Why petroleum engineering?
Why petroleum engineering?
(OP)
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if it does worth pursuing a PhD in petroleum engineering considering the low oil prices as well as the fact that oil and gas in general are fossil fuels and world will run out of them eventually. I very much appreciate you.
I was wondering if it does worth pursuing a PhD in petroleum engineering considering the low oil prices as well as the fact that oil and gas in general are fossil fuels and world will run out of them eventually. I very much appreciate you.





RE: Why petroleum engineering?
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist
RE: Why petroleum engineering?
Agree with Zdas04. A good friend just retired from ExxonM and thought he would enjoy teaching a drilling class at the local university. They offered him a whopping $10K annual salary. Ouch!! He took it just so we all would have to call him "Professor" now.
RE: Why petroleum engineering?
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist
RE: Why petroleum engineering?
Petroleum derivatives will be highly valued lubricants.
Maybe we can list those under this one,
There is no future in AC. <Thomas A. Edison>
RE: Why petroleum engineering?
RE: Why petroleum engineering?
RE: Why petroleum engineering?
RE: Why petroleum engineering?
I agree, but I don't think that the "solution" will be evolutionary from today's technology. I'm expecting someone to stumble upon a relationship between things that creates an energy revolution that we can't even imagine today. When they do, engineers in the energy business will design the parts and pieces that will make it usable. I absolutely don't feel threatened by some future non-fossil energy source. I also don't fee threatened by wind and solar because they are both to diverse and too intermittent to ever be anything but an expensive sideshow.
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist