What I'm more interested is a video kind of like - a day in life of petroleum (any or every type) engineer and what they actually do from 1st minute to the last.
I'm the designer of the caphead valve that stopped the deep horizon's macondo well spill. However since I submitted without patenting was claimed by another company and sold to BP. I still have copies of the design submitted as well as emails to and from the horizon helpline July 20, 2010. I'm currently on an off duty status due to an on the job injury. The job location is Alaska's North slope oilfields at the Kuparuk river unit conocophillips where I was employed as a mechanic. I also have over 30 years experience in pipeline repair and Maintenance. While healing from reconstructive surgery left me ample time to go over equipment used on ocean based oil/gas production drill platforms. I was surprised to see the same blowout prevention systems that failed the deep horizon still in use in all drill platforms today. The defects with this type of b.o.p. design were highlighted in the deep horizon's disaster that this design is a dismal failure as it failed and left the horizon crew running like he'll. At the top of the b.o.p. assembly is the annular valve, which uses a doughnut shaped seal which is hydraulically forced downward to cover the supply port between the wellhead and riser piping. The doughnut seal had nicks in the seal face and the pressurized flow of crude/gas went unzipped. When the topside crew realized the annular valve failed the bottom portion of the b.o.p. had a set of blind shear rams that have jaws designed to cut/crush the wellhead line closed but failed as the piping was bent from a massive "kick" and out of alignment with the blind shear ram jaws and wasn't totally closed. We now have total b.o.p. failure. This type of b.o.p cannot be periodically tested to verify proper operation and even if it did work as designed would still leave the well sitting on the seafloor sealed by only a cut/crushed pipe and any attempt to repair or abandon would result in a spill. Furthermore this design cannot isolate pressure ( and if it did have wouldn't have had the macondo well spill.) Since then I have designed and patented a safer b.o.p. that is safer and can isolate pressur e that if repairs or maintenance are needed can be shutdown and returned back to production after repairs are completed. Periodic testing can be performed to verify proper operation when needed. Using a mov ball valve with a mov gate valve as the main b.o.p. on the seafloor with another set of mov ball and gate valves on the platform can be used to control pressure and flow. If a kick is sensed the b.o.p. at the wellhead can be closed along with the set onboard the platform and adequately stops the hydraulic hammer effect. This means a safer delivery of product that is more reliable in preventing spills. My design is available and is patent protected and will cost but costs are considerably less than the price of spill clean up or environmental damage, loss of life equipment damage. To date the horizon incident costs have costed well over the 100 billion dollar mark. My design can be viewed on my account here on RUclips and can be reached by commenting and am notified on my cell. "Alaska deep water technologies" Tom.
I just found out about petroleum engineering recently from a counselor at my school when they were going over everything for my senior year of high school next year. I have been looking into the career for a while now because I find the drilling job of petroleum engineering much more interesting than mechanical engineering, what I have always been intrested in, and was wondering what the job availability is like. I live just south of Cleveland, Oh and plan to go to Marietta and was also curious about what you thought of the College as well. I have looked into both the career and the College and both seem like a really good fit for me I was just asking because my parents are supportive but also believe that I may struggle finding a job. I am also a committed student and get mainly A's and a few B's with a mixture of Ap, honors, and regular classes.
Really helpful, hard to find good informative videos on petroleum engineering. Since I intend on majoring in petroleum engineering it’s nice to have an idea of what I’d be doing. I do have a question: is the compensation similar for petroleum engineers in different areas, i.e corporate vs in the field?
Thanks for the feedback and question. Maybe I'll turn this one into a video too. Compensation for p. engineers starting out won't differ that much. I'm not sure I'd say the correlation to who is paid more or less follows field v. office lines. It moreso relates to the position. Sometimes field guys can make more money if it's a rotational type position. For example, someone in charge of rig operations on a site. There are a lot more immediate responsibilities and time commitments. However, an engineer that's corporate and has climbed the ladder a bit can make quite a bit too...it really depends.
