Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering

The Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering's (UT PGE) leading undergraduate program provides a tight-knit, strong community for students to learn in one of the nation's fastest growing cities. With a state-of-the-art learning excellence center, high-tech labs and dedicated faculty who have written the books on petroleum engineering, UT PGE students receive a robust and rewarding educational experience. In addition, students have many opportunities to develop their petroleum engineering skills and knowledge outside of the classroom, including student organizations, camps and internships with industry.Petroleum engineers are equipped with the technological expertise to bring oil and natural gas from deep within the earth to the surface for delivery to processing facilities, providing energy for the world while working to mitigate the effects of using hydrocarbons. They invent new techniques to recover natural resources from the earth and apply environmentally sound production methods. Even as we develop important sources of alternative energy, oil and natural gas will remain essential.In petroleum engineering, students will learn to solve problems and design new processes and workflows in the oil and gas production and services industries. Students use advanced computer technologies and methods to learn to evaluate potential oil and gas reservoirs, oversee drilling activities, select and implement recovery schemes, and design surface collection and treatment facilities. Texas Engineering graduates work in traditional petroleum engineering careers for oil and gas companies, as well as emerging careers in pollution clean­up, underground waste disposal (including the subsurface injection of carbon dioxide to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases) and hydrology.