Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a petroleum engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a petroleum engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as petroleum geologist, petroleum production technician, reservoir engineer, oil and gas engineer, petroleum engineers, gas engineer.

Professionals 27 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: liquid fuel engineer, 68%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
liquid fuel engineer 68% covered mineral processing engineer 42% covered mining geotechnical engineer 31% covered mine ventilation engineer 29% covered mine geologist 29% covered petroleum engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from petroleum engineer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a petroleum engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A petroleum engineer needs 24 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • design well flow systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • determine flow rate enhancement working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • liaise with mine professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage production fluid in oil production working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use reservoir surveillance information skills
  • compile reservoir performance plans communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with well test engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage fluid production in gas communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage well interaction management skills
  • prepare well formation evaluation programmes information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a petroleum engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Petroleum engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a petroleum engineer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.