Petroleum Engineering, PhD
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about Graduate College Academic Regulation 7.0.
Total Hours: 68
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Degree Program Core: | ||
| PETE 5313 | Advanced Drilling Modeling and Simulation | 3 |
| PETE 5333 | Advanced Production and Flow Assurance | 3 |
| PETE 5373 | Advanced Well Stimulation | 3 |
| PETE 6813 | Research Methods in Petroleum Engineering | 3 |
| Hours Subtotal | 12 | |
| Three hours from: | 3 | |
| Petroleum Engineering Seminar | ||
| Degree Progrram Guided Electives: | 21 | |
| Petroleum Engineering (CEAT) | ||
| Special Topics in Petroleum Engineering | ||
| Petroleum Geomechanics | ||
| Advanced Reservoir Engineering | ||
| Petroleum Economics and Investments | ||
| Advanced Well Design and Operational Analysis | ||
| Directional Drilling | ||
| Advanced Well Completions | ||
| Special Problems in Petroleum Engineering 1 | ||
| Advanced Topics in Petroleum Engineering | ||
| Chemical Engineering (CEAT) | ||
| Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering | ||
| Process Simulation | ||
| Neural Networks | ||
| Chemical Engineering Process Modeling | ||
| Geology (CAS) | ||
| Petroleum Geology | ||
| Structural Styles in Oil and Gas Exploration | ||
| Advanced Well Log Analysis | ||
| Petroleum Water Management | ||
| Unconventional Petroleum Reservoirs | ||
| Geology of Shales | ||
| Rock Fractures | ||
| Mathematics (CAS) | ||
| Calculus of Several Variables | ||
| Advanced Linear Algebra | ||
| Partial Differential Equations | ||
| Introduction to Partial Differential Equations | ||
| Numerical Analysis for Linear Algebra | ||
| Finite Element Methods for Partial Differential Equations | ||
| Statistics (CAS) | ||
| Statistics for Experimenters I | ||
| Mechanical Engineering (CEAT) | ||
| Advanced Fluid Dynamics I | ||
| Multiphase Flow | ||
| Finite Element Methods | ||
| Continuum Mechanics | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 24 | |
| PETE 6000 | Doctoral Thesis 2 | 32 |
| Total Hours | 68 | |
- 1
A maximum of 3 credit hours of PETE 5990 may be counted toward the guided electives requirement.
- 2
6 hours of PETE 5000 may be substituted for PETE 6000 or 6 Hours of other coursework may be substituted for PETE 6000 at the discretion of Petroleum Graduate Coordinator.
Graduate College Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Requirements
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