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.
As expected, Texas topped the list of having the most petroleum engineers employees, but is second to Oklahoma for annual salaries. Texas employed a total of 21,580 people in 2012, while the next best state is Oklahoma with 3,820, followed by Louisiana, California, and Colorado.he average salary of petroleum engineers in the top 10 states all pay well over $100k. For the entire list, please see the petroleum engineering salary by state or click on the map below.