Occupation

243632 Petroleum Engineer

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OSCA - Occupation Standard Classification for Australia
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Reference period
2024, Version 1.0

243632 Petroleum Engineer

Plans, develops and directs the engineering work in drilling, production and formation evaluation to achieve optimal exploration, development and extraction of oil and gas resources.

Registration or licensing may be required.

Drill and blast engineers (mining) are excluded from this occupation. Drill and blast engineers (mining) are included in Occupation 243631 Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum).

Specialisations

  • Drilling Engineer (Petroleum)
  • Reservoir Engineer
  • Subsea Engineer (Oil and Gas)

Skill level: 1

Main tasks

  • Plans, researches, designs and provides advice on engineering operations for the exploration, location and extraction of oil and gas
  • Conducts studies to determine potential locations for drillings
  • Uses computer models to determine ideal recovery processes, and simulate and predict reserve performance
  • Analyses reservoir rock and fluid data to design optimum methods of controlling the flow of oil or gas from wells
  • Monitors the evaluation of wells, well testing and well surveys