BSc Petroleum Exploration Engineering

What I did there

• Took the full mix of geology, geophysics and petroleum engineering courses (listed below).
• Two internships in 2003: one with the exploration directorate of the national oil company, on seismic acquisition and interpretation, and one on well-site logging.
• Gave a talk on 4D seismic, which is repeating a seismic survey over time to watch a reservoir change.
• Was a student representative and ran a student magazine about petroleum exploration.

What stayed with me

The geophysics courses were the ones that clicked. The idea that you could turn recorded vibrations into a picture of rock layers is basically the same idea I still work with, just with cameras instead of geophones.