1. Javi Valdes

2.  The most Basic description of what a petroleum engineer does is to apply different techniques in order to extract oil and gas from beneath the earths. Aside from extracting oil and gas from the earth many engineers can expect to work with other engineers to develop new methods and technology to improve the efficiency of oil and gas production. However, not all engineers perform the same tasks. Some engineers are in charge of day to day production and insuring that the well is producing at a consistent rate. Some engineers are in charge of production operations. This involves overseeing the use of safe operations and maintenance techniques. There are also reservoir engineers that well look at well and the statistics it’s producing and based on those numbers they predict the well max potential and how long it’ll produce. Learning the techniques and technologies is a pivotal part to all these jobs and there are some pretty impressive ones out there.

3.  Fracking Hydraulic fracturing is one of the techniques that petroleum engineers use in order to get oil from the ground. Hydraulic fracturing also known as “fracking” is a process by which water sand and other chemicals are pumped down into a well at high pressures. The violent pressure caused by this process breaks up the rock allowing the oil and gas to flow through the rock freely.  Horizontal Drilling Engineers are able to drill down to the desired depth and then turn the drill bit to drill into the layer of rock being targeted. With this method of drilling into rather than through the rock you may be able to go from being able to contact a mere 110 feet of rock to contacting over 1,000 feet of rock (Blackmon, David.). This technique allows companies to recover a much larger amount of oil and gas for a lower price than what would’ve been required to recover the same amount of oil and gas with vertical drilling.

4.  Engineers can work in both offices or out in the field based upon the job they are performing.  For the most part Engineers work standard hours.

5.  Engineers can expect to make anywhere from $85,000 to upwards of $200,000.  The median pay for a Petroleum engineers was $130,000.  In good times like these its rather common for engineers to be making $100,000 Straight out of college.

6.  Texas  Texas Tech  Colorado School of Mines  Texas A&M  Stanford  USC

7.  The pay is by far one of the highest in the nation. Especially amongst graduates.  You can travel the world.  Most Companies offer good benefits. (401K, Health Insurance, etc.)

8.  Obviously the oil industry is very unstable.  Oil wont be here forever.  You can sometimes be on call if a project is in a vital stage.

9.  Overall this job seems like the one for me. The job plays to my strengths of math and science since it is engineering. The money is an obvious draw to this field. I’ve worked at a car wash for about year so I’ve had to wash hundreds of these engineers’ big fancy trucks to the point that I’m hungry to have my own. While having a big fancy truck and a big house are very important to me the money really draws me because it’s going to allow me to provide for my family in ways that very few people are able to. I’ve by no means had a bad life and I’m very thankful for that, but I want to give my kids an even better one. I think it’s the job of every adult to strive to give their kids something better than what they got. While money certainly isn’t everything, it definitely makes things easier and this job will allow me and my family to live a financially stable job. This job has its risks of course, but I’ve evaluated them very closely and done that research to the pint that I’m certain that this is the job I’d like to pursue. It’s for all these reasons that Petroleum Engineering is an amazing job and one that is most certainly for me.

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