Bachelors in Petroleum Engineering
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava
Key Information
Campus location
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Bachelors in Petroleum Engineering
The "Petroleum Engineering" study program is a complex study program that includes a number of disciplines such as geology, chemistry, physics, mechanics, mechanical engineering, material engineering, IT technology, also including good language skills (primary English).
The aim of the study is to educate a qualified expert in the field of reservoir and exploitation engineering, respectively an expert for working on a drilling rig (for drilling of deep wells with heavy drilling rigs or workover drilling rigs, eventually for rigs for liquidation or re-liquidation wells). Thanks to complex knowledge of geology, technics and technology exploitation and storage of hydrocarbons, students will be able to solve operational problems of oil engineering.
In the area of hydrocarbon exploitation and underground gas storage, these include the issues of daily production of wells, the intensification of exploitation and the planning and execution of workover jobs, as well as the liquidation of wells. In the field of deep drilling, it is mainly about practical knowledge of operating individual drilling rig technologies (mud engineering, drilling rig machinery, drilling and casing strings, etc.).
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava for more information.
Curriculum
Semester 1
Compulsory
- Basics of Mathematics
- Chemistry
- Earth Science
- English Language for Foreigners b/I
- Introduction to Petroleum Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals
- Mineralogy
- Physical Education A
Semester 2
Compulsory
- English Language for Foreigners b/II
- Geological Field Practice
- Geology
- Geology of Petroleum Deposits
- Mathematics I
- Petrography
- Physical Education B
- Technical Drafting
Semester 3
Compulsory
- Bachelor Physics
- English Language for Foreigners c/I
- Mathematics II
- Mining
- Mining Legislation and Safety Regulations
Semester 4
Compulsory
- Construction of Drilling and Exploitation Equipment
- Descriptive Geometry
- Documentation and Sampling
- English Language for Foreigners c/II
- Geological Excursion
- Geophysics
- Safety at Work and Fire Protection
Semester 5
Compulsory
- Hydrogeology
- Informatics and Bibliography
- Methods of Exploration Techniques
- Micropaleontology in Petroleum Industry
- Petrophysics
- Surface deposit mining
Semester 6
Compulsory
- Bachelor thesis seminar
- Drilling Machines and Mechanisms
- Petroleum Engineering I
- Practical Training in Drilling
- Underground Mining of Deposits
Program Outcome
Graduate's skills
Graduates of the bachelor study program "Petroleum Engineering" will be able to:
- Solve practical operational problems of reservoir engineering at the level of middle technician (necessary wide geological basis of study)
- Operate exploitation wells and plan their exploitation regime
- Operate wells in UGS, including supervision of planned workover jobs and their liquidation;
- Ensure the dispatching operation of hydrocarbon exploitation, respectively ensure shift control operation of UGS
- Interpret various types of static and dynamic models of hydrocarbons deposits based on theoretical knowledge of oil deposits modeling
- Master shift operations on drilling rigs (heavy drilling rigs, workover drilling rigs)
- Master the basic level of the Well Control test (organized by the International Well Control Forum) required for daily practice in the oil industry.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduate's employment
The level of knowledge after the completion of this bachelor's study program represents sufficient and high-quality professional equipment for intermediate technicians in the position of reservoir operator / operational technician, or technology in the middle positions of all types of drilling operations.
After completing this bachelor's degree program, graduates will have mainly the practical knowledge necessary to manage daily (normal operational) problems. In the field of hydrocarbon exploitation, it is mainly the knowledge of daily wells, normal dispatching operations or planning workover operations. In the field of drilling, it is the knowledge of intermediate drilling technicians in the field of mud engineering, pressure manifestations or standard daily drilling activities