B.E. in Petroleum Engineering
Lebanon is located in the heart of the oil production region, and it is certainly bound to become a petroleum producing country. A Petroleum engineer is surely expected to oversee the entire process of fuel extraction from the exploration phase until the drill rig is removed.
The PTE Program at LAU has been designed to equip the students with the fundamental skills required to achieve lifelong professional growth. The B.E. program covers the areas of well exploration and evaluation, well drilling and production phase, process engineering and life cycle management of wells, as well as the economics of petroleum and its regulations. The program provides a special emphasis on Natural Gas which is the most dominant type of hydrocarbon fuel in Lebanon.
The courses are structured to combine a sound theoretical foundation, experimentation, engineering judgment, application to case studies, and engineering design. Computer simulation and computer controls are highly emphasized through the curriculum. Petroleum engineers increasingly use advanced computers, not only in the analysis of exploration data and simulation of reservoir behavior, but also in automation of oilfield production and drilling operations. Students will be able to integrate professional, ethical, and environmental considerations into Petroleum Engineering design and problem solving and develop the ability to communicate engineering results effectively.
The students will learn through active and experiential learning as they will be exposed to rich hands-on experience through several laboratory sessions and field experiences.
The mission of the PTE Program is to provide a quality education in Petroleum Engineering that combines theory and practice for undergraduate students and to satisfy industry demand for graduates with special education in the oil and gas industries and help graduates enter the market force or pursue further education at the graduate level.
Within a few years of graduation, the graduates of the PTE Program will:
- Achieve success in their chosen career path be it professional practice or graduate studies.
- Be responsible citizen engineers.
- Practice the profession as demonstrated by continued professional employment, job promotion, and expanding career responsibility.
The students will acquire in their matriculation through the program, the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors::
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
- An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
- An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Enrollment Data |
B.E. Petroleum Engineering |
Academic Year 2020-2021 |
63 |
Graduation Data |
B.E. Petroleum Engineering |
Academic Year 2019-2020 |
33 |
First year
Fall
Number |
Course |
Cr |
MTH201 |
Calculus III |
3 |
CHM201 |
Chemical Principles |
3 |
CIE200 |
Statics |
3 |
PTE200 |
Introduction to Petroleum Engineering |
3 |
COE201 |
Computer Proficiency |
1 |
ENG202 |
Advanced Academic English |
3 |
Spring
Number |
Course |
Cr |
ARA2—/3— |
Arabic Language / Literature |
3 |
CIE202 |
Mechanics of Materials |
3 |
MTH206 |
Calculus IV |
3 |
MEE241 |
Dynamics |
3 |
PTE204 |
Geology for Petroleum Engineers |
3 |
HLT201 |
Basic Health |
1 |
MEE211 |
Engineering Graphics |
1 |
Summer
Number |
Course |
Cr |
COM203 |
Art of Public Communication |
3 |
—- —- |
Liberal Arts Curriculum Elective |
3 |
Second year
Fall
Number |
Course |
Cr |
CIE302 |
Structural Analysis I |
3 |
CIE303 |
Structural Analysis - SOFT |
1 |
MEE301 |
Thermodynamics |
3 |
PTE320 |
Reservoir Petrophysics |
3 |
PTE321 |
Petroleum Engineering Lab |
1 |
GNE331 |
Probability and Statistics |
3 |
INE320 |
Engineering Economy |
3 |
Spring
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE310 |
Transport Processes Through Porous Media |
3 |
PTE322 |
Fundamental of Reservoir Engineering |
3 |
PTE330 |
Well Drilling |
3 |
PTE331 |
Drilling Fluids -LAB |
1 |
PTE340 |
Financial Management of Engineered Assets |
3 |
CIE320 |
Fluid Mechanics |
3 |
CIE321 |
Fluid Mechanics Lab |
1 |
Summer
Number |
Course |
Cr |
GNE301 |
