Bachelor of Science in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
ObjectivesThe mission of the Petroleum Engineering program is to prepare students for the challenges of such a diversified career by providing students with the necessary skills to achieve success in their future profession.
To achieve this mission, the following educational objectives are emphasized:
1. To educate an individual to be a petroleum engineer who is competent in drilling and completions, production, and reservoir evaluation.
2. To develop the graduate’s ability to analyze open‐ended problems and design solutions for petroleum engineering and related disciplines, understand the associated uncertainties, and to effectively communicate their ideas to others.
Academic titleBachelor of Science in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Course descriptionPetroleum and natural gas engineering is a broad-based discipline primarily concerned with the development, exploration, and conservation of oil and gas resources. Petroleum and natural gas engineers plan and supervise drilling and well-completion programs, design and select drilling and production equipment, optimize the production of oil and natural gas, estimate reserves, and manage oil and gas properties.
Sample Curriculum for the Bachelor of Science in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering:
Semester 1
1 PETR 101 (intro)
4 MATH 131 (calculus)
4 CHEM 121 & 121L (general)
3 ENGL 111 (college English)
4 ERTH 101 & 103L (earth processes)
2 ES 110 (intro)
18 Total credit hours
Semester 2
4 MATH 132 (calculus)
3 ES 111 (intro)
5 PHYS 121 & 121L (general)
3 ENGL 112 (college English)
3 Social Science
18 Total credit hours
Semester 3
4 MATH 231 (calculus)
4 CHEM 122 & 122L (general)
5 PHYS 122 & 122L (general)
3 ES 201(statics)
16 Total credit hours
Semester 4
3 PETR 245 (petroleum fluids)
3 MATH 335 (ordinary differential equations)
3 ES 216 (fluid mechanics)
3 ES 302 (mechanics)
3 ES 347 (thermodynamics)
3 ERTH 206 (earth’s crust)
18 Total credit hours
Semester 5
4 PETR 311 & 311L (drilling)
4 PETR 345 & 345L (reservoir engineering I)
3 ES 303 (dynamics)
3 ENGL 341 (technical writing)
3 Humanities
17 Total credit hours
Semester 6
4 PETR 370 (reservoir evaluation)
3 PETR 413 & 413L (well design)
3 PETR 445 (reservoir engineering II)
3 ERTH 460 (subsurface)
3 Social Science
16 Total credit hours
Semester 7
3 PETR 424 & 424L (production engineering)
3 PETR 464 (natural gas)
2 PETR 471 (reservoir description)
3 ES 316 (economics)
3 Humanities/Social Science
3 Technical Elective
17 Total credit hours
Semester 8
3 PETR 425 (production engineering design)
2 PETR 472 (reservoir management)
3 ES 332 (electrical)
3 Humanities
3 Social Science
14 Total credit hours