What should I do to pursue petroleum engineering?

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Vivek Kumar
6 years ago
If you have your interest in that field, then you must follow your passion and make it worthwhile for yourself.

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4 years ago
Petroleum engineers have come a long way from just drilling a hole underground to produce oil by its natural energy, to very knowledgeable enhanced oil technology, to actually pushing oil from an injector well to a producer. There are even more challenging tasks ahead for a young graduate in petrole

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Puneet Singh
4 years ago
Dear Admin, My cousin did B.Tech in Chemical Petroleum at LPU. Therefore I recommend LPU for this programme. Well, LPU is a good university when you compare it with other private universities and colleges. LPU has good placements. It provides ample opportunities to each and every of the eligible stu

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4 years ago
To become a petroleum engineer, you must have a Bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering. Candidates possessing a Bachelor's degree in mechanical or chemical engineering can also work in this field but a Bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering is preferred first. Petroleum Engineering is purely

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Khushal Arora
5 years ago
Hello! Every credible energy expert believes that the foreseeable national and global energy future, like the present, will be shaped predominantly by fossil energy. In spite of public perception, fossil fuels are, in fact, a blessing. Imagine a world without airplanes, automobiles, trucks to delive

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Debajit Chandra
9 years ago
The courses in Petroleum engineering are offered both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Like the degree program of any other engineering branches, the B.Tech program in Petroleum Engineering also requires a minimum + 2 qualification in Science stream with Physics, Chemistry and Maths with hig

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