Petroleum engineering courses can help you learn drilling techniques, reservoir management, production optimization, and safety protocols. You can build skills in data analysis, project management, and environmental impact assessment. Many courses introduce tools like simulation software, geological modeling programs, and data visualization platforms, that support analyzing subsurface conditions and enhancing extraction processes.

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, User Story, Real-Time Operating Systems, Systems Engineering, Unsupervised Learning, New Product Development, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Failure Analysis, Sustainable Business, Delegation Skills, Sampling (Statistics), Supplier Management, Computer Vision, Accountability, Data Ethics, Data Mining, Sustainability Reporting, Database Design, Generative AI, Sustainable Design
Earn a degree
Degree · 1 - 4 Years

The University of Edinburgh
Skills you'll gain: Climate Change Mitigation, Energy and Utilities, Sustainable Technologies, Oil and Gas, Sustainable Development, Environmental Engineering, Economics, Environmental Policy, Environmental Science, Scientific Methods, Chemical Engineering, Research
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: LangGraph, Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, LangChain, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), LLM Application, OpenAI, Systems Integration, Tool Calling, Large Language Modeling, Google Gemini, Workflow Management, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Automation, Prompt Engineering, Responsible AI, Application Programming Interface (API), Analysis, Decision Making
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, Cloud Engineering, Google Cloud Platform, Data Infrastructure, Cloud Storage, Data Pipelines, Big Data, Data Processing, SQL, Scalability
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Meta
Skills you'll gain: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework), React.js, Web Applications, JavaScript Frameworks, Application Development, API Design, UI Components, Unit Testing, Front-End Web Development, Software Design Patterns, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Javascript, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Debugging
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Ideation, Verification And Validation, Responsible AI, Generative AI, Risk Management Framework, Artificial Intelligence, Human Machine Interfaces
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: AWS SageMaker, Exploratory Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Dashboard, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Data Visualization, Data Pipelines, Project Documentation, Solution Delivery, Data Storytelling, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Data Integration, Technical Documentation, Business Intelligence, Cloud Infrastructure, Technical Communication, Automation, Project Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
Skills you'll gain: Microarchitecture, Computer Architecture, Hardware Architecture, Computer Hardware, Performance Tuning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Universitat Politècnica de València
Skills you'll gain: Integral Calculus, Calculus, General Mathematics, Engineering Calculations, Trigonometry
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Amazon Web Services
Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Agentic systems, Performance Tuning, Prompt Engineering, Feature Engineering, Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Data Wrangling, Data Cleansing, LLM Application
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Data Science, Molecular Biology, Data Analysis, Computer Science, Statistical Analysis, Computational Thinking, Biostatistics, Statistics, Software Engineering, Algorithms, Biology
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Engineering, Data Manipulation, Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, Cloud Development, SQL, Data Pipelines, Extract, Transform, Load, Application Development, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Stored Procedure, Data Storage, Database Management, LLM Application, Generative AI, Data Science, Machine Learning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks