Career Research Project
Mike Mallon
Ms. Tingle
English 9 Writing Lab
March 5, 2013 Petroleum Engineers are those who find the most widely used substance in the world: oil. Petroleum Engineering is a field of engineering related to the activities of the production of crude oil or natural gas. The importance of Petroleum Engineers are that they locate new oil and gas deposits so they can be extracted from the earth, refined, and used in cars, homes, and everyday items. They also develop new techniques to extract oil from old, abandoned wells. This job may seem easy but with new technologies being introduced every day, this career is complex and always changing. Petroleum Engineering has drastically changed since its start in the 1890’s. During the 1890’s, Geologists were employed in California to correlate oil-producing zones. In 1910, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California started offering courses in Petroleum Engineering. “During the 1920’s, Petroleum Engineering focused mainly on drilling” (Britannica). In the 1930’s, abundant discoveries of oil caused Petroleum Engineers to focus on the entire oil-water-gas reservoir system instead of the individual well. In the mid 1950’s, offshore drilling boomed and is still booming today. There are many benefits and rewards of being a petroleum engineer. They have the highest salary of all Engineering jobs of $150,000+ a year. “Few jobs requiring only a Bachelor’s Degree have such high pay”(Chron). With such high pay comes high compensation. While more compensation may seem like a good thing, which it is, there is one downside to earning such high compensation. It often requires Petroleum Engineers to move overseas, spend time living on offshore platforms and deal with more inconveniences relative to more conventional lines of work. There is also an unusually high amount of job security due to the high demand of oil.
There are also a lot of open positions due to older Petroleum
Ms. Tingle
English 9 Writing Lab
March 5, 2013 Petroleum Engineers are those who find the most widely used substance in the world: oil. Petroleum Engineering is a field of engineering related to the activities of the production of crude oil or natural gas. The importance of Petroleum Engineers are that they locate new oil and gas deposits so they can be extracted from the earth, refined, and used in cars, homes, and everyday items. They also develop new techniques to extract oil from old, abandoned wells. This job may seem easy but with new technologies being introduced every day, this career is complex and always changing. Petroleum Engineering has drastically changed since its start in the 1890’s. During the 1890’s, Geologists were employed in California to correlate oil-producing zones. In 1910, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California started offering courses in Petroleum Engineering. “During the 1920’s, Petroleum Engineering focused mainly on drilling” (Britannica). In the 1930’s, abundant discoveries of oil caused Petroleum Engineers to focus on the entire oil-water-gas reservoir system instead of the individual well. In the mid 1950’s, offshore drilling boomed and is still booming today. There are many benefits and rewards of being a petroleum engineer. They have the highest salary of all Engineering jobs of $150,000+ a year. “Few jobs requiring only a Bachelor’s Degree have such high pay”(Chron). With such high pay comes high compensation. While more compensation may seem like a good thing, which it is, there is one downside to earning such high compensation. It often requires Petroleum Engineers to move overseas, spend time living on offshore platforms and deal with more inconveniences relative to more conventional lines of work. There is also an unusually high amount of job security due to the high demand of oil.
There are also a lot of open positions due to older Petroleum
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