Except that there is a tremendous amount of science involved in finding such. It ain't like the old days where you find an oil seep and follow the structure for an anticline to find more. For example, conodonts are both marker fossils and an indicator of the temperature at which the formation has been subjected to, which in turn tells you if the formation is in the petroleum window. Paleontology. Hard science.
The question was about the personal beliefs of the geologist being hired by the oil co. and whether the company really was all that concerned about such.
And what you call ‘hard science’ involves a great deal of interpretation based upon personal belief or bias.
Perhaps you know of a company that asks whether a potential new hire is an evolutionist or a creationist. I don’t.
Hence my answer.