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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Petroleum Engineering Program
      — Requirements for masters degree

All program participants not holding a Petroleum Engineering degree must complete the following prerequisite courses before enrolling for intermediate and advance level courses:

PREREQUISITE COURSES:

PETR 5361 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Burger
PETR 6328 Petroleum Fluid Properties and Phase Equilibria Dindoruk
PETR 5362 Reservoir Engineering I Thurén
PETR 6364 Origin and Development of Oil and Gas Reservoirs Thurén
Prerequisite not counted for graduate credit towards degree

Degree candidates must complete twelve courses (36 credit hours) for the non-thesis option or eight courses (24 credit hours) plus six credit hours dedicated to research and thesis preparation for the thesis option; a minimum GPA of 3.0 must be maintained for graduation.

REQUIRED COURSES:

PETR 6304 Evaluation of Petroleum Bearing Formations I Myers
PETR 6314 Pressure Transient Test App
PETR 6330 Principles of Hydraulic Fracturing Daneshy
PETR 6368 Well Drilling & Completions I Samuel
PETR 6372 Petroleum Production Operations Soliman


ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES:

PETR 6302 Reservoir Engineering II  Burger
PETR 6308 Advanced Petroleum Production Operations Soliman
PETR 6310 Petroleum Production Economics Hollo
PETR 6312 Evaluation of Petroleum Bearing Formations II Myers
PETR 6316 Well Drilling & Completions II Samuel
PETR 6320 Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes Dindoruk
PETR 6324 Theory of Reservoir Modeling App
PETR 6325 Integrated Reservoir Characterization Yarus/
Van Nieuwenhuise
PETR 6326 Applied Reservoir Simulation Rietz
PETR 6350 Natural Gas Engineering Economides
PETR 6380 Project Management Thurén
PETR 6387 Drilling & Completion of Complex Well Arch. Samuel/
Economides
PETR 6397 Business and Technical Communication*   
*not counted for graduate credit towards degree
 
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