Petroleum Engineering

Description

Petroleum Engineering is a specialised engineering discipline concerned with recovering hydrocarbons from the earth to satisfy the world's energy needs. It applies physical, mathematical and engineering principles to identify and solve problems associated with exploration, exploitation, drilling, production, processing, transportation and all the related economic and management problems associated with recovery of hydrocarbons and geothermal energy from deep beneath the earth’s surface.

Petroleum Engineering also involves economic and management disciplines. There is a demand for graduates in the oil and natural gas industries, and related industries and research institutions.

Studying Petroleum Engineering at UNSW

The study of Petroleum Engineering at UNSW is primarily through the School of Petroleum Engineering. Both undergraduate and postgraduate programs of study are available. Please refer to the table below for a list of programs available at UNSW.

Geothermal Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation PTRLKS5341
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation PTRLIS8338
   

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Petroleum Eng Open Learning can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation PTRLES5341
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation PTRLCS8338
   

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Petroleum Engineering can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name Stream Type Stream
5341 Engineering Science Specialisation PTRLDS5341
7343 Petroleum Engineering Specialisation
Specialisation
PTRLGS7343
PTRLHS7343
8338 Engineering Science Specialisation PTRLBS8338
   

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 Petroleum Engineering

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