Thank you. I'm a Nigerian and I study in Nigeria. I'm in my final year of college and I'm faced with choosing what field in petroleum engineering that I'm interested in and a project topic to develop for my final year. I stumbled on this channel as I searched for answers and it's really been amazing. Thank you. But I really do need help. Any suggestions please?
Thanks for sharing I’m currently studying petroleum and would like to know if there’s a big difference in salary if one chooses to work in corporate office or chooses to go in the field? Do engineers that work out in the active sites or fields get more paid than the engineers working in office? How does that work?
I have just learnt about the opportunity of being a petroleum engineer. Do the engineers also work offshore? I love the beach and would love to work offshore.
Hello, out of the four main petroleum engineering specialties from your video, which ones will be using the most math? One of the reasons why I want to go into engineering is because I really enjoy applying mathematics to real world scenarios and I'd just like to know which specialty would be best for that. Then specialty that has seem the most appealing to me is reservoir engineering, but I have heard that this is difficult to get into, is this true? And if so can you give me tips on how I can better my chances of getting this job? I'd also like to thank for taking the time to make these videos they are very helpful. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Tommy, thanks for the question. I would definitely say that reservoir engineering will be the most math heavy by far. It seems like many of the other types are becoming almost more project management heavy than math/engineering heavy. Reservoir engineering includes a lot of modeling and I would recommend that you try and learn as much AI/machine learning/programming/etc that you can as you progress thru college and that will make you even more valuable to a company. Let me know if you have any other questions. For more general advice, be sure to check out some of my recent videos.
Hi. I’m just starting my courses in petroleum engineering and my brother is graduating this spring in mechanical engineering. He already has job offers pre graduation and as soon as I told him that I was pursuing petroleum engineering he told me not to because there aren’t a lot of jobs, I’m not guaranteed a job after graduating, and it’s a good chance that I’d be out of work at times. Can you please clarify if this is an accurate statement? It’s really discouraging me in taking the course. Thanks in advance- Brennon from New Orleans
TG V1p3r and if it’s not too personal do you mind discussing realistic starting salaries and how it increases over growth? Atleast where you’re located, or if they are relatively similar everywhere.
@@niaclayton975 well, two friends got a offer from MOL, they now live and work in Budapest (they are from Zagreb). I don't know the exact paycheck, but they got an apartment each and a comapny car each. They said after expenses like food and other neccesities, they are left with about 1000€. So the pay is pretty good. In INA meanwhile (remmber that the wages and cost of living here are about 2-3 times lower than in the US), the starting pay is 2000€ and in most cases a company car. (The wages were monthly after tax) In the US i heard it is on avg. 170,000 USD in Texas (per year before tax), that is what prof. Brkic from our faculty of oil, geology and mining said. BTW I am still a student but my whole family wroks in oil and I am going that route too. This is the info I got from people in INA and MOL.
My guess is yes, but I'm sure it depends on what type of curriculum you find harder than others. Also, what kind of position/role are you looking to get with the management degree?
@@OilfieldBasics Head manager in a company. i was thinking of working as a manager and specializing in Oil and Gas, i'm not that interested in the Engineering aspect and i find it boring, but i'm in love with business and i love handling money and running everything, but i was wondering, of course i'll learn general info about oil and gas but, am i gonna have to study advanced physics or chemistry? cuz as i said, im in love with business and not so interested in the Scientific field
From my experience here in the states, I think most of our executives and managers come from a different background. Many start as engineers, geologists, etc. and work their way up. Some have come in with an experienced background in banking, legal, etc. and have also gotten positions. I wouldn't expect to be able to graduate college and go right into an upper management role in oil and gas (at least not here in the states). There would have to be some intermediate steps.
