based on friends point of view working there.. Technip pay better than Aker for LOCAL

Hint:

Technip has been in Msia since 1982. The company HAS NEVER RETRENCHED local staff, despite a few economy downturns that the country had gone through since the 80's.

Aker, previously under a few names and different ownerships, has been in Msia since early 1990s. The company had retrenched local staff a couple of times before.

You figure out yourself whether you want high salary as a fresh graduate or working stability. 

I joined the OnG industry as a subsea trees design engineer about 5 months ago, and only came across this thread today.

Looking forward to learn from the sifus here! Sila tunjuk ajar.

nokia convert is correct. bright individuals everywhere. sad part is im not one of em. resume is good enough for them to call up for interviews but my 2 years experience away from E&I into Draughting turns them off.

running my current contract off to find a technical line with sub con see who accept me

Dear all,

I got an interview for IT Analyst at ExxonMobil.
From the JD, it is like an IT Helpdesk role. Since currently im from Developer role.

I dont know whether i should really go for interview or should i just say no.
Please advice. The interview is on the next wednesday.

Thanks!

of course. why not? if the career development is there i wont mind. now many o&g in sarawak employ with experience. in miri sadly majority too. nobody willing accept zero experience ones  no matter how confident i am in the interview

thats right.

i mean if the job is ok. and overtime will get good bonus and increment. if company willing maybe upgrade you like that.

where? salary is abit problem but i guess with only diploma i cant argue

Welcome.

Are you doing desk top engineering only or involve fabrication too?

Which discipline are you mostly involved?

Are you involved in Gorgon project?

go take some online iq tests...its roughly the same...easy peasy
tbh it'd prob be just the same as other industries. maybe slightly better benefits etc. O&G only pays above avg to the ppl involved in operations.

meh... only 4k ah? contractors make a lot more than them la itu macam. lol.
most of those fresh engineers I've met knows nothing la.
They can,t even interpret the isometric drawings properly. and yet, they wanna lanci to the contractors. lol

depends on the job.

in inspection,

ndt = 6-8k depends on the company
WI = 10-13k
API = 18K-idunno what max.

these are all most common lah. some got more some got less.

yes it is...

Geoscience is a specific area of study and only certain companies (E&P companies that handles upstream activities) usually have Geoscientists so target your requests to those companies

1. Operators (Petronas, ExxonMobile, Shell, Talisman, Petrofac, SapuraKenchana (now that they have taken Newfield assets), Murphy etc.
2. Service Providers such as Schlumbergers, Halliburtons, Western Geco, CGG-Veritas, Jason, Paradigm etc etc
3. Mudlogging companies etc etc

Any other way to get into this industry? Petronas not contacted back. Sapura nono. Diploma techinician in e&i so hard to get in? Sarawak miri. Tried petra but they dont have vacancy.

I graduated recently with a degree in petroleum engineering, but with below average grades (the basis of rejection from big companies, and therefore an underlying assumption for the rest of the post). I have no hesitation starting with smaller, lesser-known companies, and even agree with your opinion that one may learn more (though this depends highly on the individual's motivation).

But see my dilemma here: for MechE, EE, ChemE etc. there are many small-scale companies offering work relevant to their degree. But for petroleum engineers, as far as I know there isn't a single small, local company hiring petroleum engineers to work as a reservoir/drilling/production engineer, at least not one that will overlook my grades (grades aren't exactly failing, a 2.8/4.0). Even Petronas's G.E.E.S program requires a 3.0. Hence I don't know where my "work from bottom" lies at. Unless it means foregoing a reservoir engineering career forever and working with service companies. This is a leading question to...if I work for a service company for 2-3 years, coming out of it will I be able to land an entry-level reservoir/production engineer job with operator companies? Working as a driller for a service company is fun, I agree, but if I had to choose between drilling and reservoir/production I would go with the latter due to the cyclical nature of the O&G industry. During times of less exploration, reservoir/production engineers stay employed, not so for drilling engineers

And would you advise against working non-engineering jobs (e.g. drilling technical assistant, field technician) for 1-2 yrs experience v.s waiting longer for more engineering opportunities? Again, would this affect my hiring chances as an entry-level drilling/production/reservoir engineer? I truly appreciate any advice you guys could provide.

Oh yes, of course. With no replies from the E&P companies my next best would be oil service companies. Engineering/ construction companies like Technip and Aker seem to only want MechEs, and CivilEs. Basically my preference: E&P jobs > industry-related engineering jobs > industry-related non-engineering job.

Local or MNC, low (but not too low lah) pay or high pay doesn't matter much to me for my first real job. As long as the company provides a good platform to self-learn and decent mentorship I will take it.

Hint:

Technip has been in Msia since 1982. The company HAS NEVER RETRENCHED local staff, despite a few economy downturns that the country had gone through since the 80's.

Aker, previously under a few names and different ownerships, has been in Msia since early 1990s. The company had retrenched local staff a couple of times before.

You figure out yourself whether you want high salary as a fresh graduate or working stability. 

bos, I same degree as u, Telco grad.. 4.5 years in manufacturing, fed up already then jump boat now working as field service engineer in mud logging services company.

Just try your luck, go with small2 O&G company, gain experience first..

Got two offers. One service and another client. Wireline and the other one drilling. Going to start with the latter one next week.