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.
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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.
If you are interested in oil and gas production,
they will suit you for the future professions:
You can even create new, previously unknown materials
- 1Engineering Designer to create digital field twins
- 2Engineering Designer to create Digital Twins of Refineries
- 3Production data analyst and machine learning specialist
- 4IT manager
- 5Petroleum service engineer for digitalization (Big-Data architect)
- 6Universal pipeline section manager
- 7Specialist in Drone Management in Field Development (Geology, geodesy, surveying).
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.
Those who want to work on improving the efficiency of the oil and gas industry, we recommend choosing one of the following professions:
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: