Also called: Blowout Specialist, Well Control Engineer
Flies anywhere in the world to kill out-of-control oil and gas well blowouts and fires.
A gas well in Texas is spewing fire 100 feet high. Your team sprays walls of water to cool the ground, uses bulldozers with long booms to clear the twisted rig away, and then lowers a new valve on top to choke the flow. Between emergencies, you teach rig crews how to prevent blowouts.
Emergency deployments pay big day rates.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 10 years after high school. High school plus many years on drilling rigs; well control certifications. Some have petroleum engineering degrees.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification, 4-year college. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Petroleum Engineering, Drilling Technology.
Growing about average. Small specialty that follows drilling activity.
Low risk for 10 years. Modeling software helps plan a kill, but fighting blowouts on site is extreme, hands-on work.
Classes: Physics, Shop class, Physical education, Welding.
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