The True Market Value of a Good Petroleum Engineer: A Technical Perspective

A. Michael
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Defined by SPE as the application of basic and engineering sciences to the finding, development, and recovery of oil, gas and other resources from wells, petroleum engineering (PE) has been throughout the years falsely thought of as an amalgamation of other disciplines applied to the exploration and recovery of hydrocarbons. Integrating all PE subdisciplines in a manner efficient for teaching and learning is essential for securing the abundance of well-rounded market-attractive professionals. This paper discusses advantages individuals with PE background experience should exhibit in their employment in the oil and gas industry and academia. There is no point for students in going to school for a degree that will not hand them a competitive edge within their discipline. For graduate PEs, the job market is dependent on the quality of their respective academic programs and by extension to the quality of the teaching faculty. A steady oil and gas job market may not necessarily warrant robust employment opportunities, particularly straight after graduation. In a discipline like PE, where almost everything that matters takes place thousands of feet underground, apportioning credit for successes or responsibility for failures is itself a challenge. Decreases in student enrollments in PE programs reported by various universities during times of low oil and gas prices poses questions about the future of the PEs discipline, despite the steady demand for oil and gas in the world's energy mix. Academic programs interested in facilitating a smooth transition of their graduates into the industry should work in conjunction with practitioners to provide the correct balance between theory and practice in their coursework ensuring that once employment opportunities are created, they get filled with candidates of relevant education and training. PE degree-holding candidates should be the natural first choice for PE positions. This means that their educational and professional backgrounds should be providing them with an undisputed advantage which places them a leg above candidates from other disciplines. For instance, for a well completions job opening, there should not be a better alternative than a good PE specialized in well completions. If every PE graduate comes out of his or her program with a skillset which is superior to that of his or her competition, he or she will be the preferred choice for an oil and gas job.
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一名优秀石油工程师的真正市场价值:技术视角
石油工程(PE)被SPE定义为将基础科学和工程科学应用于石油、天然气和其他油井资源的发现、开发和回收,多年来一直被错误地认为是应用于碳氢化合物勘探和开采的其他学科的融合。以一种有效的教学方式整合所有体育分支学科对于确保丰富的全面发展的市场吸引力的专业人才至关重要。本文论述了具有体育背景经验的个人在油气行业和学术界就业时应表现出的优势。对于学生来说,去学校攻读一个不能让他们在自己的学科领域获得竞争优势的学位是没有意义的。对于体育专业毕业生来说,就业市场取决于他们各自学术课程的质量,进而也取决于教师的质量。石油和天然气行业稳定的就业市场不一定能保证就业机会,尤其是在毕业后。在体育这样的学科中,几乎所有重要的事情都发生在数千英尺的地下,为成功分配荣誉或为失败承担责任本身就是一个挑战。尽管世界能源结构对石油和天然气的需求稳定,但据多所大学报告,在石油和天然气价格低迷时期,体育专业的学生入学人数减少,这给体育学科的未来带来了疑问。有兴趣促进毕业生顺利过渡到行业的学术课程应该与从业者合作,在课程中提供理论和实践之间的正确平衡,确保一旦创造就业机会,他们就会得到相关教育和培训的候选人。拥有体育学位的考生自然是体育岗位的首选。这意味着他们的教育和专业背景应该为他们提供无可争议的优势,使他们比其他学科的候选人更有优势。例如,对于一个完井作业,没有比专业的完井PE更好的选择了。如果每个体育专业的毕业生都拥有比竞争对手更优秀的技能,那么他或她将成为油气行业工作的首选。
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