Hello Waseem

The role of petroleum engineers is to design methods and technologies to extract oil and gas from below the earth's surface.

Responsibilities of Petroleum Engineers:

1. Develop plans and maintain plants for extracting the oils and minerals.

2. Assess the production plants.

3. Propose new equipments for extraction and analysis.

Petroleum engineers hold up to 33,700 jobs. The percentage division on the basis of sector is:

• Oil and gas extraction: 40%
• Support activities for mining: 13%
• Management of companies and enterprises: 20%
• Engineering services: 12%
• Petroleum and coal products manufacturing: 20%

Career roles for Petroleum Engineers:

• Chemical engineers
• Mechanical engineers
• Geoscientists
• Geological and petroleum technician
• Industrial engineers

Salary prospects:

• In India the average salary for a petroleum engineer is INR 8-9 Lacs per annum.
• Salary may differ upon educational qualifications and experience from INR 2,98,278 to INR 4,844,521.
• While a PSU upon clearing gate can offer INR 17.5 lacs per annum to INR 18.5 lacs per annum to a fresher.

Top Petroleum Engineering Colleges in India:

• IIT MUMBAI

It is the best institute to pursue a career in this sector.

Mode of Admission: Candidate need to obtain 75% or more in 12th boards of achieve top 2 percentile in 12th boards. Admission is conducted based on the score and rank of JEE Advance.

Fee Structure: The tution fee per semester is INR 1,00,000.

Cutoffs: The opening rank (OR) and closing rank (CR) for first round of counselling is:

1. For general category: 658 (OR) and 1655 (CR)

2. For OBC category: 539 (OR) and 2558 (CR)

3. For SC category: 211 (OR) and 639 (CR)

4. For ST category: 149 (OR) and 249 (CR)

Placements: 100% PLACEMENTS IN THE YEAR 2018. The average salary offered was INR 12.5 Lacs per annum. Companies like, Reliance, Oil and Gas ltd and Bina oil refinery are top recruiters.

• Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad

It is popularly known as IIT Dhanbad.

Mode of Admission: Candidate need to obtain 75% or more in 12th boards of achieve top 2 percentile in 12th boards. Admission is conducted based on the score and rank of JEE Advance.

Fee Structure: The total fees for four years is INR 7,92,000.

Cutoffs: The opening rank (OR) and closing rank (CR) for first round of counselling is:

1. For general category: 5943 (OR) and 7898 (CR)

2. For OBC category: 2535 (OR) and 3010 (CR)

3. For SC category: 1431 (OR) and 1539 (CR)

4. For ST category: 669 (OR) and 788 (CR)

Placements: 100% placements in chemical engineering and 86.4% placements in Petroleum engineering in the year 2018. The package for Chemical engineering went upto INR 17 Lacs per annum and for Petroleum engineering the package went up to INR 32 Lacs per annum. Companies like, Reliance, Oil and Gas ltd and Bina oil refinery are top recruiters.

Other college which is good in this sector is UPES, Dehradun which is private instittute.

Hope this helps.

All the best!