Petroleum Engineers:Few in Number, Big in Pay

摘要

Willie Sutton robbed banks because that’s where the moneywas. Today, he’d probably major in petroleum engineering — at least if he could hack the curriculum — because that’s wherethe money is now.“At a time when the U.S. is suffering from persistentlyhigh unemployment, demand for professionals in the oil andgas industry couldn’t be better — and their supply is strug-gling to keep pace,” said Raymond James & Associates Inc.analyst Pavel Molchanov in a note last week.