What is the difference between petroleum engineering and petrochemical engineering? Which one is better for placement opportunity?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

Petroleum Engineering: - Drilling - Reservoir - Production - Formation Evaluation/ Well Logging - Exploration of Oil and Gas In short, every techniques from exploring oil and gas to producing it and sending it to Refineries. Petrochemical Engineering: Processing the received oil and gas to get end products mainly the petrochemicals. The principal end-use products are • Synthetic Elastomers • Plastics and Resins • Synthetic Fibres and Films • Detergents, Solvents, Paint, Varnishes and Plasticizers • Agricultural Chemicals such as Fertilizers, Pesticides and Herbicides • Automotive Chemicals Including Antifreeze Agents • Pharmaceuticals • Specialty chemicals like cosmetics, perfumery etc. for production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), Coating, etc. • New generation petrochemicals like emulsifier, floating agents.