UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS ENGINEERING

PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS ENGINEERING

Since its creation in 1929, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (PNG E) program at Penn State has established a strong foundation in basic sciences, engineering, and geological sciences. Graduates are prepared to enter the private and public sectors as petroleum and natural gas engineers, or to continue their education at the graduate level. Our graduates are recruited by all of the major oil companies and our alumni are found worldwide throughout the industryso youll be in good company.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates from Penn States Earth and Mineral Sciences Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program have a 100 percent job placement rate.
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The Program Educational Objectives are: Our graduates will integrate key science and engineering principles to address the technological challenges of the petroleum and natural gas industry. Our graduates will practice in a broad range of petroleum engineering fields working on teams that create innovative solutions to the most pressing problems of the petroleum and natural gas industry by implementing the ideals of ethical behavior, professionalism, and environmental sensitivity and social awareness. Our graduates will be recognized as critical and independent thinkers and will assume positions of leadership in defining the social, intellectual, business and technical dimensions of the professional organizations they belong to. Our graduates will continue their lifelong learning process and participate in graduate education to remain as effective professionals in the workplace of the future. The program provides an excellent basis for advanced study. Small, intimate classes with good communication among students, graduate students, and professors are hallmarks of the program. The program also offers excellent laboratory facilities, including a drilling rig simulator that provides realistic hands-on experience. There is a strong emphasis on computer methods, with access to modern computer facilities. There are numerous opportunities for you to become involved in research projects.

Petroleum and natural gas engineers have the opportunity to work in a variety of locations around the world. Heres a small sample of employment opportunities: Drilling engineers who design and supervise the drilling of oil and natural gas wells Production engineers who design facilities that produce, transmit, and store oil and natural gas Reservoir engineers who evaluate and forecast oil and gas field performance, design extraction processes, and conduct economic evaluations Marketing engineers who handle sales marketing and transportation of oil and natural gas products Research scientists and engineers who find new ways of improving production, reservoir recovery processes, performance, and treatment processes Educators who train the next generation of petroleum engineers
SALARIES

The programs structure emphasizes the application of the fundamentals of mathematics and earth and engineering sciences by incorporating them with real-world petroleum and natural gas engineering solutions. The courses serve as a melting pot for theory, application to case studies, and engineering project design. This enables students to understand that a successful engineering design project requires a sound theoretical foundation, experimentation, and engineering judgment. Design projects are required throughout the curriculum. Completing these projects require a combination of problem formulation strategies, testing of alternative design methodologies, feasibility studies, and economic and environmental considerations. Graduates of the program are expected to perform in various facets of the petroleum industry including drilling, production, evaluation, transportation, and storage. The Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering faculty and staff are committed to an interactive teaching and learning environment to ensure that you are an active participant in the learning process. General education opportunities are diverse enough to enable you to choose courses that engage your particular interests and backgrounds.

As a petroleum and natural gas engineer, you can expect to earn the highest starting salaries in the engineering field. Starting salaries are around $90,000, and median annual earnings for petroleum engineers are now well above $140,000.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

For the bachelor of science in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, a minimum of 129 credits is required.
CURRICULUM PLAN

Requirements for the Major: 114 credits This includes 30 credits in General Education courses: 3 credits in GH courses; 9 credits in GN courses; 6 credits in GQ courses; 3 credits in GS courses; 9 credits in GWS courses.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

YEAR 1 First Semester CHEM 110 or 106 CHEM 111 MATH 140 ENGL 015
KINES/HS Elective

CR 3 1 4 3 2 3 16

Second Semester
KINES/HS Elective

EM SC 100S or CAS 100 Semester Total YEAR 2 Third Semester PHYS 212 MATH 230 A/H/S Elective E MCH 210 Semester Total

CHEM 112 MATH 141 PHYS 211 ECON 102 or ENNEC 100 Semester Total

CR 1 3 4 4 3 15

Graduates of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program will acquire: an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data; an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs; an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams; an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems; an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; an ability to communicate effectively; the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context; a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning; knowledge of contemporary issues; an ability to use techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice;
SCHOLARSHIPS

CR 4 4 3 5 16

Fourth Semester GEOSC 001 PHYS 213 E MCH 212 MATH 251 A/H/S Elective Semester Total

CR 3 2 3 4 3 15

Penn States Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program has a long history of excellence, and its faculty members are recognized internationally for their research contributions. Some of our recent research interests include: Methane recovery from coal seams; Multi-phase simulation of fluid flow in pipes and in wellbores; Conventional and numerical well testing; Diffusion in porous media; Artificial expert systems; Drilling engineering; Environmental issues; Fluid dynamics in pipes; Fracture-matrix interaction; Improved oil and gas recovery; Multiphase flow in porous media; Numerical reservoir simulation; Perforations and completions design; Remediation of pipeline contamination; Reservoir engineering; Reservoir rock characterization; Rock mechanics; Secondary migration; Wellbore reservoir interactions.
ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY ACCREDITATION

YEAR 3 Fifth Semester CMPSC 201 or 202 *PNG 405 *PNG 406 PNG 489 EME 301 EME 303 Semester Total

CR 3 3 1 3 3 3 16

Sixth Semester *PNG 410 *PNG 450 *PNG 451 *PNG 475 PNG 490 GEOSC 454 PHIL 103, 106, 107, or 233 Semester Total

CR 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 17

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, telephone: (410) 347-7700.
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YEAR 4 Seventh Semester PNG 420 PNG 430 PNG 440W PNG 491 ENGL 202C Technical Elective Semester Total

CR 4 3 3 1 3 3 17

Eighth Semester PNG 425 PNG 480 PNG 482 PNG 492 Technical Elective A/H/S Elective A/H/S Elective Semester Total

CR 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 17

Penn States Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering program has scholarships for qualified candidates. Scholarships are awarded each year to students on the basis of academic achievement and financial need. Students are also eligible for numerous college and University scholarships.
INTERNSHIPS

Dr. Turgay Ertekin Undergraduate Program Officer Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Program John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering College of Earth and Mineral Sciences The Pennsylvania State University 101 Hosler Building University Park, PA 16802-5000 Phone: 814-865-6082 Fax: 814-863-1875 E-mail: eur@psu.edu www.pnge.psu.edu
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*Required minimum grade of C (2.0) A/H/S: Arts + Humanities + Social Sciences (GA, GH, GS) NOTE: The juniorsenior year sequence in PNG starts only in the fall. Students who are not eligible to start the sequence on time may add up to one year to their expected date of graduation. Check carefully to make sure you will have completed all prerequisites for these courses.

General Education: 45 credits (30 of these 45 credits are included in the Requirements for the Major) First-Year Seminar: (Included in Requirements for the Major) U.S. and International Cultures: (Included in General Education course selection) Writing Across the Curriculum: (Included in Requirements for the Major)

Internship opportunities are readily available and are encouraged by the faculty. We believe that an internship serves as an excellent means for enhancing the academic, professional, and personal development of our students through career-related industry experience. Organizations provide wages, reimbursement of travel, or other compensation arrangements for the student. Typically, all of our graduates participate in at least two internship experiences, which give them exposure to various facets of petroleum engineering in relation to academic and career choices.

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January 2011