Professional Communication |
2 |
MTH304 |
Differential Equations |
3 |
ETH201 |
Moral Reasoning |
1 |
—— |
Liberal Arts Curriculum Elective |
3 |
Third year
Fall
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE431 |
Fundamentals of Well Test Analysis |
3 |
PTE470 |
Petroleum Engineering Design |
3 |
PTE432 |
Well Logging and Formation Evaluation |
3 |
PTE450 |
Introduction to Process Engineering |
3 |
PTE441 |
Petroleum Leasing Regulations and Practices |
3 |
GNE305 |
Professional Ethics |
1 |
Spring
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE451 |
Petroleum Production Engineering |
3 |
PTE452 |
Petroleum Production - LAB |
1 |
PTE471 |
The Petroleum Engineering Profession |
2 |
PTE472 |
Modeling and Computer Applications |
3 |
PTE460 |
Natural Gas Engineering |
3 |
PTE461 |
Natural Gas - LAB |
1 |
PTE—- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
Summer
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE498 |
Professional Experience |
6 |
Fourth year
Fall
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE543 |
Life Cycle and Risk Management |
3 |
PTE573 |
Detailing for Petroleum Engineers |
2 |
PTE —- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
PTE —- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
PED2— |
Physical Education |
1 |
—- —- |
Liberal Arts Curriculum Elective |
3 |
Spring
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE601 |
Capstone Design Project |
3 |
PTE —- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
PTE —- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
PTE —- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
—- —- |
Liberal Arts Curriculum Elective |
3 |
Technical electives
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE510 |
Structural Engineering of Offshore Platforms |
3 |
PTE511 |
Fundamentals of Subsurface Environmental Engineering |
3 |
PTE512 |
Fixed offshore Structures |
3 |
PTE513 |
Piping Systems |
3 |
PTE514 |
Offshore Development Practices |
3 |
PTE515 |
Thermal recovery |
3 |
PTE516 |
Process Control and Instrumentation |
3 |
PTE517 |
Industrial Process Management |
3 |
PTE523 |
Advanced Reservoir engineering |
3 |
PTE524 |
Reservoir Simulation |
3 |
PTE533 |
Advanced Drilling Engineering |
3 |
PTE534 |
Advanced Well Test Analysis |
3 |
PTE544 |
Petroleum Project Evaluation |
3 |
PTE545 |
Energy Finance |
3 |
PTE553 |
Advanced Production Mechanics |
3 |
PTE563 |
Unconventional oil exploitation |
3 |
PTE564 |
Unconventional gas exploitation |
3 |
PTE565 |
Water Flooding and Enhanced Oil Recovery |
3 |
PTE574 |
Artificial Lift Design |
3 |
PTE599 |
Directed Studies in Petroleum Engineering |
3 |
PTE600 |
Topics |
3 |
or any other Technical Elective course approved by the Program Steering Committee. Note that all Technical Electives courses require at least senior standing in addition to their relevant prerequisites |
Liberal Arts Core Curriculum - 12 credits
Number |
Course |
Cr |
ARA2—/3— |
Arabic Language / Literature1 |
3 |
ENG202 |
Sophomore Rhetoric2 |
3 |
COM203 |
Art of Public Communication |
3 |
HLT201 |
Basic Health |
1 |
PED2— |
Physical Education |
1 |
ETH201 |
Moral Reasoning |
1 |
1 ARA2—/3— may be substituted for students exempted from Arabic by the Admissions’ Council, with prior approval, with:
- SAR221 Developmental Arabic
- SOC321 Sociology of the Arab World
- WOS313 Women in the Arab World
- HST230 History of Lebanon, from Antelias Man to the Ottoman Conquest
- HST231 History of Lebanon, from the Imarah to the 1975-1990 War
- HST240 History of the Arab Peoples
2 English Courses Prerequisites
- ENG202 Sophomore Rhetoric: Prerequisites: ENG102 or EEE score 650 and above or computer-based TOEFL 297 and above or its equivalent.
- ENG009 Remedial English: Prerequisites: EEE score between 500 and 549 or computer-based TOEFL between 193 and 230 or its equivalent.
- ENG101 English I: Prerequisites: ENG009 or EEE score between 550 and 599 or computer-based TOEFL between 233 and 260 or its equivalent.
- ENG102 English II: Prerequisites: ENG101 or EEE score between 600 and 649 or computer-based TOEFL between 263 and 293 or its equivalent.
