PCSB will start exploring oils on Straits Of Malacca. They will drill 3 wells as namely Songket, Kebaya and Selendang.

Makin besar la cincin Roasted Mah lepas ni.

is this confirmed? Were u in that meeting? Or did u hear from a friend of a friend of a friend?

So not yet confirmed. The news is like your planning to go to moon using NASA rocket but not confirm yet.

Dont know if mechanical engineering base is even relevant to petroleum geoscience or not...  

If dapat mechanical engineering, do tht bro...i think mech engineer is one of the most versatile discipline in the engineering field... cos when come to think bout it, everything related to mechanics, klau tak da mech engineer, no BMW, no fan, no air cond, no car and of course no petrol also...

on a side note, is UTP open for application atm? 

Yeah...but for science stream only petroleum geoscience is opened...that is why I am wondering whether is it a good bet to move to PG with mechanical base...

Speaking of which, the thing in this industry is that most of the companies have a selective preference towards UTP and UTM graduates. Which is sometimes very hard to comprehend. I personally do not like how UTM is grading their students. There's no bell shape curve; exams are pretty easy; most of the students scores exceptionally well if you care enough to put it a fair amount of effort.

Now, what i am trying to say here is that their graduates are no better than graduates from other universities who score a cgpa of 3.5 and above. In fact, some of UTM graduates are so terrible in interviews and their high cgpa certainly does not reflect the amount of theoretical knowledge they had (well, not surprisingly). So the question is, why are they given all the opportunities? I.e interviews and stuff. Why are the students from other unis are being ignored especially those who worked their ass off to beat the bell shape curve and ended up having a cgpa of 3.6-3.7. Are we not human? Do we not deserve an equal opportunity at least for an interview?

Thank you UTM for swamping the market with thousands of 3.8-3.9 students every year.

Speaking of which, the thing in this industry is that most of the companies have a selective preference towards UTP and UTM graduates. Which is sometimes very hard to comprehend. I personally do not like how UTM is grading their students. There's no bell shape curve; exams are pretty easy; most of the students scores exceptionally well if you care enough to put it a fair amount of effort.

Now, what i am trying to say here is that their graduates are no better than graduates from other universities who score a cgpa of 3.5 and above. In fact, some of UTM graduates are so terrible in interviews and their high cgpa certainly does not reflect the amount of theoretical knowledge they had (well, not surprisingly). So the question is, why are they given all the opportunities? I.e interviews and stuff. Why are the students from other unis are being ignored especially those who worked their ass off to beat the bell shape curve and ended up having a cgpa of 3.6-3.7. Are we not human? Do we not deserve an equal opportunity at least for an interview?

Thank you UTM for swamping the market with thousands of 3.8-3.9 students every year.

Yeah...but for science stream only petroleum geoscience is opened...that is why I am wondering whether is it a good bet to move to PG with mechanical base...

Why would UTP not have PE degree? If I am in your position, I would take Mech E or PE (still cannot comprehend why UTP do not have PE degree), I suspect it's not under the science stream but in the engineering faculty.

Sorry for the late reply. Currently in Malaysia so have not had the chance to read the thread.

Really, during my time this particular uni is well known to kick students out even when they are in their 3rd year. The UTM moniker is also known as Unversity Tendang Melayu ...

A lot of the O&G people who are now bosses (because most PE background or ME background becomes bosses in O&G companies) tend to project their experience to the new graduate. UTM is well known to be the top school for PE and ME degrees and anyone coming out from that Uni is well served because the bosses will be able to project his/her experience from the university (hey, I suffered horribly in the uni and look where I am today ... This guy came from the same uni, with the same bloody professor ... he/she must be good like me also).

luahan perasaan pulak ke?

PCSB will start exploring oils on Straits Of Malacca. They will drill 3 wells as namely Songket, Kebaya and Selendang.

Makin besar la cincin Roasted Mah lepas ni.

They have but it's already full for both mech e and PE
So the only choice I got is PG...Really in dilemma whether to stay back in my uni to complete my bachelor in mech e or gö to utp..

For real? I taught our strait is already jammed pack with ships and such, having rigs/platforms on it, I dunno. or they going for subsea wellhead?

which uni you are in now? I would say nowadays UTP is not really good as per what you'll expected. Environment, facilities and academic staffs, yes they are one of the best, but in term of management, kinda lousy. They are now taking students with lower requirements from SPM and such, due to their need to increase its capacity. UTP now become more profit-driven institute. I believe this is due to Pet is slowly reducing their sponsorship to the UTP. Even the scholarship provided to the even lesser and lesser.

But that's only a small factors that you'll need to consider. Apart from that, UTP is a really great place to study.

which uni you are in now? I would say nowadays UTP is not really good as per what you'll expected. Environment, facilities and academic staffs, yes they are one of the best, but in term of management, kinda lousy. They are now taking students with lower requirements from SPM and such, due to their need to increase its capacity. UTP now become more profit-driven institute. I believe this is due to Pet is slowly reducing their sponsorship to the UTP. Even the scholarship provided to the even lesser and lesser.

But that's only a small factors that you'll need to consider. Apart from that, UTP is a really great place to study.