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Bachelor’s in petroleum engineering; acceptable alternatives: mechanical, chemical, or materials engineering with oilfield electives. Master’s beneficial for HPHT/deepwater or research-heavy teams but ...

At-a-Glance: With no experience, the fastest path is field-first: earn safety tickets, enter a completions/well-intervention trainee role with a contractor, log 12 ...

During field trials, PetroChina successfully installed screenless frac-pack completions to control proppant flow-back, thereby extending the life of marginally producing wells in Jidong oil fields.

Inflow control devices (ICDs) manage reservoir fluid influx along the wellbore to optimize well performance. They contain chokes or tortuous paths which restrict fluid flow based on density or ...