Hey,congratulation for the job offer.Within the company i worked in,as far as i know,i never saw any maintenance engineer going to the field/offshore.The field engineer will work both in the field(and Base if not going to the rig) and maintenance engineer only at the base/warehouse.I am not exactly sure about Hal,but i guess should be similar to SLB.

The problem with maintenance engineer position is that they only getting basic salary+any coefficient for that location as opposed to field engineer who get the same basic salary & coefficient but with field allowances when going offshore.Since the basic salary for engineer is high enough here(much more than Petronas or the other client company),so some people actually consider it as a good job,if you are planning to stay onshore and have better life.

I'm not sure about the company you are currently in,but for the field engineer over here,most people get their senior field engineer title after 2 or 3 years.

Petronas does offer postgrad scholarship,particularly for the Msc. Petroleum Engineering and Petroleum Geoscience (coursework and dissertation) both in UTP and Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.You can see their advertisement in the papers every year.

This post has been edited by backspace66: Mar 27 2012, 07:29 AM

I am speaking from experience though,I have never worked for Petronas but I did managed to secure a scholarship to do MSc in Petroleum engineering(it is more like a conversion course though as my background is not Petroleum Engineering).Well anyway this is 5 years ago,and
I have friend from the same course who was working with Petronas and sponsored by them to pursue this course.

This is actually very far from the truth....,the basic for fresh grad over here is higher than 5K(basic only),and offshore allowance ranging from zero(if you haven't break out from trainee to field engineer) to 500/day(after you break out) depending on segment.Fresh grad FE after b/o should be getting a salary around 7k...,but your figure is quite spot on for a field specialist though which only have diploma.

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Added on May 4, 2012, 6:01 pmrm100/day...lemme guess,Petronas?

This post has been edited by backspace66: May 4 2012, 06:03 PM

It is totally normal for drilling and production to be done in the same platform...heck,they even drill when there are wells flowing for production in the same platform if there are no collision issues.

This post has been edited by backspace66: May 4 2012, 06:19 PM

Yes,more than 5K basic for trainee and i believe they will revise this since Petronas basic pay for freshies will be increased to 5K.After breakout from trainee,you will get an increment of around 1.5k to 2k.Offshore allowance depends on segment,can be as low as 300/day to 500/day or <put some crazy amount here for few days work> for wireline.As far as I know the salary is standard accross segment but I am not sure for the newly acquired company like SWACO,SMITH,Geoservices,@balance...

I think there is some truth in what you say,but if i were you I would just move on as there are other company out there.What motivates you to join Petronas anyway,is it the sense of patriotism or money?Money wise,there are better company out there.....,Patriotism?I guess not ,since you defected out of Malaysia,lol

depends on which company you are working for,but generally the pay is higher than other industry.Local oil and gas company(except Petronas) mostly pay peanuts compared to their mnc counterpart.

If i am not mistaken,they only accept male applicants.

Never saw a female Gyrodata FE before in Malaysia before,but maybe they have changed their policy.

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Added on June 20, 2012, 12:17 pmThe vacancy has been around for some time

This post has been edited by backspace66: Jun 20 2012, 12:17 PM

Wisma selangor dredging is just 5 minutes walk from KLCC,it is very near actually...

Working environment...,I don't know,i only met few of them on the rig,mostly came to commission the top drive or troubleshooting...

Differences between Technip and NOV?Let me wiki it for you yeah....here you go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Oilwell_Varco

If you work long enough in Technip,you should know the difference already

This post has been edited by backspace66: Jun 22 2012, 06:38 AM

This seems kind of low,minimum should be 20k basic with accommodation and transportation provided...

Sorry,I can't really advice you on this,I have friends working over there and none of them actually rent any apartment as it was provided by the company itself.

Is this a fast track programme from them?How long is the planned training duration from painter to assistant driller?

If that is the case,u have a very bright future ahead of you man,once u become tool pusher,15k-20k USD /month is totally normal

drilling engineering is just a subset of well engineering.well engineering includes both drilling and completion

boss,may i know what position are they interviewing you for?

you want to work in the field?,i think it is better if you choose one of the big service company

yes ,slb,baker and halliburton... ,why don't u give it a try,the are constantly hiring people