I believe some of you is working for Baker Hughes,I have been invited for a technical test next week,hope you guys can give some tips on what type of questions,how bout the format etc.

FYI the test is for Field Engineer.

Thanks

* A bit afraid,hope I will pass the test.

This post has been edited by comat: Jun 25 2008, 08:58 PM

Anyone can help ???

yeap,normaly ppl only look at the upstream operation when they talk bout Oil and Gas, oil price hike only benefit the upstream operation, refiner stil hv to buy the crude oil at market price..their profit margin remain the same no matter how high the oil price go....

but ur statement of "zero prospect and limited potential" is abit over..... in the begining, ur salary may not comparable to those working in offshore,but after gaining more experience...ur basic could shoot up two to three fold.... furthermore,working in downstream gv u more flexible time for ur family and friends....

try to look at the bright side u can change job anytime if u stil prefer upstream....

is this company not "so good" until no ppl wana reply me, even not giving me a single reply?

Your question is too general. There's like 3 different types of employment contracts for Western Geco employees and each of them has their own employee benefits.

So.. what kind of position did they offer you? Maybe then I can answer your question.

This post has been edited by enkadirmainbola: Jun 27 2008, 07:57 AM

My friend's future bro in law (getting married this coming 8.8.8), earning 20k per month as and engineer, but offshore la...want to get married, then he appliying for transfer to the main land. About 3 years working offshore, in this few months, he spent more than 500k for preparation. Buy house, car, furniture...CASH.

Thanks for ur advise

they are offering me the position of hr exec. so which employment category is it?

Hi guys,

What ever you do, do not join Geoservices! Lousy pay and bonus. Regretted joining them.

hi, mind to describe some of your statement?

hi, would like to know some conditions of upstream work.

as a field engineer, does it involves hard labour? i mean, does the job scope involves lugging huge pipings around etc? or is it done by others/machines and you mostly monitor?

which job description would you observe to have the hardest life? the easiest?

I was recently offered a position with Shell Miri. Just want to find out if Shell is that GOOD that it's worth shifting to Miri? Anyone working in Shell can share why you think Shell is the BEST company in M'sia?

firstly, i am only a base technician....not offshore mudloggers....so i dunno if offshore pay is better....but i doubt it....mudlogging is the least priority on the oil field....it acts as an insurance only.....income is much less compared with sch, baker, hal....even people on rig look down on us....call us geocircus....

i made the mistake of accepting their offer as a technician....i tot that i could be promoted to engineer after few years....but after i joined...even some colleagues who have more than 15 years are still a technician....maybe u will say position is not so important....but pay also sux....

1st time i joined a company wer my colleague ask me to quit asap.....cos no future.....a colleague 8-10 years working exp there...he can be considered a specialist...his income only 2k plus....and guess his bonus....less than 2 months....including 13th month bonus....so u can imagine....an o&g company paying such low bonus....and some more last year was their record breaking year.....he cant leave cos old liao....so no choice....

haih disappointed....i din expect o&g company to be so bad....currently looking for other jobs....and one more thing....their offshore allowance is less than 100 dollars....will remain the same even after 10 years....so wer is the prospect?....

maybe not company not good.....but mudlogging cant earn a lot in this field.....i heard one day rental of mudlogging unit is only SGD or USD 50k....

First of all, how long have you been with this company? and how long you have been in this current position?

Your company is a local company or mnc? Who and where is your client? I dont know much about mudlogger but i do know there is a drilling fluid engineer, in which i heard both are the same, and if i not mistaken they are working together with the drilling operation isnt it?

Anyhow if still the same position for more than 5 years, it is no good as i understand, either bad for your career or it is a bad company.

This post has been edited by iDk: Jun 28 2008, 09:41 PM

wow, considering 8-10 years on the same position is a bit too much, i mean with such experience they would have jump to the other company. Whats keeping them in Geoservices if its that bad?

oil and gas brethren,is there a recruiting company that goes by the name I.A consulting or management that search for trainees to work with oil and gas firms in KL ?

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Added on June 28, 2008, 10:12 pmanother bad experience with geocircus ??! one of my friend was a mudlogger in geocircus, the work sux so bad that he quit the working world altogher and started his own enterprise, a laundry service. He is in lowyat, as you can see his laundray thread in investment subforum. He always complained to me how it sucks to be working in geocircus.

This post has been edited by nabelon: Jun 28 2008, 10:13 PM

only a few months....i wanted to join this field....i tot the pay will be better after few years....but wat i heard from colleagues really disappoint me.....
its a mnc company....and it claims to be number 1 mudlogging company in the world....maybe all the money goes to top management....

mudlogging is just data collection....such as pump strokes...gas...pit levels...drawworks...torque....mostly sensors....not sure bout drilling fluid engineer....but don think its same....normally we work with geologist.....

its just a bad company....do not ever join....even if u are desperate to join o&g field.....the skills u learn here are not very useful....

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Added on June 28, 2008, 10:30 pmcos old already....hard to find job when u are old....qualifications such as certs play a part too....they have exp but no cert.....

anyway there is a reason why they are called geocircus....its a really lousy company....from wat i heard....after 20 years service they only gave u a watch....

This post has been edited by plplpl: Jun 28 2008, 10:30 PM

hey anyone based in doha, qatar?
im heading there soon, would appreciate any advice since its going to be my first location, thanks!

mudlogger & mud (drilling fluid) engineer are 2 separate jobs.

mudlogger: monitor fluid & cuttings return from downhole. companies doing this e.g. Baker Hughes, ILO, GeoServices. Sample catcher's pay is the lowest on the rig, maybe slightly higher than laundry guy but once you do that for like 3-6 months, you go become a mudlogger then data engineer.

mud engineer: prepare drilling fluid for downhole including LCM for curing losses, etc. companies which do this e.g. MI-Swaco, Baroid. Last heard salary (about 1 month ago) for consultant is $850/day, 4-4 rotation, $1000/day for overtime.

basically for drilling operations, everyone works for a service company which are in charge of different activities, operator companies only have very few representatives on site & even then, they can be all consultants/contractors & not permanent employees.

so, pinkdalmation, what do you need to know about qatar?

This post has been edited by zeusu: Jun 29 2008, 09:26 AM

Hi,

I've been following this thread for a while now. I am a recent graduate from The City University of New York majoring in Mechanical Engineering and I was wondering how the I get my feet into the oil and gas company. Most of the online postings for jobs in the oil and gas sector requires a number of experience and not many positions available for fresh graduates.

If any LYN members can point me to the right direction on where to go that would be very helpful.

I appreciate future help. Thank You....

I was with Geoservices once, despite being called Geocircus, I also call it GeoTAMBI and GeoNEPAL if you know what i mean...... the most filthy job in any sector, the lowest pay and the most MF career one would find.....avoid GeoTAMBI at all causes....TAMBITAMBITAMBI......MF TAMBI.....You retards who is still with geotambi, do not pretend to your friend that your post is on top of the world, you are actually below the sewer system !

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Added on June 29, 2008, 12:27 pmI'm glad that I quit Geoservices, if can, I want to remove the Geoservices portion from inside my head

This post has been edited by am_eniey: Jun 29 2008, 12:27 PM