MEng, BEng Petroleum Engineering
Year 1
(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)
Learning outcomes
On completion of the year, students should:- be familiar with the basic concepts and terminology associated with petroleum engineering, including reservoir formation, exploration and drilling techniques, reservoir engineering, extraction and refining techniques, product marketing and logistics;- understand basic engineering concepts such as mass and energy balances, heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, fluid flow and reaction kinetics, and appreciate how they relate to petroleum engineering operations;- be familiar with a range of geological techniques and terminology, including geophysics, sedimentology, stratigraphy and mapping;- be capable of using mathematical techniques to solve simple petroleum engineering problems;- be able to analyse and evaluate scientific data and communicate their findings in written and verbal form;- be capable of undertaking a simple group project involving the basic design of a petroleum processing operation;- be able to appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;- be aware of professional and petroleum engineering-specific boundaries.
Transferable (key) skills
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility.
Assessment
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:- demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;- work that covers a restricted area of the discipline;- demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies.
Learning context
The learning context for this year/award will be predictable, providing a familiarisation with the discipline.