Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and just started today. I just graduated in Petroleum Engineering last year in August. After few months of job seeking, I finally get offer with Geoservices as mudlogger. Plus I have contract with Geoservices for three years and penalty of 12K if break the contract (working with other company).

After reading few threads in this forum, I found a lot of bad experiences working as mudlogger. For me, I need to start somewhere in oil and gas and working as mudlogger is the first job that I managed to secure. I joined Geoservices by the end of March 2012 and currently is undergoing full modlogging training at Abu Dhabi for a month.

My ambition is to work as reservoir engineer and I see mudlogging job as my stepping stone to reach my dream. At the moment, I am not sure whether this job will lead me to become a reservoir engineer. The career path that I see is mudlogger -->data engineer -->specialized product engineer (FLAIR, Geonext)--> other segments in Slb. From what I see, it is going to take me at least 8-10 years before I switch to other segments (maybe reservoir engineering) in Slb and at that moment I have to start again. Most likely I will have to stay with Geoservices for the rest of my life.

For me, the first 3 years of my career is very important to achieve my dream of becoming reservoir engineer. I really need good advises so I shape my career to what I want. I hope you guys can advice me. Thanks.

Anyone of you heard of GeoEast (M) Sdn Bhd before? I had been invited for the technical test and maybe possible interview for the position of mud logger trainee.

Haha! it seems like everyone telling me the same thing. Haha!

So, in your opinion, its better for me to work as mudlogger to gain experience or study my master degree in geophysics? With mudlogging experience, is it easy for me to jump into other department? I dont want to stuck in mudlogging for the rest of my life haha!