Minimum Wage – Mining quarries and deposits, Production of crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives, its processing
- Valid on April 2026
- The amounts are in US Dollar.
Position / Activity
| Per month | |
| Head of field oil, crude and natural gas and its derivatives - B1 - Responsible and representative of the company to be the administrator of the operation and other faces of the field. Mines / quarries and deposits Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $821.18 |
| Head of oil, crude and natural gas plant and its derivatives - B2 - Responsible and representative of the company for the operation and maintenance of the plant. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $786.69 |
| Head of reservoirs - B2 - Responsible and representative of the company to supervise, coordinate and execute the activities related to the study of the state of the wells and reservoirs. Handles the confidential and technical information of the deposit Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $786.69 |
| Head of community relations oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - B2 - Responsible and representative of the company to implement the policy of relations of the company with the, communities and authorities. Promotes and participates in benefit programs for the community and carries out activities aimed at improving the image of the company. Responsible for social responsibility. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $786.69 |
| Head of operations oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - B2 - Responsible and representative of the company for the coordination of the operation provides a working guide, and evaluates the performance of the operation. Directly responsible for field operations. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $786.69 |
| Responsible for discipline - B2 - Conceptualize and design facilities according to the discipline to specific requirements. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $786.69 |
| Operations supervisor for oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - B3 - Responsible for production, storage, etc. It provides a work guide, and evaluates the performance of production operators that report directly to it. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Supervisor of maintenance oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - B3 - Supervises a group of people, verifies the execution of maintenance programs, controls the costs according to the specialization in each discipline Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Supervisor of health, safety, environment and quality oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - B3 - Supervises and coordinates the implementation of safety, environment, health and quality programs. Recognizes, evaluates and controls the factors that can affect the efficiency of work operations. Develop and recommend measures to control or reduce health problems. You must be well informed about health regulations. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Inspector of hydrocarbons - B3 - Control and control the quality, quantity, facilities, works in oil activities. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Oil pipeline inspector - B3 - Control and supervise the quality, quantity, facilities, works in oil activities. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Reservoir / reservoir engineer - B3 - Analyze the reservoir engineering activities as well as the execution of works and conditioning of oil wells Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Petrophysical Engineer - B3 - Interprets the electrical records of the deposit and collaborates with the other activities of his discipline Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Facility and construction engineer, oil, crude and natural gas and its derivatives - B3 - Responsible for executing and monitoring projects according to specialization or discipline Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Maintenance engineer oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - B3 - Responsible for solving technical problems to ensure compliance of equipment and machinery with production procedures and process specifications related to mechanics, machinery, instrument and jobs electrical, civil and others. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Project Engineer oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - B3 - Responsible for project development activities, developing the scope of the project together with the applicant areas, proposing the necessary alternatives, coordinating the preparation of project design and inspecting their implementation. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Petroleum, crude oil and natural gas operations engineer and its derivatives - B3 - Carries out operations activities in the different field processes according to the discipline. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Supervisor of facilities and construction oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - B3 - Supervises that civil works are developed low quality standards and according to specifications initially agreed between the company and contractors. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Supervisor of oil, crude oil and natural gas projects and their derivatives - B3 - Responsible for the execution of works in projects Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Supervisor community relations oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - B3 - Maintain relations with representatives of communities, in order to obtain important information for the operation of the company and to achieve advantageous agreements in areas where this is possible. Participate in meetings and meetings showing the representation of the company before agencies and organizations. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Petroleum, crude oil and natural gas operations technician and its derivatives - C1 - Under supervision, it carries out activities of specialized operations in the different processes of the operation both in the field and in base in the different branches or disciplines Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| laboratory technician - C1 - Responsible for the chemical and physical analysis of materials and products. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Specialist of explosives, oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - C1 - Responsible for the handling of explosives. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $752.71 |
| Operator of operations / petroleum - C2 - Execute operations in the different processes both in the field and in base in the different branches or disciplines Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $682.35 |
| Community relations oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - D1 - Under supervision, it supports programs of relations to the community and the natives, development policy and management. Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $582.31 |
| Owner of industrial assemblies oil, crude oil and natural gas and its derivatives - D2 - Under supervision supports the construction of industrial assemblies Minimum wage with effect from January 1, 2025 | $576.76 |
Source
MINISTERIAL AGREEMENT No. MDT-2025-195 on Minimum Wage
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