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Is There a Future for Professionals in the Petroleum Industry?

Today's Students, Tomorrow's Professionals

By John G. Kaldi
National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, University of Adelaide, Australia

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Slide 1: Intro.
 Slide 2: Who Cares?
 Slide 3: Audience Participation
 Slide 4: Why Study Geology / Geophysics?
 Slide 5: Started University Intending to Study Geoscience
 Slide 6: Australian Geoscience Honours Students started University Intending to Study Geoscience
Slide 7: Started University with Some Geology Background
 Slide 8: Australian Geoscience Honours Students started University Some Geology Background
 Slide 9: Why Leave Geology/Geophysics?
 Slide 10: Most Desirable Degree for Employment
 Slide 11: Geoscience Graduate's Options
 Slide 12: Employment Trends of Recent Undergraduates

Slide 13: Employment Trends of Recent Master's Recipients

Slide 14: Employment Trends of Recent Ph.D. Recipients

 Slide 15: Survey of Skills Needed by Oil Companies
 Slide 16: Survey of Skills Needed by Oil Companies
 Slide 17: Present Degree Requirement for Employment
 Slide 18: Will the Future Minimum Qualification be a Master's Degree?
Slide 19: Geoscience Skills Needed by Oil Companies
 Slide 20: Geoscience Skills Needed by Oil Companies
 Slide 21: Geoscience Skills Needed by Oil Companies
 Slide 22: Geoscience Skills Needed by Oil Companies
 Slide 23: Summary: Geoscience Skills
 Slide 24: Computer Skills Needed by Oil Companies
Slide 25: Computer Skills Needed by Oil Companies
 Slide 26: Computer Skills Needed by Oil Companies
 Slide 27: Summary: Computer Skills
 Slide 28: Non-Technical & Soft Skills Needed by Oil Companies
 Slide 29: Non-Technical & Soft Skills Needed by Oil Companies
 Slide 30: Non-Technical & Soft Skills Needed by Oil Companies

Slide 31: Summary: Non-Technical, Soft Skills

 Slide 32: Overall Skills Summary
 Slide 33: A Paradox
 Slide 34: A Paradox
 Slide 35: Employment Scenario
 Slide 36: Cyclic Job Market
Slide 37: USA Average Wellhead Oil Price
 Slide 38: DOE Oil Price Forecasts
 Slide 39: 1998 Oil Price Forecasts
 Slide 40: Why There is Still a Viable Future with Oil Companies
 Slide 41: Market Forces
 Slide 42: Population-Driven Energy Demand
Slide 43: World Fuel Consumption: 1970-1994
 Slide 44: Projected World Energy Supplies
 Slide 45: Employment Scenario
 Slide 46: Demographics
 Slide 47: Median Age of AAPG/SPE Members
 Slide 48: Geoscience Demographics (majors)
Slide 49: Observations
 Slide 50: Productivity Gap
 Slide 51: Productive Petroleum Geoscientist
 Slide 52: What's in the Pipeline?
 Slide 53: Geoscience Students at U.S. Universities
 Slide 54: Geoscience Students at Non-U.S. Universities
Slide 55: 2002 Geological Salary Survey
 Slide 56: Years Experience
 Slide 57: By Degree
 Slide 58: International Opportunities
 Slide 59: Largest Hydrocarbon Basins
 Slide 60: Global Giant Oil and Gas Fields
Slide 61: Global Exploration
 Slide 62: New Technology
 Slide 63: Core Calibration for Petrophysical Analysis
 Slide 64: Geologic Data Analysis
 Slide 65: Computer Simulation and History Matching
 Slide 66: Integrated Workstation
Slide 67: Former Paradigm
 Slide 68: Present Reality
 Slide 69: Impact of Integrated Reservoir Management
 Slide 70: Importance of Developing Technologies
 Slide 71: Future Oppotunities
 Slide 72: Job Market Expectation
Slide 73: Job Market Expectation
 Slide 74: Job Market Readiness
 Slide 75: Job Market Readiness
 Slide 76: Petroleum Industry Careers
 Slide 77: Cyclic Job Market
 Slide 78: Professional Societies
Slide 79: Future for the Oil Industry
 Slide 80: The Future