Petroleum Engineering
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. Petroleum geology and geophysics focus on provision of a static description of the hydrocarbon reservoir rock, while petroleum engineering focuses on estimation of the recoverable volume of this resource using a detailed understanding of the physical behavior of oil, water and gas within porous rock at very high pressure.
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 petroleum production engineering.
Recruitment to the industry has historically been from the disciplines of physics, chemical engineering and mining engineering. Subsequent development training has usually been done within oil companies.
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Scholarships for Petroleum Engineering Majors
NSF SBIR Innovative Postdoctoral Entrepreneurial Fellowship (NSF I-PERF)American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) |
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award Up to $78,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Edith Nourse Rogers STEM ScholarshipU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
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award Up to $30,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Emmy Noether AwardJoe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation |
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award Up to $75,000 |
deadline March 27, 2024 |
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Jesse Jackson Fellows - Toyota ScholarshipPUSH Excel |
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award Up to $25,000 |
deadline May 31, 2024 |
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Engineering Honors Scholarship - Greenville UniversityGreenville University |
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award $20,500 |
deadline Varies |
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Big Bang Theory Graduate Fellowship-PAIDUniversity of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) |
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award $20,000 |
deadline May 01, 2024 |
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Petroluem Scholarship - University of Montana, Montana TechUniversity of Montana at Montana Tech |
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award $15,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Astronaut Scholarship in Science and TechnologyAstronaut Scholarship Foundation |
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award Up to $15,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Air Force ROTC Express ScholarshipUniversity of Iowa |
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award $15,000 |
deadline Varies |
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ASHRAE Presidents ScholarshipAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigerating and AC Engineers (ASHRAE) |
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award $12,500 |
deadline December 01, 2024 |
Petroleum Engineering Related Majors
- Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering
- Computer Software Engineering
- Architectural Engineering
- Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
- Agricultural Engineering
- Biochemical Engineering
- Computer Hardware Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- Engineering Mechanics
- Nuclear Engineering
- Construction Engineering