Also called: CO2 Sequestration Engineer
Designs wells and underground reservoirs that permanently store captured carbon dioxide.
You model how CO2 spreads through deep rock layers, design injection wells, and set up monitoring to prove it stays put. Regulators review your models before a single ton of CO2 is injected.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's or master's in petroleum engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Petroleum Engineering, Geological Engineering.
Growing faster than average. Growing with federal tax credits for carbon capture.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps model how CO2 moves underground; designing storage wells and monitoring them is a growing human field.
Classes: Earth science, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus, Environmental science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2171.
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