HISTORY
Petroleum engineering is one of the most important leading careers of society. This is a field of engineering which relates to parts of chemistry, hydrocarbons that can be crude/oil of natural gas. Petroleum engineering has many difficult stages. As you read more many other facts on why petroleum engineering is important will be stated.
Petroleum engineering is the development and exploitation of crude/oil and natural gas. The foundation was established during the 1890s in California. This career was developed to correlate oil- producing zones and water zones from well to prevent large amounts of water from entering oil- produced zones.
The word relies on oil and gas for energy. Gas and oil have to be located and extracted. Petroleum engineering makes it possible; they are responsible for getting oil and gas fields running. They have a promising future as long as gas and oil are main resources for energy needs.
Petroleum engineers work with other scientists, geologist, chemists and other engineers, to determine how to have oil and gas fields run smooth and safely as possible. They also design equipment used for drilling operations. Their main goal is to establish a system that would produce more oil and gas out of deposits.
Requirements
A petroleum engineer must obtain a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Some engineering programs offer field work while in school to get the student equated with the type of work in the petroleum engineering field. They are required to license to work in the public with others are under another petroleum engineer. Licensing requires an individual to have a degree from an ABET- accredited program, they must also pass the Fundamental of Engineering exam and they must also pass the Prof...
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Almost every single nation in our world today, the United States included, is extremely reliant on oil and how much of it we can obtain. Wars have started between countries vying for control of this valuable natural resource. The United States as a whole has been trying to reduce its reliance on foreign oil and has had some success, especially with the discovery of the Bakken formation and projects like the Keystone Pipeline. Projects like the Keystone Pipeline are important as they will allow us to transport more oil than we would be able to in train cars, and grant larger access to oil reserves in the United States and Canada. The Keystone Pipeline itself is an oil pipeline which runs from the western Canadian sedimentary basin in Alberta, Canada to refineries in the United States.
Experts say the many deaths could have been prevented with better safety training and better safety precautions. Since then new and old rules have been enforced. During the late 1980's the federal and provincial governments installed boards to regulate offshore oil and gas. These boards required anyone visiting the rigs to have minimum safety...
Oil provided new fuel for transportation and manufacturing, even railroads were able to convert to oil. Oil helped manufacturing plants and farms move to a cheaper source of energy. Another significant factor of oil is that it helped encourage automobile production as well as roads. The production of the Interstate highway led to the movement of people and goods (Champagne, Harpham 13). Rapid industrialization of the Gulf Coast region sparked. By 1929 in Harris County, 27 percent of all manufacturing employees worked in refineries. By 1940 the capacity of the refineries had increased fourfold. The oil and gas industries carried a boom-and-bust mentality (Oliena 1). The economy flourish at times and failed other times, because the prices would rise and fall. When new oil was discovered in a particular place it brought about more people, overcrowding the schools and new housing. Yet a couple years later the town could experience a bust creating poverty and making the town a ghost town. The oil and gas industry transformed the government and its role with the economy. The Texas Railroad Commission was extended to regulate energy and to promote well-spacing rules. Higher education benefitted through the oil and gas industry ( Munch, Francis, and Rundell 604). In 1923 oil was discovered in the West Texas Permian Basin on university land. The Permanent University Fund was split up between the
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Furthermore met more than 60% of worldwide vitality request by the oil and gas industry. Advancement undertakings and foundation as far and wide as possible, depend on the business. The oil and gas industry is a basic industry globally. The business might be isolated into five parts:
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Petroleum is evident from chromatographic, spectroscopic and analytical studies that a wide variety of organic and inorganic compounds is present in petroleum. The following are the common constituents present in petroleum.
Did you know that most credible experts agree that the national and global energy future, will be shaped predominantly by fossil energy? (“ The Role of Fossil Fuels in a Sustainable Energy System”). Can you imagine a world without cars, airplanes and transported goods? Petroleum engineers play a major role by providing advanced technology to maintain the supply and the demand for crude oil met at a national and international level. As many people know, this career requires major commitment and hard work. Someone interested in pursuing it, should become familiar with the job description, the skills needed and the job outlook to fully compromise to their journey.
An education is best valued when it is used to serve one’s community at a larger aspect- this belief has been imprinted in my judgment from the commencement of my undergraduate study. This persuasion and a natural aptitude for energy science and mathematics induced me that petroleum engineering is the most fitting career for me and developed a sense in my mind that higher study is mandatory to be competent in this field. I desire a master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering followed by a PhD not only because it is the most fulfilling way to exercise my natural talent as a scholar but also it will give me the opportunity to serve my country as she has paucity of researchers in this discipline.
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