· Petroleum technology covers a wide range and the specific tasks of petroleum technologists are dependent on the field in which they work.
· Petroleum technologists are involved in the search of new oil-wells.
· This geological work and those involved in this field are known as geological petroleum technologists.
· In the extraction process the petroleum technologists do research on the different types of mud used to lubricate drill bits.
· Petroleum technologists are also involved in the evaluation of crude oil to determine its specific properties and classification which will, in turn, determine the refining parameters.
· Testing and evaluation of the various cuts are done by laboratory petroleum technologists during the refining process.
· Petroleum technologists are employed by Chemical Industries, in the refineries of various oil companies and other manufacturing industries, as well as in marketing sections.
· Employment can also be found in the re-refining.
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