Chemical Engineer

Job Snapshot
Location:	Worldwide
Employee Type:	Full-Time
Industry:	Oil and Gas
Manages Others:	No
Job Type:	Engineer
Education:	Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or related field
Travel:	Some
Salary:	Varies by region and experience level

Summary

Individuals with chemical engineering expertise can play many different roles in the oil and natural gas industry. They may work with facility or safety engineers in designing and operating natural gas processing plants or other field facilities. They may work with drilling or production engineers to determine the optimum fluids for use in drilling or stimulation given the subsurface properties. They help production engineers determine how to keep wellbores free from contaminants and control subsurface microbes that could create unpleasant byproducts. Many chemical engineers are engaged in research—to develop a better drilling fluid, to improve carrying agents so treatment chemicals can travel further into the reservoir, to devise new ways to control treatment of wastes and emissions to improve environmental performance, to more efficiently remove impurities from natural gas, or to address other technical challenges.

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