Discover the exclusive online midstream petroleum engineering graduate program, uniquely offered by WVU. Gain insights from top academic and industry leaders to pioneer in a specialized field available solely through our platform.
The Midstream Petroleum Engineering online master’s and certificate programs are groundbreaking and the first of their kind with industry-relevant curriculum, flexibility, and networking opportunities, focusing on the energy industry of tomorrow. Both programs are entirely online catering to interested engineering students and professional engineers no matter their location in the United States or around the world. This program answers a growing demand for trained and knowledgeable midstream engineers in the workforce.
The midstream sector is a critical component of the oil and gas industry and has become increasingly more significant with the influx of shale development, and the shift in traditional supply and demand markets for natural gas.
This program covers one of the three major stages of oil and gas industry operations. The first stage — upstream — refers to crude oil and natural gas exploration and production. The third stage — downstream — refers to the refining of crude oil into gasoline and everyday products such as cell phone, computers, golf balls, makeup, bottled water, etc.
Students in the midstream program will learn to perform detailed analysis of the processing, storage, and transportation of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids to optimize their performance.
Graduates from this program can expect their starting salary range to be $80,000 to $100,000.
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The Midstream Petroleum Engineering online master’s degree and certificate programs will provide an educated and knowledgeable workforce for the oil and natural gas industry. With an increasingly high demand for midstream engineers, their role is critically important to the current and future processing, transportation and storage of the more than 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in place in West Virginia alone. Educating students in vitally important industry provides excellent jobs elevating local economies and improving economic well-being. These improvements and interventions will greatly benefit our state, our nation and in countless ways answer a continuously growing global demand.
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