Career Information

Careers in geology include:

• Petroleum, natural gas, and coal exploration
• Geophysics and interpretation of field data
• Paleontologist (a person who interprets past life forms through the study of fossils)
• Seismologists (studying earthquake wave activity)
• Environmental geology
• Teaching geology in various schools and colleges

The list of career opportunities in the geological sciences is quite vast. For more information, visit the following websites:

• www.exxon.com                     Exxon homepage
• www.mobil.com                      Mobil Oil home page
• www.chevron.com                   Chevron.com
• www.spe.org                           Society of Petroleum Engineers
• www.shellus.com                    Shell Oil in the United States
• www.oxy.com                         Occidental Petroleum Geology
• www.oilreport.com                   Current information on petroleum
• www.agiweb.org/career             Information on careers in the geosciences
• www.earthworks-jobs.com        More career information in the geosciences