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Petroleum Engineering Overview - The Field - Preparation - Day In The Life - Earnings - Employment - Career Path Forecast - Professional Organizations 


Employment
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, petroleum engineers held about 33,400 jobs in 2019. The largest employers of petroleum engineers were as follows:

Oil and gas extraction 34%
Management of companies and enterprises 18
Support activities for mining 14
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 7
Engineering services 7

Large oil and gas companies maintain operations around the world; therefore, petroleum engineers have global career options. Petroleum engineers also must be able to work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, including other types of engineers, scientists, and oil and gas field workers.

Petroleum engineers work mostly in oil and gas extraction, professional, scientific and technical services, and petroleum refining. Employers include major oil companies and hundreds of smaller, independent oil exploration, production, research institutes, and service companies.

Most petroleum engineers work where oil and gas are found. Large numbers are employed in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Alaska, and California, including offshore sites. Many American petroleum engineers also work overseas in oil-producing countries.

The following is a partial list of employers of petroleum engineers:

Oil/Gas Producing Companies and Equipment Manufacturers U.S. Federal Government

Research Institutes

Other Employers

Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

 


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