Doctor's degree Petroleum Engineering - Colorado School of Mines

Doctor's degree Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines is a Campus Ph.D Petroleum Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Petroleum Engineering is not a narrowly focused engineering discipline. A petroleum engineer must have a good understanding of basic engineering , the natural sciences, and mathematics, in addition to petroleum engineering and an earth science background. Graduate studies are an excellent avenue to be involved in multi-disciplinary studies and to gain a better understanding of the complexities of petroleum reservoirs. Research Research in the Petroleum Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines has a worldwide reputation for immediate usefulness in managing drilling, field development, operations, well stimulation and other production and reservoir problems. Some current research projects include: Multidisciplinary reservoir characterization Advanced drilling Finite element modeling Reservoir simulation IOR/EOR methods Naturally fractured reservoirs Carbonate reservoirs Pressure transient analysis Rock physics Rock mechanics Stimulation and completion methods Hydraulic fracturing Unconventional reservoirs Horizontal and advance wells Pore scale modeling and imaging Economics and management Tight gas sand production Natural gas engineering Doctor of Philosophy The doctorate is a research degree and requires 90 hours beyond the bachelor's degree. Students must complete at least 60 credit hours of coursework and a minimum of 30 credit hours of research beyond the bachelor's degree or at least 24 credit hours of coursework and a minimum of 30 credit hours of research beyond the master's degree. The student is required to take 12 credit hours in a minor area of study. View more details on Colorado School of Mines . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Petroleum Engineering courses.