well I do think Mechanical engineers involved too....
as some of my seniors working with Petronas, Schlumberger(spelling correct?) at off shore....

I guess mechanical engineers that able to take petroleum as their major stand a bigger chance though.

gatevalve, isn't that only apply to Field Engineer?

not all people who working in oil n gas get to offshore, enjoying 28 working days then follow with 28 days off.

mechanical engineering
chemical engineering
petroleum engineering
civil engineering

about other course, let others to answer it.

heartbreakk, I would say depend what part of oil n gas u aiming for.

Upstream?
Downstream?

Chemical Engineering can involved in refinery, process, plant design, etc.
They can even work in drilling/reservoir if the company decide to take them.

btw moonstone13, chemical engineering isn't much about "chemistry" but physics yes.

And petroleum engineering in UTP, I see it more similiar to what mechanical engineering compared to Chemical Engineering.

EG, pipeline engineering. Civil/mechanical usually the one being hired to work in it but there are chemical engineers as well.

Myclamyra, he studying chemistry.
Not chemical engineering.

I don't think it wise for me to comment because I'm still an undergraduate mechanical engineering student.

From what the info I know, it seem mechanical engineers are more well-rounded. At least we study more subjects compared to other courses where make us more "versatile" compared to others but my friend chemical engineering, get an internship opportunity in drilling department, UMW oil n gas where mostly mechanical engineering students would be involved in it.

I would say civil/mechanical/chemical stand a high chance to join oil n gas sector. Upstream or downstream, that would depend on job availability or how good you are.

So just take the course u prefer the most and hopefully get yourself involved in oil n gas sector after you grad.

farizuan, there isn't free lunch. Not all people get what they want in PCSB.
U don't know earn RM6k in SLB, fresh grad will be at least USD 4k.

Can't we say Ranhill Worleyparsons a local company too? At least it fulfill the requirement to be awarded contract from Petronas.
Btw, RWP is hiring Pipeline Engineer for the time being.

seriously farizuan, u should have taken the chance to be interviewed by SLB.
It worth to break the bond if you being offered a lucrative job there.

I'm glad that I'm not petronas scholar.


Its all about how well u willing to take the challenge/risk being put in front of you.

well let see, if u really get USD4k as starting pay.
U get personal loan from bank to pay back the Petronas convertible loan, u will be clear off the debt within one or 2 years.

Then, all the high pay salary you get will be yours.

While if you stay at Petronas, u may not able to get such offer and will work there for a total of 10 years.
Not all engineers get good offers working with Petronas.

EE grad been threw into marketing, IT/IS into human resources.
Not all able to get into PCSB.

So it does worth a try if the chance appeared.


I don't think if Petronas willing to revise their salary, their engineers will stay.
There was once in MLNG, a whole line gone in one day. All moved to middle east.
Petronas lost RM3 million/day because of that production line closed.
Offer from middle east just too good sometime.
A senior pipeline engineer just left the company and flying to dubai this weekend.

pool, how about those engineer that work in consultant firm/office based?
eg. pipeline engineer, piping engineer.

as your reply mainly for those offshore engineers.
how about for those office based engineer?
would glad if you can give some input on those.

I remember it is 12 months while for SLB, 24 months.

Shell internship interview was just about "tell me about yourself, how you reach against conflict and a question regarding common issue".
It was fun anyway.

envy of you......
going to KL Convention Centre later for the Oil n Gas exhibition.

Hopefully I can secure a good job when I grad next June.


zeusu , I remember enkadir is lady in Western Geco.

This post has been edited by allenultra: Mar 18 2008, 10:02 AM

I'm going again tomorrow. After lunch.
I don't see many booths offering jobs, at least based on those companies I approached.

Jimbet1337 working at the company where they gave u the big blue bag

It might be PetrominWork or worldwideseeker.com or is it wordwideworker.com?
can't remember

Just some recruiting agents, most of them just come here to show their technologies to attract local clients to use their product?

Just wait for the next OGA.

This offshore exhibition more to deepwater, some even ultra deepwater technologies.
It will be a problem for those without basic deepwater knowledge.

Met a company representative, their requirement for fresh grad is so high.
They looking for someone 4.0 cgpa, or anyone with CGPA near 4.

catalogs, caps, mugs, a lot of pens, SLB/Aker/FMC bags......

I din get the t-shirt somehow..........haha

One thing I want to comment in the first page, shouldn't we add in oil n gas consultant firm there as well?
Even though their starting pay isn't something to be shout about.

worleyparsons would be a good place for structural engineer to learn.
the workload is very heavy there, always OT.
a good place to learn.

I heard they only taking fresh graduates very good cgpa. >3.5

This post has been edited by allenultra: Mar 22 2008, 11:11 AM

ya, its the same.
I would say depend on department, some department with lot of projects every years.
Total of manhours they have till require staff to OT often.

To me, consultant more for knowledge purpose and for those who married and want to settle down. Have proper working hours and still get pretty decent pay

O&G industry, if u have experience, you will get a lot payrise.
If you without any experience, don't dream too much.

For office based employee, usually those high earners are those "not young" people with several years of experience.