You will be based in lumut.

Production engineer in which dept?

If you're joining as fresh no prob as they wont ask you technical questions...I think

Production engineers at the yard are normally manufacturing and construction engineers.you control a production line normally from first cut to end and stops just before pre.com or load out. Depends what dept there is structure, piping, mechanical, E&I etc..

I am not sure if things have changed or not but my experience on Murphy's interview in as below:

The first stage will be one on one interview with the HR recruiter personnel. The personnel will ask you general questions to gauge your interest and from there they will place you for the next stage if selected. As per JM10 said on the first stage interview. Mine was at a hotel behind KLCC forgot the name.

Second interview will be group exercise they normally do the usual activities like most companies but I think its best if you guys expect some sort of surprise....make the process a little more fun when expecting the unknown. Then after group playing session you will go for the interview with the hiring managers.

During my time those at the career fair where the managers working at Murphy, went for second interview and was shocked to see those people jaga the booth are managers.

This post has been edited by BillySteel: Jun 21 2014, 06:33 PM

Adding to the comments electrical engineers are needed at almost all field development stages.

Whats worrisome about questions like this is the misconception what an oil and gas industry is.

Its an industry!

People who can work in oil and gas include:
Cleaners
Cooks
Lawyers
General workers
Analyst
Accountants
Engineers
Programmers
Doctors
Sales
Seamen
Security personal ( the guards that guards your offices technically work in oil and gas)
Etc...

In order to join the industry you need to know what functional interest you want to join in the industry.

The industry is broken into further upstream and downstream segments and this defination is used differently depending on the field of work within the industry. Say in general E&P is upstream and refining is downstream. In construction onshore in downstream and offshore is upstream.

If anything is wrong do correct me but i hope that people here seeking to join the industry please get an idea of what you're getting into before asking for advice. I would say if you ask the right questions you will get the right answer.

Petronas probably wont due to national interests.

Shell arent doing so well since the economic crisis and their malaysian segment is doing equally bad. I believe that they have been steadily retrenching people just not all at one go.
Murphy is looking to exit asia so depends on the new owner i guess how they approach their malaysian part.

I believe that due to the contract requirement with petronas for the field to be developed after a certain years could be the reason why they are actively developing the fields and I believe Murphy is late hence they are probably rushing it.

Murphy is seeking to exit partially to focus on their US business side. They probably wont do a full sell off or it probably wont happen at all because even with the many SPAC's here the money involved is huge.

Saudi already said they will not be cutting production and lose market share. They are willing to go all the way to usd80 per barrel.

This nov opec is going to be interesting, only if all opec countries agree to reduce production will the saudi agree.

However then there Obama who might allow US crude to be exported to fill in gaps in demand. A masterstroke really the way he weakened OPEC's leverage.

What are you talking?

The employer sets the salary...and not many local comps i know in o&g pays anything above 3k to their freshies.MNC's also very few. I started my first job in klang valley for 1.4k a month. If no allowance that month i makan timun.

From most people i hear in Malaysia high salary does not equate to higher responsibility and challenge it equates to who you know and how pandai u taichi. I make more money now overseas with so much less resposibility than i did locally in Malaysia with more responsibility. Why you think everyone in Malaysia want to jump?

Bro collect your money as much as you can because if oil price keeps at this rate, next year we wont have too many projects, even Petronas will have to cut. E&P funding I heard the first to be cut.

sheng291,

Banking grads do get higher than most average oil and gas fresh grads among the people I know.

This post has been edited by BillySteel: Oct 16 2014, 09:05 PM

engineer also but why?

This comment cheezed me off a bit.

A recruiter who doesnt know the difference between quality and quantity.

Money and years of experience = quantity

Skills = quality

I will give you an example.

Dude with rov skills on only one/two types of ROV for 20 years has less quality than a dude with 5-7 years on multiple types of ROVs.

And there are malaysians withdrawing the usd1000 per day rate or similar rates but working in international projects. Not sure if any is in lowyat.

Degree/diploma are added skillsets to a person its how they use it = quality

Is this fab yard by any chance in lumut?

This post has been edited by BillySteel: Nov 7 2014, 11:39 AM

Kind of...

Which office did they put you in Wheatstone or the other one?

Lucky you.

Well if you're site based then you will be the frontline to kena goreng from the 'honourable' clients and since you're under a program chances are you will be under a senior.

So which dept. they put you under?

Murphy has already sold 30% stake of Malaysian assets to Pertamina.

Unlikely for SKPetro to make a bid as with Newfield they are already cash straped and heavy in debt.

Now is probably a right time to buy oil assets for cheaper price but a double edged sword if oil prices remains at its current price for longer than a year.

I think the HR and advisors are the last to be retrenched.

Who else is going to do payroll and VSS etc... if got no HR. Advisors are valuable hence advisors.

First to go are frontline, direct hires and contractors.

This post has been edited by BillySteel: Dec 3 2014, 08:43 PM

What you think you see rarely represents the industry as a whole. Oil prices are affecting rig counts.

Petronas already said they will honor all existing tendered contracts.

Gumusut Kakap Shell's biggest project in Malaysia has a breakeven price of between 30-40USD p/bbl. Their downstream has been making losses for a couple of years now. Shell as a group generally has been losing profit over several years already.

Point 1 is not global media said, it is the Saudi's ministry of oil who mentioned it from the last OPEC meeting.The main target is shale producers in the US which now is the world no.2/3 oil supplier. Estimates is around 2mil bbl/per day(no one is able to confirm but bloomberg analyst estimated) more than demand go figure what will happen to the price.

Point 2, you have 0 understanding on how America's monetary policy works. QE is there for a reason, see what happened in Malaysia throughout 2014, I bet EPF did not declare it capital loss from the Malaysian market.

This post has been edited by BillySteel: Jan 5 2015, 06:50 PM

Something about the Shell staff story.....Shell doesnt really have an option in order to maximize profit at current oil prices they need to cut expenditures and overheads. If they don't start cutting from bottom up then its going to be top down and we all know who will win this fight. The malaysian government can wayang all they want but its the top management and shareholders in london who will determine the outcome. Plus Shell hasnt really been growing these past few years but many mega projects.

Companies cut people when they are profitable or making a loss.....are you even working or still a student?cause i dont think working people ask that question. We always hear cut cost but declaring record profits to investors.

This post has been edited by BillySteel: Jan 13 2015, 10:03 AM

I think all market indications show a crash impending for malaysia.....even in property.

You're right on this relationship aspect....if you notice KL, the twin towers pratically funds 70% of the business growth in the area. Malaysia almost every week is losing 500mil from its markets.