NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES Non-renewable resource is also known as a finite resource, it is a natural resource that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for sustainable economic extraction in meaningful human timeframes (Wikipedia 2013).
Pay by Industry. As of 2011, about half of all petroleum engineers worked in the oil and gas extraction industry and also earned the highest pay for their occupation, an average of $150,890 per year, according to the BLS.y state, the top earners among petroleum engineers were employed in Massachusetts, where they earned a very high average salary of $221,500 a year, as of 2011. North Dakota ranked second at $176,910 a year, followed by Alaska at $149,450, Texas at $147,070 and Oklahoma at $146,770.
Australia's oil and gas workers currently earn an average annual salary of $163,600â35 percent higher than employees in the US (double the global average), according to Hays Plc and Oil and Gas Job Search.