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Chemical Engineers design and develop processes that transform the physical and chemical state of a substance, suiting commercial applicability. It ranges from improving food processing to fertilizers to even the clothes we wear. Modern-day chemical engineers also work on pioneering concepts like nanotechnology. A specialization in chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, deals with optimizing the extraction of oil and gas from the surface of the earth. Petroleum engineers implement methods that maximize the extraction of hydrocarbons efficiently with the least environmental repercussions.

Career Roles & Responsibilities

A petrochemical engineer is involved in designing means and mechanisms for excavating and digging up crude oil and gas from the earth. A petrochemical engineer's role includes a lot of involvement in chemical engineering phenomena like heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, etc.

A petroleum engineer is involved in the process of extracting oil and natural gas from reservoirs. They may be drilling engineers, production engineers, or reservoir engineers. In all these stages, a petroleum engineer uses petrophysics knowledge to ensure that all drilling operations are conducted accurately and efficiently while complying with laws and environmental standards. These engineers are team leaders and often work with other engineers, scientists, and platform laborers.

Petroleum engineers typically do the following:

Design equipment to extract oil and gas in the most profitable way
Develop ways to inject water, chemicals, gases, or steam into an oil reserve to force out more oil
Develop plans to drill in oil and gas fields, and then to recover the oil and gas
Evaluate the production of wells through testing and surveys
Recording and updating information on all drilling activities
Use computer-controlled drilling or fracturing to connect a larger area of an oil and gas deposit to a single well
Make sure that oil field equipment is installed, operated, and maintained properly
Overlooking the removal of all waste and equipment from drill sites
Taking responsibility for safety and efficiency
Determining the most productive locations

Career Education Path Summary

How to Pursue a Career in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Path 1

Clear Class XII with Science Stream with Maths
Pursue B.Tech in Chemical Engg./ Petroleum Engg. for 4 years
Graduation
Post Graduation: Pursue M.Tech for 2-3 years
Pursue Ph.D. for 2-3 years

Path 2

Clear Class XII with Science Stream with Maths
Pursue B.Tech + M.Tech (Dual Degree)in Chemical Engineering for 5 years -
Pursue Ph.D. for 2-3 years

Important Facts

Most colleges have eligibility criteria of a minimum 50% aggregate marks in Class XII / and some of the minimum of 60%.
Must have passed class 12thor senior secondary examination with at least 50% marks including English.
Some exams require JEE score as minimum eligibility.
Some colleges/ universities also have an age limit.

Leading Institutes

Top Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Institutes in India

INSTITUTE	LOCATION	WEBSITE
Indian Institute of Technology		www.iitkgp.ac.in/petroleum-engineering
Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani	Mesra	www.bits-pilani.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Calicut	Calicut	www.nitc.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Silchar	Silchar	www.nits.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Surathkal	Surathkal	www.nitk.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	Bhopal	www.manit.ac.in
Vellore Institute of Technology,	Chennai	www.vit.ac.in
Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad,	Dhanbad	www.ismdhanbad.ac.in
Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University (SRM)		www.srmuniv.ac.in
Pandit DeenDayal Petroleum University	Gandhinagar	www.pdpu.ac.in
St. Andrews Institute of Technology & Management,	Gurugram	www.saitmgurgaon.com
International Institute of Information Technology,	Hyderabad	www.iiit.ac.in
PSG College of Technology,	Coimbatore	www.psgtech.edu
Maharashtra Institute of Technology	Pune	www.mitpune.com
Anna University Chennai	Chennai	www.annauniv.edu
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology	Uttar Pradesh	www.rgipt.ac.in
Madras Institute of Technology	Chennai	www.mitindia.edu
Motilal Nehru Institute of Technology	Uttar Pradesh	www.mnnit.ac.in
PEC University of Technology	Punjab	www.pec.ac.in
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies	Uttarakhand	www.upes.ac.in

