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2145 Petroleum Engineers

Petroleum engineers conduct studies for the exploration, development and extraction of oil and gas deposits; and plan, design, develop and supervise projects for the drilling, completion, testing and re-working of oil and gas wells. They are employed by petroleum producing companies, consulting companies, well logging or testing companies, in government, and research and educational institutions.

Example Titles

• drilling engineer, oil and gas
• petroleum engineer
• petroleum engineer, completion
• production engineer, oil and gas
• reservoir engineer, petroleum
• subsea engineer

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Main duties

Petroleum engineers perform some or all of the following duties:

• Conduct feasibility assessment studies for developing new oil and gas fields
• Direct and monitor oil and gas drilling operations
• Develop drilling programs, select sites and specify drilling fluids, bit selection, drill stem testing procedures and equipment
• Direct and monitor the completion and evaluation of wells, well testing and well surveys
• Design and select artificial lift machinery, and well and surface production equipment and systems and specify programs for corrosion control and oil or gas treatment
• Develop specifications for and monitor and supervise well modification and stimulation programs to maximize oil and gas recovery
• Analyze reservoir rock and fluid data to design optimum recovery methods and to predict reservoir performance and reserves
• Monitor and forecast oil and gas reservoir performance and recommend oil recovery techniques which extend the economic life of wells
• Design, develop and co-ordinate the installation, maintenance and operation of subsea well-head and production equipment.

Petroleum engineers may specialize in drilling, production, reservoir analysis or subsea operations.

Employment requirements

• A bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering or in a related engineering discipline is required.

• A master's degree or doctorate in a related engineering discipline may be required.

• Licensing by a provincial or territorial association of professional engineers is required to approve engineering drawings and reports and to practise as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).

• Engineers are eligible for registration following graduation from an accredited educational program, and after three or four years of supervised work experience in engineering and passing a professional practice examination.

• Supervisory and senior positions in this unit group require experience.

Additional information

• There is mobility between petroleum engineering specializations at the less senior levels.
• Engineers often work in a multidisciplinary environment and acquire knowledge and skills through work experience that may allow them to practise in associated areas of science, engineering, sales, marketing or management.

Classified elsewhere

• Chemical Engineers (2134)
• Engineering Managers (0211)
• Geological Engineers (2144)
• Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists (2113)
• Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service (8222)