Career Options in Petroleum Engineering

MAJORS CAREER OPTIONS
Petroleum geophysics Marine seismic sources
Seismic tomography and imaging
Inversion for elastic parameters (AVA) and reservoir parameters
Reservoir seismic and rock physics
Analysis of repeated seismic data (4D)
Processing of marine controlled source electromagnetic data
Modeling and characterization of anisotropic layered media (seismic and EM)
 
Production engineering Multiphase flow in wells and pipelines
Pumping and artificial lift
Flow assurance and condition monitoring
Hydrate for transport of natural gas
Processing of oil and gas
Field development
 
Drilling engineering Horizontal drilling
Electric pulse drilling
Improved drilling fluid properties
Managed pressure drilling
 
Petroleum engineering Conducts research in sub-surface processes, drilling completion and reservoir stimulation. It includes the interpretation of reservoir rock and fluid properties to estimate the flow potential of reservoirs and optimize well bore design. This enables the optimum development scenario for oil and gas fields to be determined, including initial and full life cycle design.