Petroleum Engineering Technology - Houston Community College System

Petroleum Engineering Technology from Houston Community College System is a Campus Certificate Petroleum Engineering degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Petroleum Engineering Technology is a program designed to prepare individuals to work as Petroleum Engineering Technicians . The petroleum industry hires these highly skilled individuals for multiple field and office positions. This challenging program is designed to train petroleum engineering technicians in all areas of down and mid stream petroleum industry operations. Students complete an intense core curriculum in areas that include hydrocarbon safety, drilling, petroleum geology, oil and gas exploration and production, reservoir operations, well head completions, petroleum data management operations and analysis, natural gas production, and economics. In conjunction with these courses, students will employ the latest computer software in E&P, operations, data mining, and geological mapping. The curriculum is based upon the core duties and related tasks identified by industry organizations such as BP (primarily), Shell, Chevron/Texaco, ExxonMobil, Bechtel Corporation, Conoco, Halliburton and others. Graduates of Petroleum Engineering Technology are employed in process design, data entry and evaluation, well operations, environmental control, plant engineering, geological surveys, engineering sales, research and development, and manufacturing. Common industries for employment include: power, gas processing, refineries, petrochemical processing, oil and gas mining, manufacturing drilling and exploration services. View more details on Houston Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Petroleum Engineering courses.