| The oil and gas related careers have always been | | | | of geochemistry and geophysics. |
| coveted amongst the beginners. Such is the job | | | | In addition, stratigraphy and sedimentology are |
| of petroleum geologist, which attracts the interest | | | | two disciplines that go into extraction of |
| of budding professionals because of high pay | | | | petroleum. The petroleum hydrocarbons are found |
| packets and job satisfaction. | | | | at variable depths and sometimes may seep to |
| This is a career related to discovery and | | | | the surface. The petroleum geologists are skilled |
| recovery of hydrocarbons. It includes the planning | | | | to trace the presence of crude oil and gas. They |
| and process of exploring crude oil that is present | | | | have extensive knowledge about discovering oil |
| in liquid and gaseous state. The petroleum | | | | from accumulations that may also be present in |
| engineers perform source rock analysis to identify | | | | the rocks of sedimentary basins. |
| the deposits of crude oil. It is done with the use | | | | |