Petroleum Engineering Department

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Overview:

Petroleum Engineering Department was established in the academic year 1996–1997 as a department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering with the inception of Engineering and Petroleum Faculty. In the academic year 1999–2000, the department was divided into two separate departments, making Petroleum Engineering Department an independent entity.

The Petroleum Engineering specialization at Engineering and Petroleum Faculty – Hadhramout University is one of the rare specializations at the level of public and private universities in Yemen Republic.

The department is distinguished by its excellent laboratory capabilities, equipped with advanced labs containing numerous laboratory devices that students are trained to use for their scientific research and graduation projects.

The department also has a computer lab with specialized software, recognizing the importance of preparing students to use essential programs in their field of specialization to fully prepare graduates to participate in the modern technological era.

The duration of study in the department is five academic years, after which students are awarded a Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering upon successful completion of all requirements and examinations. The specialized study includes fundamental and applied courses in exploration, petroleum and natural gas reservoir engineering, production engineering, drilling engineering, petroleum and natural gas transportation and storage engineering, with a particular focus on Yemeni oil fields. The department also emphasizes the use of specialized scientific software and integrates theoretical knowledge with practical application through field visits and practical training in the department’s labs or various petroleum companies operating in Yemen.

Graduates of the department are qualified to work in all stages of oil exploration, drilling, and production operations, as well as planning and managing these operations, enabling them to lead and fully control all operations in the best possible manner.

In the academic year 2023–2024, the department introduced a Master’s program in Petroleum Engineering Sciences.

Mission

To prepare distinguished engineers at the local and regional levels to practice the profession of petroleum engineering, conduct scientific research, keep pace with scientific and professional developments, serve the community, encourage creativity and innovation in the field of specialization, and strengthen partnerships with relevant institutions and governmental bodies.

Vision

To achieve leadership and excellence locally and regionally in the field of petroleum engineering and scientific research in a way that contributes to community service.

Objectives

  1. To provide students with knowledge, concepts, theories, and practical skills in the field of the oil industry.
  2. To prepare specialized engineers in the fields of exploration, drilling, production, and management of oil fields.
  3. To strive for quality in the educational process and support and encourage scientific research in the engineering field to contribute to solving societal problems and development.
  4. To equip students with technological skills that help them apply modern technologies in the field of oil.
  5. To prepare engineers capable of innovating solutions to engineering problems and understanding their economic, environmental, and societal impacts.
  6. To instill professional values and ethics, communication skills, and teamwork abilities in students.
  7. To strengthen partnerships with governmental institutions and oil companies operating in the country to achieve a partnership between the university and the community.

Deans of Department: 

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Name Academic Title Period
Dr. Osama Abdulhamid Abdelal Professor 1996 – 1997
Dr. Mohamed Abdelkader Al-Saffar Professor 1998 – 1999
Dr. Essam Kamel Saleh Professor 2000 – 2001
Dr. Abdullah Ahmed Baradi Professor 2002 – 2004
Prof. Mohamed Mostafa Suleiman Professor 2004 – 2010
Dr. Salem Saleh Bamoumen Professor 2010 – 2012
Prof. Amer Badr Bin Mardah Professor 2012 – 2014
Dr. Mazen Ahmed Meheri Professor 2014 – 2016
Dr. Salem Mubarak Bin Qadeem Associate Professor 2016 – 2017
Dr. Salem Obeid Ba’arama Associate Professor 2017 – 2023
Dr. Saeed Salem Basaleh Associate Professor 2024 – Present

Faculty Members and Their Specializations:

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Name Academic Title Notes
Dr. Saeed Salem Saeed Basaleh Associate Professor Dean of Department
Prof. Salem Saleh Mubarak Bamoumen Professor
Prof. Abdullah Ahmed Omar Baradi Professor
Prof. Abbas Mohamed Abdu Al-Khadfi Professor
Prof. Amer Badr Mohamed Bin Mardah Professor
Dr. Salem Mubarak Saleh Bin Qadeem Professor
Dr. Mazen Ahmed Mahfouz Meheri Professor
Dr. Salem Obeid Omar Ba’arama Associate Professor
Dr. Jamal Salem Awad Bin Gouth Associate Professor
Dr. Mohamed Abdullah Ali Bamqaa Associate Professor
Dr. Abdul Raqeeb Ali Mohamed Al-Qadi Associate Professor
Dr. Khaled Saeed Ahmed Bajalah Associate Professor
Dr. Badr Salem Abdul Bajri Assistant Professor
Wahbi Abdul Qader Awad Al-Amri PhD
Mabkhout Salamah Saleh Bin Dahbaj PhD
Omar Abdullah Mohamed Omar PhD Scholarship Student
Shafiq Omar Obeid Balkour PhD Scholarship Student
Alaa Shafiq Abdullah Al-Daqeel Master’s Degree Scholarship Student
Arwa Salem Omar Barhoum Master’s Degree
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Academic Programs

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Doctoral Program
Master's Program

مخرجات التعلم في برنامج الماجستير:

عند اكمال دراسة برنامج ماجستير هندسة بترول سيكون المتخرج قادرا على أن:

