If you're interested in the science and engineering side of the gas and oil industry, then a good bit of education will be necessary. The best and highest paying jobs are often given to those with Master's degrees. Workers are in in short supply but demand is high as the oil and gas industry scrambles to find new oil sources.

Visit the websites of these schools for more information on their Petroleum and Chemical Engineering program:

Penn State University
Texas Tech University
Colorado School of Mines
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
University of Pittsburgh
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Missouri-Rolla
University of Oklahoma
University of Wyoming
University of Texas at Austin
Stanford University
University of Southern California
University of Tulsa
University of Kansas
University of Houston
Louisiana State University
University of Connecticut
Texas A&M University

Visit the websites of these schools for more information on their Geology or Earth Sciences graduate programs:

Alaska Fairbanks
University of Oregon
University of California-Davis
California Institute of Technology
University of California-Berkeley
California State University-Los Angeles (UCLA)
California State University-Bakersfield
Hawaii at Manoa
Stanford University
Rice University
Southern Methodist University
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at El Paso
University of New Orleans
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Oklahoma State University
University of Texas at Arlington
Louisiana State University
University of Tulsa
University of Oklahoma
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
Colorado School of Mines
New Mexico State University
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Montana Tech
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
University of North Dakota
Montana State University
University of Montana
University of Wyoming
Virginia Tech
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
University of Pittsburgh

And there are other programs as well. This list provides you with an excellent starting point.

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