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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Devise methods to improve oil and gas extraction and production and determine the need for new or modified tool designs. Oversee drilling and offer technical advice. | Assess costs and estimate the production capabilities and economic value of oil and gas wells, to evaluate the economic viability of potential drilling sites. | |||
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Monitor production rates, and plan rework processes to improve production. | ||||
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Analyze data to recommend placement of wells and supplementary processes to enhance production. | ||||
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Specify and supervise well modification and stimulation programs to maximize oil and gas recovery. | ||||
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Direct and monitor the completion and evaluation of wells, well testing, or well surveys. | ||||
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Assist engineering and other personnel to solve operating problems. | ||||
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Develop plans for oil and gas field drilling, and for product recovery and treatment. | ||||
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Maintain records of drilling and production operations. | ||||
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Confer with scientific, engineering, and technical personnel to resolve design, research, and testing problems. | ||||
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Write technical reports for engineering and management personnel. | ||||
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Evaluate findings to develop, design, or test equipment or processes. | ||||
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Assign work to staff to obtain maximum utilization of personnel. | ||||
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Interpret drilling and testing information for personnel. | ||||
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Design and implement environmental controls on oil and gas operations. | ||||
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Coordinate the installation, maintenance, and operation of mining and oil field equipment. | ||||
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Supervise the removal of drilling equipment, the removal of any waste, and the safe return of land to structural stability when wells or pockets are exhausted. | ||||
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Inspect oil and gas wells to determine that installations are completed. | ||||
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Simulate reservoir performance for different recovery techniques, using computer models. | ||||
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Take samples to assess the amount and quality of oil, the depth at which resources lie, and the equipment needed to properly extract them. | ||||
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Coordinate activities of workers engaged in research, planning, and development. | ||||
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Design or modify mining and oil field machinery and tools, applying engineering principles. | ||||
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Test machinery and equipment to ensure that it is safe and conforms to performance specifications. | ||||
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Conduct engineering research experiments to improve or modify mining and oil machinery and operations. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Petroleum Engineers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
- Knowledges
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- Tools and Technology
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Economics and Accounting | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. | |||
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Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Management of Financial Resources | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. | |||
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Management of Material Resources | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Autodesk AutoCAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |||
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Computer Modelling Group CMG STARS | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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DFA Capital Management GEMS | Financial analysis software | |||
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Eclipse SDX | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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GeoGraphix ARIES Portfolio | Financial analysis software | |||
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IBM Lotus Notes | Electronic mail software | |||
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IHS PETRA | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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IHS QUE$TOR | Financial analysis software | |||
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Landmark Graphics TOW/cs | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Office Visio | Charting software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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Microsoft Project | Project management software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Neotec WELLFLO | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Primavera Systems software | Project management software | |||
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Schlumberger PVTi | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Schlumberger Petrel | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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TERRASCIENCES TerraStation | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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TRC Consultants PHDWin | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Web browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Well Flow Dynamics Wellflow | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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eProduction Solutions PanSystem | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Computer scanners | Scanners | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Laptop computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Personal digital assistants PDA | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Automation Engineer | |||
Chief Engineer | |||
Completion Engineer | |||
Completions Engineer | |||
Design Engineer | |||
Drilling Engineer | |||
Drilling Manager | |||
Engineer | |||
Engineering Consultant | |||
Exploration Engineer | |||
Facilities Engineer | |||
Field Engineer | |||
Logging Engineer | |||
Mining and Oil Field Equipment Design Engineer | |||
Mining and Oil Field Equipment Test Engineer | |||
Mining and Oil Well Equipment Research Engineer | |||
Mud Analysis Supervisor | |||
Mud Analysis Well Logging District Supervisor | |||
Mud Engineer | |||
Natural Gas Engineer | |||
Oil Drilling Engineer | |||
Oil Exploration Engineer | |||
Oil Well Engineer | |||
Oil Well Services Superintendent | |||
Operations Engineer | |||
Operations Manager | |||
Petroleum Engineer | |||
Petroleum Production Engineer | |||
Petroleum Supply Specialist | |||
Process Engineer | |||
Production Engineer | |||
Project Drilling Engineer | |||
Project Production Engineer | |||
Project Reservoir Engineer | |||
Prospecting Observer | |||
Research Chief Engineer | |||
Reservoir Engineer | |||
Reservoir Engineering Consultant | |||
Reservoir Engineering Manager | |||
Rig Site Engineer | |||
Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) | |||
Test Engineer | |||
Well Logging Captain | |||
Well Logging Mud Analysis Captain | |||
Well Site Drilling Engineer | |||
Well Surveying Engineer | |||
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