Petroleum Engineering. Academic Program Description

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems for locating, extracting, processing and refining crude petroleum and natural gas, including prospecting instruments and equipment, mining and drilling systems, processing and refining systems and facilities, storage facilities, transportation systems, and related environmental and safety systems.

Related Occupations

• Engineering Managers
• Engineering Teachers
• Petroleum Engineers

Colleges Offering this Curriculum

• Colorado School of Mines
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Kilgore College
• Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
• Marietta College
• Montana Tech of the University of Montana
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
• Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Main Campus
• Stanford University
• Texas A & M University
• Texas A & M University-Kingsville
• Texas Tech University
• The University of Texas at Austin
• University of Alaska Fairbanks
• University of Houston
• University of Kansas Main Campus
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• University of Missouri-Rolla
• University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• University of Southern California
• University of Tulsa
• University of Utah
• University of Wyoming
• Wayne State University
• West Virginia University