Doctor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines |
Colorado School of Mines
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Colorado School of Mines is a Public, 4-year or above Research Universities (high research activity) with 4,560 students in Golden, CO.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Bachelor degree, Masters degree, Doctor's degree |
| Also, students of this school are eligible for federal aid such as Pell Grants and Direct Loans from the US Department of Education. |
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Colorado School of Mines
Doctor's degree
Petroleum Engineering
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Petroleum Engineering is not a narrowly focused engineering discipline. A petroleum engineer must have a good understanding of basic engineering, the natural sciences, and mathematics, in addition to petroleum engineering and an earth science background. Graduate studies are an excellent avenue to be involved in multi-disciplinary studies and to gain a better understanding of the complexities of petroleum reservoirs.
Research
Research in the Petroleum Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines has a worldwide reputation for immediate usefulness in managing drilling, field development, operations, well stimulation and other production and reservoir problems. Some current research projects include:
Multidisciplinary reservoir characterization
Advanced drilling
Finite element modeling
Reservoir simulation
IOR/EOR methods
Naturally fractured reservoirs
Carbonate reservoirs
Pressure transient analysis
Rock physics
Rock mechanics
Stimulation and completion methods
Hydraulic fracturing
Unconventional reservoirs
Horizontal and advance wells
Pore scale modeling and imaging
Economics and management
Tight gas sand production
Natural gas engineering
Doctor of Philosophy
The doctorate is a research degree and requires 90 hours beyond the bachelor's degree. Students must complete at least 60 credit hours of coursework and a minimum of 30 credit hours of research beyond the bachelor’s degree or at least 24 credit hours of coursework and a minimum of 30 credit hours of research beyond the master’s degree. The student is required to take 12 credit hours in a minor area of study.
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