University of Alberta:

Career possibilities:

 Oil sands extraction technology design

 Policy making and consultation
 Exploration
 Drilling and processing

Areas of specialization

 Advanced drilling engineering

 Advanced topics in petroleum production mechanics
 Advanced well test analysis
 Fluid mechanics of natural gas production
 Numerical and analytical solution of porous media flow
 Petroleum reservoir engineering
 Reservoir simulator development
 Secondary recovery
 Thermal recovery
 Well-logging and formation evaluation

http://www.civil.engineering.ualberta.ca/Research/ResearchAreas/Petroleum.aspx

Dalhousie University

Length of Program

 MEng - typical time to complete is 2 years

Core Courses

 Reservoir engineering
 Enhanced oil and gas recovery
 Natural gas reservoirs
 Drilling engineering
 Production technology
 Petroleum geoscience
 Production technology
 Directed studies

https://www.dal.ca/academics/graduate_programs/petroleum-engineering.html
University of Regina

 Fluid Flow in Porous Media

 Advanced Oil Recovery
 Industrial Gas Processing
 Oil Refinery Processes
 Advanced Reservoir Simulation

https://www.uregina.ca/engineering/graduate/grad-courses.html

University of Calgary

 http://www.ucalgary.ca/future-students/graduate/explore-
programs/chemical-petroleum-engineering-master-engineering-course-
based
 http://www.ucalgary.ca/future-students/graduate/explore-
programs/chemical-petroleum-engineering-master-engineering-thesis-based