How to do Petroleum Engineering @ Georgia Tech?

penguin2012
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:46:53 +0000

You can work as a PetE with a MechE/ChemE major. You might be slotted in for a process or facilities job first, but if you do well and manage to get connections (especially in a supermajor), they tend to shift new grads for different jobs. Few civil engineers know this, but their skill set is quite important in drilling and reservoir engineering.

You have some options in order of importance

1. Apply for summer jobs. Frankly speaking, everyone has the same skill set after 2nd year engineering no matter what major, so if you land a PetE related job, you’re in business.

2. Take geology or geophysics electives. Take engineering courses with the topics: multiphase flow, wettability, capillary pressures, reservoir simulation, geomechanics

3. Take MS in PetE. This is probably the most direct path that will land you a PetE job (assuming you don’t do a PetE Bachelor’s), but you never know what will happen in 4 years.