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While energy from renewable sources and nuclear power are important parts of the UK鈥檚 future energy strategy, there is no denying that oil and gas are still the energy industry鈥檚 biggest players. In 2010, 80 per cent of the energy the UK produced came from oil and gas, according to figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change鈥檚 . The industry also brings a lot of money into the country; accounting for between three and five per cent of the UK鈥檚 GDP depending on fuel prices, says Andy Brogan, 鈥榮 Global Oil & Gas Transactions leader.

Like other markets, oil and gas was hit by the recession but it has already bounced back. The job market in Aberdeen, the hub of the industry in the UK, is particularly buoyant. 鈥淚n the rest of the UK, there are more people than jobs, but in Aberdeen, there are more jobs than people,鈥� says Graeme Fyfe of recruitment consultancy .

If you have a background in the physical sciences or engineering and you want to put your science skills into practise in the real world, then working in the oil and gas industry could be the perfect career. Brogan describes it as 鈥渁 fantastic industry鈥� for science and engineering graduates; only the pharmaceutical sector is comparable in size, funding and scope for career development in the UK. Plus the pay packets aren鈥檛 to be sniffed at (see our interactive graphic Who鈥檚 who in oil and gas).

Oil and gas professionals work in a variety of roles, from overseeing the entire process from well to petrol pump at a multinational energy company, to playing an advisory role in a small consultancy or actually carrying out technical work on a rig or at a refinery as a contractor, (see our interactive graphic How much could you earn?).

To help get you started, 快猫短视频 has pulled together all you need to know about the industry, from what to do to get your foot in the door to how companies are squeezing as much as they can from oil reserves.