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Geological Engineering

Geological Engineering

Employers in geological engineering include large oil companies, hundreds of private exploration and service companies, government agencies, independent consultants and oil field services. This wide range of employers means there is a wide range of job descriptions in geological engineering including:

  • Petroleum engineering
  • Reservoir engineering
  • Mining engineering
  • Geotechnical engineering

Jobs range from designing a mine shaft for mineral retrieval to designing plans for injecting chemicals, water, or steam into an oil reservoir to recover more crude.

 

Here is a list of websites related to Geological Engineering:

 

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

American Petroleum Institute

Association of Engineering Geologists

Society of Exploration Geophysicists