石油工程学是数学，地质学，物理学，化学和所有工程学的基础和物理科学在石油的发现，开发，生产和运输中的实际应用。石油是使用最广泛的移动能源，目前提供的能源约占美国总能源的四分之三。它也是制造各种产品的主要原材料。鲍勃·赫德（Bob L. Herd）石油工程系拥有经验丰富的教职员工，每位教职员工平均经验超过15年。这种经验与良好的工程学和科学原理相结合，成为考生教育挑战中不可或缺的一部分。
Petroleum Engineering is the practical application of the basic and physical sciences of mathematics, geology, physics, chemistry, and all of the engineering sciences to the discovery, development, production, and transportation of petroleum. Petroleum is the most widely used form of mobile energy and now supplies approximately three-fourths of the total energy used in the United States. It is also a major raw material from which a wide variety of products are manufactured. The Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering is staffed with industry-experienced faculty who have an average of more than 15 years of experience per faculty member. This experience is combined with sound engineering and scientific principles in the classroom and made an integral part of the candidate's educational challenge.