Code MAAAKW
Petroleum Major
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About this Major
Provides students with a core set of relevant technical skills that will enable them to practice at the engineering technologist grade in the petroleum engineering field.
When students graduate from this unit set, they are expected to have gained an understanding of petroleum technology, reservoir thermodynamics, petroleum production systems and general engineering concepts, which will enable them to contribute to solving problems faced within the petroleum engineering industry.
Code MAAAKW
Availability & Campus
| Location | Availability |
|---|---|
| Joondalup | |
| Mount Lawley | |
| South West | |
| Online |
Details
Structure
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| ENS2270 | Reservoir Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation | 15 |
| ENS2115 | Process Engineering Fundamentals | 15 |
| ENS2160 | Thermodynamics | 15 |
| ENS3208 | Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics | 15 |
| ENS3125 | Petroleum Geology | 15 |
| ENS3217 | Reservoir Engineering | 15 |
| ENS3301 | Reservoir Thermodynamics and Fluid Properties | 15 |
| ENM3218 | Fluid Mechanics | 15 |
| Elective Unit | x 2 | 30 |
Note: Elective units must be approved by the Course Coordinator, and at least one must be an engineering unit.
For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.
Student handbookNotes
Learning Outcomes
- Apply broad discipline knowledge of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and in-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the petroleum engineering domain.
- Think critically, and apply established engineering methods and research skills to broadly defined petroleum engineering problems.
- Apply systematic engineering synthesis and design processes to conduct and manage small-scale projects in the petroleum engineering domain, with some intellectual independence.
- Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics and computer and information sciences which underpin the petroleum engineering discipline and fluently apply engineering techniques, tools and resources.
- Demonstrate clear and coherent oral and written communication in technical and lay domains.
- Demonstrate a global outlook and knowledge of contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline, including respect for cultural diversity and indigenous cultural competence.
- Demonstrate effective team membership and team leadership to implement engineering projects according to relevant standards of ethical conduct, sustainable practice and professional accountability.
- Demonstrate responsibility for own learning, professional judgement and an understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary practice in the petroleum engineering domain.
Career Opportunities
Employment opportunities
Petroleum technologists work in a wide range of industries associated with oil and gas exploration, drilling and well completion, reservoir evaluation, oil/gas production as well as field development studies.
Possible future job titles
Petroleum Technologist, Oil and Gas Technologist, Reservoir Technologist, Drilling Technologist, Drilling Engineer, Production Technologist.