Petroleum Engineering and Natural Gas Recovery

Petroleum engineering

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Petroleum engineering is a field of engineering that deals with the activities related to the production of hydrocarbons, which can be either crude oil or natural gas. Exploration and Production are the two main areas in the upstream sector of oil and gas industry which focus on maximizing economic recovery of hydrocarbons from subsurface reservoirs.  Exploration is usually done by the Geologists and Production process is controlled by the petroleum engineers. Petroleum engineering processes mainly involves in understanding the physical behavior of oil, water and gas within porous rocks of subsurface reservoirs at a very high pressure. The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is the largest professional society for petroleum engineers and publishes much information concerning the industry.