What is the scope of petroleum engineering?
Asked by Aagam Shah
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Petroleum engineers are one of the highest paid engineering disciplines as the demand for oil and gas is very high all over the world. Therefore, they require such professionals who can extract maximum oil and gas. The job prospects of a petroleum engineer are very high as compared to others. Broadly speaking, the domain of Petroleum engineering deals with the study, exploration, extraction and distribution of oil and natural gas reserves available on the earth. Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune: BE
Aligarh Muslim University, UP: B.Tech, M.Tech
IIT Madras: M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
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Petroleum Engineering is one of the most interesting and rewarding career opportunities available to engineering students in India. The rising scarcity of petroleum products coupled with expansion in search operations for new petroleum sources has brought the field again in the limelight. Proactive people, who network, share ideas and stay active around stand much better chances. So, one needs to keep that in mind. Shell, Cairn, Reliance, OIL, ONGC, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Wetherford, Transocean etc. Are some name which hire petroleum engineers. Other than that a lot of consultancy mostly Mumbai based hire a lot of fie...more
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A lot of companies directly or through consultancies hire Indian for foreign locations. Also, in oil & gas industry one can directly apply to outside India and can expect to be hired if have a good profile. So prospects are not bad. But, as far I have seen it - oil & gas industry doesn't really work the way all other when it comes to picking candidates. Someone, just going to college and finishing with good grades might find it difficult to land a desired job. This industry looks for people with a lot of people and management skill. Proactive people, who network, share ideas and stay active around stand much better chances. So,...more
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Dear Aagam, The subject of petroleum engineering touches upon a variety of topics and domains like Economics, Geochemistry, Geology, geomechanics, geophysics, seismology, plate tectonics, thermodynamics, gas production, oil drilling, and many others. Petroleum engineers are one of the highest-paid engineering disciplines as the demand for oil and gas is very high all over the world. Therefore, they require professionals who can extract maximum oil and gas. The job prospects of a petroleum engineer are very high as compared to others. LPU is the best engineering college in India. LPU becomes the best place to pursue an engineering degre...more
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