


Past petroleum engineering enrollment and degree productivity presented. Petroleum technology program statistics, past and future predictions, are Petroleum technology program statistics, past and future predictions, are presented. For the next ten years, the petroleum industry estimate of the demand for petroleum engineers is compared with the supply of petroleum engineering graduates. The number and annual demand for total engineering and petroleum engineering graduates in drilling and/or production activities during the past five years is summarized. The number and annual past history and also several other assumptions. Future supply of petroleum engineering graduates for the next ten years is predicted upon the basis of past history and also several other assumptions. Trends are analyzed and apparent reasons are given fro the supply-demand imbalance which occurred three times during the period. Trends are analyzed productivity for the past forty years are documented. graduate and undergraduate total and petroleum engineering enrollment and degree productivity for the past forty years are documented. graduate and petroleum engineering manpower. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the future trends in the supply of petroleum engineering manpower.
