I want to be a Drilling Engineer
I want to be a Drilling Engineer
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I got a degree in Mechanical Engineering in May 2010 from TTU. I worked for 1.5 as a design engineer designing Valve actuators and realized I wanted to get into Oil and Gas. I took a job as a MWD field engineer for drilling company thinking that field experience would be good for me but now after working for almost a yr now as an MWD field Engineer I dont believe that experience as an MWD would allow me to move over to a Drilling engineer position. Now I am trying to figure out what my next move will be, I have looked in getting a Masters degree in Petroleum Eng from TAMU and I know they offer a distance learning program. I also saw that they have a certificate for Petroleum engineering principles and practices which includes courses like drilling engineering, production engineering, and other courses associated with PE principles & practices. So now I have 2 questions:
1. Where can I go from here with MWD experience and M. Eng degree?
2. Would I be better served in getting a Masters in PE or would I still be able to become a drilling engineer with a certificate for PE principles and practices?
1. Where can I go from here with MWD experience and M. Eng degree?
2. Would I be better served in getting a Masters in PE or would I still be able to become a drilling engineer with a certificate for PE principles and practices?





RE: I want to be a Drilling Engineer
Your ME degree is acceptable to them; you have all the engineering tools you need already. MS in Petroleum (esp. at TAMU) is not going to go into drilling much, will mostly be concerned with Reservoir Engineering; not needed for drilling.