Tom Holley, professor and director of the University of Houston's petroleum engineering program, has won the Society of Petroleum Engineers Gulf Coast Regional Distinguished Achievement Award for ...

College graduates with a specialty in engineering are in high demand. Those who study petroleum engineering are especially sought after and can expect to be well compensated. For students interested ...

LARAMIE, Wyo. - Ashley Lantz had no idea what her major would be back when she was a freshman at Colorado School of Mines, but she liked the idea of living in exotic places. Lantz, 23, decided on ...

The UND Petroleum Engineering Department has a tight industry focus, which means instructors push students to get hands-on experience in the field. Normally that would mean a trip west to the Bakken ...

Like many ambitious college kids, Chase Gay was very much looking forward to his summer internship in Houston. A senior at the prestigious petroleum engineering program at Texas A&M University, Gay ...

Enrollments at petroleum engineering schools are soaring, driven by forecasts for high energy prices and the promise of a big paycheck. A near record number of freshmen -- 90 -- entered the University ...

My opinions are from the viewpoint of a petroleum engineer who earned a BS degree in petroleum engineering in 1957 and who has been in continuous professional practice since that time. I also have the ...

At-a-Glance: The strongest petroleum engineering programs cluster in North America (notably the U.S. Gulf/Permian states), the U.K./Norway, the Middle East, China/India, and select Latin American and ...

Petroleum engineers can make big money — but right now there aren't a lot of takers for the gig. New student enrollment in petroleum-engineering programs — the sector of engineering related to oil and ...

GRAND FORKS - The University of North Dakota Petroleum Engineering Department has a tight industry focus, which means instructors push students to get hands-on experience in the field. Normally that ...

DICKINSON, N.D. - The demand for oil industry talent has made petroleum engineering the most valuable degree in America. Women, however, still lag behind, according to new data. Those who majored in ...