Hi.

I'm just a Year Four student actually. So please take my advices and opinions with a grain of salt.

From what I read and also gone through personally, it is very difficult for students to be given a chance to go offshore. Of course please take note that this is based on my personal experience only. When I was applying for internship in a lot of O&G services companies the replies were not positive. Probably its because you would need to take stuff like BOSEIT or other trainings before they can send you to the rig. Spending a lot of time and money on you just for that short 3-5 months of internship may not be worthwhile for them.

But of course, do give the big players like SLB, Shell a try. You never know what you gonna get..probably you're the lucky one. Who knows?

Maybe you can try to talk to your lecturers about this too. If they happen to have good network in O&G, they might be able to talk to their friends to send you offshore.

If you don't mind staying in the office, you can try places like Aker Solutions, Technip, RWP, MMCOG etc. But no offshore trip I heard.

Good luck.

In the end I had my internship in a petrochemical company. Downstream business..not really relevant to what I would like to venture in. But nevertheless it was a great experience. Good exposure. So i still consider my internship a fruitful one.

Hope you can secure a position in a good O&G company. Best of luck!

Hi.

When I read back all the previous O&G threads from V1 to V3...I notice a lot of them who is working for consultants/fabricators seem eager to go offshore. Switching to service providers instead. Is money the only reason? Experienced consultants do have pretty fat paycheques right if I'm not mistaken..don't they?

Would u recommend a fresh grad to go for field work first before switching to other lines? For the hands-on experience or the better exposure on how things actually work there. Is it necessary?

Thanks a bunch!

Alright.

Sometimes the more I read from the thread, the more I know, the more I realize I do not know and the more confused I am.

I THINK I lean toward doing design and calculation stuff. That's what I enjoy the most in my coursework as of current. Naturally, I think I'm more suited to the consultation side of the business.

But reading posts from those who are working for top consultants such as Technip RWP etc, some of them were actually desperate to get out of their jobs and go offshore instead. Is it because of the boring 9-5 routine? Money? The bad environment that drives their passion off? I would really love to ask these guys one by one but too bad the posts were too old. They have already gone inactive in lowyat.

And I remembered reading some posts from people saying that due to the lack of exposure/hands on experience, fresh grads who join consultants right away can't deliver as good as those who has field work/fabrication yard experience previously. As they designs are too 'theoretical'...or so they say. I'd like to know how true is this too.

Thank you so much. Would really love to hear your advices..

Thanks for your advices..I truly appreciate every bit of it. Especially the part where you ask me to keep doing what I enjoy. Thanks



Thanks so much for the tips! You sound like someone who has gone through exactly the same path and now sitting comfortably at the operator side haha. Yeah a lot of them in the forum has stressed the importance of networking over and over again. I will definitely carve it deep down my mind. Thanks again!

Hi! The Operation Engineer position that you have mentioned has a requirement of minimum 3-5 years of experience right? Just wanna check if the info I found is correct. I'm a fresh graduate soon-to-be actually, looking for an opportunity to step into the industry

Thanks for the tips! Appreciate them a lot.

Haha so you have confirmed everything huh. When will you be heading there?

Hi! Do you mind telling us the exact names of your consultants and contractors? I have sent out a number of applications but so far only a few of them responded. And the replies ain't positive

Lol still have to keep trying though! Never give up!

Thanks for the info! I wonder why Aker has not posted any openings for freshies in their career section. Other than the subsea graduate programme which has been closed months ago..

Hi Vervain. What kind of coordination job? Do they hire fresh graduates?

Congrates! Shell I presume? Anyway BRC is a subsea engineer in Shell if not mistaken. Probably you can pm him for some advices.

This post has been edited by ohsome: Jun 13 2013, 09:16 PM