Yes, Geologists as well as Petroleum Engineers do have strong career scope and job prospects in India, in both the Public and Private Sectors. You might earn as much as 60-90k in a Starting Geologist Position with some of the Top Recruiters like Cairn Oil & Gas or Halliburton.

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The top paying careers in biological and physical sciences majors is working as a petroleum geologist. These professionals search for oil and gas occurs within the earth. With their experience they can earn  a median annual salary of $117000. In government sector  geologist earn 9.5 lacs per year at the beginning of their  job. In abroad and geologist can earn $91674 annually at the beginning of their job.

Basically there are two options to study petroleum geology what is the form of Mtech and another is the form of MSc.you can do Mtech In petroleum geology from Dibrugarh University otherwise you can complete your MSc degree from MSU .

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https://www.careers360.com/careers/geologist

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