Liberal Arts Electives - 12 credits
The additional 12 credits of Liberal Arts Electives could be taken from the following disciplines:
3 credits from Social Sciences, 3 credits from Philosophy, Religion, History, 3 credits from Literature and 3 credits from Arts
First year
Fall
Number |
Course |
Cr |
MTH201 |
Calculus III |
3 |
CHM205 |
Fundamentals of Chemistry |
3 |
CIE200 |
Statics |
3 |
PTE200 |
Introduction to Petroleum Engineering |
3 |
COE201 |
Computer Proficiency |
1 |
ENG202 |
Advanced Academic English |
3 |
Spring
Number |
Course |
Cr |
CIE202 |
Mechanics of Materials |
3 |
MTH206 |
Calculus IV |
3 |
MEE241 |
Dynamics |
3 |
PTE204 |
Geology for Petroleum Engineers |
3 |
—- —- |
Liberal Arts Curriculum Elective |
3 |
Summer
Number |
Course |
Cr |
MTH304 |
Differential Equations |
3 |
—- —- |
Liberal Arts Curriculum Elective |
3 |
—- —- |
Liberal Arts Curriculum Elective |
3 |
Second year
Fall
Number |
Course |
Cr |
CIE302 |
Structural Analysis I |
3 |
CIE303 |
Structural Analysis - SOFT |
1 |
MEE301 |
Thermodynamics |
3 |
PTE320 |
Reservoir Petrophysics |
3 |
PTE321 |
Petroleum Engineering Lab |
1 |
GNE331 |
Probability and Statistics |
3 |
INE320 |
Engineering Economy |
3 |
Spring
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE310 |
Transport Processes Through Porous Media |
3 |
PTE322 |
Fundamental of Reservoir Engineering |
3 |
PTE330 |
Well Drilling |
3 |
PTE331 |
Drilling Fluids -LAB |
1 |
PTE340 |
Financial Management of Engineered Assets |
3 |
CIE320 |
Fluid Mechanics |
3 |
CIE321 |
Fluid Mechanics Lab |
1 |
Summer
Number |
Course |
Cr |
GNE301 |
Professional Communication |
2 |
COM203 |
Art of Public Communication |
3 |
—— |
Liberal Arts Curriculum Elective |
3 |
Third year
Fall
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE431 |
Fundamentals of Well Test Analysis |
3 |
PTE470 |
Petroleum Engineering Design |
3 |
PTE432 |
Well Logging and Formation Evaluation |
3 |
PTE450 |
Introduction to Process Engineering |
3 |
PTE441 |
Petroleum Leasing Regulations and Practices |
3 |
GNE303 |
Engineering Ethics |
2 |
Spring
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE451 |
Petroleum Production Engineering |
3 |
PTE452 |
Petroleum Production - LAB |
1 |
PTE471 |
The Petroleum Engineering Profession |
2 |
PTE472 |
Modeling and Computer Applications |
3 |
PTE460 |
Natural Gas Engineering |
3 |
PTE461 |
Natural Gas - LAB |
1 |
PTE—- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
Summer
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE498 |
Professional Experience |
6 |
Fourth year
Fall
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE543 |
Life Cycle and Risk Management |
3 |
PTE573 |
Detailing for Petroleum Engineers |
2 |
PTE —- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
PTE —- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
—- —- |
SoE Signature Course |
3 |
Spring
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE601 |
Capstone Design Project |
3 |
PTE —- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
PTE —- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
PTE —- |
Technical Elective |
3 |
—- —- |
Liberal Arts Curriculum Elective |
3 |
Technical electives
Number |
Course |
Cr |
PTE510 |
Structural Engineering of Offshore Platforms |
3 |
PTE511 |
Fundamentals of Subsurface Environmental Engineering |
3 |
PTE512 |
Fixed offshore Structures |
3 |
PTE513 |
Piping Systems |
3 |
PTE514 |
Offshore Development Practices |
3 |
PTE515 |
Thermal recovery |
3 |
PTE516 |
Process Control and Instrumentation |
3 |
PTE517 |
Industrial Process Management |
3 |
PTE523 |
Advanced Reservoir engineering |
3 |
PTE524 |
Reservoir Simulation |
3 |
PTE533 |
Advanced Drilling Engineering |
3 |
PTE534 |
Advanced Well Test Analysis |
3 |
PTE544 |
Petroleum Project Evaluation |
3 |
PTE545 |
Energy Finance |
3 |
PTE553 |
Advanced Production Mechanics |
3 |
PTE563 |
Unconventional oil exploitation |
3 |
PTE564 |
Unconventional gas exploitation |
3 |
PTE565 |
Water Flooding and Enhanced Oil Recovery |
3 |
PTE574 |
Artificial Lift Design |
3 |
PTE594 |
Undergraduate Research Project |
3 |
PTE599 |
Directed Studies in Petroleum Engineering |
3 |
PTE600 |
Topics |
3 |
or any other Technical Elective course approved by the Program Steering Committee. Note that all Technical Electives courses require at least senior standing in addition to their relevant prerequisites |
Liberal Arts Core Curriculum - 6 credits
Number |
Course |
Cr |
ENG202 |
Sophomore Rhetoric |
3 |
COM203 |
Art of Public Communication |
3 |
Liberal Arts Electives - 12 credits
The additional 12 credits of Liberal Arts Electives could be taken from the following disciplines:
3 credits from Social Sciences, 3 credits from Cultural Studies, History, Philosophy, and Religion, 3 credits from Literature and Languages (English, and Arabic Language& Literature), and 3 credits from Arts (Fine Arts, Communication Arts, Music Appreciation, and Theater)
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