The document summarizes and compares petroleum engineering and industrial engineering. It defines each field, describing petroleum engineering as focusing on production of hydrocarbons through exploration and production. Industrial engineering is defined as applying scientific knowledge to improve technologies while considering economic, technical and social factors. The document also provides brief descriptions of the history and development of industrial engineering in Venezuela and significant advances in the field worldwide, including new management models and simulation techniques. It concludes by discussing the technique of fracking in extracting hydrocarbons.