These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current petroleum engineer job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Petroleum Engineer
  • Reservoir Engineer
  • Drilling Engineer
  • Completions Engineer
  • Production Engineer
  • Well Engineer
  • Production Technologist
  • Subsea Engineer
  • Flow Assurance Engineer
  • Stimulation Engineer
  • Petrophysicist
  • Field Development Engineer
  • EOR Engineer

Reservoir tools

  • Petrel
  • Schlumberger Petrel
  • SLB Petrel
  • Eclipse
  • Eclipse E100
  • Eclipse E300
  • CMG
  • CMG IMEX
  • CMG STARS
  • GEM
  • MBAL
  • Saphir
  • Kappa Engineering
  • OFM
  • OFM Production
  • reservoir simulation
  • history matching
  • production forecasting
  • numerical simulation

Reservoir analysis

  • decline curve analysis
  • DCA
  • material balance
  • volumetric
  • pressure transient analysis
  • PTA
  • well test interpretation
  • skin
  • kh
  • permeability-height
  • flow regime
  • radial composite
  • BHFP
  • BHSP

Reserves

  • SPE-PRMS
  • 1P
  • 2P
  • 3P
  • proved
  • probable
  • possible
  • P90
  • P50
  • P10
  • reserves estimation
  • resources classification
  • independent audit
  • Gaffney Cline
  • DeGolyer MacNaughton
  • RPS
  • Sproule

Production/completions tools

  • PROSPER
  • GAP
  • Petroleum Experts
  • Pipesim
  • Pipesim network
  • OFM
  • IPR
  • VLP
  • nodal analysis
  • artificial lift
  • ESP
  • gas lift
  • rod pump
  • hydraulic fracturing
  • OLGA
  • multiphase flow
  • flow assurance
  • hydrates
  • wax
  • scale

Drilling tools

  • WellPlan
  • Landmark
  • COMPASS
  • torque and drag
  • casing design
  • API 5CT
  • BHA
  • MWD
  • LWD
  • pore pressure
  • fracture gradient
  • kick tolerance
  • well control

Drilling certifications

  • IWCF
  • IADC
  • well control
  • HPHT
  • BOSIET
  • OPITO
  • HUET

Regulatory frameworks

  • UKCS
  • NORSOK
  • API RP 65
  • API 5CT
  • MODU
  • Well Delivery
  • well integrity
  • barrier verification
  • MPD
  • managed pressure drilling

Subsea

  • OLGA
  • OrcaFlex
  • Flexcom
  • DNV
  • DNV-ST-F101
  • SURF
  • umbilical
  • flexible riser
  • subsea tree
  • manifold
  • flowline

Professional credentials

  • SPE
  • SPE member
  • PE (petroleum)

Long-tail phrases

  • petroleum engineer resume
  • petroleum engineer cv
  • how to write a petroleum engineer resume
  • reservoir engineer resume
  • drilling engineer resume
  • petroleum engineer resume 2026
  • oil and gas engineer resume
  • UKCS engineer resume
  • North Sea engineer resume

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Petroleum Engineer resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.