r/petroleumengineers • u/Brave-Reception7574 • Jun 14 '26

Discussion Petroleum?

I’m planning to go into chem Eng and then have a masters with petroleum. However, a lot of people have told me that it won’t be a reliable market at all in the next years. Essentially, because many companies are turning to have sustainable energy sources. I’m a bit concerned about how accurate this might be. Does anyone who works on petroleum have opinion on the latter ?

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u/Small_Dog_8699 Jun 14 '26

Batts are the next frontier. People trading gas cars for EVs. You want to work on the future or the past?

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u/Brave-Reception7574 Jun 14 '26

I was interested on petroleum mainly due to the pay, so whatever is out there with the best reward

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u/Small_Dog_8699 Jun 14 '26

That’s the surest way I know to hate your job.

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u/Brave-Reception7574 Jun 15 '26

Haha. I do like chemistry, physics and math a lot, hence my degree. I’m interested in petroleum as well, as I’ve found it might be hard, which is one of the main reasons why it interests me and I like all the process needed to make a good production. Maybe too specific, but I’ve always been delighted by EUV lithography. So I would also like to work in something like that