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St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai

Petroleum engineering is a field concerned with the production of hydrocarbons like crude oil and natural gas. It involves activities in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production. Petroleum engineers work closely with geologists to determine how to develop and deplete reservoirs in ways that maximize economic recovery, which usually has the highest impact on field economics. The field requires knowledge of many related disciplines like geophysics, geology, drilling, and reservoir simulation.

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St. Joseph's College of Engineering and Technology, Palai

Petroleum engineering is a field concerned with the production of hydrocarbons like crude oil and natural gas. It involves activities in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production. Petroleum engineers work closely with geologists to determine how to develop and deplete reservoirs in ways that maximize economic recovery, which usually has the highest impact on field economics. The field requires knowledge of many related disciplines like geophysics, geology, drilling, and reservoir simulation.

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St.

Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai


Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
…..Unique in Expertise…..
AE472 PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Industrial Relevance

Petroleum engineering is a field of engineering concerned with the activities


related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or natural
gas. Exploration and Production are deemed to fall within the upstream sector of
the oil and gas industry. Exploration, by earth scientists, and petroleum
engineering are the oil and gas industry's two main subsurface disciplines, which
focus on maximizing economic recovery of hydrocarbons from subsurface
reservoirs. The combined efforts of geologists and petroleum engineers throughout
the life of a hydrocarbon accumulation determine the way in which a reservoir is
developed and depleted, and usually, they have the highest impact on field
economics. 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. Subsequent development training has usually been done within oil
companies.

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