows and templates
- Project organisation, versioning and handover conventions
- Lessons learned and workflow documentation
Typical client deliverables
- Data catalogue and QC standards
- Standard operating procedures and templates
- Handover and lessons-learned package
Value to the client
Reduces time lost to inconsistent data and fragmented workflows while improving continuity and traceability.
Service 10 of 10
Project Delivery & Capability Building
Coordinate work across disciplines and project phases, and build the capability of client teams.
Scope of work
- Scope, milestones, interfaces and acceptance criteria
- Cross-discipline coordination, progress and decision logs
- Technical workshops, mentoring and tailored training
Typical client deliverables
- Scope / schedule / progress reporting
- Workshop and training materials
- Decision logs and technical reviews
Value to the client
Improves coordination and team capability so that technical work arrives on time and in a form the business can use.
Technical strengths
Depth in the disciplines that drive a decision
Advanced basin modelling
Source maturity, burial history, thermal evolution, generation/expulsion timing and petroleum-system testing.
Structural and tectonic
Framework building across compressional, extensional, inversion and structurally complex settings.
Seismic and well integration
Seismic interpretation, well-to-seismic correlation, velocity considerations, horizons, faults and log conditioning.
Sequence stratigraphy
Well-based and seismic sequence analysis, depositional framework and play-scale reservoir prediction.
Reservoir characterization
Formation evaluation, petrophysical integration, reservoir quality and uncertainty-aware interpretation.
Prospectivity and risk
Play fairway definition, prospect risking, volumetrics and geological uncertainty framing.
Decision-oriented output
Each engagement is structured around an actionable output.
Exploration recommendationSubsurface modelProspect inventoryRisk registerResource estimateDue-diligence conclusionWork programmeInvestment decision support
Case study
From legacy data to decisions
Complex exploration assets often contain valuable information distributed across legacy seismic, well logs, maps and reports. The StrataIntegrity workflow establishes data confidence first, then builds a consistent technical framework before prospectivity or drilling decisions are made.
Legacy seismicWell logsMaps and reports
✓Drilling decision
01
Compile and QC
Inventory data, identify gaps, standardize well information and establish traceable quality controls.
02
Reprocess and condition
Prioritize seismic reprocessing, velocity improvement, amplitude harmonization and imaging enhancement.
03
Interpret and map
Build structural, stratigraphic and reservoir frameworks and integrate seismic, wells and regional geology.
04
Risk and volumetrics
Evaluate play risk, prospect chance, reservoir uncertainty and resource ranges.
05
Drill, acquire or update
Translate findings into staged work programmes, new-data priorities and decision gates.
Typical deliverables
Regional play mapsProspect inventoryStructural frameworkSequence-stratigraphic frameworkBasin-model outputsSeismic attributesWell-to-seismic correlationsVolumetrics/resource estimatesGeological risk registerReprocessing recommendationsDrilling-target packagesManagement-ready presentations
New ventures
From regional understanding to investment-ready opportunities
Expand your portfolio. Identify prospective plays. Make informed exploration decisions.
StrataIntegrity integrates regional geology, petroleum-system analysis, exploration history and subsurface data to identify, evaluate and prioritise opportunities across established, emerging and frontier basins.
We transform complex geological evidence into actionable exploration strategies, helping clients assess new regions, evaluate acreage and partnerships, and focus investment on the opportunities with the strongest technical rationale.
Our approach
- 01
Regional Geological Assessment
Understand basin evolution, stratigraphy, structural development and depositional systems.
- 02
Petroleum-System Analysis
Evaluate source, reservoir, seal, trap, hydrocarbon charge, timing and preservation.
- 03
Play Identification & Classification
Distinguish proven, potential and conceptual plays based on available evidence and geological maturity.
- 04
Play-Fairway Mapping
Integrate geological, geophysical, well and geochemical evidence to delineate prospective areas.
- 05
Opportunity Ranking & Risk Assessment
Compare prospectivity, resource potential, uncertainty and data confidence.
- 06
New-Venture Screening
Identify priority basins, acreage opportunities, partnerships and potential entry strategies.
- 07
De-Risking & Work Programme Design
Define targeted studies, data acquisition and exploration activities to reduce uncertainty.
From evidence to opportunity
Our assessment classifies exploration plays into three maturity levels.
Potential plays
Supported by encouraging geological evidence but requiring further evaluation to confirm critical petroleum-system elements.
Conceptual plays
Hypothesis-driven opportunities that require additional evidence and targeted studies to test their prospectivity.
Key deliverables
- 01Regional geological and petroleum-system assessment
- 02Play inventory and maturity classification
- 03Regional prospectivity and play-fairway maps
- 04Geological risk and uncertainty register
- 05Ranked opportunity shortlist
- 06Data-gap analysis and de-risking roadmap
- 07Phased exploration work programme
- 08Executive decision-support report
Business value
We help clients identify where to explore, understand what drives prospectivity, recognise material risks and determine the next investment decision.
Whether entering a new basin, expanding an existing portfolio or evaluating an exploration partnership, StrataIntegrity connects subsurface intelligence with strategic business objectives.
Make your next exploration decision with greater clarity and confidence.
Start a conversationEvidence first
Separate observations, interpretations, assumptions and recommendations.
Transparent uncertainty
Document confidence, dependencies, limitations and data gaps.
