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:
Creation of the GAMIFICATION and management of training programs will be done by such specialists as:
3D printing operator
Year of appearance: 2025
Aircraft Fuel Chemist
Year of appearance: 2030
Analytical Engineer in the Oil and Gas Industry
Year of appearance: 2030
Biological interaction technologist
Year of appearance: 2030
Chemical Engineering Technologist
Year of appearance: 2030
Coal processing chemist
Year of appearance: 2025
Composite Chemist
Year of appearance: 2030
Computational Chemist
Year of appearance: 2025
Continuous Improvement Specialist (CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST)
Year of appearance: 2025
Cyber Security Engineer
Year of appearance: 2030
Defender against cyber attacks
Year of appearance: 2025
Design Engineer for Digital Twins of Refineries
Year of appearance: 2030
Design engineer for modernization and adaptation of equipment
Year of appearance: 2025
Design Engineer to create digital twin of fields
Year of appearance: 2030
Developer of individual training programs
Year of appearance: 2025
Digital coach / distance mentor
Year of appearance: 2025
Drone control specialist for field development (geology, geodesy, mine surveying)
Year of appearance: 2022
Equipment Modernization Supervisor
Year of appearance: 2025
Equipment Reliability and Predictive Analytics Engineer
Year of appearance: 2025
Extractive Industries Ecoanalyst (Mitigation Management)
Year of appearance: 2025
Facility manager
Year of appearance: 2025
Hydrogen Energy Technologist
Year of appearance: 2035
Industrial reality 3D modeling specialist for worker training
Year of appearance: 2025
Innovative technologist
Year of appearance: 2030
IT dispatcher
Year of appearance: 2025
Laboratory chemist for the development of new materials
Year of appearance: 2030
Lawyer in the oil and gas sector
Year of appearance: 2025
Nanotechnology engineer
Year of appearance: 2035
Petroleum Service Digitalization Engineer (BIG DATA Architect)
Year of appearance: 2025
Power engineer for innovative energy (generation of various types of energy)
Year of appearance: 2030
Production Data Analyst and Machine Learning Specialist
Year of appearance: 2025
R&D Project Manager
Year of appearance: 2030
Service software developer for oil and gas processes
Year of appearance: 2025
Technologist for the production of rubber, polypropylene, rubber and plastic from coal
Year of appearance: 2030
Universal pipeline manager
Year of appearance: 2030
Unmanned aerial vehicle operator
Year of appearance: 2022
Workflow Optimization Specialist (BUSINESS / WORKING PROCESS TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST)
Year of appearance: 2030
Chemist-engineer specializing in "Chemical technology of organic substances" ⇒Chemist-engineer with a narrow specialization
Transformation year: 2030
Chemist⇒IT technologist, database analyst
Transformation year: 2030
Crane driver⇒Crane driver 2.0
Transformation year: 2025
Engineer for specializations (drilling, technology, transportation) ⇒ Engineer for specializations 2.0
Transformation year: 2025
Forklift Driver⇒Lift Truck Driver 2.0
Transformation year: 2025
Process plant operator⇒Console operator
Transformation year: 2027
Welder⇒Welder 2.0
Transformation year: 2025
Field operators working with instrumentation
Year of disappearance: 2025-2027
Glassblower (manufacture of laboratory glassware)
Year of disappearance: 2025
Industrial leak cleaner
Year of disappearance: 2027
Linear pipeline crawler
Year of disappearance: 2025-2027
Meter
Year of disappearance: 2025
Mine surveyor
Year of disappearance: 2025-2027
Production operator
Year of disappearance: 2030
Sampler
Year of disappearance: 2025-2027
Shift Supervisor
Year of disappearance: 2027-2030
Specialists on document flow
Year of disappearance: 2030
Timekeeper
Year of disappearance: 2025
Vibration Diagnostic Engineer
Year of disappearance: 2025
