The field of petroleum engineering is all about the exploration and production of various petroleum based hydrocarbons such as natural gas, crude oil and other important sources of energy.

Petroleum engineering was started in 1914 at the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) and the first degree was awarded by the University of Pittsburgh in 1915.

List of top oil and gas schools located in USA which provides Petroleum engineering degree. please check the below list of colleges:

The list includes:

University of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M University
Colorado School of Mines
Pennsylvania State University
University of Tulsa
University of Southern California (USC)
Stanford University Petroleum Engineering
University of Oklahoma
Texas Tech University
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Louisiana State University
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
University of Pittsburgh
West Virginia University
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Some colleges in India:

Dibrugarh University : Institute of Engineering and Technology (DUIET), Dibrugarh (Assam)
Dibrugarh (Dibrugarh Dist.) – 786004

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University- School of Solar Energy, Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
Raisan Village , Gandhinagar (Gandhinagar Dist.) – 382007

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
Raisan Village , Gandhinagar (Gandhinagar Dist.) – 382007

Aditya Engineering College, East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh)
Aditya Nagar, ADB Road, Surampalem , East Godavari (East Godavari Dist.) – 533437

Rajasthan Technical University, Kota (Raj) (Rajasthan)
University College of Engineering, Rawatbhata Road , Kota (Raj) (Kota Dist.) – 324010

Bhagwant University : Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ajmer (Rajasthan)
Bhagwant University, Sikar Road , Ajmer (Ajmer Dist.) – 305004

Dehradun Institute of Technology, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Mussooorie Diversion Road, P.O. Bhagwantpur Malsi, Makkawala , Dehradun (Dehradun Dist.) – 248009

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Guwahati), Guwahati (Assam)
Indian Institute of Technology , Guwahati (Kamrup Dist.) - 781039