  1. يظهر المعرفة المتقدمة بمفاهيم هندسة البترول.
  2. يظهر الوعي والفهم للقضايا المعاصرة المتعلقة بالوقود الأحفوري ودورها في مزيج الطاقة.
  3. يحلل البيانات الميدانية والقياسات لتشخيص المشاكل الحقلية ومشاكل التنمية.
  4. يحدد مشكلة البحث المعقدة في النفط والغاز.
  5. يقيم المعدات والعمليات مع اقتراح الحلول المناسبة لتحسين اداءها.
  6. يطبق مفاهيم العلوم والرياضيات المتقدمة في هندسة البترول وحل المشكلات المعقدة.
  7. يستخدم التقنيات المتقدمة لتصميم ومحاكاة وإجراء الأعمال النظرية والتجريبية.
  8. يطبق مصادر التعلم المختلفة في التعلم الذاتي والتعلم المستمر والبحث العلمي.
  9. ينشرويقدم نتائج البحوث بشكل فعال في المؤتمرات الدولية والمجلات المحكمة.
  10. يشارك في المنظمات المهنية والتعلم من الخبرات والانخراط في التعلم المستمر.
  11. يمتلك المهارات القيادية والعمل الجماعي، مع مراعاة المسؤولية المهنية والأخلاقية والثقافية

وصف المقررات :

السنة الأولى First year
الفصل الدراسي الأول First Semester
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اسم المقرر

الرمز Actual

الساعات الفعلية

Credit

الساعات المعتمدة

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1 هندسة حفر متقدمة هنب 611       3 PET611 Advanced drilling Engineering
2 هندسة مكامن متقدمة هنب 612       3 PET612 Advanced Reservoir Engineering
3 تسجيلات الآبار المتقدم هنب 613       3 PET613 Advanced well logging
4 اختيارية -1 هنب 614       3 PET614 Elective-1
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  المجموع       12 SUB-TOTAL
  الإجمالي   12 TOTAL

ن: نظري ع: عملي ت: تمارين T: theoretical  P: practical t: tutorial

 

السنة الأولى First year
الفصل الدراسي الثاني Second Semester
ت اسم المقرر الرمز Actual

الساعات الفعلية

Credit

الساعات المعتمدة

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1 محاكاة المكامن المتقدمة هنب 621       3 PET621 Advanced Reservoir Simulation
2 الغمر المائي والاستخلاص المعزز للنفط هنب 622       2 PET622 Water flooding and EOR
3 هندسة إنتاج متقدمة هنب 623       3 PET623 Advanced Production Engineering
4 اختيارية -2 هنب 624       3 PET624 Elective-2
5 جيولوجيا نفط متكرر هنب 625       3 PET 625  
6 سيمنار هنب 626       1 PET 626 Seminar
  المجموع       12 SUB-TOTAL
  الإجمالي   12 TOTAL

ن: نظري ع: عملي ت: تمارين T: theoretical  P: practical t: tutorial

 

السنة الثانية Second year
 

 

 

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الرمز Actual

الساعات الفعلية

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الساعات المعتمدة

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1 رسالة البحث هنب 699       6 PET699 Thesis
  المجموع       6 SUB-TOTAL
  الإجمالي   6 TOTAL
Bachelor Program
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Study Plan – Department of Petroleum Engineering

Bachelor’s Program in Petroleum Engineering

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Elective Courses:

Students are required to complete 12 credit hours selected from the following elective courses:

Actual Credit Code Course Title
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2 0 2 3 PET xxx Directional Drilling
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PET xxx Surface Production Facilities
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Reservoir Description
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Reservoir Management
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Water Flooding
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PET xxx Formation Damage
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Well Stimulation 
2 0 2 3

 

PET xxx Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Horizontal Well
2 0 2 3

 

PET xxx UnderBalanced Drilling
2 0 2 3

 

PET xxx Coiled Tubing
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Production Logging
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Production Systems Design and Analysis
2 0 2 3

 

PET xxx Advanced Geophysics
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Petroleum Reservoirs in Yemen
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Heavy Oil Recovery
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Offshore Petroleum Technology
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Environmental Assessment
2 0 2 3 PET xxx Selected Topics

First Year – First Semester

Actua Credi Code Course Title
t P T
0 0 2 2 ARAB 111 Arabic Language I
0 0 2 2 ENG 112 English Language I
0 0 2 2 ISLAM 113 Islamic Culture I
0 2 1 2 CSC 114 Computer Skills
2 0 2 3 MATH 115 Differential Calculus
0 2 2 3 PHYS 116 General Physics I
0 2 2 3 CHEM 117 General Chemistry I
2 6 13 17 SUB-TOTAL
21 17 TOTAL

T: theoretical P: practical t: tutorial

First Year  – Second Semester

Actual Credit Code Course Title
t P T
0 0 2 2 ARAB 121 Arabic Language II
0 0 2 2 ENG 122 English Language II
0 0 2 2 ISLAM 123 Islamic Culture II
2 0 2 3 MATH 124 Integral Calculus
0 2 2 3 PHYS 125 General Physics II
0 2 2 3 COE 126 Computer Programming
0 2 2 3 CHEM 127 General Chemistry ll
2 6 14 18 SUB-TOTAL
22 18 TOTAL