I am an undergraduate in Indian Institute Of Petroleum and Energy. I am studying Petroleum Engineering and I am in second year of my curriculum. I want to know what to do after my graduation. How and where I can apply for job..... Please Reply
Ayush, thanks for the question. Unfortunately, I am not able to provide job advice to my international followers because I don't have any experience and have a very limited knowledge of the options where you're from. I would advise reaching out to some industry members in your country to get advice on this. It'll also be a great way to network.
@@ayushtyagi2458 typically what I tell people about their masters is that it depends on what type of work you'd like to do. Most petroleum engineering jobs (at least here in the US) don't require a masters unless you'd like to do more advanced work like research. Be sure to watch our video on advice for international students- we cover masters programs.
Thanks for these valuable information If been looking for these information but nobody break it down like that. , You mentioned that it is harder to get international location job. Well, I'm originally from Iraq and there is multiple companies over there. also not many engineers would go there for safety concerns, but I don't mind going there. Being from Iraq and welling to work there doesn't give you an advantage to get a job over there ? I'm freshman and trying to be a PE Finally please keep making videos it's really helpful
Thanks man! Glad you find them beneficial. Feel free to suggest future topics. So, when I was talking about working internationally, I was speaking moreso towards an American looking to work overseas. If you're from the region, it will be different for you...but I don't have the insight to discuss howso.
What I'm more interested is a video kind of like - a day in life of petroleum (any or every type) engineer and what they actually do from 1st minute to the last.
Thanks Alan. I'll keep this in mind!
I'm the designer of the caphead valve that stopped the deep horizon's macondo well spill. However since I submitted without patenting was claimed by another company and sold to BP. I still have copies of the design submitted as well as emails to and from the horizon helpline July 20, 2010.
I'm currently on an off duty status due to an on the job injury. The job location is Alaska's North slope oilfields at the Kuparuk river unit conocophillips where I was employed as a mechanic. I also have over 30 years experience in pipeline repair and Maintenance.
While healing from reconstructive surgery left me ample time to go over equipment used on ocean based oil/gas production drill platforms. I was surprised to see the same blowout prevention systems that failed the deep horizon still in use in all drill platforms today.
The defects with this type of b.o.p. design were highlighted in the deep horizon's disaster that this design is a dismal failure as it failed and left the horizon crew running like he'll.
At the top of the b.o.p. assembly is the annular valve, which uses a doughnut shaped seal which is hydraulically forced downward to cover the supply port between the wellhead and riser piping. The doughnut seal had nicks in the seal face and the pressurized flow of crude/gas went unzipped. When the topside crew realized the annular valve failed the bottom portion of the b.o.p. had a set of blind shear rams that have jaws designed to cut/crush the wellhead line closed but failed as the piping was bent from a massive "kick" and out of alignment with the blind shear ram jaws and wasn't totally closed.
We now have total b.o.p. failure.
This type of b.o.p cannot be periodically tested to verify proper operation and even if it did work as designed would still leave the well sitting on the seafloor sealed by only a cut/crushed pipe and any attempt to repair or abandon would result in a spill. Furthermore this design cannot isolate pressure ( and if it did have wouldn't have had the macondo well spill.)
Since then I have designed and patented a safer b.o.p. that is safer and can isolate pressur e that if repairs or maintenance are needed can be shutdown and returned back to production after repairs are completed.
Periodic testing can be performed to verify proper operation when needed.
Using a mov ball valve with a mov gate valve as the main b.o.p. on the seafloor with another set of mov ball and gate valves on the platform can be used to control pressure and flow. If a kick is sensed the b.o.p. at the wellhead can be closed along with the set onboard the platform and adequately stops the hydraulic hammer effect. This means a safer delivery of product that is more reliable in preventing spills. My design is available and is patent protected and will cost but costs are considerably less than the price of spill clean up or environmental damage, loss of life equipment damage. To date the horizon incident costs have costed well over the 100 billion dollar mark.
My design can be viewed on my account here on RUclips and can be reached by commenting and am notified on my cell. "Alaska deep water technologies" Tom.
