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2012-02-10 Salary of Engineers and Geoscientiests:

In large companies, you are paid by your value to the company.  There are something like 15,000 geologists registered with the AAPG, but a lot fewer Petroleum Engineers.    If you do a query online for

2012-02-07 Another BSc that may lead to Petroleum Engineering:

Your plan would probably work, but it seems to be the long way round and might even hinder you in getting a job, since companies don't like to pay for degrees they don't think they need.  What I mean,

2012-01-30 Geology/Geophysics/Petroleum Engineering:

Ryan:    It will vary with the type of Petroleum engineering specialty you go into.  For instance, a friend had to sit a well in Tunisia for about two months while they were finishing the well in order

2012-01-27 Geology/Geophysics/Petroleum Engineering:

Ryan:    The pay scales are pretty much this:  1) BSc Petroleum Engineers, 2) MS Geophysicists 3) MS Geologists.    You can do a search to confirm that his is still the case.  You will come out of college

2012-01-26 Propoed Plsn of Study:

Ali:    The reasons you mention sound good. Stating something about the facilities, the curriculum and the professor is good.  It shows that you have done your homework in researching where you want to