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Petroleum Engineer 233612

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As at November 2026, Petroleum Engineer (ANZSCO 233612) is still invited through the subclass 189: the 15 October 2026 round invited it at 80 points, for EOIs with a date of effect up to 17 August 2026 (an estimated 66 invitations, 28.2% of its 234 EOIs at 65+). The October 2026 189 pool holds 217 EOIs (0 at 85+ points), with 473 in 190 and 498 in 491. Latest state cut-offs: 190 at 100 points (12 November 2026) and 491 at 100 points (23 May 2025), community reported. Four states list the occupation for 190 or 491. The 189 cut-off ranged 80–95 over the last 6 rounds, easing.

An EOI is ranked by points, then date of effect. 190 and 491 cut-offs (state nomination) are community reported.

189Skilled Independent
Every round
80pts
15 Oct · DOE 17 Aug 2026
9–21 visas 2025-26*
190State nominated
4 states list it
100pts
12 Nov 2026 · ▲ from 90
4–16 visas 2025-26*
491Regional, state or family
4 states list it
100pts
23 May 2025
5–20 visas 2025-26*
186Employer sponsored
Employer
No points test
485 → work → 482 or 186
10 visas 2024-25

Every pathway at a glance

October 2026 EOI pool. State rows count the 190 and 491 queues together, and one person can hold several EOIs. State scores are community reported.

PathwayIn queueAt 85+Last invited
189Eligible217080 · 15 Oct 2026
WAopen301114–
NSWopen20670190 · 100 · 12 Nov 2026
QLDopen16758–
VICopen15346–
SANot listed18161–
NTNot listed4614–
TASNot listed4418–
ACTNot listed3817–

See who gets nominated → community-reported 190 and 491 invitations

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Where do you sit in the 189 queue?

What this means at your score and date of effect

  • 80 or more580 EOIs at that score or higher.
  • 75Your date of effect decides within the score.
  • Below 75Below the recent 189 cut-offs. Check the state lists for nomination.

Subclass 189 wait estimates · October 2026 EOI pool

80
Ahead10
Met the cut-off2/6
How these figures are worked outmethod and limits

Subclass 189 invitation rounds have paused since 15 October 2026, so a wait estimate can't be reliably projected while rounds are paused. The queue figures above are current; the wait will depend on when rounds resume.

"Met the cut-off" counts how many of the last 6 subclass-189 rounds your points would have been at or above the round's minimum.

Figures describe observed invitation rounds and the current EOI pool — indicative only, not migration advice.

189 rank can be estimated from points and DOE; 190 and state/territory-nominated 491 are selected by each jurisdiction under its own policy and priorities, so a national EOI queue rank doesn't apply.

Will I get a 189 invitation as a Petroleum Engineer?

Likely at 80 points or more. Invited in 6 recent 189 rounds.

Last 189 round · 15 October 2026

Cut-off
80 pts
June: also 80
Date of effect
invited at 80 up to here
Est. invited
66
Mining Engineers: 146–149
Queue invited
28.2%
66 of 234 at 65+

Cut-off and date of effect: Home Affairs. Invited and queue share: ImmiTrend estimates from the 1 Oct 2026 pool (queue = EOIs at 65+).

All 159 occupations in this round →We predicted 85 for this round. See the scorecard →

Next 189 round

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189 places this financial year

FY2026-27 · estimated

Shared by all 2 occupations in Mining Engineers, not just Petroleum Engineer

500est. ceiling333est. 189 places184–187est. left after 15 Oct

44–45%
167 to 186 / 190 / 491146–149 invited by 189open

15 Oct cut-off for the whole group: 80 pts · DOE 17 Aug – 25 Aug 2026

Who shares these places · 2 occupations
OccupationEst. invited this FYEOIs ≥ 80 ptsIn pool
Petroleum Engineer233612THIS6610214
Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)23361180–8324439
2336 total146–14934653

ImmiTrend estimate — official figures not yet published. FY2025-26 official: 500 ceiling, 275 remaining · How we estimate · All occupation ceilings →

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If 10 invited

80DOE ≤ Oct 26

If 20 invited

75DOE ≤ June 25

If 50 invited

75DOE ≤ July 26

If 100 invited

70DOE ≤ July 26

If 200 invited

55DOE ≤ July 25

If 500 invited

All invited (214)

If 1000 invited

All invited (214)

Or calculate a custom number

189 prediction — full row

Last roundCutoffOct 26Spots left (FY)If floor invitedIf anchored invitedActive EOIsAt/aboveCeiling remaining
Oct 268066–66126–12970DOE ≤ Apr 2570DOE ≤ Apr 2521410275

Grants (190/491/ENS) · 2025-26

225

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Points reality gaugeyour points against those invited

Point Reality Gauge

  • Points are easing. The minimum invited score has moved from 85 to 80 over the past 3 rounds — this can reflect round size, occupation allocation or EOI pool changes.
  • Still 15 points above the EOI minimum. Despite easing, Petroleum Engineer remains competitive. Applicants significantly below 80 points are unlikely to receive invitations soon.
  • 1 round so far in 2026-27. Petroleum Engineer has been invited in 1 invitation round this financial year. The round count alone doesn't indicate future demand or guarantee invitations.

