What are the working conditions for a petroleum engineer?

Answer 1

Deep-water, arctic and desert conditions are commonly contended with. High Temperature and High Pressure (HTHP) environments have become increasingly commonplace in operations and require the petroleum engineer to be savy in topics as wide ranging as thermo-hydraulics, geomechanics, and intelligent systems.

Answer 2

The working conditions for chemical engineers are as varied as the positions they work in. Many chemical engineers split their time between being on site with the equipment they are supervising and working in the traditional white-collar environment (e.g. at a desk, on the phone, writing reports, attending meetings, etc.). When working in the field, they are subject to the elements - extreme temperatures, precipitation, winds, etc. They may also be subject to all the inherent hazards of working in an industrial environment and around chemicals, thus they usually wear hard hats and safety glasses and may also wear breathing protection, hearing protection, steel toed shoes, gloves, and/or other protective clothing. In the office - well - it's like an office, hopefully with good lighting.

As far as the workload - engineers are considered to be pretty well compensated and are therefore expected to take on a lot of responsibility and carry a heavy workload. Most engineers are on salary so they work at LEAST 40 hours a week and do not get overtime. A typical engineer will spend about 1/3 of their time doing "engineering", i.e. designing, running tests, troubleshooting, etc., 1/3 of their time "communicating", i.e. writing reports, talking on the phone, reading reports, making presentations, etc., and 1/3 of their time in meetings, i.e. getting the latest direction from the management, delivering the directions because they ARE the management, coordinating schedules, taking and making assignments, representing the company in planning meetings, etc.

These descriptions are only general. Some engineers hardly ever set foot in the office. Some spend all their time in the office. Some wear blue jeans and a t-shirt to work. Some only work in polo shirts and slacks. Some are always in a suit with a tie or a business skirt and blouse or dress. Some spend most of their time doing design. Some spend all their time managing people. Some businesses will be all male. A few will be all female. In most companies of size however, there will be a mix. Chemical Engineering seems to have the most female engineers of all the engineering disciplines, although there are still more men than women working in Chemical Engineering.

Answer 3

benifets of being a petroleum engineer.