if one does not know what are drilling + production + reservoir, pls re-think back whether he/she is suitable to be "Drilling" ""Engineer"". there are many so-called "engineer" title out there.

am now at Thailand, am having ?!?! in my mind on some of their engineers' qualifications.

This post has been edited by ch_teo: Mar 14 2013, 12:19 AM

1st, you need to understand what is the material of your tank.
2nd, what type of weldments.
3rd, surface or subsurface inspection or?
4th, your customer require any applicable standard(s) to refer to.
5th, etc.

after identify the suitable method, then only lastly, you talk about the price. get a few quotations to propose to your superior(s). make sure the company has the qualified and valid NDT inspector through their certs. you need to cover your ass 1st before talk about price.

i suggest you read through ASME Section V, API 510 and API RP 577 and any others.
API 510 Section 6 will mention on the inspection frequency.
or other NDT specialists at here may be able to help you.

Quote from API 510, 9th Edition, June 2006
6.3 Risk-based Inspection
6.3.1 A RBI assessment may be used to establish the appropriate inspection intervals for internal, on-stream, and external inspections. The RBI assessment may allow previously established inspection intervals to be exceeded from limits specified in 6.4 and 6.5 including the 10-year inspection and one-half remaining life limits for internal and on-stream inspections, and the five-year inspection limit for the external inspections.

6.3.2 When a RBI interval for the internal or on-stream inspection exceeds the 10-year limit, the RBI assessment shall be reviewed and approved by the engineer and inspector at intervals not to exceed 10 years or more often if warranted by process, equipment, or consequence changes.

6.3.3 When a RBI assessment is used to extend the internal or on-stream inspection interval, the assessment should include a review of the inspection history and potential fouling of the vessel’s pressure-relieving device(s).

6.4 External Inspection
6.4.1 Unless justified by an RBI assessment, each aboveground vessel shall be given a visual external inspection at an interval
that does not exceed the lesser of five years or the required internal/on-stream inspection. It is preferred to perform this inspection while the vessel is in operation. The interval is established by the inspector or engineer in accordance with the owner/user’s quality assurance system.
6.4.2 External inspection intervals for vessels in non-continuous service are the same as for vessels in continuous service.

This post has been edited by ch_teo: Apr 1 2013, 09:14 PM

if you have the appropriate certs e.g. vibration cert, softwares, familiar with the CBM systems as which your potential employer is using, etc. you will be in highly demand.
pls help yourself to find out if you have the heart to pursue this as a career.

This post has been edited by ch_teo: Apr 1 2013, 09:26 PM

1.) one may need some basics mathematical calculations, SI & USC units conversion, etc.

2.) understand the anatomy of kick. how to detect kick like through the pit gain.

3.) how to control the kick. through driller's method (2 complete circulations: circulate kick out of the hole using old mud, circulate old mud out of hole using kill weight method. for deepwater offshore) or
wait & weight method or engineer's method (1 complete circulation: circulate kick out of the hole using kill weight mud) for land rig/ shallow water). available of kill sheet(s).

4.) shut-in procedures after taking a kick (kick occurs while drilling/tripping). SIDPP, SICP.

5.) also some wellbore hydraulics calculations knowledge for casing, drill pipe, drill collar and the annulus.

perhaps one need to understand the aboves before start to consider.
the cert valid for 2 years.

This post has been edited by ch_teo: Apr 12 2013, 11:25 PM

certain companies practise when more than certain flight hours/transit, there is a possible of business class seat.


some may be coming/came from operator and "somehow" sub-sub vendor of the operator. "somehow" the sub-vendor will get the orders and the sub-vendor must find the sub-sub vendor as part of the orders...

This post has been edited by ch_teo: Apr 16 2013, 09:30 PM

i am not sure you have existing aerospace working experience with qualification or qualification in aerospace (fresh grad).

if you have the working experience, sure you will know certain technical specifications are more stringent in aerospace than in o&g. so both industries are inter-changeable in term of QA/QC. in S'pore, there was a time lot of aerospace experience QA/QC/Production switched to o&g. my present manager was from marine, aerospace, API, certification body before join o&g.

This post has been edited by ch_teo: May 7 2013, 12:57 PM

i have no idea why in aerospace want to enter o&g.

why don't you try out in aerospace industry (aircraft parts fabrication, service & maintenance, instructor in the future after gained certain certs & experience, etc ) before join o&g as that is your main specialization? or no need to join o&g, just join aerospace.

you will develop more niche skills and experience in aircraft maintenance should you into service and maintenance of aircraft. with aircraft turbine engine, you may possible develop into power plant/oil rig industrial gas turbine. or better stick into aerospace permanently?

or perhaps someone from aerospace can enlighten you.

i agreed partially on what your boss mentioned. some good HVAC engineers have left the industry or migrated or retired, my previous consultant construction experience/knowing. long time never updated on this HVAC industry, the last big news still fresh in my mind is OYL bought by Daikin.

during the old time, air-con (York) was a high flyer business in singapore, a story i heard from an uncle who has retired and who worked in HVAC industry in singapore when sent my car air-con to replace cooling coil. the degree of boastfulness he mentioned i have no idea.

HVAC is a really niche market if one has become the master of chillers and cooling towers.

This post has been edited by ch_teo: May 8 2013, 09:47 PM

OGA 2013 E-daily highlights, tomorrow last day.

Day 1, 5 June 2013

Day 2, 6 June 2013

Women In Oil and Gas - Opportunities for Women

Retaining Women in the O&G

something to ponder...

from my observations, Thai o&g has been recruiting lot females, also East M'sia...

i seconded. it is meant for within the company and the contract holders. distributed/sharing with consent from those parties only.
always receive such similar format alert from our Brunei plant from BSP.

Have a read and understand the whole scenario, a lot of people want to switch to or join o&g but have no idea what it is about and blindly follow the trend. it does not mean only o&g has big $, other fields also have when earned niche experience and skills.

And the CIMB attachment when it was hot during year 2011. Read for knowledge, market trend and not for your stock playing. Uploader does not bear any liabilities and responsibilities for stock playing damage/lost.
There is this thing call "google".

This post has been edited by ch_teo: Jun 11 2013, 05:06 PM


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