UH Petroleum Engineering

We are addressing America's challenges in oil and gas, conventional and unconventional resources, and responsible exploration and production of hydrocarbons. Our academic programs instill deep technical knowledge with an understanding of global perspectives on energy. Be part of UH PETR.

UH Petroleum Engineering

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Unconventionals

Unconventional reservoirs include tight-gas sands, gas and oil shales, coalbed methane, heavy oil and tar sands, and gas-hydrate deposits.

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Reservoir Engineering

This branch of petroleum engineering deals with fluid flow through a porous medium during the development and production of oil and gas reservoirs.

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Formation Evaluation

The physical characteristics of reservoir rocks describe how rocks store fluids and to allow fluids to flow through them while geomechanics describe…

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Production Engineering

Production engineering is a critical upstream discipline focused on the safe, optimized, and economic extraction of hydrocarbons from the subsurface…

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Drilling & Completion

Drilling and completion engineering is an essential, integrated discipline focused on the design, construction, and optimization of wells that enable…

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Energy Transition

The energy transition represents a fundamental, global reconfiguration of energy production, distribution, and consumption, moving away from fossil-…

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THE UH PETROLEUM ENGINEERING GRADUATE PROGRAMS

The UH Cullen College of Engineering offers M.S. non-thesis, M.S. thesis and Ph.D. degrees in petroleum engineering, as well as a graduate-level certificate program in “Unconventional Reservoirs.”

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