Reservoir engineering consultant vs engineering analyst

The differences between reservoir engineering consultants and engineering analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-8 years to become a reservoir engineering consultant, becoming an engineering analyst takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a reservoir engineering consultant has an average salary of $118,972, which is higher than the $81,650 average annual salary of an engineering analyst.

The top three skills for a reservoir engineering consultant include eclipse, field development and economic analysis. The most important skills for an engineering analyst are screaming frog, digital marketing, and google analytics.

Reservoir engineering consultant vs engineering analyst overview

	Reservoir Engineering Consultant	Engineering Analyst
Yearly salary	$118,972	$81,650
Hourly rate	$57.20	$39.25
Growth rate	8%	5%
Number of jobs	59,090	74,578
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	43	44
Years of experience	8	4

Reservoir engineering consultant vs engineering analyst salary

Reservoir engineering consultants and engineering analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Reservoir Engineering Consultant	Engineering Analyst
Average salary	$118,972	$81,650
Salary range	Between $57,000 And $246,000	Between $59,000 And $111,000
Highest paying City	Oklahoma City, OK	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Nevada	New Hampshire
Best paying company	Hess	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between reservoir engineering consultant and engineering analyst education

There are a few differences between a reservoir engineering consultant and an engineering analyst in terms of educational background:

	Reservoir Engineering Consultant	Engineering Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Petroleum Engineering	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Northwestern University

Reservoir engineering consultant vs engineering analyst demographics

Here are the differences between reservoir engineering consultants' and engineering analysts' demographics:

	Reservoir Engineering Consultant	Engineering Analyst
Average age	43	44
Gender ratio	Male, 98.0% Female, 2.0%	Male, 67.5% Female, 32.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.5% Asian, 18.3% White, 66.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	5%	11%

Differences between reservoir engineering consultant and engineering analyst duties and responsibilities

Reservoir engineering consultant example responsibilities.

Manage budget and AFE writing for multi-billion dollar development project.
Develop and manage a Spotfire production dashboard for cross-divisional consumption and reporting.
Supervise execution of design CO2 flood.
Monitor progress of workovers and new drilling projects.
Advise on best practices to run tertiary recovery for NBU and optimize CO2 flood.
Define assumptions, project OPEX, CAPEX, deliverables for each discipline function and integrate same for concise budget cycle.

Engineering analyst example responsibilities.

Track and manage SAN storage disk usage.
Manage websites on WordPress, Drupal, and various industry-specific CMS.
Manage logistics for inventory and company products, meeting strict deadlines and specifications base upon conformance.
Motivate professional that strategically lead HVAC design changes and improvements to generate cost savings and increase productivity.
Manage engineering operations and budgets, monitoring spending and assessing performance measures; manage several operation budgets relating to HVAC.
Work with WordPress platform, in addition to JavaScript, HTML and CSS to make modifications as necessary.

Reservoir engineering consultant vs engineering analyst skills

Common reservoir engineering consultant skills

Eclipse, 22%
Field Development, 12%
Economic Analysis, 11%
PVT, 10%
PTA, 9%
Petrel, 6%

Common engineering analyst skills

Screaming Frog, 8%
Digital Marketing, 8%
Google Analytics, 5%
Keyword Research, 5%
Strong Analytical, 4%
Search Engine Optimization, 4%

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