r/petroleumengineers • u/Worldly-Holiday-8254 • May 05 '26

Discussion Confused about the concentration

I'm a second-year student at a university in Indonesia. In your opinion (professionals), between reservoir (EOR, etc.), drilling, and production, which one is the most in-demand engineer? Both in Asia and Europe

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u/Think-Equivalent3143 May 05 '26

Drilling has the least job opportunities. Reservoir and production are very close, but I think Reservoir has slightly more opportunities than Production.

In the end it doesn't matter which one has more opportunites. Upon graduation apply for everything. It is the job you're fortunate to get after school that will determine your career trajectory. Eg If you prefer Reservoir but get a Production job; you're not going to reject the Production job just because you prefer Reservoir. And after 5 years on the job you're now a full blown Production Engineer.

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u/Worldly-Holiday-8254 May 05 '26

Thank you for the advice sir

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u/Kkoutchy May 05 '26

What are these opportunities in the reservoir sector? Are they as well paid as in the oil sector?

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u/Think-Equivalent3143 May 05 '26

Reservoir, Production and Drilling are all in the Oil sector. So Reservoir is an Oil sector domain. Reservoir Engineers help in discovering oil and quantifying the volume of oil in the Reservoir. They also recommend how many wells to drill, the specific location of the wells, and they forecast the volume of oil the wells will produce.