Am I in the right major?

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<p>After taking Statics and Strength of Materials, I figured I shouldn't go into Mechanical Engineering since I hated those courses and everything to do with them. I also did not want to deal with machine design/gears. But I've been told time and again MechE is broad to where I'd be able to find work where I want, etc. And FWIW I did like my Dynamics course, and Physics I</p>

<p>Then I decided to give Chemical Engineering a look. I liked thermo in both my chemistry and physics classes. I have an interest learning about fluids, fuels(bio, alternative, etc), and distillation and pharmaceuticals. But I don't really know if I would like refinery/plant design. I actually want to take P-Chem and liked Organic Chemistry even though I know chemistry isn't super involved in Chemical Engineering, I still thought this was a good sign, is it?</p>

<p>Should I stick with ChemE?</p>

<p>My ultimate career goal would be to get an upstream job in the oil industry doing the exploration for oil, etc and hopefully try to move into oil trading later on. Should ChemE give me ample opportunities for this? I don't really want to end up doing process work can cheme lead to other options as well? I have heard that chemical engineers can also do oil trading later on, is this true?</p>

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<p>As a chemical engineer working in upstream O&G, there are plenty of opportunities. Chemical Engineers work in a variety of subjects such as flow assurance (pipeline work), topsides facilities design, subsea infastructure, and FPSO’s. The exploration for oil is really only a specific part of upstream and while I only know a couple of ChemE’s working there, it is possible, just a bit more difficult to get into.</p>

<p>Im not sure where you go to school but but a younger friend of mine is a ChemE who was allowed to take a couple drilling classes in their petroleum engineering school, and i imagine if he wants to go into drilling he shouldn’t have a problem. In the end id stay stick with it, i went through the exact same dilemma back when i was in school and i dont regret staying with the subject i found interesting.</p>