Which state could nominate a Petroleum Engineer?

Four states list Petroleum Engineer for 2026-27: NSW, VIC, QLD and WA are open.

Program status 2026-27
Map of Australia: Status by stateNew South Wales — openVictoria — openQueensland — openSouth Australia — Western Australia — openTasmania — openNorthern Territory — closedAustralian Capital Territory — openNSWopenVICopenQLDopenSAWAopenTASopenNTclosedACTopen
OpenOnshore onlyOpeningPaused or closedNot listed

Western AustraliaOpen

190 · since 16 Sept 2026

This occupation
Listed for 190 and 491
190 + 491 queue
301 EOIs · 114 at 85+ · most at 90+
Last invited
No Petroleum Engineer report yet
Next expected
Monthly rounds
Places 2026-27
190: – places, 17 used · 491: – places, 120 used
Grants 2024-25
19 × 190 · 2 × 491 · 4 × 186 · 5 × 189
Note
Latest round 14 October. Invitation counts by stream and the last-invited lines per occupation are on the WA page. Allocation not yet published.
WA program page ↗All WA data
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Status from state program pages. Queues: SkillSelect, 10/2026. An EOI can nominate several states, so state queues add up to more than the national totals.

All states as a tablestatus, listing, queue, last cut-off, places, grants
StateStatusListed190 queue491 queue85+Last cut-offState places 190 / 491 (all occupations)190 + 491 grantsState page
open190, 4911159170190 · 100 · 12 Nov 2026– / –21All NSW data
open190, 491797446–900 / –4All VIC data
open190, 491937458–– / –7All QLD data
open · onshore onlyNot listed958661–– / –4All SA data
open190, 491130171114–– / –21All WA data
openNot listed232118–1,250 / 8000All TAS data
closedNot listed232314–– / –0All NT data
openNot listed211717–– / –1All ACT data
Per-state queue chartspoints distribution, queue trend, invited and lodged

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All eight states · 24 charts
Who gets nominatedcommunity-reported 190 and 491 invitations

From 6 community-reported 190 and 491 invitations for Petroleum Engineer, the median was 90 points.

Cut-off history

Where it ranks · 189

#45
of 170 occupations invited
▲ Top 26%▲ Rising
⋯
#45
This occupation · most invited →least invited

214 invites last 2 FY · busiest 8,043 · typical 52

Most consistently invited

invited 4 of 4 rounds

oldest → newest · filled = invited

Year over year

148
last FY · 3 rounds
66
so far · 1 round
▲ +34% per round

Round to round · last 2 FY

12
48
88
66
90858080

▲ Rising · invites per round · number under a bar = 189 cut-off

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Minimum points invited, by source

Dashed line = the 65-point pass mark

Round History

Source:
  • 190NSWAgent
    100
    Est. Invitations
    —
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    80
    Est. Invitations
    66–66
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    17 Aug 2026
  • 189Federal
    80
    Est. Invitations
    76–88
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    85
    Est. Invitations
    41–48
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    90
    Est. Invitations
    10–12
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 491NSWCommunity
    100
    Est. Invitations
    —
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 190NSWCommunity
    90
    Est. Invitations
    —
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
  • 189Federal
    85
    Est. Invitations
    20–32
    ·
    Salary
    —
    ·
    DOE / EOI
    —
FederalSkillSelectOfficialState governmentCommunityCrowdsourced

How many Petroleum Engineer visas are actually granted?

77 skilled visas for Petroleum Engineer in 2024-25, the 127th most of 581 occupations. 2025-26, provisional: 9–21 × 189, 5–20 × 491, 4–16 × 190 (186 and 494 not yet published).

25-26* is provisional: the full year to June 2026 for 189, 190 and 491 from a Home Affairs data release. The official release with every visa is expected in late 2026.

Visa2024-25Change
77−1%
454–16*+67%
135–20*—
10—
99–21*−74%
0—

— means last year had fewer than 20 grants. Tap a colour to show or hide its line. The grey area is the total.

Show the numbers for every year
Petroleum Engineer visa grants to main applicants, by programme year and visa
YearTotal186190491189494
2015-1611532130691
2016-178321121481
2017-1821111171
2018-19990000
2019-202476650
2020-21537123310
2021-2229583130
2022-23422166180
2023-24788279340
2024-257710451390
2025-26*——4–165–209–21—

Where they were granted

Nominated by, 2024-25. Coloured by how each state's share of Petroleum Engineer 190 grants compares with its usual share of all 190 grants.

