Embrace a world where technology and geology interact

RESERVOIR GEOSCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
APPLIED GRADUATE STUDIES
Embrace a world where
technology and geology
interact
Language: English
Duration:
16 months
Degree:
IFP School's MSc
degree and possibly the partner
university's degree
T
he world demand for
hydrocarbons is constantly
growing. The oil and gas
industry is facing a key challenge:
optimize oil and gas field production
- both those already under
production and those yet to be
discovered.
Two professions are key to improving
the production yield of reservoirs:
reservoir geoscientist and reservoir
engineer. They require multiple skills
and are complementary. A reservoir
geoscientist describes the
architecture of the reservoirs and
calculates the volume of trapped
hydrocarbons. A reservoir engineer
describes the fluids and proposes
an optimum and sustainable
development strategy. Together,
both professions must be able to
innovate and work on multicultural
and cross-cutting teams.
By choosing the IFP School
Reservoir Geoscience and
Engineering program, you can be
a part of the great adventure of
these professions. In an exceptional
academic setting, you will follow a
common core program and optional
modules that allow you to strengthen
your specialization in geoscience or
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reservoir engineering. You can also
opt for a partnership program with
a foreign university (TAMU – USA or
Gubkin - Russia) and graduate with
a double degree.
The atmosphere at IFP School is
cosmopolitan. In the Reservoir
Geoscience and Engineering
program, roughly 80% of the
students are foreign and come from
every continent. We firmly believe
that this cultural mix stimulates
the energies of both students and
faculty. Our classes are taught in
English and many of your projects
will be conducted on multicultural
teams.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
27%
National oil & gas companies
Oil & gas equipment
and services
26%
20%
14%
13%
Foreign oil companies
(private)
Others
French oil & gas companies
PARTNER UNIVERSITIES
The Reservoir Geoscience and
Engineering program constantly
prepares you to deal with real onthe-job situations. You will conduct
numerous case studies based on
real data from the field. You will deal
with geological objects through
practical field trips. You will use
industry-specific software.
Students choosing the professions
of reservoir geoscientist or reservoir
engineer will ultimately work in
international environments, with
cross-cutting and multicultural
teams, that require high technical
and geographic mobility. You can
take advantage of the many career
opportunities with oil and gas
operators or oil supply service
companies (service and engineering
firms).
Texas A&M University (USA), Gubkin
Russian State University of Oil and
Gas (Russia).
RESERVOIR GEOSCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
APPLIED GRADUATE STUDIES
Students in this program (40 to 45)
are almost all sponsored by
companies (through sponsorships,
or study leave) that finance their
living expenses during the academic
period and contribute towards their
tuition.
The following program is indicative only. Other courses may be selected by
the applicants according to their initial education and to the requirements
of the thesis
Fall term
Among these companies, the
following were IFP School partners
in recent years (non-exhaustive list):
BP, EDF, ExxonMobil, GDF Suez,
Nioc, PDVSA, Petronas, PTT, Saudi
Aramco, Shell, StatoilHydro, Total,
etc.
PROGRAM CONTENT
Scholarship
recipients
28%
10%
Fall term
62%
Spring and Summer terms
Professionals
Sponsored (continuous)
IFP School / TAMU
IFP School
IFP School / Gubkin
In TAMU
In IFP School
In Gubkin
• Fluid flow in petroleum
reservoirs
• Petroleum reservoir
description
• Production engineering
• Unconventional oil
and gas
• Fundamentals of
geoscience
• Fundamentals of reservoir
engineering
• Petroleum economics
• Reservoir engineering
In IFP School
• Well-logging
• Well testing and interpretation
• Production mechanisms
• Carbonate reservoirs
• Reservoir simulation
• Clastic reservoirs
• Enhanced oil recovery
• Well design and well performances
• Unconventional hydrocarbons and CO2
management
• Advanced reservoir simulation
• Reservoir characterization and modeling
• Fractured reservoirs
In TAMU
In IFP School
In Gubkin
• 4 courses
• Internship (oil or service
company)
• Research or applied
project
The two examples of schedules shown
below correspond to the most
frequently encountered cases for
students in this program: 16-month
program for students with a 4- or
5-year engineering degree, either
entirely at IFP school, with an
induction period in a company, or
two semesters on partner premises
(TAMU, Gubkin) to obtain a doubledegree.
Spring term
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
IFP School
IFP School + TAMU or Gubkin
16 months
IFP School
Company
Partner university
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In TAMU Optional
Degree awarded:
• 1 - 4 courses and
Research Thesis
IFP School MSc
Degree awarded:
IFP School MSc
TAMU MEng or MSc
Degree awarded:
IFP School MSc
Gubkin MSc
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