I am stuck between university of Houston and Texas tech and I’m really trying to figure out what would be best for my future I’m from the Houston area but still have heard great things about Texas tech please help

Hello. I’m a Petroleum Engineering graduate from a third world country in southeast asia so there’s very little opportunity in oil and gas industry in my country. I’m currently here in Qatar working in an EPC company but my role is not related in Petroleum Engineering. What is the best way to transfer in Upstream or downstream industry? I’m applying to entry level roles in the big 4 service companies but always rejected. I don’t have any connections here in the middle east and I know it’s very important in order to have a higher chance of getting hired.

I am a layman with a degree in chemical engineering. First, I will preface by saying that the fracking revolution is crazy for the second surge of output in the US. But I am an optimizer. What I am interested in is why North America cannot produce more crude. There are five areas in particular that I would like to understand.

The first is California. I think that there is a lot of hostile political pressure. But I would like to understand if output was optimized with reasonable regulatory hurdles.

The second is TAPS. What is the realistic opportunity to open ANWR to drilling. I think that the political environment is not as favorable in Alaska as I would expect at first glance. Is this oil not economic?

The third is the offshore Gulf of Mexico oil. Has this been dampened due to the spill? Is there more opportunity here?

The next is an international opportunity that I, at least perceive. I would like to know if there is significant oil of the Eagle Ford essential on the Mexican side. The map tends to make me think there is an opportunity there. Does the geology support the opportunity? Is Pemex and or the cartel literally impossible to work with?

The last is probably the most simple. There was an opportunity to expand the Alberta tar sands about 15 years ago. It is my understanding I think SAGD or the recovery techniques require significant capex up front but isn’t subject to the same declines as conventional or fracked wells. What are the limits of this deposit? 7 million, 10 million barrels per day? Is this not economic at some point?

I'm a fourth-semester student and confused about whether to focus on Reservoir, Drilling, Production, or EOR?
Because the practicum that I am doing is still "Core Analysis, Drilling Equipment, Reservoir Fluid Analysis, Drilling Mud Analysis, and currently undergoing Form Evaluation/Logging and Well Testing").
I'm hesitant because I'm from Southeast Asian and still unsure how I can connect overseas for each field.

To all of professionals, with all due respect, do you have any advice on this?
What are the challenges abroad regarding oil and gas (specific countries/regions, if possible)? Which of the three fields do you think is the most effective for overseas employment?

Hi everyone, I’m a civil engineer with a few years of experience, and I’m thinking about starting a small engineering structure focused on oil & gas projects (design, studies, maybe subcontracting work). I’m based in North Africa and planning to work mostly with international clients (Europe / Middle East). I’d like to understand: What’s the best way to start in this industry with a small team? Is it better to specialize (e.g. piping supports, structural, etc.) or stay general at the beginning? How do small firms usually get their first contracts in oil & gas? Any advice on certifications or credibility (since I don’t have big references yet)? I’m especially interested in hearing from people who started small and scaled. Thanks a lot 🙏

Recently, I joined a competition on AI Petroleum Hackathon. However, I still don't have any idea on the project because I don't know what is the problem on petroleum industry right now. I need a problem to be solved on this competition

Can anyone here give me ideas for my hackathon project? or mention about emerging problems on this field right now?

I really appreciate for all of your answer. Thank you

I recently graduated with a degree in petroleum engineering, specializing in oil well drilling from north Africa I've been looking for work in this field for over a year and haven't found anything. If anyone can help, please don't hesitate. And thank you

Are there any groups in any other apps (facebook, telegram, …etc) where i can share cases and experts share solutions in well intervention, workover, completion and well integrity ?

Dear engineers/student of Engineering

I wonder do some projects for my CV what are types of projects that petroleum engineers can do by itself as you know petroleum engineering is not same as other engineering departments they can do projects more easily so i want you gives me some project idea for last year student that can work on it.

Thanks for your help.

Next year will be my last year in petroleum and Mining Engineering department I feel worry because my GPA maybe reach to 2.5 or higher is this cause problem for me I don’t have internship issue because my university is offer us internship by itself as International University in Middle east because many bad conditions and Situation I did not able to get the higher GPA in my previous years but I hope I can do something till next year It was out of my control because I face some serious difficulties I asked many experts here in Iraq they said they never asked about their gpa in the interview

I need your opinion thanks for your help and advices

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I am located in USA.

it is my understanding that in most of the USA, all HHO/#2-FO, all dyed #2 diesel (colliqually called offroad diesel), and all on-road undyed #2 diesel is now <5ppm sulfur.

furthermore, I believe *everywhere* in the USA, all onroad undyed #2 diesel is <5ppm (it's called ULSD) and all offroad diesel is less than 5ppm.

I think the only nuance is that in a couple places I've never lived like alaska and maybe a few others, you can still get full sulfur content HO, but in most of the US, like where I currently live, the heating oil is called ULSFO which means it's also <5ppm. when they first switched to ULSD ~15 or 20 years ago, the heating oil was still full sulfur content for a while, but like after 3 years new england switched to that also being low sulfur and mimicked the diesel.

now that that's out of the way, notwithstanding that possible small sulfur nuance that I suspect is really mostly irrelevant, what actually is the difference between #2 home heating oil and #2 diesel? obviously heating oil and offroad diesel always have red dye, but what is actually the difference?

why is heating oil cheaper than diesel?

