Minerals Institute of Western Australia

Petroleum Engineer

The general term Petroleum Engineer is used to describe an engineer working in the oil and gas industry. Petroleum Engineers may become more specialised and are then called Drilling Engineers, Production Engineers or Reservoir Engineers. A Petroleum Engineer may perform the following tasks:

• study geological and geophysical information;
• determine type of drilling methods to use;
• assist in estimating the economic potential of the reserves;
• determine the liquids or gases contained, rate of recovery, temperatures, pressures;
• plan and conduct research and provide advice on oil and gas engineering operations;
• determine the best way to develop the reserve;
• determine methods of controlling the hydrocarbon flow;
• plan ways to transport the hydrocarbons

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