petroleum engineering

<p>I am starting LSU in the spring of 2010, already took alot of engineering classes at other college that transfers. Here is my situtation: I worked offshore doing wireline and production for 9 years, returned to school and only wanted to do one thing, petroleum engineering. My old boss was Pat Taylor, great man, and he inspired me to go back. RIP. I wanted to know if there are any students at the schools you go to that are in a similar situation and I wanted to know if they are interning. I spoke to slumberger and they told me not to intern just to go to summer school and finish due to my exp. Second I worked with pet. engineers that did both drilling and production engineering and they left our company to rework some wells with snubbing and coil tubing. They left because the company offered them a percentage of the well production for life!!! plus good salary. Could not pass it up even when already working for great company, Taylor Energy. If any of you are interested look up Taylor Energy and Patrick F. Taylor, see what he did with his P. eng. degree. Pretty inspiring.</p>

<p>Hi, your explanation is more explecite. I am about to finish with my first 2 years college before getting in to petroleum school.
Are you living in the US? what is your phone number? mine is 443-813-3018
Thanks</p>

<p>can I have your phone number? mine is 443-813-3018</p>

<p>mine is 800-588-2300 Empire today</p>

<p>i am currently enrolling in a community college and would like to study petroleum engineering. i live in kansas. i would like to know if studying petroleum engineering at the university of kansas will enable get a good paying job immediately i graduate. what is the outlook of ku’s petroleum engineers. are well employed or are they overlooked when they apply for jobs.</p>

<p>TO Forever LSU
I have a few questions about the Petroleum engineering program at university of kansas
The questions are

  1. do petroleum companies heavily recruit students from University of kansas even though they are companies in texas, california …
  2. what kind of companies recruit University of kansas Petroleum engineering bachelors holder
  3. what do you feel about the outlook of petroleum engineering jobs in the next decade
  4. do large companies like exxon mobil… recruit students at University of kansas
  5. do ku students get internships at large companies during their sophomore and junior years
  6. could University of kansas be ranked with top petroleum universities like UT, Texas A&M
  7. Do companies from texas, alaska, california… recruit students at University of kansas
    IF University of kansas IS NOT A GOOD CHOICE WHAT SCHOOL WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO BECOME A DRILLING ENGINEER.</p>

<p>hey i have applied for BS petroleum to texas tech univ and have been accepted for fall 2012 ,actually i am an international student and paying for college is difficult for me as it is high so if i wish to work as an intern in petroleum to pay for college is that possible? also how easy is it to get an internship there? my GPA in 3.9 and my SAT composite was 1260.Do you think i stand a chance? please reply soom</p>

<p>hannanq,</p>

<p>You can try to apply for an internship at your home country during summertime? I think you will have a much better chance since I know most US based companies in petroleum are not looking for BS international students for internships. They might be looking for pHD though.</p>

<p>I just happened to stumble upon this thread and I’m so glad I did because I found it to be highly informative. I know this thread is really old but I have a few questions that I hope someone can answer for me. I plan on majoring in petroleum engineering. I live in New York City and most people here don’t even know what petroleum engineering is lol. I don’t know anyone other than myself who has been interested in this field so all the information I know I have gather myself through research. I plan on completing one year here in New York taking general engineering classes and the transferring. I have UT Austin, Texas A&M, LSU, Marietta, OU and Stanford in mind. I was also considering UAF. Out of these schools which one would you guys recommend. Also do you have to be smart to be an engineer major? Because I consider myself to be someone of average intelligence. I’m also not too great in math. I’ve always struggled through it. Most people say you can’t be an engineer if you aren’t good at math. But I really really want and I’m willing to dedicate myself and give up my social life. Whatever it takes I’m willing to do but I want to be realistic with myself in terms of whether I’m actually capable of doing it. If anyone can give me advice, I’d greatly appreciate it.</p>

<p>I found this thread and it has helped alot with some of my questions. yet, I do have more questions, so if the thread is still alive, will someone please reply.</p>

<p>Forever LSU I have a few questions</p>

<p>I would say yes it is still open. Ask away. </p>

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<p>Okay sweet. So I am a sr. in HS and I am very interested in becoming a P.E. I have a 3.4 gpa graduating with an honors diploma. Top diploma of my school out of 3 different ones. I plan to go to a Junior College in Nevada, then switch to Unveristy of West Virgina to major as a P.E. Is UWV a good school for P.E.? I know I am young, But life happens and I am about to be a father. I want a strong relationship with my family. yet This is my dream job. Through my research, production p.e. is more of an office job (more family related) is this true? Would I have to travel much? I would like to travel, but latter in my career say 10-15 years latter. Would I be able to switch between the different fields of a p.e.? for example from production to drilling or resevoir?</p>

<p>i have completed 2 years of college but in the past year I have not gone to school and just worked on oil rigs in Texas. With the GPA I left school with was not so good a little above a C. I have been wanting to get into PE over the past few months but with my GPA I know I it will be hard to get into a school. I was wondering with my experience on the rig and working in the industry for a year will that greatly help my chances of getting into a PE school at a university?</p>

<p>Sounds to me lelliott like you should get yourself a petroleum technology degree. I attend a program that works with a 7n7 or 14n14 schedule. Its in South Louisiana. If you have your generals like english and math, it wouldn’t take you long to complete the associates, and then work on the bachelors. If you would like to know more, message me.</p>

<p>I guess “Forever LSU” doesnt use this forum anymore. I would have a ton of questions which need to
be answered by somebody who should be done with college and working by now.</p>

<p>Forever LSU come back. I have questions</p>

<p>West Virginia is a good school for Petrol. I have a buddy of mine who’s father graduated from West Virginia. He is an Executive Vice President of an oil company. He has been very successful in his career.</p>

<p>What kind of questions do you have about the oil industry? I may be able to answer some of them.</p>

<p>bruthaman, what oil companies tend to recruit from WVU. I’d imagine it’d be alot of the companies that do fracking at the Marcellus Shale but I just would like confirmation. Also, how long ago did he attend WVU’s program.</p>

<p>I can’t comment on WVU company recruiting however, he graduated in 1980 if I remember correctly. Texaco recruited him back then. Back then, late 70’s early 80’s they hired a tremendous amount of people. The oil companies are set to do it again with this new group of retirees and graduates. There will be a tremendous crew change with the guys that have been in the game for 30 plus years. I’m glad I graduated when I did. The next 2-3 years is prime hiring time.</p>