Natural Gas and Petroleum Engineering

With the discovery of off-shore natural gas, and the heightened potential for
discovering off-shore oil reserves, Israel is entering a new era of energy production
and consumption. In order to fully utilize these new resources in an efficient and
safe way, the country needs to develop a research and education infrastructure in
natural gas and petroleum studies. An immediate concern is to train experts, and in
particular engineers, in the various fields of natural gas and petroleum engineering.

The Technion has decided to meet this national challenge by immediately opening
a track in Natural Gas and Petroleum (NG&P) Engineering within the framework
of its Masters of Engineering in Energy Engineering program. The latter program
is managed by an Inter-departmental Committee for Graduate Studies that was
established as part of the Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP). The study track
was developed and will be taught in cooperation with Haifa University’s Department
of Marine Geosciences. Initially, many of the courses will be given by guest lecturers,
including some from international universities and schools with leading programs
in the field.