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Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum Engineering. Presented by: Demetrius Gordon. What is Petroleum Engineering?.

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Petroleum Engineering

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  1. Petroleum Engineering Presented by: Demetrius Gordon

  2. What is Petroleum Engineering? • Petroleum engineering is a discipline where you are involved in activities that are related to the production of hydrocarbons. If you didn’t know, hydrocarbons are crude oil or natural gas depending on how you produce them. • Petroleum engineers search and discover untapped fossil fuels, they refine them to make oil, and Petroleum Engineers are able to do these things through the combination of using advanced equipment, mathematics, and science.

  3. Top Schools for Petroleum Engineers • University of Texas ( Cockrell School of Engineering) • Colorado School of Mines • Stanford University • University of Oklahoma

  4. Courses Required for Petroleum Engr. • Introduction to Hydrocarbon Resources • Reservoir Petrophysics • Petroleum Engineering Lab • Reservoir Fluids • Introduction to Well Logging • Well Drilling and Completion I • Petroleum Transient Testing • Reservoir Engineering I • Data Mining & Database Management • Reservoir Engineering II

  5. Courses Required for Petroleum Engr. • Petroleum Production Economics • Creativity & Innovation • Theory of Reservoir Modeling • Integrated Reservoir Characterization • Natural Gas Engineering • Petroleum Production Operations I • Project Management

  6. Top Achievements in Petroleum Engr. • If coal was king in the 19th century, oil was the undisputed emperor of the 20th. Refined forms of petroleum, or "rock oil," became—in quite literal terms—the fuel on which the 20th century ran, the lifeblood of its automobiles, aircraft, farm equipment, and industrial machines. Sited from: www.pertoleum.com Gasoline To

  7. Professional organizations Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

  8. Top Employers of Petroleum Engineers Companies Salary Ranges • Chevron Corporation • Shell Oil Company • ExxonMobil Corporation • British Petroleum (BP) • Schlumberger • $61,277 - $197,663 • $79,459 - $171,178 • $37,095 - $198,173 • $81,228 - $328,848 • $60,402 - $165,880

  9. Negatives associated with the field: Oil Spills Dangerous Lay-offs In the petroleum engineering field you make a lot of money but they are known to be laid off as soon as gas prices drop. You can only find work in certain states around the country, and you may have to travel a lot around the world. Even though safety is better with the advanced machinery accidents can still happen.

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