Geology still a viable career in the South?

there is a chronic shortage of geologists working all producing basins throughout the world. if you're open to houston, there will be plenty of opportunity.

As dependent as the world is on petrochemicals how can you go wrong. Politicians being over reactive for their own gain shouldn't change your career path. When gas prices go up due to the political over reaction the climate for Oil and Gas industry will quickly change.
The reactions now are just those of an addict.

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As a geologist in the early years of his career I can tell you is plenty of demand for geologists around the world and Houston in particular. If you are open to moving around somewhat and working different basins then you will do well. Even if you want to just stay in the US and work shale gas then you can do that if you want to.

Unless you believe that oil comes from fossils and theres no way that it can keep bubbling up from that deep, then you are pretty much screwed.

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This is good to hear, thanks. Your last comment is funny, especially considering that I am certainly being taught that oil comes from fossils right now.

, so where does he think it comes from?

I run a recruiting firm in NOLA and I have a recruiter that specifically handles geology, reservoir engineering, petroleum engineering and drilling and there has been a good response for geologists, geophysicists and reservoir engineers with all this shale work. Lafayette has a lot of consultant geologist, Houston of course, Dallas is another place. Not all the much in NOLA but some here and there. Canada is become hot so is Pittsburg where they are locating operations for the Marcellus shale. Keep on trucking you'll have options.

Houston is the mecca of the upstream world. SE LA has become solid on the downstream and chemical manufacturing side.

Solid field. With all the goverment mandated projects its a pretty stable field. Depends on where he goes, into a plant, a consulting firm, government agency or upstream E&P office on what he might make.

if he is okay anywhere between nola and baton rouge, he should be able to stick around. I will say, civil doing environmental is not looked at as well in the plants as an enviro or chemical eng degree. Civil is fine for governmental and design firms.

Chemical Engineering degree is a great one, can do a lot of things even into environmental. sounds like you got a good kid there. Hope we can help him one day.

Universal Personnel. I run the direct placement Division. both sides handle energy (refining, petrochemical, chemical, upstream and utilties). We are HQ in New Orleans.