it seems that careers@sapurakencana.com inbox is full. are there any other way to drop my resume for internship/

Hey guys! I'm in a huge dilemma..hope to get some feedback and advices on this matter.

I'm currently a trainee mud engineer. A freshie previously. Well I thought that everything would be going smooth in my career initially..but things have been really unfortunate for me. Operation from the client side has been going really slow and things don't look good at all. There is hardly any rig that allow trainees to get on board for exposure at the moment. Forecast says that new rigs are coming in gradually but very very slowly..so it's gonna take awhile before I can ditch my status as a trainee. And it's definitely gonna take even longer for me to get onto the rig as a proper backup engineer on a fixed schedule. Optimistically it could be early next year. It could be worse...in the mean time all I can do is stomach the low basic pay and sits in the office doing exactly nothing. Probably I'll have to waste for like more than 1 year before I can really start my career as an actual mud engineer. I'm so sick of waiting...and I feel that I have wasted a lot of time here and gonna waste even much more if I decided to stick to this job.

On the other hand recently I have been offered an opportunity to join a newly started-up company as a business analyst. This company is in a new line of business, something called duty-holder where it sits in between the operator and service provider. It provides comprehensive data and operates oil field for operators..which according to the recruiter it is something very new even in UK and now they are aiming to become the first and the best in Asia in this line of business. It's a huge project with seemingly very good prospect and exposure at the same time very rewarding. It's totally different from what I wanted in O&G field initially..but the idea that you get to join a team doing such an interesting project as a pioneer and the opportunity for you to build a legacy tempted me a lot. But of course only if everything goes like how their vision is...if it turns out to be a flop probably I'll just end up being a very common passer-by who's stuck in the rat race forever. There's no U-turn.

So now I have to decide. Should I stomach it and keep waiting for my chances as a trainee mud engineer even though I might have to sacrifice probably 1 year from now doing nothing? Or should I take up the business analyst position which is full of uncertainties? Pay-wise, for basic both are more or less the same just that the offshore allowance for mud engineer position is not bad, with guaranteed good money after a few good years of experience while for the business analyst nothing is guaranteed. If it goes good then it should be extremely rewarding..or I might end up becoming a lowly-paid cow-worker.

Thank you so much for reading my long post as I'm trying to explain my situation as detailed as possible. Would really love to hear what's on your mind for my case...

Slowly but surely.

Request for courses to add knowledge and kill time.....

Thanks for your advice..but due to budget and financial constraints we may only go for very limited amount of internal trainings. I went a few to kill time..but the thought of having to do this for more than 1 year from now is really depressing. I'm 24 already and of course if possible I won't want to waste any time at all..

You still young bro....dont worry too much..I have a friend that joined service company as FE/FS in Sand Control division..But due to not getting the contract he didnt do any job related to his position. Few times went offshore to join the casing crew and after that he was asked to learn about liner hanger which also not in his job description. I think after a year plus or two, he is now transferred to other division (MWD) and start back again from zero, attending courses etc. and now happily with his new position. If i'm not misktaken, he joined that service company when he is 27 or 28 years old....

How is the market in Malaysia right now? I do not hear any layoff happened in Malaysia yet, must be still good. Yeah, thats good. Heard some of the operating companies, BG, Petrobras etc., Service company such as Weatherford and some other drilling contractors start to cut people because of the downturn.

This is the part of Gen-Y issue.. Tak SABAR..

Good words from Meonkutu.. 'Slowly but surely'..

Hi guys,

I need advise from all ong sifu here. I will be graduating on this coming september in MSc Petroleum Engineering. I does not hv any working experienced in industry. Can u guys advise me whether shud i choose to go in

1) Drilling
2) Reservoir
3) Production technologist

Thanks guys for the advices. Anyway to defend myself I would like to clarify a few matters.

A) I have not attempted to leave my job after learning that operation has been going slow.

B) I admit that I am impatient. I do not mind being sent offshore to be involved in other segments, but I dislike the waiting part when you are assigned to do nothing in the office. I believe that time is gold and should be spent on something useful instead.

C) My dilemma comes only when I'm offered a chance to join this team which is building something very big. Not when I'm told I have to sit in the office for quite some time. Even though I admit it that it does affect my decision-making on this case a little bit.

D) This new job offered is from another company but under the same company group. As in an internal switch and it comes by chance. I did not seek for job opportunities else where by myself.

Still, thanks for smacking some common sense into my brain. I appreciate advices from both of you guys a lot..thank you so much again!

Hey guys. Any of you heard of Breitlink Engineering Services? I'm currently working in one of the bigger service provider companies in Malaysia. Even so, opportunity seems quite scarce. Thinking of going to a smaller company.

one of biggest service provider ? hali/weather/schlumber ?
since u said opportunity scarce, ur not enjoying ur current jobscope ?

One of the local ones.

Jobscope is basically it. Sure there are other contributing factors like the office politics, but hey, which company doesn't have this so it's something I can ignore. The thing is, I'm in HSE. By default, it's probably the most hated position/dept. I would think that going to a small company, relatively new, I can help establish the HSE systems and culture from the get-go, instead of trying to repair 20 years of wrongful practices.

Lucky you Mr. DREAMER did not notice your thread.. if not sure kena smack..
1. Is your learning curve going down when operation has been going slow?
2. Is your learning curve going down when not being sent offshore?
3. Is your learning curve going down when you are assigned to work in the office?

IMO, go and learn something in your free time, we have CHOICES..
As for me during my waiting time for 1 1/2 years doing proposal (project belum masuk), I have studied SAP (MM Module), Orcaflex, Hydromax, Maxsurf, Staadpro.. Advance my skill in AutoCad, Solidwork, Microsof Project.. So bila project masuk.. I'm ready to use that tools..

I'm thankful that some of you guys actually read up my long post and advised on what should I do next. But I don't get the bashing.

I strongly agreed with your point that we have choices. I applied for trainings after trainings (internal). I managed to get myself a drilling fluids handbook from another bigger service company which I read through and compared with ours. I tried to find some of the rules of thumb especially those shared in LinkedIn group and see if things can be applied here. The other trainees and I shared and discussed a lot about how things are like on rig eg how's the operation like and their experience with mud problems and also solutions. I still have a lot of learn, both theoretically and practically, but I believe at this current state offshore experience may boost my learning curve a lot more than studying the theories here.

I believe that the focus of my post has been diverted from where its original intention to something else instead. The main focus of my previous post was not to rant nor whine. It is to seek opinions from whoever who has previous experience of possibly involved or had knowledge of the new duty-holder project that I have mentioned about to give me some insights. What I described was to illustrate how things are like now in order for seniors like you guys to weight the pros and cons of my two options easier.

Anyway, thanks again for the tips. I have decided to stay in my current department.

HI, could you share what were you study last time ?
and what was you position when u started to join ONG.

Anyone attending OTC today?

anyone know when petrofac graduate program is gonna open applications? their website says march. and its almost end of march =.=

Is it estimator position very important?n hw abt working environment in dialog.feel free to clarify me for those know abt it.thx a lot

Hello bro, first and foremost congrats on your successful job application in Petrofac. . Been lurking in this forum for quite some time..

I have a question related to the OTC 2014, is it recommended for job seekers to join in?

Currently I'm in the auto industry, and wanna jump ship into the O&G industry..

TQVM

Uikk...ingatkan under petrofac dah...
Im attending on Thursday.