I just found out about petroleum engineering recently from a counselor at my school when they were going over everything for my senior year of high school next year. I have been looking into the career for a while now because I find the drilling job of petroleum engineering much more interesting than mechanical engineering, what I have always been intrested in, and was wondering what the job availability is like. I live just south of Cleveland, Oh and plan to go to Marietta and was also curious about what you thought of the College as well. I have looked into both the career and the College and both seem like a really good fit for me I was just asking because my parents are supportive but also believe that I may struggle finding a job. I am also a committed student and get mainly A's and a few B's with a mixture of Ap, honors, and regular classes.
Bro I live in Cleveland aswell and I’m interested in going to Marietta aswell.
@@hi-nk1kc Do mechanical. Trust me I am a Petro Engineer couldn't find a job and now doing a PhD.
thank you for the video it was useful for me
keep the nice work and please keep sharing this videos
Really helpful, hard to find good informative videos on petroleum engineering. Since I intend on majoring in petroleum engineering it’s nice to have an idea of what I’d be doing. I do have a question: is the compensation similar for petroleum engineers in different areas, i.e corporate vs in the field?
Thanks for the feedback and question. Maybe I'll turn this one into a video too. Compensation for p. engineers starting out won't differ that much. I'm not sure I'd say the correlation to who is paid more or less follows field v. office lines. It moreso relates to the position. Sometimes field guys can make more money if it's a rotational type position. For example, someone in charge of rig operations on a site. There are a lot more immediate responsibilities and time commitments. However, an engineer that's corporate and has climbed the ladder a bit can make quite a bit too...it really depends.
This was useful Derek!!
Informative video ...now i understand this kind of career.
Thank you. I'm a Nigerian and I study in Nigeria. I'm in my final year of college and I'm faced with choosing what field in petroleum engineering that I'm interested in and a project topic to develop for my final year. I stumbled on this channel as I searched for answers and it's really been amazing. Thank you. But I really do need help. Any suggestions please?
Thanks for sharing
I’m currently studying petroleum and would like to know if there’s a big difference in salary if one chooses to work in corporate office or chooses to go in the field? Do engineers that work out in the active sites or fields get more paid than the engineers working in office? How does that work?
I have just learnt about the opportunity of being a petroleum engineer. Do the engineers also work offshore? I love the beach and would love to work offshore.
Yeah they do. Mainly in the Gulf of Mexico there’s lots of rigs out there.
I want to work in the office!
Which petroleum position do I go for
You can do that with most positions. Reservoir would be the most solely in the office.
Wil the salary be the same
Hello, out of the four main petroleum engineering specialties from your video, which ones will be using the most math? One of the reasons why I want to go into engineering is because I really enjoy applying mathematics to real world scenarios and I'd just like to know which specialty would be best for that. Then specialty that has seem the most appealing to me is reservoir engineering, but I have heard that this is difficult to get into, is this true? And if so can you give me tips on how I can better my chances of getting this job? I'd also like to thank for taking the time to make these videos they are very helpful. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Tommy, thanks for the question. I would definitely say that reservoir engineering will be the most math heavy by far. It seems like many of the other types are becoming almost more project management heavy than math/engineering heavy. Reservoir engineering includes a lot of modeling and I would recommend that you try and learn as much AI/machine learning/programming/etc that you can as you progress thru college and that will make you even more valuable to a company. Let me know if you have any other questions. For more general advice, be sure to check out some of my recent videos.
Hello...Can you suggest me some good universities for Ms in petroleum engineering.
Hi. I’m just starting my courses in petroleum engineering and my brother is graduating this spring in mechanical engineering. He already has job offers pre graduation and as soon as I told him that I was pursuing petroleum engineering he told me not to because there aren’t a lot of jobs, I’m not guaranteed a job after graduating, and it’s a good chance that I’d be out of work at times. Can you please clarify if this is an accurate statement? It’s really discouraging me in taking the course. Thanks in advance- Brennon from New Orleans
Depends on where you are from, in Croatia there is always a job for PEs in INA, our NOC. If not there then in MOL, Hungary's NOC.
