B.E. (Petrochemical Engineering)

Bachelor of Engineering in Petrochemical Engineering Course Details

B.E. Petrochemical Engineering or Bachelor of Engineering in Petrochemical Engineering is an undergraduate Petrochemical Engineering course. Petroleum engineering is the field of engineering science that involves locating and accessing reserves of natural gas. The course includes subjects like Reaction Engineering, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer, Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena are bridged with special subjects like Petrochemical Processes, Refinery operations with due weight-age on Numerical Computation Process Control, Modelling & Simulation. Course contents, professional training programs, projects, and other assignments are designed to prepare the graduates to launch their careers in India and overseas in oil and gas companies. Petrochemical engineers plan, supervise, and improve all Petrochemical-producing operations, from exploration, exploitation, and development to abandonment. The duration of the course is four years and it is divided into 8 semesters.

Bachelor of Engineering in Petrochemical Engineering Eligibility

• Aspiring students should have passed 10+2 with science or its equivalent from  recognized school board.
• Some reputed colleges and institutes conduct an entrance examination for admission.

Bachelor of Engineering in Petrochemical Engineering Duration - 4 Years

Bachelor of Engineering in Petrochemical Engineering  Employment Areas

• Colleges & Universities
• Indian Petroleum Companies
• Reliance Industries Ltd
• ONGC
• Schlumberger
• Essar Oil
• OIL
• Gas Authority of India Ltd
• Cairn Energy
• Reliance Energy

Bachelor of Engineering in Petrochemical Engineering Job Types

• They might focus on economics, helping a team determine the optimum number of wells appropriate for a given operation.
• After completing the course, they may focus on safety issues, or maintenance support, identifying and planning upgrades of equipment or systems.
• A Petrochemical engineer may choose to teach or to serve as a consultant to investors, banks, or other financial services firms.
• Graduates could become drilling engineers, working with geologists and contractors in designing and supervising drilling operations, or could become production engineers, developing processes and equipment to optimize oil and gas production.
• Graduates could also find themselves working as managers, entrepreneurs, economists, seismologists, oil and gas analysts, or environmental/safety specialists.