Top Petroleum Engineering Universities

This post lists the graduate engineering school rankings available for petroleum engineering programs in USA.

U.S. News Rank	University
1	Texas A&M University–College Station
2	University of Texas–Austin
3	Stanford University (CA)
4	Colorado School of Mines
5	University of Oklahoma
6	Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge
7	University of Tulsa (OK)
8	Texas Tech University
9	Penn State University–University Park
10	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Online Oil and Gas Engineering Degree Programs

In an era of dwindling resources and the retirement of experienced engineering professionals, newly trained oil and gas engineers will remain in high demand, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Online colleges and universities now offer advanced master's degree programs in oil and gas specializations to help qualify new engineers for the profession.

Career Training in Oil and Gas Engineering
Oil and gas engineering professionals work on the discovery, development, and production output of energy reserves. In online career training courses, engineers study technical as well as managerial aspects of the energy industry. Classes may include chemistry, geophysics, seismology, plate tectonics, drilling methodology, well placement theory, and resource recovery techniques.

Advanced Online Classes Can Boost Engineering Pay
A 2006 Gallup survey released by the Society for Petroleum Engineers showed that domestic gas engineers with advanced degrees earned 30 percent more on average than those with only an undergraduate degree. Length of experience is also a prime factor in career advancement.

Pennsylvania State University
Penn State World Campus offers the following online oil and gas engineering degree:

• Master of Engineering in Oil and Gas Engineering Management

Penn State is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Robert Gordon University (UK)
Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, offers the following online master's degree in oil and gas engineering:

• Master of Science in Oil & Gas Engineering

Texas A & M University
Texas A&M University offers the following online petroleum engineering degree:

• Master of Engineering (MEng) in Petroleum Engineering

Texas A&M University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University offers a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering entirely at a distance. The degree is designed for those who desire a deeper academic understanding of petroleum engineering or who want to work in research or development. This program prepares students to assume responsibility in technical and managerial areas within the oil and gas industry. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Gus Archie Scholarship Program

The Gus Archie Scholarship Programs is an initiative by the SPE to provide financial support to deserving students from around the world. Here is what the spe website says,

"The Gus Archie Memorial Scholarship is supported by the Archie Fund of the SPE Foundation. Each year the SPE Foundation, working through the SPE Section Scholarship Support Program, as well as working with individual applicants, awards the Archie Scholarship to the most outstanding incoming first-time university student. The curriculum must lead to an undergraduate degree in petroleum engineering.

The Archie Fund endows each scholarship at $6,000 per year. The program contemplates support of an individual student through four years of university study, provided that he/she makes satisfactory academic progress. The program ordinarily requires a GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher for the current semester and a GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher on a cumulative basis. Students rotate off the program after 4 years of scholarship support."

The qualification and application procedure is given on the SPE website, over here. You can also find other scholarships offered to students of petroleum engineering by the SPE, over here.

Petroleum Engineering Colleges in Pakistan

Ned University of Engineering and Technology

Department of Petroleum Engineering
NED Universtiy of Egineering & Technology
University Road Karachi
Phone: 021-9261261-8 Ext: 2345
Fax: 9261255
Email: cpd@neduet.edu.pk
Course outline

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology

Chairman,
Institute of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Mehran UET
Jamshoro, Sindh
Pakistan
web: http://pg.muet.edu.pk
voice: 022-2772273
Course outline


University of Karachi

Mr. Adnan Khan,
Dept. of Petroleum Technology
Main University Road
Sindh 75270 75270
Pakistan
Telephone:9261300-06 Ext:2418
Contact: KarachiUStudents@spemail.org

University of Engineering & Technology

Department of Petroleum and Gas Engineer
Lahore 54890
Punjab
Pakistan
Phone: +92-42-6829471
Fax: +92-42-6822566

Oil and Gas Companies operating in Pakistan

In this post i give a complete list of oil and gas companies operating in Pakistan presently. If you know of other companies involved within Pakistan, than please inform me so that i can keep this list up to date. Use this list to send your cv's for jobs, internships or training. You can also obtain other information about these companies by visiting their website.

Oil and Gas exploration

• BHP Billiton
• British petroleum
• Pakistan Oilfields
• Pakistan Petroleum
• Hycarbex-American Energy Inc.
• MAKCO
• Mari Gas Company
• MOL Pakistan
• Oil and Gas Development Company
• OMV
• Orient Petroleum International Inc.
• Petroconpak
• PETRONAS
• Polish Oil and Gas Company, Poland
• Saif petroleum
• Shell Oil Company,United states
• Zaver Petroleum Corporation Limited

Oil and Gas Consultancy

• Obiz Pakistan Private Limited

Oil and Gas marketing

• Admore
• Attock Petroleum
• Bosicor Pakistan Limited
• Caltex
• Haroon Oils
• Pakistan State Oil
• Shell Pakistan
• Sui Northern Gas Pipelines
• Sui Southern Gas Company
• Total Parco
• Zamirson petroleum

Oil and Gas Services

• Obiz Oil Services Private Limited

Oil refineries

• Attock Refinery
• Bosicor Pakistan
• National Refinery
• Pakistan Refinery
• PARCO Mid-Country Refinry
• Indus Refinery Limited
• Khalifa Refinery Limited(PARCO-2)

Petroleum Engineering Colleges in USA

The USA boasts some of the worlds top engineering colleges especially for petroleum engineering. Below I list down 22 colleges in the USA that offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs for petroleum engineering. I hope this list will help you make the right decision. (Note: each link will take you to the website of the respective university)

Additional Engineering Colleges	College City	State
Colorado School Of Mines	Golden	CO
Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College	Baton Rouge	LA
Marietta College	Marietta	OH
New Mexico Institute Of Mining And Technology	Socorro	NM
North Dakota State University-main Campus	Fargo	ND
Pennsylvania State University-main Campus	University Park	PA
Stanford University	Stanford	CA
Texas A & M University	College Station	TX
Texas A & M University-kingsville	Kingsville	TX
Texas Tech University	Lubbock	TX
The University Of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	AL
The University Of Texas At Austin	Austin	TX
University Of Alaska Fairbanks	Fairbanks	AK
University Of Houston	Houston	TX
University Of Kansas Main Campus	Lawrence	KS
University Of Louisiana At Lafayette	Lafayette	LA
University Of Missouri-rolla	Rolla	MO
University Of Oklahoma Norman Campus	Norman	OK
University Of Southern California	Los Angeles	CA
University Of Tulsa	Tulsa	OK
University Of Wyoming	Laramie	WY
West Virginia University	Morgantown	WV