Hey guys..

I am a mechanical engineering student. And my strongest subjects are thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. Other than that, I am good at analyzing data and I prefer indoor > outdoor job scope. So I am wondering what kind of position suits me the best. Please comment if u can. Thanks in advance.

Due to the lack of supply for reservoir engineering and petroleum engineering students, a lot of the operators are taking in Chemical Engineers as reservoir engineers and either converting them via in-house training or after a couple of years sending them out to do a Master's in Petroleum Engineering in UTP (for Petronas). The guru who wrote the reservoir simulation bible came from Chemical Engineering background. A lot of the stuffs you learned in Chemical engineering are the same as the one used by reservoir engineers as they have to work with pressure data, hydrocarbon components in their PVT analysis, temperature of the reservoirs, fluid mechanics etc etc .... My previous GM (now the VP of Petronas) was from Chemical Engineering background as well but he plied his trade as a reservoir engineer.

A lot of the work does not require you to do much physical activity so don't worry too much about it. There will be times when you do have to go offshore to learn about the operations but I doubt you'd be doing hard labour unless you're with some of the service providers doing hands on work on logging etc etc ....

Hi ch_teo,

Yea, still remember what u told me back then. Those are indeed some paths which I can go into, but lets say I wanna something that is not related to QC/QA, inspection and manufacturing.. what are other options I can have since I am good at those few subjects (thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer) mentioned earlier, particularly in the O&G industry?

Don't have to spoon feed me, just give me some clues 

knm
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female friends were and are there.

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.

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.

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..

It is kinda hard for me to understand your plan here. Since you are still studying (not sure which year), you might want to consider to change course now so that it suits your intention to be RE.
Yes, PETRONAS. EE absorbed to PE. While PE absorbed to Supply Chain. That is what happening now. At least that is what I heard.

One of my coursemate (chem eng background) was working with Talisman as Junior Reservoir Engineer 1 yrs ago. She is the Talisman Scholar.

Amc subang, also have in kuantan gebeng. still waitng the result. can try metal one engnrg, they are looking 5 mecha engrs.

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!

oic... amc is my company's direct competitor, many of their client also our client... always tender the same project...

metal one we seldom fight with them...

oic... amc is my company's direct competitor, many of their client also our client... always tender the same project...

metal one we seldom fight with them...

Yeah with same business meaning same periuk nasi. Who has big hand hand will get better.
I believe between these company, knm is a big brother.haha
Really hope to be in any of these company..

It always inspires me when I hear these sort of stories. Hats off to you.

Anyway, I dont know much about your medical condition but from your explanation, field works may not suits your condition. You might want to consider engineering & consulatation works. Most of the time you will be in the office doing designs. Once in a while u will travel to offshore for site survey works. There are places for Chem grads.

Study hard and wish u all the best.

@ohsome

dont worry mate. You might wanna take a look at consultation for offshore engineering. Yes you will be in the office most of the time but you learn alot and trust me it is interesting.

Usually Chem Eng grad will be absorb into the Process Department.

knm is far more better than both company.
knm is recruiting for design engineer too in jobstreet. go and have a look.