T: theoretical P: practical t: tutorial

Second Year – Third Semester

Actual Credit Code Course Title
t P T
0 0 2 2 PET 211 English for Oil
2 0 2 3 PET 212 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering 1
0 2 2 3 PET 213 General Geology 1
2 0 2 3 PET 214 Statics & Dynamics
2 0 2 3 PET 215 Engineering Thermodynamics
2 0 2 3 MATH 216 Vectors and Matrices
8 2 12 17 SUB-TOTAL
22 17 TOTAL

T: theoretical P: practical t: tutorial

 

Second Year – Fourth Semester

Actual Credit Code Course Title
t P T
0 0 2 2 SSS 221 Communication Skills
0 2 2 3 PET 222 General Geology 2
0 2 2 3 PET 223 Reservoir Rock Properties
2 0 2 3 PET 224 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering2
0 0 2 2 ENG 225 Technical Writing
2 0 2 3 MATH 226 Differential Equation                                     
4 4 12 16 SUB-TOTAL
20 16 TOTAL

T: theoretical P: practical t: tutorial

Third Year – Fifth Semester

Actual Credit Code Course Title
t P T
2 0 2 3 PET 311 Strength of Material
2 0 2 3 PET 312 Petroleum Geology
2 0 2 3 PET 313 Well Logging
2 0 2 3 PET 314 Reservoir Fluids Properties
0 2 2 3 PET 315 Fluid Mechanics
2 0 2 3 MATH 316 Engineering Probability and Statistics
10 2 12 18 SUB-TOTAL
24 18 TOTAL

T: theoretical P: practical t: tutorial

Third Year – Sixth Semester

Actual Credit Code Course Title
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0 2 2 3 PET 321 Drilling Engineering 1
2 0 2 3 PET 322 Formation Evaluation
2 0 2 3 PET 323 Geophysics
2 0 2 3 PET 324 Production Engineering 1
2 0 2 3 PET 325 Reservoir Engineering 1
2 0 2 3 MATH 326 Numerical Methods
10 2 12 18 SUB-TOTAL
24 18 TOTAL

T: theoretical P: practical t: tutorial

Fourth Year – Seventh Semester

Actual Credit Code Course Title
t P T
0 0 2 2 PET 411 Principles of  Scientific Research
2 0 2 3 PET 412 Production Engineering 2
2 0 2 3 PET 413 Drilling Engineering2
2 0 2 3 PET 414 Reservoir Engineering 2
0 2 2 3 PET 415 Computer Applications
2 0 2 3 PET 4xx Elective Course 2
8 2 12 17 SUB-TOTAL
22 17 TOTAL

T: theoretical P: practical t: tutorial

Fourth Year – Eighth Semester

Actual Credit Code Course Title
t P T
2 0 2 3 PET 421 Storage and Transportation
2 0 2 3 PET 422 Well Completion
2 0 2 3 PET 423 Well Test
0 2 2 3 PET 424 Reservoir Simulation
2 0 2 3 PET 4xx Elective Course 2
0 90 0 0 PET 425 Field Training
8 2 10 15 SUB-TOTAL
20 15 TOTAL

T: theoretical P: practical t: tutorial

Fifth Year – Ninth Semester

Actual Credit Code Course Title
t P T
2 0 2 3 PET 511 Natural Gas Engineering
2 0 2 3 PET 512 Petroleum Economics
0 6 0 3 PET 513 Graduation Project 1
2 0 2 3 PET 5xx Elective Course 3
6 6 6 12 SUB-TOTAL
18 12 TOTAL

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Fifth Year – Tenth Semester

Actual Credit Code Course Title
t P T
2 0 2 3 PET 521 Enhanced Oil Recovery
0 0 2 2 PET 522 Health, Safety & Environment
0 6 0 3 PET 524 Graduation Project 2
2 0 2 3 PET 5xx Elective Course 4
4 6 6 11 SUB-TOTAL
16 11 TOTAL

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Students:

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The Department currently enrolls over 360 male and female students.
Since its establishment and up to the academic year 2023–2024, a total of 1,486 students have graduated from the department.

Table: Number of Graduates from the Department of Petroleum Engineering From Establishment to the Academic Year 2023–2024

Cohort Academic Year Male Female Cohort Academic Year Male Female
1 2000-2001 25 0 13 2012-2013 71 0
2 2001-2002 18 0 14 2013-2014 84 0
3 2002-2003 23 0 15 2014-2015 90 1
4 2003-2004 26 0 16 2015-2016 111 0
5 2004-2005 29 0 17 2016-2017 79 2
6 2005-2006 57 0 18 2017-2018 90 3
7 2006-2007 36 0 19 2018-2019 66 4
8 2007-2008 52 1 20 2019-2020 69 2
9 2008-2009 28 2 21 2020-2021 96 5
10 2009-2010 36 0 22 2021-2022 80 5
11 2010-2011 49 1 23 2022-2023 104 4
12 2011-2012 66 1 24 2023-2024 66 4
  TOTAL 445 5   TOTAL 1006 30
TOTAL 1486