Máster en Ingeniería de Petróleo y Gas de la UPM
Oil & Gas Engineering Master’s Degree
The Oil and Gas Industry continues to offer a gamut of international employment opportunities. The Mines and Engineering School –together with other co-operating bodies- wishes to extend a pioneering, quality training degree in Spain. The degree will allow students who take it to have direct access to the oil and gas sector job market.
Today, something over 80% of all primary energy consumed comes from fossil fuels: oil, gas and coal. According to the International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2020, considering the “Stated Policies Scenario” (STEPS) and the “Sustainable Development Scenario” (SDS), in both scenarios, the primary energy demand in 2040 will still be covered largely by oil and gas. In the STEPS the demand for both energy sources will continue to increase in the future. In the SDS, on the other hand, a downward trend is expected. The gas industry must also rise to the challenge and adapt to the energy transition. Coal drops in both scenarios.
Together with this, the percentage of renewable energies linked to the energy transition process will gradually increase, especially in developed countries also exploring new gas storage concepts, such as hydrogen. In this context, with the collaboration of different institutions and bodies, the Master’s Degree proposes to offer a conceptual, applied, and up-to-date teaching methodology which will consider the various challenges which face the Oil and Gas Industry. Digitization is presented as an inescapable aid in achieving the objectives of the energy transition.
Besides primary knowledge of oil systems and technical know-how, new graduates will need to acquire skills that allow for adapting to distinct and very varied contexts. They will need communication fluency and a knowledge of commerce and finance, together with an open, global outlook.
The Master’s Degree is directed at graduate students, involves personal attendance, will be held during afternoon hours, and consists of 60 credits. It will be a Master’s Degree of one year’s duration, the content will be interdisciplinary, and will be imparted in English, by Professors of the School, by oil and gas company professionals and by experts from oil and gas service companies. The course aims at being a reference point within the world of both the Spanish and the International university systems.
Contents of the program are as follows: Petroleum Geology: Geophysics; Drilling Engineering; Reservoir Engineering; Production and Completion Engineering; Surface Facilities Engineering; Shale Oil and Gas Reservoirs and Completions; Gas and CO2 Storage; Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG); Health, Safety and Environment; Petroleum Economics. There will also be hands-on experience at the Petrophysics Lab., together with a Field Trip. Finally, an end-of-course project will be carried out as a group, with each individual student taking on a specific task. This should later be integrated into the final report and presented during the final defence.
