Can I become a roughneck with a bachelors in engineering?
Just wondering if i apply for the oil and gas industry if I can become a roughneck with a bachelors. I know all you need is a high school diploma to get a starting job in the oil industry so I was just wondering if anyone knew. Plus I would like to get
I don't know if you even need a high school degree to do that. You could do instrumentation/measurements on the rigs with the same education too, where there's even more money (see: Schlumberger, Baker-Hughes, etc). With a bachelor's you could sit in
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Mining is a $2 billion per year industry in Michigan; oil and natural gas production is a $2.1 billion industry, according to state and industry data. Michigan in 2010 collected $57 million in severance taxes from oil and natural gas producers,