Types of Petroleum Engineers 

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Wow congrats Please what has been your greatest challenges and achievements I’m a petroleum engineering student

Is it difficult to get a job in oil and gas. Please share your experience

@@vigilvarghese6507 Well, it depends. I started working in 2015. In that year it was a bit easy, but now it's a bit difficult, at least in my country.

@@stephencrown8084 The mud engineer has one of the most responsibilities in a drilling operation. The mud is key achieving a successful drilling operation. The greatest challenge? I would say drilling an exploration well. That was 4 years ago. Fortunately we did a good job.

I know this comment is kinda old but how is it over there??

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Stay at halliburton. Here in México we said: the train pass only once.

Whatever you're more comfortable with. If you want more of an upstream position (what they're discussing in the video) then you will most likely need a petroleum engineering degree. It's a lot of work and takes at least 4 years doing it full time. If you're willing to do it part time and extend that out even further than that is up to you. Best of luck!

Depends on where you want to take your career. Most PE's don't use chemistry during their jobs very much if any.

Yes if petroleum engineer want to make his career as mud engineer

Depends on the time. Houston has a pleather of jobs and is the biggest hub for oil and gas jobs in the country probably (maybe besides Midland).

Same!

You will take a year in both chemistry and physics most likely. Having a more extensive chemistry background would be more beneficial compared to physics.

Sebastian Ziaja Thank you

@@SJ-gm5un it depends, for example in drilling engineering physics more prominent than chemistry but in the other hand, chemistry can be more beneficial in reservoir engineering. The bottom line is that you need both equally.

Rashed Almandoos thanks sir

Hey Dawson! Thanks for your question! From what we've seen, it's not as common for mechanical engineers to work in the upstream oil and gas industry. Aside from petroleum engineers, chemical engineers would be the second most common type. However, the midstream and downstream side of the industry might hire more mechanical engineers. Not sure. But, I figure manufactures of oilfield equipment might employ mechanical engineers. Does that help any? ~Derek, Oilfield Basics

Dawson Kram ya I have petroleum engineering degree

@@OilfieldBasics the gas and oil industry hires Mechanical Engineers all the time, y’all should know that…

Depends on the school you attend and what major and internships/co-ops you're able to get.

Sure.

Hello Lamec, Great question! To pursue a Bachelors degree in Petroleum Engineering, you will be in school for four years. During the first 2 years, you will take general engineering classes such as chemistry, physics, calculus, fluid dynamics, statics, and more to build that engineering mindset and basic knowledge base. In the third and fourth years of your schooling, you will begin taking more petroleum-focused courses such as production engineering, drilling engineering, economics, geology, and more! The order in which you take these classes depend on the college! We will be filming a video on this topic in the coming weeks so be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss it! ~Sebastian @ Oilfield Basics

This is so true

I'm a petroleum engineering student as well

in simple terms petroleum geologists look for the oil reservoirs vs engineers work on extracting the oil from the reservoirs.

Like CAD drawings? I'm sure there are some people who do that, but it's not so much going to the petroleum engineer. However, we are well versed in wellbore diagrams and such the like.

Drawing is secondary subject that is taught only basics in petroleum engineering

@dk bruh no need to be rude today.

Congrats on your graduation! There's definitely a job market for you here. Texas would especially be a great market for you.

Hii bro, would you like to study of petroleum engineering UG or PG...?? I mean masters degree...??

thanks for reaching out. Perhaps you might try to widen your search. Have you tried the service side of the industry? For example: MWD, frac, tech companies, etc?

A Mech E would probably have a harder time getting a job in oil and gas...at least when generally speaking of a petroleum engineering type of role. There might be some opportunities when it comes to equipment design/manufacturing/infrastructure/etc. however.

I think mechanical engineers potentially can be integrated in drilling operations due to the high involvement of machinery and mechanics.

What would you want to focus on? There are some with Mech E degrees but not a lot in Upstream...downstream and midstream would prob have more though. So, it depends on what you want to do/focus on.

I don't know any personally but I do not know why your nationality should make a difference in hiring.

Try Malaysia

I've never seen anyone hire a PE with an associates degree. Didn't even know that was a thing. I would be very skeptical. Definitely not likely to compete well in this job market. Too much supply and little demand.

Currency would likely depend on the employer. For salary I would just reference online salary sites like glassdoor.

What do you mean turnout engineering?

@@OilfieldBasics sorry it is turnaround engineer in oil & gas. Who works to reconstruct or maintain the company

@@safhadkhan2427 I've never heard of that being a title.

Like a production operator? Please elaborate.

@@OilfieldBasics Precisely.

@@MrAnonymousunkown Literally just about anyone can be a production operator haha...that's actually what I'm doing right now as a rotational learning experience. An engineering degree is a little overkill, but nothing wrong with it. You might be able to get more specialized jobs though that would be similar.

I would say that is most likely to be the case, but it's likely not exclusive.

What do you mean?

@@OilfieldBasics what this means is the this dude is doing a diploma in petroleum engineering and when he graduates, he is going to be a petroleum technologist who is going to get hands on experience. Is this a good start path before going to get a petroleum engineering degree?

Our college does not. I can't speak for all, but I would say it would be relatively rare to be a requirement.

Zeinab Chouman no

Depending on your school you may take a class focusing on the chemistry of hydrocarbons. But most chemistry related work goes to chemical engineers.

It is typical to take 2 years of undergrad chemistry. Chem 1 and chem 2.

Yes, absolutely!

We're not sure exactly, as our background is in petroleum engineering. Our best guess would be to look up the average salary of a mechanical engineer and increase it slightly. I figure they would get paid at or above average if they worked in the oilfield.

U.S. somewhere between $75-120k

@@OilfieldBasics can I get a job with a degree in civil engineering

@@hughflucas7075 You likely could. It might be more focused in facility engineering though. That might be your easiest in.

@@OilfieldBasics thanks guys

One of the nice things about petroleum engineering is that you can many times morph the job into what you want lifestyle wise...if you want the opportunities that take you to remote places and away from your family, you can make it happen. Many times, however, petroleum engineers work from a corporate or field office and live with their families nearby. Some field offices can be somewhat remote, but I guess it just depends on what you consider remote.

You can easily look up actual numbers on sites like glassdoor, but I'd say it's around $100k (give or take $20k). However, I've heard of engineers working for wireline companies and making north of 150 and 200k. It really depends on the company and position. Either way, petroleum engineers have the highest starting salary of all engineering disciplines.

What position is that salary is $900k?