Handbook - Petroleum Engineering

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Overview

Petroleum Engineering is a specialised engineering discipline which prepares graduates for careers in the oil and gas industries. Its related operations apply physical, mathematical and engineering principles to identify and solve problems associated with exploration, exploitation, drilling, production and all the related economic and management problems associated with the recovery … For more content click the Read More button below.

Petroleum Engineering is a specialised engineering discipline which prepares graduates for careers in the oil and gas industries. Its related operations apply physical, mathematical and engineering principles to identify and solve problems associated with exploration, exploitation, drilling, production and all the related economic and management problems associated with the recovery of hydrocarbons and alternative sources of energy from deep beneath the earth's surface.

Available in Program(s)
Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - BE (Hons)3707 - Engineering (Honours)

Specialisation Structure

Students must complete 168 UOC.

Level 1 Core Courses36 Units of Credit:

Students must take 36 UOC of the following courses.

Level 1 Core Courses

One of the following:

One of the following:

One of the following:

Level 2 Core Courses42 Units of Credit:

Students must take 42 UOC of the following courses.

Level 2 Core Courses

One of the following:

Level 3 Core Courses42 Units of Credit:

Students must take 42 UOC of the following courses.

Reservoir Engineering B

Well Drilling Equipment and Operations

Petroleum Economics

Reservoir Characterisation

Numerical Reservoir Simulation

Well Pressure Testing

Level 4 Core Courses24 Units of Credit:

Level 4 Project / Thesis12 Units of Credit:

Students must take 12 UOC of either PTRL4010 (6 UOC) and PTRL4011 (6UOC), or MERE4951 (4 UOC) and MERE4952 (4 UOC) and MERE4953 (4 UOC).

Note: School approval is required to undertake the alternative thesis options MERE4951/4952/4953.

Integrated Oil and Gas Field Evaluation12 Units of Credit:

Research Thesis12 Units of Credit:

Discipline (Depth) Electives12 Units of Credit:

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

NOTE: 2 UOC and 3 UOC courses are run over consecutive terms for a final total of 6 UOC.

PTRL5100/5101/5102 are postgraduate level courses. Undergraduate students will need at least WAM 65 and approval of the Undergraduate Coordinator to be eligible to enrol.

Workplace Safety

Material and Energy Systems

Heat and Mass Transfer

Material and Energy Balances in the Chemical Process Industry

Physical Chemistry: Molecules, Energy and Change

Organic Chemistry: Mechanisms and Biomolecules

Inorganic Chemistry: The Elements

Analytical Chemistry: Essential Methods

Programming Fundamentals

Professional Issues and Ethics in Information Technology

Water and Wastewater Engineering

Microeconomics 1

Macroeconomics 1

Elements of Environmental Economics

Strategic Leadership and Ethics

Entrepreneurial Engineering

Engineering Vertically Integrated Project

Fundamentals of Humanitarian Engineering

Engineering Vertically Integrated Project

Engineering Vertically Integrated Project

Business Finance

Environmental Systems, Processes and Issues

Peak Carbon: Climate Change and Energy Policy

Australian Climate and Vegetation

Australian Physical Environments

Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing

Mineral and Energy Resources

Environmental Geophysics

Environmental Change

Engineering Statistics and Experiment Design

Mathematical Computing

Physical Properties of Materials

Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria

Drilling Fluids and Cementing

Digital Core Analysis

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