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Overview
Petroleum engineers use geology, chemistry, mathematics and well data to understand reservoirs and plan how oil or gas can be brought from beneath the earth’s surface.
In job descriptions, look for reservoir performance plans, well testing, well flow systems, extraction data, production fluids, well interaction, petroleum production wells, fuel storage tanks and collaboration with drilling or well-test engineers.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Petroleum engineers translate reservoir evidence into extraction plans. Work can include evaluating field data, planning well flow systems, interpreting production data, managing oil or gas fluids and coordinating with drilling, reservoir and well-test specialists.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes geology, chemistry, mathematics, well testing, reservoir performance plans, flow-rate enhancement, extraction data interpretation, fluid production in oil and gas, well interaction, well design and supervision of well operations.
Salary context
Salary context depends on field complexity, reservoir responsibility, well-operation exposure, production targets, data interpretation, coordination with specialist engineers, environmental constraints, travel or site work and accountability for costly technical decisions.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward reservoir engineering, production engineering, well testing, drilling coordination, field development planning, operations supervision, technical advisory work or broader mining and energy engineering leadership.
Good to know
Check whether adverts focus on reservoir modelling, production fluids, well testing, field operations, environmental targets or cost control. Those details show whether the role is data-heavy, site-facing or production-accountable.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include liquid fuel engineer, drilling engineer and explosives engineer.
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Another occupation there is drilling engineer.
These examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Petroleum Engineers
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Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
09.1Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction06Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals (2146)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7569f423-2c37-49aa-947e-41acb66ec909 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2146.10 |
| ISCO group | 2146 |
| Concept type | Occupation |