WHAT IS PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
The Petroleum Engineering course was first offered in 1975 by the Petroleum Engineering Department, UTM. Many graduates now work not only in Malaysia but also in many parts of the world. They work in various kinds of challenging environments; in offshore areas, deserts, deep in dense jungles, cold regions and some are so remote that they are almost completely cut off from outside world.
Petroleum engineers go to all over the places on Earth where petroleum reservoirs are known to exist. They define and develop the reservoirs, and produce oil and gas with maximum profitable recovery. Petroleum engineering isn’t just one job but it also allows one to specialize in several different specialties, each with its own unique challenges and rewards.
- You can be a drilling engineer, working with geologists and contractors in designing and supervising drilling operations.
- You can work as a production engineer, developing processes and equipment to optimize oil and gas production.
- You can become a reservoir engineer and help determine ideal recovery processes, estimate the number of wells that can be economically drilled, and simulate future performance using sophisticated computer models.
- You can be a manager, an entrepreneur, economist, or environmental/safety specialist.
As a petroleum engineer, you may have to live in many different countries. Travel can be an important part of your career. Where you work and the type of company you join are up to you. Options include working outdoors at a field location, indoors with a computer, or both. You can develop your talents within a multinational corporation or a small company, or become an independent operator and head your own firm. Your future can be what you want it to be.
WHAT IS GAS ENGINEERING
Gas Engineering is a field of profession that involved in many activities such as processing, delivery, distribution, reticulation and gas utilization. Skills and expertise in the process design, system operation, project supervision, research and management are important and vital aspects to ensure those activities success for the benefit of mankind. With the 84.9 trillion cubic feet (2004) gas reserves, Malaysia is targeting to provide human resources in gas engineering area to the country for about 67 years projection.
The total reserve mark Malaysia as the 16th in the list of world gas reserves. In 1984, the first Gas Processing Plant in Peninsular Malaysia (Terengganu) has been launched that made Malaysia began its “gas-era”.
Thus gas engineering are really in high demand in order to meet the increasing manpower allocation to support the numerous gas project especially in the processing and gas delivery to the power plant, industries, commercial, domestics as well as export market.
A combination of chemical and gas engineering programmed make it uniquely distinct engineering discipline as they can work as a chemical engineer or gas engineer.
They can easily participate in a wide variety career in petrochemical industries, oleo chemical industries, manufacturing industries, governmental and private bodies such as PETRONAS, SHELL, EXXONMOBIL, Energy Commission of Malaysia, and SIRIM, DOSH, NIOSH and consultation firm. Chemical – gas graduate also can involve in the field of academic through teaching and research activities in university.
