Description

Petroleum engineering is a field of engineering concerned with the activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or natural gas. Exploration and production are deemed to fall within the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry.

The most significant use for petroleum products is as fuel in internal combustion engines, such as cars, trucks, and airplanes.

However other uses include creating plastics from petroleum by-products; using petrochemicals in manufacturing processes; refining crude oils into various types of fuels; using bitumen for road surfaces; laying asphalt on roads; producing detergents and lubricating oils from petrochemicals (petroleum distillates); making paints from bitumen (asphalt) or coal tar, and using petroleum coke as a fuel in the steel industry.

Petroleum engineering is a field of engineering concerned with