How do they match: Petroleum Engineers

  • Drilling Engineer
  • Drilling Manager
  • Oil Drilling Engineer
  • Oil Exploration Engineer
  • Oil Well Engineer
  • Oil Well Services Superintendent
  • Mining and Oil Field Equipment Design Engineer
  • Mining and Oil Field Equipment Test Engineer
  • Mining and Oil Well Equipment Research Engineer
  • Natural Gas Engineer

  • Devise methods to improve oil and gas extraction and production and determine the need for new or modified tool designs. Oversee drilling and offer technical advice.

  • Assess costs and estimate the production capabilities and economic value of oil and gas wells, to evaluate the economic viability of potential drilling sites.
  • Conduct engineering research experiments to improve or modify mining and oil machinery and operations.
  • Coordinate the installation, maintenance, and operation of mining and oil field equipment.
  • Design or modify mining and oil field machinery and tools, applying engineering principles.
  • Design and implement environmental controls on oil and gas operations.
  • Develop plans for oil and gas field drilling, and for product recovery and treatment.
  • Inspect oil and gas wells to determine that installations are completed.
  • Interpret drilling and testing information for personnel.
  • Maintain records of drilling and production operations.
  • Specify and supervise well modification and stimulation programs to maximize oil and gas recovery.
  • Supervise the removal of drilling equipment, the removal of any waste, and the safe return of land to structural stability when wells or pockets are exhausted.
  • Take samples to assess the amount and quality of oil, the depth at which resources lie, and the equipment needed to properly extract them.