Anyone here working for the oil/gas industry? Share some of yur experience...those abroad and local.


Links to some of the Oil and Gas related companies that most likely will hire locally. Check their Career sections in their websites to apply.
Good Luck! If you want to add other companies, please PM me the link.

Helpful Sites

OilCareers Community Forum ~ Gives you an idea the type of jobs and it's description available in the market


Local and Regional Oil Companies

ExxonMobil, United States
Petronas, Malaysia
Sinopec, China
SPC, Singapore
Shell, Malaysia



Oil Service Companies

Aker Kvaerver
Baker Hughes Inc.
BJ Services
Geoservices
Halliburton
QServ
Schlumberger
Weatherford International
WesternGeco
Chiyoda Corporation (Japan & Malaysia)



This post has been edited by WildChai: May 3 2008, 12:59 PM

will be updated....

This post has been edited by forrest: Oct 22 2008, 12:26 AM

Working in oil and gas industry has one most shining benefit, a large sum of bonus, maybe more than 6 months.

maaakkk aaihhh 6 month of bonus oh my god....

Greetings threadstarter,

I have a friend who really involved in the Oil & Gas Career Line and now he is earnings quite a good amount for income and now he was being sent to Australia for traning purposes.

Regards,
Hughie

Wha qualifications do you have and in which line do yu intend to enter the oil n gas industry. Perhaps a bit more specifics would help us narrow it down regarding info in the oil & gas industry. Not all of it is good.

At Pxxxxxxs, everyone have the same benefit, everyone have alot of chances to do training, etc... juz salary not the same... high risk job (at oil rig) and high position (manager etc) will get high salary...for sure..

This post has been edited by forrest: Feb 25 2006, 05:41 PM

i wish i had taken petroluem related courses
salries in other fields really cannot survive

Interested in getting a job in Oil&Gas Industry.

Well, good interest.

Oil & Gas industry is regarded as one of the highest paid industry.

I'm working with a travel agency and I'm dealing with sales from Oil & Gas companies.

Got to know many of them - engineers, and they are earning on average RM 5000 above a month.

Managerial level pays about RM 15,000 per month.

Example, a Rig Manager can pull in an income of RM 17,000 a month in this company I know. WOW!.. Impressive, thats like more than my one year salary.!

But, think of it.

Bring a rig manager, you need to take care of an offshore rig of more than 500 people.
You need to ensure the safety, their traveling needs, their trainings, their well beings in general.

Any problem is YOU only. SO why the high pay? There is a HIGH Risk.

Even those working on the rig. They can pull in RM 500 average a DAY! I mean a DAY!... Wow... impressive huh..

phew.. nice huh.. so go.. work with Shell, or ExxonMobil.. haha

Last year, all PETRONAS staff got 6 months bonus
Now you tell me oil & gas career good or not

oh my ........ got to send resume to petronas asap huhuhuhu

Rm 17K for a rig manager are consider very low...

my bro is in the oil n gas, just started not long ago. Petronas is good for those not looking for hard work.

It's better to go abroad for offshore work, they pay very well, for instance...basic RM9000, DAILY offshore allowance ranges from RM 300 to RM 700. (estimate for trainee engineer in wireline)

Some of them earns like RM 30k to RM40k a month. It's not exactly a high risk job...since they are very very particular about safety.

Although i'm in the IT industry now...planning to go abroad soon to join the black gold industry....hehe...hope can reel in the big bucks!

This post has been edited by WildChai: Feb 27 2006, 12:31 PM

er.. lolx 17k? dude try being a sailor, Marine navigator, there is shortage of them Worlwide.

And guess how much is the lowest paid in Malaysia right now? Lowest paid marine Captain is offered by a company in Miri and it is only 27K per month. However, almost no marine capt would sink that low to get a job. They might have upped it a bit the past few months.

So that would be ur best bet. Go be a marine captain then ppl will come look for you.

Overall petronas is just a safe option for ppl who wanna work in oil and gas, working there would be just like in the gov lah lolx all relax only lolx. But in the end you won't learn much.

And this remark, I've heard from quite a number of seniors in the Industry. They have been working for more than 40 yrs in the Oil and Gas industry and are still called back in as consultants, etc. cos the new breed of workers dun seem to know anything apparently lolx

Im not agree
The ppl who work with relax are that particular person's attitude, not all employee have tht attitude.
although petronas is part of goverment but it actually work as a private company.

The training courses that provide for the employees is one of the best in the world, can u imagine the company can spend rm30K on a person to do training? (a year)

But i do agree tht u said the company is a safe place to work.

ALL oil and service companies spend a bomb on training their new employees. For instance...trainees in weatherford are sent to scotland or canada for training. So does schlumberger.

Forrest....
u working for petronas? what's your position there..interested to know more about all working in the oil/gas.

Keeps me wondering what will happen if Malaysia's oil fields are exhausted. Heard that all of the oil fields will dry up in about 20 years.

This post has been edited by TYK: Mar 1 2006, 12:29 PM

I have a senior who graduated and worked for 2 years already, he is in one of the oil and gas company too.

He's earning basic USD4k a month, then plus daily allowance, project completion bonus, adds up all, he gets around USD10k a month. He already has 3 property, getting his fourth one soon.

Another senior of mine, graduated 6 months earlier than me, he oso in oil and gas. Getting around RM700 a day as a field engineer.

My dad has been in the oil and gas industry for more than 26 years. He's in management at the moment and it's a little dangerous. Depends on where you're based, and all that. Great pay though.