Liquid fuel engineer to oil and gas production manager
A liquid fuel engineer already meets 25% of what the oil and gas production manager role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
74/ 100
1 How much of what an oil and gas production manager is expected to do is already part of a liquid fuel engineer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the oil and gas production manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An oil and gas production manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things a liquid fuel engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- address problems critically
- natural gas
- prepare scientific reports
What stands in the way is 18 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An oil and gas production manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a liquid fuel engineer background worth leading with.
- already held liaise with well test engineers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held prepare well formation evaluation programmes information skills
- already held provide petroleum engineering support information skills
- already held well testing operations engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held monitor extraction logging operations information skills
- already held prepare extraction proposals information skills
All 14 carried skills, including the 3 the oil and gas production manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn identify process improvements required
- still to learn manage emergency procedures required
- still to learn manage heavy equipment required
- still to learn manage medium term objectives required
- still to learn manage staff required
- still to learn plan medium to long term objectives required
- optional, not held supervise staff optional
- still to learn deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances required
- still to learn inform on workplace safety standards required
- still to learn present reports required
- still to learn think proactively required
- still to learn write production reports required
- still to learn apply safety management required
- still to learn ensure compliance with environmental legislation required
- still to learn ensure compliance with safety legislation required
- optional, not held supervise worker safety optional
- still to learn gas market required
- still to learn fuel gas required
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- still to learn report on production results required
- optional, not held assess potential oil yield optional
- still to learn leadership principles required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an oil and gas production manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances practise this
- 02 gas market study this
- 03 identify process improvements practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held natural gas knowledge
- already held prepare scientific reports skill
- already held chemistry knowledge
- already held fossil fuels knowledge
- already held geology knowledge
- already held interpret extraction data skill
- already held liaise with well test engineers skill
- already held monitor extraction logging operations skill
- already held prepare extraction proposals skill
- already held prepare well formation evaluation programmes skill
- already held provide petroleum engineering support skill
- already held report well results skill
- already held well testing operations knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held oil rig legislation optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess potential oil yield optional
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held oil rig legislation optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
- optional, not held supervise staff optional
- optional, not held supervise worker safety optional
24 held skills the oil and gas production manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role alcohol fuels knowledge
- not needed by the target role biodiesel knowledge
- not needed by the target role compile reservoir performance plans skill
- not needed by the target role control pumping operations in petroleum production skill
- not needed by the target role design natural gas processing systems skill
- not needed by the target role design well flow systems skill
- not needed by the target role design well for petroleum production skill
- not needed by the target role determine flow rate enhancement skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role fossil-fuel power plant operations knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with mine professionals skill
- not needed by the target role manage environmental impact skill
- not needed by the target role manage fluid production in gas skill
- not needed by the target role manage production fluid in oil production skill
- not needed by the target role manage well interaction skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor fuel storage tanks skill
- not needed by the target role petroleum knowledge
- not needed by the target role plan oil wells skill
- not needed by the target role select well equipment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise well operations skill
- not needed by the target role troubleshoot skill
- not needed by the target role types of fuels knowledge
- not needed by the target role use reservoir surveillance skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn gas market required
- still to learn fuel gas required
- still to learn leadership principles required
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held oil rig legislation optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held mechanics optional
Common questions about this move
Can a liquid fuel engineer become an oil and gas production manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A liquid fuel engineer already covers 25% of what an oil and gas production manager is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 3 of which the oil and gas production manager role treats as required.
What skills does a liquid fuel engineer need to become an oil and gas production manager?
18 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances.
How hard is the move from liquid fuel engineer to oil and gas production manager?
Its learning distance is 74 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.