Top Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Institutes in the World

INSTITUTION	LOCATION	WEBSITE
University of Manchester	Manchester, United Kingdom	www.manchester.ac.uk
The University of New South Wales	Australia	www.unsw.edu.au
University of California, Berkeley	United States	www.berkeley.edu
University College London	London, United Kingdom	www.ucl.ac.uk
Imperial College London	London, United Kingdom	www.imperial.ac.uk
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	www.web.mit.edu
Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	www.tudelft.nl/en
Harvard University	United States	www.harvard.edu
National University of Singapore	Singapore	www.nus.edu.sg
Carlifornia Institute of Technology	United States	www.caltech.edu
University of Michigan	United States	www.umich.edu
University of Toronto	Canada	www.utoronto.ca
Purdue University	United States	www.purdue.edu

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Entrance Exams

Undergraduate

COLLEGE/EXAMS	TENTATIVE DATE	IMPORTANT ELEMENTS	WEBSITE
Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main)	April	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,	www.jeemain.nic.in
Joint Entrance Examination Advanced (JEE Advanced)	May/June	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,	www.jeeadv.ac.in
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission (BITSAT)	May	Mathematics/Biology Physics, Chemistry, Logical Reasoning English	www.bitsadmission.com/bitsatmain.aspx
Education Promotion Society of India National Admission Test (ENAT)	April/May	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English	www.epsfi.org
Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Exam (VITEEE)	April	Mathematics/Biology Physics, Chemistry, English	www.vit.ac.in
University of Delhi Combined Entrance Exam (DU-CET)	June	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,	www.dtu.ac.in
Consortium Medical, Engineering & Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK)	May	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,	www.comedk.org
Admission Test for ICFAI Science & Technology (ATIT)	May	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English	www.icfaiuniversity.in/atit/btech_program.html
Indian Institute of Space & Technology Admission Test (ISAT)	June	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry,	www.iist.ac.in/admissions/undergraduate
Combined Written Admission Test (CWAT)	May/June	Botany Zoology Physics, Chemistry,	www.acds.co.in
SRM University Engineering Exam (SRMUEE)	April	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology	www.srmuniv.ac.in
Manipal University Online Entrance Exam (MU-OEE)	March/April	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology	www.manipal.edu
Indraprastha University Common EntranceTest (IPUCET)	May	Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry	www.ipu.ac.in

Postgraduate

Institution	Tentative Date	Important Elements	Website
Graduate Aptitute Test in Engineering (GATE)	Jan/Feb	All Branches of engineering	www.gate.iisc.ernet.in

India

Armed Forces Medical College - [AFMC], Pune

National Institute of Fashion Technology - [NIFT], Navi Mumbai

Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering

Career Opportunities in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Drilling engineers
Production engineers
Completions engineers
Reservoir engineers
Manufacturing Goods

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Evaluate chemical equipment and processes to identify ways to optimize performance or to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
Conduct research to develop new and improved chemical manufacturing processes.
Determine the most effective arrangement of operations such as mixing, crushing, heat transfer, distillation, and drying.
Perform tests and monitor processes in various stages of production.
Develop processes to separate components of liquids or gases or generate electrical currents using controlled chemical processes.
Perform laboratory studies of various steps in the manufacture of new products and test proposed processes in small-scale operations such as a pilot plant.
Work closely with chemists and control engineers to ensure that the process plant is set up to provide maximum output levels to ensure the efficient running of the production facility.

Career Pros Details

The career is highly rewarding in terms of monetary benefits.
Chemical engineers can work in a variety of settings- manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, research, product testing, etc.
Petroleum engineers are high in demand and are expected to stay so in the future.

Career Cons Details

Much of the time may be spent in the lab, for chemical engineers.
Petroleum engineers may find office hours unstructured, work may find them in remote locations.
Working conditions may be hazardous sometimes, in both the branches

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George E Davis is often regarded as the ‘founding father’ of chemical engineering, No list of chemical engineers is complete without him. George shaped the world of chemical engineering as it emerged in the late 1800s; with George coining the term ‘chemical engineering’. The first chemical engineering course was delivered by George at the University of Manchester in 1887 in the form of 12 lectures covering various aspects of industrial chemical practice – this kick-started the revolution that spawned generations of world-changing chemical engineers.

Strong technical skills.
Teamworking skills.
Problem-solving skills.
The ability to work under pressure.
Drive and enthusiasm.
Numerical and analytical skills.
IT skills.
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