What course do I need to study to be an engineer in oil and gas industry?

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You can study various types of engineering subjects to be employed by the oil and gas industry. I'd recommend mechanical, petrol, or chemical engineering since they are directly related to the industry you want to be involved in. However, other types of engineers can also find jobs in BP, Shell, etc. For example; an electronics engineer could design an electronic fire and explosion safety system for offshore platforms and earn a lot of money doing that. You must not forget that big companies generally require people from different academic backgrounds. (They will even need a food-process engineer)What course do I need to study to be an engineer in oil and gas industry?
I believe the University of Wyoming has an actual petroleum engineering cirriculla.
Ask Shell or BP what qualies their looking for!!!!





But if your going to do a degree you should be clever enough to know that for yourself!
Ignore the geology answer unless you want to be a geologist. A degree in mechanical engineering is sufficient to get onto a trainee engineer course - at the moment, there is a real shortage of well engineers/drilling engineer - if I were you, that would be the discipline I'd aim for. If you can get a position as a mudlogger offshore, that can be a good opening into well engineering. I don't know where you're located, but a move to Aberdeen would be a good start!
Check with your counselor. That's why they are there.
The oil and gas industry employs engineers from many disciplines.





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Mechanical engineers


Instrument engineers (electrical/digital engineering)


Process engineers (chemical engineering)


Electrical engineers


Civil engineers


Project engineers (any discipline)





Take your pick
Peter T has given the best and most accurate answer. In addition to having all kinds of engineers, the oil and gas industry tends to have their engineers deal with all kinds of tasks related to the various disciplines. You may be a mechanical engineeer but your assignment may require you to do some civil, chemical or electrical engineering.





In general petroleum engineers can be limited by their degree if they ever need or want to change industries. Also their focus is usually ';down hole'; only.
I guess it would either be Civil Engineering or Mechanical Engineering depending on what you want to specialise in. If you wish to design the structures of the rigs then I reckon Civil but if you want to be involved in the machinery then I would say Meachanical. Talk to Shell, BP, Texaco etc for some advice.





Also do you want to be an Engineer or a technician (Engineer is more theoretical and problem solving, technician is hands on) as these would require different types of courses (Engineers need degrees).
In the oil and gas industry there are mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, instrumentation engineers, marine engineers, civil engineers, chemical engineers, petroleum engineers and process engineers, together with other specialist disciplines like mud engineers, drilling engineers and certainly more that I have not named. Generally however Mechanical , Electrical, Civil and Chemical are the basic skills needed for this industry and the others are people of these categories who have further developed and refined their skills. Geologists are not normally categorized as engineers.
chemical engineering.





most of the work is to do with refining oil
Geology has to be your major. Personally I think they're just a bunch of fossil heads.
An oil and gas engineering course? Next!
ye the answer is Chemical engineering ... i'm in the same boat, and have just applied to study that at university.