The oil and gas sector is divided into two main components

Upstream Sector Downstream Sector

The upstream is usually known as the exploration and production (E&P) sector. It includes the searching for potential underground or underwater oil and gas fields, drilling of exploratory wells, and subsequently drilling and operating the wells that recover and bring the crude oil and/or raw natural gas to the surface

The downstream sector includes oil refineries,petrochemical plants, and touches every provinceand territory-wherever consumers are located-and provides thousands of products such asgasoline, diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, asphalt,lubricants, synthetic rubber, plastics, fertilizers,antifreeze, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, naturalgas and propane.

Usually chemical engineering graduates work in the downstreamsector while petroleum graduates work in the upstream sector.

In many cases, graduates from the petroleum engineeringdepartment had to assume responsibilities in refining andpetrochemical plants while many chemical engineers have beenassigned jobs in the prospecting and oil field operations.

Chemical

Engineer

Petroleum

Engineer

This situation called for the formation of a hybridengineer combining the qualifications of bothdisciplines.

Chemical

EngineerPetroleum

Engineer

The Petroleum and Petrochemical Program is acredit hour system under the umbrella of bothPetroleum&Chemical Engineering Departments

Petroleum

&

Chemical Engineering

Petroleum & Petrochemical

Engineering

The Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering is adiscipline that integrates knowledge and skillsrequired for both upstream and downstreamindustries of oil and gas. Graduates will major ineither of the following:• Petroleum Engineering (PPC-P), Upstream.• Petrochemical Engineering (PPC-C), Downstream.

Students majoring in either upstream ordownstream study the same courses during thesophomore through Senior 1 levels.

Thus graduates majoring in either upstream ordownstream industries of oil and gas will in thesame time acquire the background of the other andthus improving fieldwork flexibilities in careerdevelopment.

Thus, graduates majoring in either upstream ordownstream industries of oil and gas will in thesame time acquire the background of the otherand thus improving fieldwork flexibilities in careerdevelopment.

Main Coordinator

Prof. Mai Fouad

Petroleum Track Coordinator Petrochemical Track Coordinator

Prof. Eissa Shokeir Dr. Ayat Ossama

Exploration and Production (E&P) Joint venture(eg. Khalda, Gupco, Petrobel,…….)

Drilling Contractor (EDC, ECDC, Senotharwa,Weatherforad, …….)

Service Companies (Schlumberger, Baker, ……)

Refineries: eg. Cairo Mostorod Refinery, AlexandriaAmeriya Refinery, Alexandria Midor Refinery,…….

Natural Gas Processing: e.g. RASGAS, GASCO,SEGAS,……

Petrochemicals: Styrenics, Methanex,…. Distributors: EgyptGas, …… Design: ENPPI,….

Today, in addition to traditional examples, there areincreasing opportunities in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals,electronic device fabrication and materials, as well as inenvironmental engineering.

Petrochemical engineering is essential in these and otherfields whenever processes involve the chemical or physicaltransformation of matter.

Industrial Training

Bahaa Saeid

Youssef

Selim

(Sino Tharwa)

Ahmed Gamal

Amr Kamal

(Segas)

Ali Hatem

(Weatherford)Noura Zidan

(Agiba)

Abroad Industrial Training

Field Trips

Midor,

Alexandria

Oyoun

Moussa

Conferences

La Semaine Économique - 2012

Waste Management & Sustainable Development-

2013

Workshops

Michelangelo Workshop- Rome- 2015

Student Activities

SPE - Croatia - 2014

Annual Student Energy Conference (ASEC)-University of Zagreb

East Meets West Conference- AGH University of Science and Technology

SPE - Poland - 2015

SPE - China - 2015

PETRO-GATHERING: CHINA INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PETROLEUM FORUM- China University of Petroleum

SPE - Malaysia - 2015

Yassin

Essam

Mohamed

Ashraf

Amr Farouk

Mariam

Vector

Shell Bassem Mohamed Ahmed Ali

Ahmed Samy Mohamed Diab

Ali Elwalily Nora Zidan

Ahmed

Yehia

TCI Sanmar

Kariman

Kamal

Drilling Technology

There is no guarantee for students getting outof college, whether they major in art history orpetrochemical engineering.They will face challenges in the road ahead ofthem.If they are flexible in where they live, what theydo, and their desire to learn and grow in newknowledge they will have a good career.