Map of Australia coloured by where Petroleum Engineer 190 grants went compared with usualNew South Wales — 15Victoria — 4Queensland — 7South Australia — 0Western Australia — 19Tasmania — 0Northern Territory — 0Australian Capital Territory — 0NSW15VIC4QLD7SA0WA19TAS0NT0ACT0
  1. 1WAMore than usual42% · usually 16%19
  2. 2NSWMore than usual33% · usually 23%15
  3. 3QLDToo few to saytoo few to compare7
  4. 4VICToo few to saytoo few to compare4
  5. 5SAToo few to saytoo few to compare0
  6. 6TASToo few to saytoo few to compare0
  7. 7ACTToo few to saytoo few to compare0
  8. 8NTToo few to saytoo few to compare0
  • More than usual (1.3× or more)
  • About usual
  • Less than usual (under 0.75×)
  • Too few to say (under 10)
All 190 grants by state

Who was granted

Country of citizenship, 2022-23 to 2024-25 combined.

  1. 1India21.8%
  2. 2Pakistan12.7%
  3. 3Iran11.7%
  4. 4China8.6%
  5. 5Malaysia8.6%
66%
applied from within Australia in 2024-2551 of 77 main applicants

Data: July 2015 to June 2025, main applicants only. Occupation is recorded only for main applicants in the Skill stream, so partner, parent, business and 858 visas can't appear here, and temporary visas such as 482 aren't in this data. Source: Department of Home Affairs, BP0068 (CC BY). The views expressed are those of ImmiTrend and not necessarily those of the Department.

Your next step

Before you can submit an EOI you need a positive skills assessment from Engineers Australia, an English test result and at least 65 points. Study and graduate (485) time in Australia count.

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Questions

What points do you need for Petroleum Engineer subclass 189?

Petroleum Engineer last invited (189) 15 October 2026 at 80 points; ranged 80–95 over its last 6 invited rounds. At 80 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 17 August 2026 were invited.

Was I invited in the 15 October 2026 189 round as Petroleum Engineer?

In the 15 October 2026 round, Petroleum Engineer EOIs at 85 points or more were invited; at 80 points, those with a date of effect on or before 17 August 2026; at 75 or less, none. ImmiTrend estimates 66 invitations to this occupation (146–149 to unit group 2336), 28.2% of its 234 EOIs at 65+ points.

Is the Petroleum Engineer subclass 189 cut-off rising or easing?

Easing: across the last 6 189 rounds the Petroleum Engineer cut-off ranged 80–95, from 95 (5 September 2024) to 80 (15 October 2026).

Is 85, 90 or 95 points enough to be invited for Petroleum Engineer (subclass 189)?

Over Petroleum Engineer's last 6 invited 189 rounds (latest 15 October 2026) cut-offs ranged 80–95. Met: 95: 6 of 6, 90: 5 of 6, 85: 4 of 6, 80: 2 of 6. 75 or below: none. At 80 points, EOIs with a date of effect up to 17 August 2026 were invited.

Check how your own points and Date of Effect rank →

What are the latest 190 and 491 cut-offs for Petroleum Engineer?

For Petroleum Engineer: subclass 190 was last invited at 100 points (12 November 2026). subclass 491 was last invited at 100 points (23 May 2025).

How do I compare to applicants who got invited for Petroleum Engineer?

States and territories issue 190 and 491 invitations under their own policies, not national EOI queue order. Check My Score compares your profile with community-reported invited samples for Petroleum Engineer; samples may be incomplete.

Which states nominate Petroleum Engineer for 190/491?

Petroleum Engineer is on the current 190/491 state nomination lists of: NSW, QLD, VIC, WA. State lists and quotas change each program year — check each state's official list.

How many subclass 189 places are likely left this FY2026-27 for Petroleum Engineer?

About 184–187 subclass 189 places are estimated left in FY2026-27 after the 15 October 2026 round for Mining Engineers, the unit group's 2 occupations together, Petroleum Engineer included, of 333 for the year. Home Affairs has not yet published FY2026-27 occupation ceilings, so the places are an ImmiTrend estimate.

How often are Petroleum Engineer invitation rounds held?

Subclass 189: 1 federal round so far in FY2026-27 (15 October 2026); Petroleum Engineer received invitations in 1 of them. State nominations in FY2026-27: subclass 190 invitations on 1 round date and subclass 491 on none (NSW; 100–100 points).

How many Petroleum Engineer visas were granted in 2024-25?

77 main applicants: 45 through 190, 13 through 491, 10 through 186 and 9 through 189.

Last updated 12 November 2026Sources:OfficialEstimatedCommunity-reported

EOI snapshot October 2026

Community-reported and estimated figures are indicative and may be incomplete — treat them as a guide, not a guarantee. Official figures come from Home Affairs / SkillSelect.

General information only — not migration advice.

Compiled by ImmiTrend from official SkillSelect data.

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