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Hi aaditya
Petroleum industries are offering one of the highest packages at present times. They even recruit students for other streams too. at present petroleum industries have got a good scope , but one of the drawback is , it limits your future prospects to petroleum related industries which is not the case with other branches such as computers, chemical etc.
Petroleum Engineering is a recent development in the field of technical education, which is becoming very much popular among aspiring students. Petroleum engineers are involved in the exploration and production activities of petroleum, which is an upstream end of the energy sector. The discipline of petroleum Engineering sector deals with wide range of topics, including economics, geology, geochemistry, geomechanics, geophysics, oil drilling, geopolitics, knowledge management, seismology, tectonics, thermodynamics, well logging, well completion, oil and gas production, reservoir development, and pipelines etc.
Job Prospectus
Petroleum engineering, being a rare field of engineering study, offers quite lucrative job opportunities to the graduates. Fresher may find ample scope in public undertakings as well as in corporate sector that deal with petroleum exploration and extraction.
A Petroleum engineer’s task involves bringing oil or gas from the reservoir to the surface economically, safely and with minimum damage to the reservoir and facilities. Other activities include management of material resources and contractor relationships and also supervising drilling personnel. They work in multidisciplinary teams alongside other engineers, scientists, drilling teams and contractors.