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Things that raise your pay

• Well control certificate

  Required to supervise drilling. Renewed every 2 years.

• Reservoir simulation skills

  The people who model how oil flows through rock get the office jobs that survive downturns.

• Carbon capture, hydrogen and geothermal

  Same rocks, same wells, new purpose. This is where the growth is as the energy transition unfolds.

• MBA (master of business administration) or CFA (chartered financial analyst)

  Calgary has a big energy finance scene.