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Field of engineering that involves the optimized development and exploitation of crude oil and natural gas fields, as well as the technical analysis and forecasting of these fields' future performance. In general, petroleum engineers are not involved in the exploration for new fields. Petroleum engineering is a specialized engineering discipline whose origins lie in both mining engineering and geology. The petroleum engineer, whose aim is to extract gaseous and liquid
hydrocarbon products from the earth.
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