Petroleum Engineering

About course

Petroleum refers to crude oil and petroleum engineering is the set of activities related to the production and processing of various products such as gasoline, diesel, heating oil from crude oil. Petroleum engineers work with geologists to understand the geologic formation and properties of the rock containing the oil reservoir, determine the drilling methods to be used and monitor drilling and production operations. They design equipment and processes to achieve the maximum profitable recovery of oil and gas. Petroleum engineers rely heavily on computer models to simulate reservoir performance using different recovery techniques.  Petroleum engineering requires a good knowledge of many other related disciplines, such as geophysics, petroleum geology, formation evaluation (well logging), drilling, economics, reservoir simulation, reservoir engineering, well engineering, artificial lift systems, completions and oil and gas facilities engineering.


Core subjects – The core subjects of Petroleum Engineering are as follows:

• Petroleum Operations
• Thermodynamics & Heat Engines
• Thermodynamics & Heat Engines
• Drilling Engineering & Well Completion
• Offshore Drilling & Production Operations
• Petroleum Engineering Economics

Further studies – After completing B. Tech in Petroleum Engineering, you can go for M. Tech followed by research.

Job profiles – The job profiles for Petroleum Engineering are as follows:

• Oil and gas extraction
• Supervisor
• Processor
• Petroleum refining
• Technical service

Top recruiters - The organizations in which the graduates are absorbed are Reliance Industries Ltd., ONGC, Schlumberger, Shell, Oil India Limited, Gas Authority of India Ltd., Essar Oil, GSPC, Cairn Energy, Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Reliance Energy.