petroleum engineer (EN)
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Petroleum engineers evaluate gas and oil fields. They design and develop methods for extracting oil and gas from underneath the earth's surface. They maximise the recovery of hydrocarbon at a minimum cost, pursuing minimal impact on the environment.
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Source aliases (EN)
- petroleum geologist
- reservoir engineer
- petroleum engineers
- gas engineer
- oil and gas engineer
- petroleum production technician
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 24
- troubleshoot
- manage well interaction
- interpret extraction data
- report well results
- well testing operations
- mathematics
- liaise with well test engineers
- manage fluid production in gas
- prepare extraction proposals
- provide petroleum engineering support
- manage production fluid in oil production
- prepare well formation evaluation programmes
- liaise with mine professionals
- design well flow systems
- geology
- use reservoir surveillance
- supervise staff
- prepare scientific reports
- compile reservoir performance plans
- monitor extraction logging operations
- address problems critically
- chemistry
- select well equipment
- determine flow rate enhancement
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