it's not based on your home country, based on the location you're sent to e.g. you're sent to latin america, then you'll be in Houston for training, etc, but there's always exceptions since the school in Houston could be fully booked and you have to goto Abu Dhabi & vice versa.

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Added on January 8, 2008, 1:47 pmi almost became a pipeline engineer but rejected it in the end. Mind telling us more about it? Like what the job entails, challenges, pros, cons, etc?

This post has been edited by zeusu: Jan 8 2008, 01:47 PM

hi,

i've learned a lot about this industry from this forum as it indeed has been very informative with all the 'guru's advices. i'm currently a undergrad in my final yr in mechanical engineering. can i know is there any O & G company out there taking internship for student like me? really keen to join this industry in future hence an early exposure would be very beneficial to me. please advice. thanks a lot!

your pipeline engineer is what job scope they offering you? Design or service?

design i think.

Need to go for the MSTS training next week, HUET, EBS and some other things also. Can those experienced worker mind share some tips on this training? Is this training hard?

Does anyone here work as an instrument engineer?
What does instrument engineer do? hmmm... really wanna know

Planner/control vs instrument which one have a better prospect?

Anyone can give some advise?

please read front page, i think around page 6-8

HUET is the most challenging part, others training such as fire drill, sea survival training, and escape from dark (smoke) room is not difficult.

This post has been edited by forrest: Jan 9 2008, 10:10 AM

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Added on January 8, 2008, 1:47 pm

i almost became a pipeline engineer but rejected it in the end. Mind telling us more about it? Like what the job entails, challenges, pros, cons, etc?

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Job scope for a pipeline engineer involves lots of these 3 things:-
-calculations to ensure feasible design (stresses due to environmental loads + internal pressure + temperature)
-report writing to justify calculations/drawings
-perform drawings mark-ups and then ensuring the drafters don't screw them up

Pros : Narrow and specific field, so if one is good at it there is money to be made (demand > supply)

Cons : Narrow and specific field , so if one dislikes doing theoretical work then difficult to branch out to other field

muhahahaha!

be prepared to swallow a lot of water using the EBS shit!

bleh, me myself the safety training will expire on next june.
now feel so malas to renew my medical check up

wah... you putting a curse a me ah? But you sure or not? as my fren told me that EBS help a lot in underwater le hahaha, hope that it is not hard for me, as i used to play power mask diving in the sea LoL, the medical check-up is really the mafan part, it takes quite long time for me to finish everything, 11~1pm. Take off shirt, wear back shirt, take off again, wear back again, and again Some told me that their medical check up took up to 6 hours.

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Added on January 9, 2008, 6:31 pm


some told me that huet is:
1) dip half of mold-up chopper into water.
2) dip full chopper into water
3) dip full and turn the chopper upside down.

that is what confused me.

This post has been edited by iDk: Jan 9 2008, 06:31 PM

mm...i was wondering whether networking & system have the chance to work offshore or not...& how is the pay ?

Hi, I am currently 18 years old ( This year) and still got no idea what to do in the future. If I take up a career in oil and gas, is it worth it? Since many factors may bring down the needs of these kind of expertise such as new alternative fuel in the future, depletion of fossil gas, and so on.

Guys.. how bout family? Can we provide sufficient attention to our family if we are involved in O&G industry?? can u share your experience.. im kinda like a family guy.. you know.. wanna spend some time wif my little kids and my beautiful wife so to me this aspect is kinda important to be considered.. though im not married yet.. so what do you guys think??

p/s: sorry if this question has been asked.. didnt come across any related matter AFAIK..

very hard to answer your question man, mainly depends on which sector of oil & gas industry you're working in & also the company.

Some guys i work with have 3 wives in 3 continents, some have horrible divorces where they pay 55% of their salary to their wives, some have 5 girlfriends in the same island & some even divorce the wife and marry their daughter (from another marriage): could be a blessing for you or a curse.

but if it's office based, i guess it's pretty much like other office jobs.

oki lets narrow the scope.. how bout family life for engineers who work off-shore? within malaysia ofcoz..

I know a few engineers in Shell and Schlumberger, based in Miri and outside Malaysia. For the most part their family goes with them eg. in Vietnam, Egypt etc. although the family doesn't go offshore obviously.

There is a possibility of family life once you're more experienced, although you will be away from family for days at a time when you're offshore. On the other hand I also have a friend attached with Shell Nigeria, families not allowed at all due to security reasons so he's away from his wife and kids for months.

almost the same thing...

leave their family at home...

for the workers who working offshore, they need to go through and pass the BOSET and get the offshore safety passport (a MUST), and the cabin/room at rig is limited.

This post has been edited by forrest: Jan 9 2008, 10:18 PM

some say the static of divorce in O&G is 80%.

[quote=iDk,Jan 9 2008, 06:20 PM]
wah... you putting a curse a me ah? But you sure or not? as my fren told me that EBS help a lot in underwater le hahaha, hope that it is not hard for me, as i used to play power mask diving in the sea LoL, the medical check-up is really the mafan part, it takes quite long time for me to finish everything, 11~1pm. Take off shirt, wear back shirt, take off again, wear back again, and again Some told me that their medical check up took up to 6 hours.

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Added on January 9, 2008, 6:31 pm
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some told me that huet is:
1) dip half of mold-up chopper into water.
2) dip full chopper into water
3) dip full and turn the chopper upside down.

that is what confused me.

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no lah...where got i curse you?
i thought that you have safely enjoying the sea survival plus EBS?

for frequent traveller offshore, that EBS is heavy until you sweat underneath it when wearing it for long hours (i hour flight to my previous complex). not too ergonomic & may cause neck pain.
i still prefer the old way of life jackets.



yeah medical check up is the scary part
that's why la why i feel reluctant to do it every time. macam2 test, but if you are normal & at young age so the test will be less.....

oversea... maybe... but not the case in malaysia...

I knew what you mean