2007-02-27 03:15:44 · 4 answers · asked by vettupothu 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Some oil fields have wells fitted with big "electrical submersible pumps" and motors, to help lift the oil to the surface. The electrical power is usually generated locally by burning spare gas that is coming up with the oil anyway.
They use a LOT of power. One motor could take up to 200 amps at 5000 volts across 3 phases. Multiply that by the number of wells in the field, and you have work for lots of electrical engineers, I think. There will be gas burners, heat exchangers, turbines, generating sets, and transformers. There are huge sets of rotary frequency-changing equipment, because that is the only way to adjust the lift generated by each pump as the conditions in the well change, or the demand for oil production changes.
2007-02-27 04:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schlumberger well logging services used engineers of all disciplines to work as field engineers. That will be a "way" into the petroleum industry.
Haliburton well services does the same.
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2007-02-27 11:34:56 · answer #2 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a chance?
2007-02-27 11:22:39 · answer #3 · answered by wyoba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course, why not.
2007-02-27 11:19:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