Dear Aspirant,

A degree in petroleum engineering can generate a number of career paths.Petroleum engineers are demanded globally.Plenty of jobs are available for the candidates in this field.Many petroleum and gas agencies offers jobs to applicants in this field.

Petroleum engineers are also offered jobs in government sector.Companies that comes under government and offer jobs to engineers are :

1.Oil and Natural gas corporation limited.

2.Hindustan petroleum corporation limited.

3.Bharat petroleum corporation limited.

4.Indian oil corporation limited.

5.Chennai petroleum corporation limited.

6.GAIL

7.Hindustian oil exploration corporation limited.

8.Essar oil

Petroleum engineers will get an attractive pay.In India,an average salary of a petroleum engineer is Rs. 6,99,000 per annum.As you gain experience your salary also gets increased.Remuneration in the field is offered high in foreign

So petroleum engineering is a good field to pursue.

Thank you

Dear student,

It is really a different kind of studies. Petroleum Engineering is one of the most interesting and rewarding career opportunities available to engineering students in India. The rising position of this course is increasing day by day. So if you want to study this then then you will get a very good future. There are so government job opportunities from this course.

Visit this link for the details about this course:

https://www.careers360.com/courses/petroleum-engineering-course

Here I am giving you a list from that you will know about the colleges of this course:

• Indian Institute of Technology. Mumbai.
• Indian Institute of Technology. Chennai.
• Lovely Professional University. Phagwara.
• Indian school of Mines. Dhanbad.
• Vels Institute of Sciences Technology & Advanced studies. Chennai.
• Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering and Technology. Dibrugarh.
• College of Engineering, Andhra University. Visakhapatnam.

Except these there are other colleges too but these are really top ranked colleges due to it's infrastructure, faculties and placement.

Thank you.

Hi Arva,

Yes, Petroleum engineering is a very good career option as this is a rare field. Few of colleges in India have this branch and students do not know very much about this, so there are very less students who are enrolled in it. You will get good package of around 4 - 6 LPA after being placed. If you want to know career options, then they are mentioned below:-

• Field operator
• Testing manager/professional
• Program management analyst
• Technician
• Junior Engineer position
• Research Associate
• Project Associate
• Research Engineer position
• Grade ‘B’ Engineer
• Lecturers Professor
• Advisor/Consultant

See, the scope of Petroleum engineering is more in countries like UAE, Iraq etc as they are the largest exporter of crude oil and Petroleum worldwide. But, India has abundant natural resources of crude oil and natural gas. These natural reserves have given rise to a flourishing petroleum industry in the country. Some of the popular companies is Reliance Oil Limited, Essar, Indian Oil etc.

Refer here for more info - https://www.careers360.com/courses/petroleum-engineering-course

Feel free to ask doubts in the Comment Section.

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!