Degree Requirements and Program of Study |
Degree Program Requirements
Master of Engineering - 36 credit hours
30 hours of coursework
15 hours of core courses
15 hours of elective courses (A maximum of 6 hours of elective courses may taken be outside the petroleum engineering curriculum)
6 credit- hours of project and a final report
Cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0
Successful completion of M.E. project and report
General Requirements
The program of study for a Master of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering is selected by the student in consultation with his/her advisor and with the approval of the graduate committee. Students whose previous education and training exclude coverage of basic undergraduate petroleum engineering courses will be required to take remedial coursework in the deficient areas before enrolling for graduate core courses in these areas. Deficiencies will be determined through consultation with the student’s advisor and program graduate committee. Graduate degree students may be enrolled as part time or full time students. All full time graduate students are required to participate in a non-credit seminar during each semester they are in residence at the Petroleum Institute. Part-time graduate degree students are required to participate in a minimum of one graduate seminar.
Master of Engineering Program
This program is designed to update and advance students’ knowledge in specific areas of petroleum engineering, to further develop the technical competence of the practicing engineer and to improve his/her performance on the job. Students entering the Master of Engineering (without thesis) program with an acceptable undergraduate degree in petroleum engineering or a closely related field are required to take 36 hours of coursework and must participate in the graduate seminar. All students must complete the five petroleum engineering graduate program core courses (Advanced Drilling Engineering; Advanced Reservoir Engineering; Advanced Well Performance Evaluation; Advanced Well Test Analysis Advanced Well Log Analysis, and Advanced Petroleum Economics). An additional 15 hours of elective courses are chosen based on the student’s preferred area of specialty. Where appropriate, up to six of these hours may be technical electives taken outside the petroleum engineering curriculum. Students, in consultation with his/her advisor and with the approval of the graduate committee need to conduct 6 credit hours equivalent of an engineering project and a final report. Normally the project will be a topic of interest to the student and his/her employer.
Master of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering |
Core (Required) |
Courses |
Credit Hours |
PEEG510
Or
PEEG511 |
Advanced Well Test Analysis
Advanced Well Log Analysis |
3 |
PEEG520 |
Advanced Drilling Engineering |
3 |
PEEG530 |
Advanced Reservoir Engineering |
3 |
PEEG540 |
Advanced Well Performance Evaluation |
3 |
Program of Study
The program of study for a Master of Engineering degree in petroleum engineering is selected by the student in consultation with his/her advisor and with the approval of the graduate committee. The program of study has been designed for students who are entering the program at the start of the fall semester. The program assumes that entering students have fulfilled all of the prerequisites to enroll in initial graduate course of the petroleum engineering sequence. Full-time graduate student will take up to 12-14 credit hours per semester following the program of study. Most course work will be completed in the first three semesters and project work will be done primarily in the second year of the program.
Master of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering Program of Study |
Term |
Courses |
Fall Semester 1 |
PEEG510 Advanced Well Test Analysis, or
PEEG511 Advanced Well Log Analysis
PEEG520 Advanced Drilling Engineering
PEEG599 Graduate Seminar
Electives (2) |
Spring Semester 1 |
PEEG530 Advanced Reservoir Engineering
PEEG540 Advanced Well Performance Evaluation
PEEG550 Advanced Petroleum Economics
PEEG599 Graduate Seminar
Electives (1) |
Fall Semester 2 |
PEEG597 Master’s Project
PEEG599 Graduate Seminar
Electives (2) |
Spring Semester 2 |
PEEG597 Master’s Project
PEEG599 Graduate Seminar |
Technical elective courses should be selected from the following list:
PEEG 510 Advanced Well Test Analysis (3-0-3)
PEEG 511 Advanced Well Logging (3-0-3)
PEEG 520 Advanced Drilling Engineering (3-0-3)
PEEG 521 Underbalanced Drilling (3-0-3)
PEEG 522 Wellbore Stability Analysis (3-0-3)
PEEG 530 Advanced Reservoir Engineering (3-0-3)
PEEG 531 Applied Reservoir Simulation (3-0-3)
PEEG 532 Enhanced Oil Recovery (3-0-3)
PEEG 533 Compositional Reservoir Simulation (3-0-3)
PEEG 540 Advanced Well Performance Evaluation (3-0-3)
PEEG 541 Well Completions and Workover (3-0-3)
PEEG 542 Surface Production Facilities (3-0-3)
PEEG 544 Artificial Lift (3-0-3)
PEEG 545 Produced Water Control and Management (3-0-3)
PEEG 551 Petroleum Related Rock Mechanics (3-0-3)
PEEG 552 Special Topics in Petroleum Engineering (3-0-3)
PEEG 597 Master of Engineering Graduate Project
PEEG 598 Master of Science Thesis Research
PEEG 599 Graduate Seminar
Master of Engineering Project Report
The Master of Engineering curriculum in Petroleum Engineering includes an optional engineering project (PEEG 597). Students may elect to use up to six hours of engineering project work to satisfy the elective requirements for the Master of Engineering degree. The project is a faculty-directed independent study of an engineering problem, subject, or research topic relevant to the student's current or anticipated career field. The project is usually applied in nature in order to provide students with a forum for meaningful application of the subjects and methods being studied in the Master’s program. Projects are selected in consultation with the student’s academic advisor, and require that a Project Advisor also be designated. The role of the Project Advisor is to provide direct guidance to the student in the execution of the project.
The following specific guidelines apply:
- The project must be approved by the student’s academic advisor based on a written proposal submitted by the student.
- A student may not begin work on the project until at least 12 credit hours of approved Master of Engineering course work has been completed. After starting the project, the student must register for three credit hours of the Engineering Project course (PEEG 597) for each semester until the project is completed and approved. A maximum of six (6) credit hours can be applied to a Master of Engineering degree in the Petroleum Engineering Program.
- Topics for the engineering project may be related the student's work for a company or agency including her/his employer.
- Constraints due to propriety concerns must be agreed to by the student, her/his employer, the faculty members involved in the project, and the student’s academic advisor. All concerned are expected to abide by confidentiality agreements.
- At the completion of the project, the student is required to prepare a written report and present an oral defense of the project to the petroleum engineering faculty. The project will be graded based on Pass/Fail basis.
Additional information on the PEEG 597 project oral and written reports is given in the Post-Graduate Student Handbook.
