Petrochemical Engineering: Career, Placements and Education Information

What is Petrochemical Engineering?

Petrochemical engineering is a branch of Chemical Engineering which deals with operations involved in refining petroleum or crude oil by the use of advanced technology. The course also includes extraction of crude petroleum obtained from the core of earth.

Scope of Petrochemical Engineering?

• The collaboration of government and private firms with international investors and oil companies in gulf countries has increased employment opportunities for pass outs in petrochemical engineering.
• There are multinational companies based in UAE offering good salary packages to experienced employees in job profiles of petroleum geologists, drilling engineers, reservoir engineers and production engineers

Placements

• Essar Oil Limited
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
• Oil India Ltd
• Reliance Petrochemicals
• Shell