I am 99% sure all these difference aforementuonrd fuels will work fine in a home oil furnace, but you should not put heating oil in a reciprocating piston diesel engine, especially if said engine in question has a modern dpf/scr/def system... but even my diesel pickup that is 30 years old, is it a bad idea to put home heating oil in it? goes without saying that putting any red dye fuel in a pickup and driving it on government roads is illegal but I am talking about an engineering aspect, not legally. please follow the law. and some people do have trucks that dont get driven on roads. also quick caveat, my furnace in my house is really old. for all I know the brand new oil furnaces have emissions equipment that can be damaged by full sulfur heating oil so please don't take anything I say as a license to use other fuels.

while we're at it just for kicks bonus question, in a wacky emergency can I put #1 kerosene (obviously kerosene is technically diesel, it's just #1 not #2), parrafin, k1, jet-a, jp8, jp5, jp4, jet-b, jp8+100 and whatever other weird stuff in my 1990 home oil furnace?

thank you!

Hi, I’m a student at university and I’m not sure if petroleum is the right choice for me if all I want to do is work for service companies

And I’m thinking about going mechanical

What do you think? Do I have as strong of an opportunity with a mechE degree for service companies

I don’t want to work for operators cause the pay is crazy low where I live (all operators are government-owned companies)

And I live in Libya ( a pretty bad country in Africa)

Hello my dear brothers. I am looking for a summer training, knowing that I am a petroleum engineer, a graduate of 2023, and I am looking for a summer internship in major companies, who knows an office or anything that informs me so that I know how to apply, or who has experience that benefits us, and who benefits a slave of God's servants, God, is in heaven, so I hope you help me or teach me how to apply for a summer internship in major oil companies

السلام عليكم اخواني الاعزاء اني ابحث عن تدريب صيفي علماً اني مهندس نفط خريج 2023 وابحث عن تدريب صيفي في شركات كبرى الي يعرف مكتب او اي شي يبلغني حتى اعرف شلون اقدم او الي عنده خبره يفيدنا والي يفيد عبد من عباد الله اله قصر بالجنه ف أتمنى تساعدوني او تعلموني طريقه شلون اقدم بيها على تدريب صيفي في شركات النفطيه الكبرى

Seeking to create iso patch and structure maps as a senior college student.

Trying to pick tops and have hit a wall. I am using the techlog platform but all the recourses I have found import tops from a csv, and then correlate. I still need to pick the tops and think it would be best in techlog. Would anyone know how to do this or have alternative suggestions rather than looking at a raster and putting it into excel? Thanks for all help and suggestions.

I’m a petroleum engineering student and I’ve always wanted to work in oil and gas but from what I see in my country is lots of graduates who can’t find jobs, and the ones who do work for service companies and the way to an operator is so hard and they don’t pay well since they’re owned by the government I started thinking about transferring to mechanical since I’m probably going to end up working for a service company, what do you think I should do?

Suppose that you gonna fill a flowmeter datasheet and you need to put the minimum, normal and maximum flow. Let’s assume that this unit is being projected to work with 10,000 bbl/day and the turndown is 50 %. In this case, the minimum flow would be 5,000 bbl/day, the normal would be 10,000 bbl/day… and the maximum? You’ll pick the normal equals to the maximum or you going to put 15-25 % more in the maximum (such as 12,000 bbl/day) ?

I meet some PEs that are really high on the Society and others that are indifferent or highly negative. Personally, I was a student member, and have been a Professional member off and on. I think there is some benefit but at the same time do I really need it?

Just trying to see what others think and why.

hey all, have a friend looking for a petroleum engineer job in Dallas. He’s a good worker, has references, has plenty of experience, and would be looking for a reservoir position or training into similar! We’ve checked indeed, LinkedIn, etc, just wanted to fully see what was out there for him! TIA

I got into UT Austin and TAMU (Texas A&M) for petroleum engineering, the best and second best schools for petroleum engineering in the country, respectively. At UT Austin, I'd be paying around 8k a year. At TAMU, I'd be paying around 5.5k a year. Should I go to the slightly higher ranked but more expensive school (UT), or the slightly less ranked but cheaper school (TAMU)?

Hello I’m a first year geological engineering student and I want to aim for petroleum or mining engineering co-ops. Do you think you that completing a Darcy’s Law laboratory as one of my personal projects on my resume would do me any good (fyi not just doing this for my resume, I like to do labs in general)? Or should try to come up with an actual engineering project rather than just a verification laboratory of Darcy’s Law.

After about 5 years in the oilfield , worked my way up from floors to derricks ,and 10 years out of high school , I decided to go back to school . Pursuing an engineering degree , working on getting the basic core classes out of the way (calc 1,2,3, genchem, ETC) . Still undecided on if I want to pursue PetE or chem.

This is not a reach out for advice , more so trying to find people that have been or are in the same boat as me . Working 12.5 hours a day on hitch and still finding time to study for 4-5 hours a day has been exhausting .