well, my point is, you should call the company to check how many interview it takes to secure the job. if it's only ONE interview, and it's a good company, and u love the job description, just buy a tic and fly over there (postponed to the date where you can afford the plane fare). if there's 2 interviews it takes, i think you should tell them to have phone interview first then f2f interview. judging from you previous comments, i believed you are from East Malaysia.

any idea guys?

Whats your background mate?

petroleum eng

RE cum petrophysicist?
Quite difficult to merge formation evaluation with PE. You can always merge G&G with Petrophysics, but havent meet anyone with your situation.
Mind to share why you didnt become PE instead?

This post has been edited by ICDeadPeople: Feb 17 2012, 10:29 AM

Alo, Travel & Accomodations

Those, from my experience anyway, that pay (again, maybe subjective to position level) are

i) Shell
ii) Hess Corp
iii) GL-ND
iv) Prosafe Prod (Singkapoh) <- very good offer
v) Petrofac
vi) BH
vii) Talisman

This post has been edited by depster666: Feb 17 2012, 10:30 AM

yeah dats y i'm asking in this thread heheh i yet to know anyone with my situation (interest in formation evaluation but less interested in being a petrophysicist hehe) owh i didn't yet finish my study. still has another 1 sem to complete.

how about a lwd engineer? do they need a strong knowledge on formation evaluation? or just drilling? imo, formation evaluation -> petrophysicist or geology n geosciences career only, rite?

Yeah, formation evaluation is more towards G&G.
LWD engineer so far that I know they did not need much knowledge in interpretation side of it (formation evaluation, etc). They are more into the physical part (assembly tools, prepare logging runs, etc). But anyone can correct me though.
But petrophysics is very, very rare, they are sought after.

petrophysicists spend most of the time at office interpreting log data, correct? ahahah office job seems uninteresting to me, but yeah totally agreed that it is one of the most sought after job. i do believe that lwd engineer is drilling engineer which like u said, more into the physical part of it.

so, can we conclude that formation evaluation -> g&g career path, rite?

Yeah.
Office job isnt that bad. You will always got a chance to go to offshore in your early days (if you join operators though). Money wise is not bad also.

mind to share about urself mate? wanna gather as much as possible info to decide on which career path should i take once graduated later

Im a geomodeller, 10 years experience.
Was a development geologist when starting, and become a geomodeller ~4 years ago. Now with consultant.

Okay, noted. Thanks you all for replying. I appreciate it!

whoah. no wonder lah. 10 yrs experience what is your opinion on securing a job with overseas company for fresh graduate? how about the chances of getting it?

Oversea company overseas? Might be difficult to get. Oversea company in Malaysia, that one is different story. Should have plenty of oppurtunity, esp subsurface people (to be honest I dont know about surface people).
But as what anyone has said before, just take whatever you got, and build your skills and reputation from there. After 3-4 years, you can try your luck in different company. After 5 years and above, companies will be looking for you. True story.

hey guys anyone attending the offshore asia 2012?

i registered but am a bit confused.i took the free one, so can i go for all 3 days or is it certain days only?i know that the free entrants can only go for the exhibitions and not the talk held there.

i'm assuming ur story is one of the true story here?

Well, mine and most people that I know.

When it's dry, its akin to drought. But when it rains... it definitely pours.. That time your inbox would become a spam box for all the opportunities coming in. Then you would receive phone calls with numbers starting with +44, +02, +1... or 0301 (untraceable).

how was the offer thr?? mind to share??