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Petroleum Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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Transform Your Future with Petroleum Engineering

The work that our faculty and students are conducting in UW's labs and research groups is changing the future
of petroleum exploration and development.

With deep expertise in several areas of petroleum engineering, UW researchers and their graduate students are developing and contributing to technologies that are rendering the impossible possible.

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Curriculum & Courses

Department

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Department of Energy & Petroleum Engineering

About the Petroleum Engineering Ph.D. at UW

In this petroleum engineering program, you will have one-on-one access to faculty who are conducting groundbreaking research in areas like enhanced oil recovery and flow through porous media, while also exploring the full range of interdisciplinary collaboration with related sciences on campus and throughout the industry. Grounded in petroleum engineering and informed by expertise in mathematics, geology, engineering and the physical sciences, our program is flexible and customizable.

Because the energy industry drives Wyoming's economy, UW is the beneficiary of governmental and industry grants that have created a repository of petroleum research facilities that are unrivaled anywhere in the world. In this rich environment, you will develop intellectually and professionally, prepared to work at the highest levels of industry and academia.

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Petroleum engineering research groups at UW include, among others:

  • Colloids and Interface Science for Energy and the Environment
  • Wyoming Petroleum Systems Research Group
  • Saraji Research Group seeks to develop engineered waterflooding solutions and enhanced oil recovery techniques
  • Fuel and Chemical Conversion Lab
  • Center of Innovation for Flow Through Porous Media
  • Tahmasebi Research Group for geosciences and subsurface systems

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What Can You Do With a Petroleum Engineering Doctoral Degree?

UW's Ph.D. program in petroleum engineering prepares you for advanced industry roles, post-doctoral work, academic careers and research at the highest levels of technology and science.

Petroleum Engineering Careers

UW petroleum engineering Ph.D. alumni have gone on to work at the following organizations:

  • BP
  • California Resources Corporation
  • ChampionX
  • Halliburton
  • Arizona State University
  • ExxonMobil
  • Hess
  • Kuwait Oil Company
  • Pemex
  • PetroTex
  • Saudi Aramco
  • University of Wyoming

 

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Here are a few titles petroleum engineering graduate alumni hold:

  • Research Assistant
  • Senior Software Engineer
  • Field Engineer
  • Technology Development Engineer
  • Peer Reviewer
  • Research Scientist
  • Senior Reservoir Geomechanics Engineer

 

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Petroleum Engineering Doctoral Degree Program Highlights

The Ph.D. program in petroleum engineering at UW provides an interdisciplinary petroleum engineering education in a close-knit research community. These are some reasons to consider the UW doctorate in petroleum engineering.

Graduate Assistantships

Research and teaching assistantships are available to petroleum engineering graduate students.

Facilities

Work in UW's remarkable facilities. UW's Drilling and Completions Simulator (DS 6000) is the only one like it on a college campus in the world. Plus UW's 90,000-square-foot High Bay Research Facility provides a home to the Center of Innovation for Flow Through Porous Media, the most advanced oil and gas research facility anywhere.

 

 

 

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College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Department of Energy & Petroleum Engineering

Department 3295, 1000 E. University Avenue

Laramie, WY 82071

Email: pete-info@uwyo.edu