Petroleum Engineering

application for local universities are now close, and guess what? i changed my choice of course. recently i applied for physics major in UTM, but then i suddenly changed it to petroleum engineering. why? because i really want to be a petroleum engineer since my secondary school. i've been exposed to that field since i was a petronas scholar before. therefore, i've went to many talk and camp held by petronas and my interest in this field grew. and based on my parents and friends advise, i chose this course.

and when i'm doing research about the subjects that i must take in the course, i found this at UTM's webpage. below are the subjects that i must take.

- fundamentals of petroleum engineering

- engineering economics

- basic geoscience

- reservoir rock and fluid properties

- geoscience laboratory

- reservoir engineering laboratory

- evaluation and management of petroleum projects

- formation evaluation

- petroleum geology

- reservoir engineering

- drilling engineering

- well completion

- drilling engineering laboratory

- petroleum production engineering

- gas engineering

- industrial training

- geology field work

- reservoir stimulation

- well testing

- well diagnosis and treatment

- field development projects

- undergraduate project 1

- undergraduate project 2

whooaaa.. interesting! i can't wait to start studying! (err..maybe i'm saying this because i'm bored at home..hahaha)

petroleum engineers will :

- determine the best drilling methods to find oil and gas deep in the earth

- manage production when oil and gas are drained from underground

actually, there are 5 disciplines in petroleum engineering, that is :

- drilling engineering

- production technology

- petrophysics

- petroleum economics

- reservoir engineering