# Competences — petroleum engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7569f423-2c37-49aa-947e-41acb66ec909).

## Essential

- **address problems critically** (skill/competence)
- **chemistry** (knowledge)
- **compile reservoir performance plans** (skill/competence)
- **design well flow systems** (skill/competence)
- **determine flow rate enhancement** (skill/competence)
- **geology** (knowledge)
- **interpret extraction data** (skill/competence)
- **liaise with mine professionals** (skill/competence)
- **liaise with well test engineers** (skill/competence)
- **manage fluid production in gas** (skill/competence)
- **manage production fluid in oil production** (skill/competence)
- **manage well interaction** (skill/competence)
- **mathematics** (knowledge)
- **monitor extraction logging operations** (skill/competence)
- **prepare extraction proposals** (skill/competence)
- **prepare scientific reports** (skill/competence)
- **prepare well formation evaluation programmes** (skill/competence)
- **provide petroleum engineering support** (skill/competence)
- **report well results** (skill/competence)
- **select well equipment** (skill/competence)
- **supervise staff** (skill/competence)
- **troubleshoot** (skill/competence)
- **use reservoir surveillance** (skill/competence)
- **well testing operations** (knowledge)

## Optional

- design well for petroleum production (skill/competence)
- monitor fuel storage tanks (skill/competence)
- supervise well operations (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 35 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- data analysis — **40 %**
- reservoir engineering — **26 %**
- production forecasting — **23 %**

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