Professional Outlook, Inc. Recruiting Specialists

Professional Outlook recruits the technically talented professionals for careers in the oil refinery industry. Most of our positions require previous experience and many are in managerial or operations managers function.
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If youre considering a career in petroleum and refinery industry, the following information will help you discern what type of employment opportunities may interest you, and includes descriptions of drilling engineers, digital engineers, production, facility and chemical engineers, analysts, and environmental engineers/health and safety personnel. While most of our placements require experience, Professional Outlook is always interested in watching young talent develop for future placement! The following is an excerpt from information available at http://www. , which is a great resource for students contemplating careers in engineering.

Industry Overview:
The petroleum industry is driven by cutting-edge technology that makes it possible to recover oil and gas from areas several miles below the surface of our oceans and create materials through chemical processing that are found in virtually thousands of everyday products, from pharmaceuticals to clothing apparel. The technology and ingenuity that make this industry successful comes from many disciplines working together to produce the energy and products that powers our world and our economy.

Environmental/Regulatory Specialists

Environmental and regulatory specialists may have engineering or geology backgrounds, or they may come from one of the many environmental or science disciplines, including biology, hydrology, and marine science, or they may be lawyers. These personnel are typically part of a project team with responsibility for assuring that all environmental requirements are met. In some companies, they may be charged with developing innovative ways of managing wastes or emissions that will enhance project economics as well as environmental protections. Regulatory specialists often work closely with government oversight agencies to assure that projects are conducted to the satisfaction of the regulator. As oil and gas resources are developed in areas far from existing infrastructure, environmental specialists may have significant challenges to overcome to remain in compliance with requirements developed for areas where laboratories (for testing) and disposal sites are readily available. They may also have responsibility for working with indigenous communities and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). In developed areas, they may have responsibility for community outreach programs.

Chemical Engineers

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 researchto 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.