Hey wildchai..are working wif petronas or service company?currrently at oversea rite..good2 

well wildchai ,

maybe can drop by when i'm in Turks

This forum posting is soon turning into oil field thrash get-together place for people like us, LOL! North Africa region is nice, I mean the weather but my last encounter with Egypt was pretty bad, especially their traffic chaos in Cairo is just simply traumatic! Haven't been to the rest, i.e. Algeria, Libya et al.

I am LWD, with Qatar's Baker Hughes INTEQ. Was a good deal for me to get their contract instead of one offered in Malaysia, because with their contract, I pay no tax to Qatar and I am not liable to pay any tax to Malaysia too!

How about you, which company you're representing? I heard the bonus coefficient is pretty good in Kazahkstan, good for you (laughing all the way to the bank)...

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Added on January 2, 2008, 4:50 pm

Yeah, the pay is good. I am from Baker Hughes INTEQ. I hope I do not offend anybody here, but from answers I get by asking around, those who come from BHI to SLB, they want better pay. Those on the reverse, they want better lives! Hahaha...

Try Murphy, Talisman, TechNip, Chiyoda... It all depends on which segment you want in, downstream, midstream or upstream. Anyway, wish you luck...

Hey Zeusu, good times ahead for the both of us. 2008 and forward, activity in Qatar will be picking up. Many major players are coming in to explore...

You want to be an engineer for life? 

In oil n gas industry, do all engineers have to go offshore to earn big bucks?
I don't wanna go offshore because I'm a girl (will they let girls go offshore?) and because I don't wanna sunburn....

Do I have to wait long to be called if shortlisted? I've tried to apply for 1 or 2 companies...

wah, how you multiple quote one huh?

anyway, yeah, girls can definitely go offshore, but most of the time there are very few of them. but then, if a girl's out on the rig, sometimes the whole rig will know your name by the next day =) and everyone will be very happy to help.

depending on locations where you are, you can be airlifted out within an hour or so if there's an emergency that requires it. the oil industry generally puts a strong focus on safety issues, especially big-named ones like BP, Shell, etc.

and WildChai & kslee, you guys don't have to pay tax?....shit, over in SLB, we pay something called EMBO, which is fixed at 19%, so e.g. when I was working in Trinidad that time, the local tax was 25% but I paid 19%, and now in Qatar, local's 0% but I still pay 19%. As for rotations, it's not really fixed. You can ask to leave the field after 3 weeks continuous, but sometimes the situation might not allow it.

and what kinda job is the one in office & pays 650-1100/day?

and being a field engineer is not too bad, it's not like an office job, where you have a proper schedule. There's also some outdoor work where you have to sweat & get dirty but most of the time will be spent with the computers. the satisfying part is when you get to fix problems and the solution worked, it feels really great.

as for dylan, my interview after a group exercise was very simple, just 10mins & kautim. they only wanna see if you can be independent & will be able to tahan the field. Only if they tell you that you'll be recruited into Tech & Field program for SLB, then you'll need to prepare some technical notes. check out http://www.oilcareers.com/content/community/ for the interview tips.

hmm, it's the nature of the job i guess, too specialised on proprietary tools. Other than that, you only get to know bits and pieces of the exploration industry.

but these days very easy to be fired...lol

and WildChai, BHI seem to pay better! w/o the tax + a real rotation!

where u work? share share... 

some1 ask wildchai to add this

http://www.sbmmalaysia.com/

to the 1st page ^^

Seow meh brother - try work 6 weeks straight (42 days, no weekend off) in the middle of the dessert or ocean, then you tell me whether you still want to go work during your 4 weeks break!!! Onshore / back home = NO WORK!

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i'm a nuclear science student.
do u think there is any opportunity for me to work in oil and gas industry?

Mind sharing which aspect of completion has miniscule RA source? Not in safety valves systems, packers, flow control or downhole control valves... Maybe i missed something?

do oil n gas companies willing to accept junior or trainee position in hr?