Petroleum Engineers

mrmeindl

Is there any Petroleum Engineers in the house? I'm doing Chemical at the moment but I'd like to move into Oil & Gas. I'd imagine there isn't too many Irish Engineers working in the industry?

kevohmsford

I know a guy doing a masters in Petroleum Engineering in Imperial College in London. Fees were about 10,000 pounds but he has a job sorted already.
A lot of people going into renewables but there seems to be loads of work in the Petroleum industry.

shanered

Is there any oil/petrol/mining engineering courses in Ireland?
Post-grads for engineers?

mrmeindl

shanered wrote: »

Is there any oil/petrol/mining engineering courses in Ireland?
Post-grads for engineers?

No, you'd have to go to Imperial or Heriot Watt

the keen edge

I don't know in particular about Petroleum Engineering, but Geology graduates are in huge demand by oil/gas companies in North America; reportedly walking into $80k paid jobs, 20% pay rise after six months and a signing on bonus to boot. Those graduates do not even have to have specialized in Petrology either.

Downsides are work in the sector is VERY cyclical and very often in remote locations.

minnow

A lot of Chemical Engineers go into Process Engineering in refining / plant design etc. There are a lot of jobs in the industry for chemical engineers without specifically having a petroleum engineering degree.

There are a lot of Irish engineers in the industry but not many at home.

dvcireland

This UCD graduate of Chemical Engineeirng did alright for himself in the Oil and Gas Business:

David J. O'Reilly (born Dublin, Ireland), is former chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from University College Dublin. He began his career with Chevron Research Co. as a process engineer. On January 1, 2000, he became chairman and CEO of Chevron, he retired 2009.

In January 2010, O'Reilly joined the Board of engineering and construction giant, Bechtel Corporation.[2] In August 2010, he was appointed a director on the board of Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia.[3] He also is vice chairman of the National Petroleum Council. He is a member of The Business Council, J. P. Morgan International Council, the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council, and the American Society of Corporate Executives. O'Reilly also serves on the San Francisco Symphony Board of Governors.

In April 2002, O'Reilly received the Order of Kurmet from Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbaev.[4]

CatFromHue

Your link doesn't work properly dvcireland.

mrmeindl

US pay stats for petroleum engineers...Mean annual pay $140k