IIT Kharagpur Petroleum Engineering

My son wants to take admission in the B.Tech (Applied Petroleum Engineering with Upstream specialization)? Tell me does the Department of Chemical engineering affiliated to the IIT, Kharagpur offers the B .Tech (Applied Petroleum Engineering with Upstream specialization) or not?

Can you tell me about the academic programs offered under Petroleum Engineering department by IITK (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)?

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The academic program in Petroleum Engineering offered by Petroleum Engineering is aimed at the industrial needs of specialized competency and comparative lack of opportunities for such courses in Indian technical institutions.

The program also facilitates the need for competent manpower for the global petroleum exploration and production industry. Through it IIT Kharagpur will develop a state of the art research and development facilities for various aspects of Petroleum Engineering leveraging the availability of interdisciplinary expertise available at IIT Kharagpur from its various academic units.

Academic Programs:

A - 5-Year Integrated B. Tech (Hons.) and M. Tech Program:
Such programs exist at IIT Kharagpur in various departments. For the program, it is imagined that one would be able to obtain a B Tech (Hons.) degree in Mechanical Engg., Chemical Engg or Mining Engg and a M. Tech degree in Petroleum Engg.


B - A 6-Year Integrated M. Sc and M. Tech Program:
Such a dual degree program is not offered now at IIT Kharagpur. However, the Department of Geology and Geophysics currently offers both a 5 Year-M. Sc Program and 2-Year M. Tech programs with intake from students with M. Sc. Degree

Students of the programs of type A would specialize in the verticals of Petroleum Production (PP) and students of the programs of type B would specialize in Petroleum Exploration (PE).


Program Features:

In the proposed structure, for Type A programs the first 5 semesters (respectively, 7 semesters for Type B programs) are identical to the corresponding existing Dual-degree programs in Mining Engg OR Mechanical Engg OR Chemical Engg (respectively M.Sc. programs in Applied Geology OR Exploration Geophysics for Type B programs).

From the 6th (respectively, 8th) semester the courses in Petroleum Engg are introduced. The students of Type A programs build their background in Petroleum Engg. in semesters 6 and 7 through two theory courses (Fundamentals of Petroleum Engg. and Well Logging) and two laboratories (Geophysics Lab and Well Logging lab).

The students of Type B Programs build their backgrounds in semester 6 through the theory course Fundamentals of Thermofluid Science. The 9th semester of the program (respectively 11th) is earmarked for Industry Internship in the Type A (respectively, Type B) programmes.

Contact Detail:
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, India - 721302
Phone: +91-3222-255221
FAX : +91-3222-255303