Because these Unis have the courses that heavily involve with ONG industry.
Yes, UM too. And UKM, USM.

Subsurface degree (PE/RE/Geology/Geoscience) are offered in selected universities only. The main RE/PE students locally comes from UTM. There is also a reason why people look at UTM as the first cut-off (in terms of selecting for interviews I mean), A LOT of seniors in the O&G industry came from UTM so there is a strong Alumni bias as well. UTM started their PE/RE program a long time ago and most seniors/managers would have come from UTM or knows someone who graduated from UTM.

Same thing for Geology degree from UM/UKM/USM.

may i know what's the difference between end-user/client and operator? i always thought those 2 are the same

i think what noruazumi was trying to say is service company instead of operator? i guess then u'll know the diff bween them already rite.

How did your contacts went through UTM? SPM>STPM>Degree?
Tends to lean to an advantage side if the uni i study in is accredited by bem straight right? But as I know as long as you study 4 years, you are qualified to join bem.

if someone have no diploma or bachelor,only have spm..can he work on offshore? If yes..where can he find the vacancy?

Nope. i just graduated nearly 1 month already. still waiting for a job placement :-)

Thanks for your advice! Besides the major operators, is there any other smaller-sized company who is willing to invest on Chemical Engineering graduates to transform them into Reservoir Engineers? However I believe that the competition is so tight, that I would have to grab whatever offer I am getting by the time I graduate..

Not that I know of. The only company that I know for sure is PETRONAS.

To be frank I'm very confused too. I'm a third year Chem Eng undergraduate and I have always wanted to join the oil and gas industry. A lot of seniors here seems to have a hard time joining this field and thus they would grab whatever opportunity came..but I can't do that. I am a thalassemia carrier and my body can't sustain too much of physical works. But I read that some of the positions have a lot of tough hands-on job and even physical requirement such as FE for Gyrodata. So I'm trying to see what areas should I try to avoid or get into so that I can prepare better..please enlighten me.
Thanks a lot for the info!

Requirements:

    * Degree in Mechanical/ Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
    * At least 3-5 years experience in the same capacity.
    * Mature and Responsible.
    * Fresh graduate with excellent academic results will be considered.

seriously??so will they consider the fresh ones or not?

aker is quite big...their booth at the recent offshore exhibition is quite big too

Hi guys.. i am going to graduate soon with Bachelor degree in applied chemistry and quite interested in oil and gas field.. Any advice of what position or company i should start my career with? Thanks....

Dear All,

I have been working for around 1 and half year now and recently,my company just ask me how much do I want for my salary as they wanted to bond me with the company,let say for 2-3years bond.

I just want to ask all the experience person in this sub-section forum about what is my current value in term of RM because I didn't know about the current market.This is the summary of myself,in term of training and experience.For your information,this is my first company,previously I was Geotechnical Engineer for 6 months and I change my carreer towards Health and Safety field to obtain my Green Book Licence.

Sex: M
Age:28
Position : QHSE Engineer/Lead Auditor from QHSE Department - Quality,Health,Safety and Environment
Company Profile : Small Offshore Company related to Site Investigation/Soil Sampling Offshore

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor Degree of Civil Engineering, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur
Certificate of Safety and Health Officer, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Johor Bahru.

SKILL PROFILES
Possess valid Offshore Sea Survival Certificate, including H.U.E.T and Basic Fire Fighting,MSTS Asia
H2S Awareness Course Certification, MSTS Asia
Drill Floor Safety, MSTS Asia
Permit To Work Certification, PETRONAS
Basic First Aid Helper, Red Crescent Society Malaysia.
Accident & Incident Report Certification, NIOSH
Oil and Gas Safety Passport (OGSP) Examination, NIOSH.
Quality Management System Auditor / Lead Auditor ISO 9001:2008 (IRCA Certification)
Integrated Management System (IMS – QMS, EMS, OHSMS) Process Based Internal Auditing

I'll be frank with everyone,my current salary is only RM2500 without any bonus for the past year.

So,for all the head hunter or HR or professionalls out there,how much is my real value and how much should I demand for the current trending?

Yeah, but he said he work in SI/soil sampling company. As far as I know SI company paid quite low. Besides his experience is only ~1 year. Maybe around RM3.5-4k I assume.

Yup,true..offshore SI company paying is quite low although it is critical and there are not many major players in Msia (3-4 maybe).
So,I have to jump to other company to get better salary i guess,not by internal promotion.

Even my previous assistant manager received low salary,and the company keep give him same amount of contract for 2years,he just simply walk away and didn't even bother to renew his contract.How sad 

Are you gonna join this company?