I don't know how it is in the US
TG V1p3r oh okay I didn’t know you were outside of the US
TG V1p3r and if it’s not too personal do you mind discussing realistic starting salaries and how it increases over growth? Atleast where you’re located, or if they are relatively similar everywhere.
@@niaclayton975 well, two friends got a offer from MOL, they now live and work in Budapest (they are from Zagreb). I don't know the exact paycheck, but they got an apartment each and a comapny car each. They said after expenses like food and other neccesities, they are left with about 1000€. So the pay is pretty good.
In INA meanwhile (remmber that the wages and cost of living here are about 2-3 times lower than in the US), the starting pay is 2000€ and in most cases a company car. (The wages were monthly after tax)
In the US i heard it is on avg. 170,000 USD in Texas (per year before tax), that is what prof. Brkic from our faculty of oil, geology and mining said.
BTW I am still a student but my whole family wroks in oil and I am going that route too. This is the info I got from people in INA and MOL.
Hey, im thinking of studying Oil and Gas Management in university, not Engineering, do you think it'll be easier?
My guess is yes, but I'm sure it depends on what type of curriculum you find harder than others. Also, what kind of position/role are you looking to get with the management degree?
@@OilfieldBasics Head manager in a company. i was thinking of working as a manager and specializing in Oil and Gas, i'm not that interested in the Engineering aspect and i find it boring, but i'm in love with business and i love handling money and running everything, but i was wondering, of course i'll learn general info about oil and gas but, am i gonna have to study advanced physics or chemistry? cuz as i said, im in love with business and not so interested in the Scientific field
From my experience here in the states, I think most of our executives and managers come from a different background. Many start as engineers, geologists, etc. and work their way up. Some have come in with an experienced background in banking, legal, etc. and have also gotten positions. I wouldn't expect to be able to graduate college and go right into an upper management role in oil and gas (at least not here in the states). There would have to be some intermediate steps.
@@OilfieldBasics Thank you for your info, and one last question, does a manager usually get paid more than an engineer or a geologist?
@@just1ce875 I'm sure it depends on the exact position but likely yes. But I generally advise people not to enter this industry for the money.
I am an undergraduate in Indian Institute Of Petroleum and Energy. I am studying Petroleum Engineering and I am in second year of my curriculum. I want to know what to do after my graduation. How and where I can apply for job..... Please Reply
Ayush, thanks for the question. Unfortunately, I am not able to provide job advice to my international followers because I don't have any experience and have a very limited knowledge of the options where you're from. I would advise reaching out to some industry members in your country to get advice on this. It'll also be a great way to network.
Is it beneficial to do Masters in Petroleum Engineering just after my Bachelor's degree?
@@ayushtyagi2458 typically what I tell people about their masters is that it depends on what type of work you'd like to do. Most petroleum engineering jobs (at least here in the US) don't require a masters unless you'd like to do more advanced work like research. Be sure to watch our video on advice for international students- we cover masters programs.
@@OilfieldBasics okay, thanks
Thanks for these valuable information
If been looking for these information but nobody break it down like that.
, You mentioned that it is harder to get international location job. Well, I'm originally from Iraq and there is multiple companies over there. also not many engineers would go there for safety concerns, but I don't mind going there. Being from Iraq and welling to work there doesn't give you an advantage to get a job over there ? I'm freshman and trying to be a PE
Finally please keep making videos it's really helpful
Thanks man! Glad you find them beneficial. Feel free to suggest future topics. So, when I was talking about working internationally, I was speaking moreso towards an American looking to work overseas. If you're from the region, it will be different for you...but I don't have the insight to discuss howso.
Oilfield Basics thank you