- Technicians and Technologists
- Petroleum Engineering Technologist
- NOC #21101
Petroleum Engineering Technologist
Petroleum engineering technologists are responsible for many technical activities that go along with producing energy. These can range from conventional reserves to heavy oil and oil sands. Petroleum engineering technologists apply their knowledge and training to petroleum drilling, geology, production procedures, formation evaluation and reservoir engineering.
These technologists typically work in teams and work closely with engineers within energy companies.
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Oil and gas
- Sub-sector Oil and gas services, Oil sands, Pipelines, Exploration & production, Offshore
- Environment Primarily indoor/office work
- Education Post-secondary diploma
- Career Demand Growing
In addition to the activities below, oil and natural gas activities may include:
- Generating production reports as required
- Analyzing, optimizing and calculating economics of well operations and industry projects
- Performing tests, recording data, carrying out statistical process control on process operations, and writing production logs
- Preparing drilling and workover programs, measuring well log information and obtaining core data, and supervising drilling and field servicing operations
- Interpreting sub-surface data to evaluate reservoir potential.
- Constructing sub-surface maps and cross-sections from well log data and supervising geological aspects of well site operations.
- Maintaining and overseeing specific production databases.
- Mentoring and supporting field operations and field administrators in accurate and consistent and production reporting.
In this occupation, activities may include:
- Operating electronic or computerized control panels from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units
Education
- Petroleum Engineering Technologists require completion of a two- to three-year post-secondary program in such as geological technology, petroleum technology, petroleum engineering technology.
Certifications
- Certification in geological and mineral technology or in a related field is available through provincial associations of engineering/applied science technologists and technicians and may be required by employers.
- A period of supervised work experience, usually two years, is required before certification.
- Certification by The Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta is available in Alberta.
Licensing
- Membership in the regulatory body for professional technologists is required to use the title “Professional Technologist.”
Additional Requirements
- Health and Safety requirements vary by role, and by company but may include:
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Work not physically demanding
- Work away from home/in camps
- Chemistry
- Computers and Electronics
- Application of Engineering Design and Technology
- Security of People and Property
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production and Processing
- Understanding Risk
- Data Entry
- Interpreting Documents/Plans
- Mechanical Operation
- Preventative Maintenance
- Operation and Control
- Operation Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Systems Evaluation and Analysis
- Technology Design
- Troubleshooting
- Sub-sector CCUS
- Environment Primarily indoor/office work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary diploma
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading Minor
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Refocus
A petroleum engineering technologist considering a career change from oil and natural gas to cleantech may need to complete some minor upskilling to make a successful transition.
In addition to the activities listed below, other activities in cleantech may include:
- Assessing reservoirs for carbon storage capability
- Analyzing, optimizing and calculating economics of operations and industry projects
- Performing tests, recording data, carrying out statistical process control on process operations
- Constructing sub-surface maps and cross-sections from well log data and supervising geological aspects of site operations.
- Mentoring and supporting field operations and field administrators in accurate and consistent and production reporting.
In this occupation, activities may include:
- Operating electronic or computerized control panels from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units
Education
- Petroleum Engineering Technologists require completion of a two- to three-year post-secondary program in such as geological technology, petroleum technology, petroleum engineering technology.
Certifications
- Certification in geological and mineral technology or in a related field is available through provincial associations of engineering/applied science technologists and technicians and may be required by employers.
- A period of supervised work experience, usually two years, is required before certification.
- Certification by The Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta is available in Alberta.
Licensing
- Membership in the regulatory body for professional technologists is required to use the title “Professional Technologist.”
Additional Requirements
- Health and Safety requirements vary by role, and by company but may include:
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to cleantech include:
- Primarily indoor/office work (CCUS)
- Lower-risk tolerant culture (CCUS)
- Safety-sensitive environment (CCUS)
- Transition to a similar level (CCUS)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Work not physically demanding
- Work away from home/in camps
- Chemistry
- Computers and Electronics
- Application of Engineering Design and Technology
- Security of People and Property
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production and Processing
- Understanding Risk
- Data Entry
- Interpreting Documents/Plans
- Mechanical Operation
- Preventative Maintenance
- Operation and Control
- Operation Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Systems Evaluation and Analysis
- Technology Design
- Troubleshooting
- Environment Primarily indoor/office work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary diploma
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading None
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Refocus
The skills gained as a petroleum engineering technologist in oil and natural gas are transferable to the LNG facility operation sector with additional knowledge on the processes involved.