Traceable work
Use consistent templates, version control, review gates and decision logs.
Confidentiality
Handle client information under agreed security, access and retention rules.
Fit-for-purpose methods
Match analytical complexity to the decision and available evidence.
Clear boundaries
Identify when legal, fiscal, regulatory, laboratory or specialist input is required.
Leadership · Technical excellence · Integrity
Leadership grounded in science. Decisions driven by insight.
Bringing together geological understanding, advanced subsurface evaluation and commercial perspective to help unlock the potential beneath the surface.
Muhammad Nasim is an exploration geoscientist and subsurface technical leader with experience spanning hydrocarbon exploration, integrated geological and geophysical interpretation, basin modelling, prospect evaluation and new venture development. His approach combines scientific rigour, multidisciplinary integration and commercial awareness to translate complex subsurface challenges into informed exploration decisions.
A multidisciplinary perspective
His regional experience encompasses the Amu Darya and Ustyurt regions of Uzbekistan, the Afghan–Tajik Basin, and Pakistan’s extensional and compressional tectonic settings. Across these diverse geological provinces, his work focuses on understanding basin evolution, petroleum systems, structural configuration, hydrocarbon migration, trapping mechanisms and preservation to assess exploration potential and reduce uncertainty.
Technical depth. Strategic direction.
His expertise includes advanced basin modelling, seismic and well-log integration, structural interpretation and restoration, play fairway analysis, reservoir characterisation, petroleum systems analysis and exploration risk assessment. He has also contributed to multidisciplinary project delivery, technical due diligence, portfolio screening, resource evaluation and geoscience team development.
The STRATAINTEGRITY vision
As Managing Director, Nasim is committed to providing independent, technically robust and commercially focused subsurface advisory services. His leadership philosophy centres on scientific integrity, transparent risk assessment and evidence-led decisions—helping energy companies evaluate opportunities, prioritise investment, mature prospects and unlock the value of their subsurface assets.
Leadership principles
Integrated thinking
Connecting geology, geophysics and petroleum systems.
Scientific integrity
Evidence-based interpretation and transparent uncertainty.
Exploration value
Maturing opportunities through disciplined evaluation.
Client partnership
Aligning technical work with strategic business objectives.
Careers
Build a career in subsurface decision-making.
Our people interpret seismic, model basins and petroleum systems, quantify risk and help clients decide whether to drill or drop. Your work reaches the decision, not the end of a long chain.
Real exploration problems
Frontier basins, mature provinces and new ventures across Pakistan, Central Asia and international opportunities.
One platform, one picture
Analysis and integration run on a single platform, so geology, geophysics and modelling stay consistent from basin to decision.
A sound evaluation process
Eleven defined steps, each with a named output, so you know what good looks like and what the next person needs from you.
Senior mentorship
You work next to senior geoscientists, with technical review built into every deliverable.
1Basin evolution2Tectonics and structure3Source–reservoir–seal4Trap definition5Trap sealing6Maturation and migration7Preservation8Resource and risking9Technical due diligence10Commercial evaluation11Drill or drop
Current openings
No positions are announced right now.
We read every application and contact people when a role opens that matches their background. The teams we hire into are listed below.
- Exploration
- Subsurface
- New ventures
- Technical due diligence
- Early career
When we bring in graduates and interns, they work across the whole process, so they understand how each step changes the next one.
First 90 days
Learn the process
Shadow live projects through the eleven steps and learn our platform and standards.
Year one
Own a workstream
Take responsibility for a defined output, such as a structural framework or a charge assessment, with senior review.
Beyond
Lead a prospect
Carry a prospect from trap definition to risked volumes and present it to the client team.
- STEP 1
Email your CV
Send it to the address below with the subject "Open application".
- STEP 2
Tell us your area
Name the team you want to join and the work you have done in it.
- STEP 3
We get in touch
We keep your details and contact you when a matching role opens.
- Your CV
- Your area of interest
- Software and methods you use
- A link to your LinkedIn or portfolio
Send an open application
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Structured around the decision, deliverables and acceptance criteria
Not simply hours spent or software used. We work with operators, investors, partners and emerging energy ventures that need experienced technical support without the overhead of a large consultancy structure.
Rapid opportunity screen
A focused review to identify fatal flaws, key unknowns and the next decision-critical action.
Integrated technical study
A combined interpretation, petroleum systems, prospectivity, volumetrics and risk assessment.
Technical due diligence
Independent technical review of an asset, acreage position or investment opportunity.
Project-based delivery
Defined work packages, milestones, workshops, progress reports and management-ready outputs.
Portfolio support
Periodic review of opportunity inventory, work programme priorities and decision gates.
Training & capability building
Tailored workflows, templates, workshops and mentoring for client teams.
Delivery gates
- 1
Scope
Decision, inputs, exclusions and acceptance criteria
- 2
Diagnose
Data QC, evidence gaps and work plan
- 3
Execute
Integrated technical analysis and review
- 4
Challenge
Peer review, sensitivities and client workshop
- 5
Deliver
Final outputs, recommendations and next-step plan
Have a subsurface challenge?
Let’s discuss the evidence, the uncertainty and the decision ahead.
Share a short project brief and we can discuss the most useful next step.
Contact
Start a project conversation.
Tell us about your objective, asset or technical challenge. We read every enquiry and reply by email.