Atlas of new professions studied oil and gas industry of Kazakhstan at all stages: from geological exploration, production, transportation, storage, to its processing. To create an atlas of new professions in the oil and gas industry was conducted: 9 in-depth interviews, questionnaires on forecasts of the future of the industry with 211 industry experts, as well as 75 experts participated in foresight sessions. As a result, 37 new professions were developed, 7 transforming professions and 13 disappearing professions were defined.

Created based on industry experts' foresight

9
In-depth
interviews
211
Industry forecasts
expert advice
75
Participant of industry
foresight sessions

Atlas of oil and gas industry professions:

37
New
professions
7
Transforming
professions
13
Disappearing
professions

1. DESERTED DEPOSITS AND DIGITAL TWINS

Production processes in the oil and gas industry in the future significantly are transformed. The image of an oilman wearing a helmet with a dirty face is a thing of the past. In 10-15 years, in order to produce oil, it will not be necessary to live on duty. village in the remote steppe. Deposits will become deserted. The lion's share of work will execute machines that can be operated while in town, or robots with the management program they contain. Worker, oil and gas producer, more will look like a gamer than a man wearing a helmet and a helmet. An engineer of oil and gas industry will first of all become an IT-specialist who will build the digital models of wells, enterprises, production processes. It will process a lot of information and manage more from the control center than with object located in the field.

2. ADVANCED OIL REFINING

Everyone knows that a lot of things are made of oil: plastic, rubber, fuel and even food. Soon a variety of goods will be produced in Kazakhstan, creating new jobs, bringing the country a higher income, creating conditions for the self-realization of talented chemists.

If you want to produce products from oil products, you should choose one of the professions of the future, such as:

You can even create new, previously unknown materials

3. IMPROVING OIL RECOVERY AND PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY

Efficiency will become the motto of all oil and gas industry enterprises. Innovations, improvements and even insignificant rationalization proposals will be actively introduced at production facilities and fields. This process will no longer be allowed to go on its own. Professionals will come to the industry to improve the processes, technologies and equipment. A whole cluster of service enterprises will be created around oil and gas companies for equipment repair and maintenance, performing highly specialized works. The service will be entrusted only to professionals! Many patents and inventions made by domestic scientists have been accumulated in Kazakhstan. In 5-10 years they will come professionals, who will purposefully engage in their implementation in practice.

4. GAMIFICATION AND HIGHLY PERSONALIZED TRAINING

Oil and gas companies of the future will not only produce and refine oil and gas, but also prepare workers and technicians for their needs. Training will be based on individual training programs, gamification and application of virtual and augmented reality technologies. In 5-10 years the lectures and schemes in textbooks will be finally gone. Pupils will see from the first days how the most modern equipment works, will be able to conduct a virtual scientist repair of his digital counterparts. Training will be provided by such specialists as:

Creation of the GAMIFICATION and management of training programs will be done by such specialists as:

New professions – these are professions that will appear in the near future. They are created to solve new problems that appear in connection with the introduction of new technical solutions, equipment, digital platforms, as well as the transformation of society and the economy.
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3D printing operator
Year of appearance: 2025

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Aircraft Fuel Chemist
Year of appearance: 2030

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Analytical Engineer in the Oil and Gas Industry
Year of appearance: 2030

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Biological interaction technologist
Year of appearance: 2030

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Chemical Engineering Technologist
Year of appearance: 2030

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Coal processing chemist
Year of appearance: 2025

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Computational Chemist
Year of appearance: 2025

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Continuous Improvement Specialist (CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST)
Year of appearance: 2025

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Cyber Security Engineer
Year of appearance: 2030

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Defender against cyber attacks
Year of appearance: 2025

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Design Engineer for Digital Twins of Refineries
Year of appearance: 2030

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Design engineer for modernization and adaptation of equipment
Year of appearance: 2025

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Design Engineer to create digital twin of fields
Year of appearance: 2030

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Developer of individual training programs
Year of appearance: 2025

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Digital coach / distance mentor
Year of appearance: 2025

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Drone control specialist for field development (geology, geodesy, mine surveying)
Year of appearance: 2022

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Equipment Modernization Supervisor
Year of appearance: 2025

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Equipment Reliability and Predictive Analytics Engineer
Year of appearance: 2025

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Extractive Industries Ecoanalyst (Mitigation Management)
Year of appearance: 2025

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Hydrogen Energy Technologist
Year of appearance: 2035

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Industrial reality 3D modeling specialist for worker training
Year of appearance: 2025

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Innovative technologist
Year of appearance: 2030

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Laboratory chemist for the development of new materials
Year of appearance: 2030

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Lawyer in the oil and gas sector
Year of appearance: 2025

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Nanotechnology engineer
Year of appearance: 2035

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Petroleum Service Digitalization Engineer (BIG DATA Architect)
Year of appearance: 2025

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Power engineer for innovative energy (generation of various types of energy)
Year of appearance: 2030

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Production Data Analyst and Machine Learning Specialist
Year of appearance: 2025

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Service software developer for oil and gas processes
Year of appearance: 2025

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Technologist for the production of rubber, polypropylene, rubber and plastic from coal
Year of appearance: 2030

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Universal pipeline manager
Year of appearance: 2030

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Unmanned aerial vehicle operator
Year of appearance: 2022

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Workflow Optimization Specialist (BUSINESS / WORKING PROCESS TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST)
Year of appearance: 2030

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Transforming Professions – this is a large part of the professions that is currently in demand in the industries, but in this case, specialists will need to master new skills in 5-10 years that will be required to work with new technology, overcome new risks and use new opportunities in the industry. The name of the profession may not change, but the level of requirements within the profession is changing. It will be useful to study this class of professions for those who already have an education and plan to improve their qualifications. He will be able to understand in which direction he should develop his competencies.
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Chemist-engineer specializing in "Chemical technology of organic substances" ⇒Chemist-engineer with a narrow specialization
Transformation year: 2030

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Chemist⇒IT technologist, database analyst
Transformation year: 2030

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Crane driver⇒Crane driver 2.0
Transformation year: 2025

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Engineer for specializations (drilling, technology, transportation) ⇒ Engineer for specializations 2.0
Transformation year: 2025

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Forklift Driver⇒Lift Truck Driver 2.0
Transformation year: 2025

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Process plant operator⇒Console operator
Transformation year: 2027

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Welder⇒Welder 2.0
Transformation year: 2025

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Professions that become unnecessary in the future are called endangered professions . Two main reasons for the disappearance of professions: 1) automation - in the context of the development of digital technologies: both manual professions and some simple mental professions are reduced - they will be automated. 2) the loss of the need for results or services of labor also leads to the fact that the profession is gradually disappearing.
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Field operators working with instrumentation
Year of disappearance: 2025-2027

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Glassblower (manufacture of laboratory glassware)
Year of disappearance: 2025

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Industrial leak cleaner
Year of disappearance: 2027

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Linear pipeline crawler
Year of disappearance: 2025-2027

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Mine surveyor
Year of disappearance: 2025-2027

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Production operator
Year of disappearance: 2030

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Shift Supervisor
Year of disappearance: 2027-2030

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Specialists on document flow
Year of disappearance: 2030

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Vibration Diagnostic Engineer
Year of disappearance: 2025

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Workers performing routine operations
Year of disappearance: 2025-2030

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