Petroleum Systems Minor

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Contact Information

Dr. Laurie Anderson, Department Head
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Mineral Industries 303
(605) 394-2461
E-mail: Laurie.Anderson@sdsmt.edu

Program Requirements

The Minor in Petroleum Systems requires completion of eighteen (18) credit hours of courses. A minimum of six credits must be for courses outside of those that are required or elective in a student’s major. For more information on this minor see the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering page under Undergraduate Studies in this catalog.

Required Courses (9 credits)

GEOE 412/512 Science and Engineering Field Applications Credits: 3 to 6 (Petroleum Field Camp section only- Credits: 3)
GEOE 461/561 Petroleum Drilling and Production Engineering Credits: (3-0) 3
One of:
CBE 218 Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics Credits: (3-0) 3
or
ME 331 Thermo Fluid Dynamics Credits: (3-0) 3
or
EM 331 Fluid Mechanics Credits: (3-0) 3

Elective Courses (9 credits from this list)

CBE 217 Chemical Engineering Material Balances Credits: (3-0) 3
CBE 222 Chemical Engineering Process Thermodynamics Credits: (3-0) 3
CBE 321 Chemical Engineering Equilibrium Thermodynamics Credits: (3-0) 3
CBE 417 Chemical Engineering Equilibrium Separations Credits: (2-0) 2
CBE 444/544 Reactor Design Credits: (3-0) 3
CBE 445/545 Oxidation and Corrosion of Metals Credits: (3-0) 3
CBE 482/582 Upstream Oil and Gas Processing Credits: 1 or 3
CBE 483/583 Petroleum Refining Credits: 2 or 3
CBE 485/585 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Credits: (3-0) 3
CBE 485L/585L Renewable and Sustainable Energy Lab Credits: (0-1) 1
CEE 326 Environmental Engineering I Credits: (3-0) 3
CEE 428/528 Oil and Gas Development and the Environment Credits: (3-0) 3
GEOE 324/324L Engineering Geophysics I/Lab Credits: (2-1) 3
GEOE 462/462L/562/562L Well Log Analysis/Laboratory Credits: (2-1) 3
GEOL 450 Fluid and Thermal Diffusion Credits: (3-0) 3
GEOL 476/576 Petroleum Geology Credits: (3-0) 3
ME 269/269L Energy Systems Product Development and Design/Lab Credits: (2-2) 4
ME 402/502 Gas Dynamics Credits: (3-0) 3