MTech Courses

Course Structure

Students approved for admission to the Master of Technology (Petroleum Technology) will be able to choose between two streams of Study:

Assessment of selected PetroSkills courses will provide appromately half the credit total required to complete the MTech in Petroleum Technology. The remaining credit total will be obtained through workplace-based projects monitored by Curtin University.

Over the expected four year duration of the course, students will need to complete 100 credits of Curtin taught project units (or approved alternatives) and 100 credits of Curtin assessed PetroSkills courses. It is therefore recommended that in each year of enrolment, students complete one workplace-based project and two 12.5 credit PetroSkills courses (or one 25 credit PetroSkills course assessment). Students wishing to complete their course in a shorter timeframe may do so by increasing the number of credits completed in any given year. Workplace-based projects have a duration of 12 weeks for completion. PetroSkill course assessments have a duration of 4 weeks for completion.

 

Master of Technology (Petroleum Engineering)
Facilities Engineering Stream

Total Course Credits: 200

 

Workplace-Based Project Units: Required Credits 100

311663

 MTP506 Petroleum Technology (Project)

25

311664

 MTP507 Petroleum Technology Project)

25

311665

 # MTP508 Petroleum Technology (Project)

25

311666

 # MTP509 Petroleum Technology (Project)

25
# Students may be permitted to substitute appropriate Curtin Masters units with approval from the Academic Director

PetroSkills-Curtin Assessed Units: Required Credits 100 

311637

 MT570 Production Operations 1 (PO1)

25

311658

 MT579 Fundamentals of Onshore and Offshore Pipeline Systems (PL-4)  

25

311639

 MT599 Gas Conditioning and Processing (G-4) 

25

311786

 MT587 Oil Production and Processing Facilities (PF-4)

25

311660 

 MT577 Process Facilities Fundamentals  (G-40) 

12.5

311659

 MT578 Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery (G-6)

12.5

311653

 MT588 Electrical Engineering Practices for Facilities Personnel (E-4) 

12.5

311652

 MT589 Instrumentation Engineering Practices for Facilities Personnel (IC-4) 

12.5

311638 

 MT590 Flow Assurance for Pipeline Systems (PL-61)

12.5

311651

 MT591 Heat Transfer Equipment (PF-43) 

12.5

311649

 MT593 Piping Systems Mechanical design and Specifications (ME-41) 

12.5

311648

 MT594 Turbomachinery Monitoring and Problem Analysis (ME-62) 

12.5

311647

 MT595 Maintenance Planning and Work Control (OM-41)

12.5

311646

 MT596 Introduction to Reliability Engineering (REL-46)

12.5

311641

 MT597 Optimizing Equipment Availability (REL-61)

12.5

311640

 MT598 Principals of Reliability Engineering (REL-62)

12.5

311650

MT592 Pumps and Compressors (ME-44)  

12.5

 

View the course listing for Reservoir & Production Engineering.

To view the complete details of the MTech Masters Program, please visit Curtin University.