In this occupation, activities may include:
- Operating electronic or computerized control panels from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units
Education
- Petroleum Engineering Technologists require completion of a two- to three-year post-secondary program in such as geological technology, petroleum technology, petroleum engineering technology.
Certifications
- Certification in geological and mineral technology or in a related field is available through provincial associations of engineering/applied science technologists and technicians and may be required by employers.
- A period of supervised work experience, usually two years, is required before certification.
- Certification by The Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta is available in Alberta.
Licensing
- Membership in the regulatory body for professional technologists is required to use the title “Professional Technologist.”
Additional Requirements
- Health and Safety requirements vary by role, and by company but may include:
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to LNG include:
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Lower-risk tolerant culture
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Transition to a lower level
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Work not physically demanding
- Work away from home/in camps
- Chemistry
- Computers and Electronics
- Application of Engineering Design and Technology
- Security of People and Property
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production and Processing
- Understanding Risk
- Data Entry
- Interpreting Documents/Plans
- Mechanical Operation
- Preventative Maintenance
- Operation and Control
- Operation Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Systems Evaluation and Analysis
- Technology Design
- Troubleshooting
- Environment Primarily indoor/office work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary diploma
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading Minor
-
Refocus
A petroleum engineering technologist considering a career change from oil and natural gas to petrochemicals and refining may need to complete some minor upskilling to make a successful transition.
In this occupation, activities may include:
- Operating electronic or computerized control panels from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units
Education
- Petroleum Engineering Technologists require completion of a two- to three-year post-secondary program in such as geological technology, petroleum technology, petroleum engineering technology.
Certifications
- Certification in geological and mineral technology or in a related field is available through provincial associations of engineering/applied science technologists and technicians and may be required by employers.
- A period of supervised work experience, usually two years, is required before certification.
- Certification by The Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta is available in Alberta.
Licensing
- Membership in the regulatory body for professional technologists is required to use the title “Professional Technologist.”
Additional Requirements
- Health and Safety requirements vary by role, and by company but may include:
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to petrochemicals and refining include:
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Lower-risk tolerant culture
- Safety-sensitive environment
- Transition to a lower level
- Potentially unionized
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Work not physically demanding
- Work away from home/in camps
- Chemistry
- Computers and Electronics
- Application of Engineering Design and Technology
- Security of People and Property
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production and Processing
- Understanding Risk
- Data Entry
- Interpreting Documents/Plans
- Mechanical Operation
- Preventative Maintenance
- Operation and Control
- Operation Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Systems Evaluation and Analysis
- Technology Design
- Troubleshooting
- Sub-sector Geothermal
- Environment Primarily indoor/office work
- Average Salary Equal to oil and gas
- Education Post-secondary diploma
- Career Demand Growing
- Skills Upgrading Minor
-
Refocus
A petroleum engineering technologist considering a career change from oil and natural gas to the geothermal sub-sector of renewables may need to complete some upskilling to make a successful transition.
In this occupation, activities may include:
- Operating electronic or computerized control panels from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units
Education
- Petroleum Engineering Technologists require completion of a two- to three-year post-secondary program in such as geological technology, petroleum technology, petroleum engineering technology.
Certifications
- Certification in geological and mineral technology or in a related field is available through provincial associations of engineering/applied science technologists and technicians and may be required by employers.
- A period of supervised work experience, usually two years, is required before certification.
- Certification by The Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta is available in Alberta.
Licensing
- Membership in the regulatory body for professional technologists is required to use the title “Professional Technologist.”
Additional Requirements
- Health and Safety requirements vary by role, and by company but may include:
- Standard and emergency first aid
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to renewables include:
- Potential for relocation (geothermal)
- Primarily indoor/office work (geothermal)
- Lower-risk tolerant culture (geothermal)
- Safety-sensitive environment (geothermal)
- Transition to a lower level (geothermal)
Nature of work and environment conditions specific to oil and natural gas include:
- Travel likely required
- Shiftwork/variable work hours
- Primarily indoor/office work
- Work not physically demanding
- Work away from home/in camps
- Chemistry
- Computers and Electronics
- Application of Engineering Design and Technology
- Security of People and Property
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Production and Processing
- Understanding Risk
- Data Entry
- Interpreting Documents/Plans
- Mechanical Operation
- Preventative Maintenance
- Operation and Control
- Operation Monitoring
- Quality Control Analysis
- Systems Evaluation and Analysis
- Technology Design
- Troubleshooting
