Petroleum and Gas Engineering Technician Job Description
The responsibility of a petroleum engineer is to design a process to remove gas and other oils from deep in the earth. They have to coordinate with geologists to evaluate the earth’s properties that are around the deposits of gas and oil. After they complete these evaluations, they have to come up with the best way to extract the gas or oil to redeem the maximum amount they can. They also have to make these methods easy enough for the oil rigs to use on a daily basis without any complications.
Petroleum engineers work on a wide variety of different projects. Their profession requires them to be continually researching and keeping up-to-date with the last technologies available to them to extract oil safely and efficiently. Petroleum engineers can also focus on safety issues associated with extracting oil or gas. Other petroleum engineers focus on teaching crew members on oilrigs to extract oil safely, efficiently and with maximum production. Safety is extremely important to engineers because drilling for oil can be extremely dangerous at times.
Petroleum and Gas Engineering Technician Salary Statistics as of 2015
Average annual salary for a Petroleum and Gas Engineering Technician is $51415 based on statistics in the U.S. as of 2015. The highest salary recorded was $90622. The lowest salary reported was $26631. These figures will vary on a state to state basis as these are averages across all 50 states.
Median hourly wage for a Petroleum and Gas Engineering Technician is $19.655 based on statistics in the U.S. as of 2015. The highest hourly rate recorded was $25.25. The lowest hourly rate recorded was $14.06. These figures will vary on a state to state basis as these are averages across all 50 states.
Bonuses for a Petroleum and Gas Engineering Technician are based on the years of experience using statistics from the U.S. as of 2015. The average bonus recorded was $0 from people with 15+ years of experience. The average bonus recorded was $4000 from people with under 1 year of experience.
These are the highest paying states for a Petroleum and Gas Engineering Technician. These numbers are based of the median annual salary as of 2015.
Alabama – n/a
California – n/a
Colorado – n/a
Oklahoma – n/a
Texas – $43,251 – $77,000
These are the highest paying cities for a Petroleum and Gas Engineering Technician. These numbers are based of the median annual salary as of 2015.
Denver, Colorado –
Bakersfield, California –
Fort Worth, Texas –
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma –
Houston, Texas –
This chart outlines the average annual salary of a Petroleum and Gas Engineering Technician from the past 5 years. In 2015 the average annual salary was $51415 while in 2007 it was just $47681.37
