Hmm, depends on what kind of OnG company u wanna join.. normally for those servicing and maintenance company in Miri like Petra, SapuraCrest, they welcome any Engineering degree to join them as Technical Assistant. Or like now, i joined ECS Shell as Graduate Engineer, which is basically kinda adminstrative job, so they would take in any Engineering degree graduate, this position is more like they
pay u to learn" position, where you can learn things offshore, i am under commissioning. The job is probably more like project management later on in higher level. If u wan do specialization, like process engineer, then chemical is way to go. If piping, mechanical or chemical. It would be better to study mechanical if u are interested.. Cos it is an all-rounder subject, i think mechanical engineering is applicable to 60-80% of the job market.

actually Petronas did offer scholarship/LOAN to SPM holder with extremely good results to study foundations in UTP. but if u got category one permit ( money), u can study at other foreign uni like nottingham, Herriot Watt Uni which may polish up ur resume. Which uni u come from with first class is only able to secure u an interview, the rest u need other FACTORS such as NETWORKING, PERSONALITY, to be able to secure u a job in OnG. Personal Experience. NETWORKING is freaking important in a small OnG community. Ppl used to know each others.

For fresh grad, I only look at 4-5 local uni for geoscience. For RE/PE, around 2. For other discipline, never call anyone for interview yet.
Foreign cert can help, especially when it comes for a well known uni (Heriot Watt, Col School of mines, etc). But the results is more important. I always ask potential candidates to submit their full transcript to see if they are excel in the right and important subjects, not like gym class, or theater, or whatever.

But I always wonder, does IT or HR or procument/accountant in ONG pays substantially higher than other industry? Anyone can comment?
Since I thought the subsurface and some critical surface discipline (drillers, FE) paid really well because of limited resource.

clon12
it is important only when one wanna join consultant for the accreditation direct admission into graduate member in malaysia. some consultants' job advertisement requests for registered with BEM/IEM Accreditation. pls take note with BEM registration one can go further with Washington Accord.

was 2nd batch ME same as u. opt mmu last time due the accreditation (Uniten not accredited, went to UTP interview [still new the campus that time, some comments from friend's elder sister] & some colleges in my consideration list were not accredited last time except public uni which due to quota, so never dream of that), 1st batch & our 2nd batch were interviewed by EAC interviewers during their assessment/evaluation last time in campus.

Local or oversea doesn't really matter much. As long as your cert is from accredited universities, it should be fine. However, there is a "unwritten" policy that they will only consider fresh grads from certain universities. I think if you are a grad from UTP (obviously), UTM & UM, you should be fine. I mention these 3 uni's because my friends/contacts are from these uni's.
And UM too, right?

it does matter if as consultant especially at refinery (even petronas refinery own team got PE), pls read carefully what word i bolded previously. it depends on which stage from platform fabrication, e&p, refinery until the end products one is using. your gf's father is right if at operator/some contractors side (they will have NDT, API certification, follow ASME, ASTM, etc. specialist certification to inspect/cert at the various stage). it is about teamwork.

you want lean to an advantage side? get Petroleum engineering in UTM/UTP and get first class. Some of my friend in PE(UTM) already booked by Schlumberger/Halliburton/Shell/MMC Oil & Gas/Cameron before they graduate during Oil &Gas Career Fair in UTM, Nowadays, Shipping Companies from Singapore also chips in Oil & Gas Career Fair in UTM, making Career fair in UTM more happening. just my 2 cents.

actually it depends on what post r u interested in joining coz imo, most service companies hired students with a mechanical eng bground for drilling/completion/production eng post while pet eng bground for res eng post. but then, as long as we have a strong eng qualification from a reputable uni, i dont think there should be any prob for us to get hired rite. anyway, yes the career fair in utm is filled with big oil n gas players n quite happening too.