Not really frequent. I emailed them probably once every two weeks. I never called. Then at some point I stopped emailing. Suddenly they emailed me back saying want to hire

Hi otai2 sekalian...

I juz new in this thread...Now looking forward for job for career development in oil and gas industry...I juz graduate from chemical eng... hope u guyz can give some suggestions to me for a good start

P/s: nowadays, it's very hard to fine place that hired graduate eng.

Welcome. First I would suggest you to read the whole O&G thread from Version 1 until the current thread, as stated at the first page of this thread. Read there.

Yes recruitment is hard nowadays. Don't limit yourself to Upstream operator only, there is plenty O&G service Co and contractor/vendor out there.

Godspeed.

I hope the bold sentence are not what you are typing in your application
Anyway, is all boils down which company you are able to join, be it as contract staff or permanent staff.
If you still got time and money during the waiting period, suggest to take some short term courses like HSSE since now government are pushing hard for this

Is boring to bring racial mindset in my field of work.

You really have a problem when a Malay/Muslim/Islam/Bumiputra Semenanjung/Bumiputra Sarawak & Sabah working in O&G right? Apa masalah kau? Nak suap tetek?

Divergent Views on Optimum Oil, Gas Staff Size in Malaysia

PETRONAS Not Rightsizing, Staff Redeployed to RAPID

Layoffs should be your last resort, not your first resort because once you lay them off, they are not going to come back to you,” Sharmini Ann Jacob, KPMG’s director of People & Change, and management consulting ASEAN, told participants at the event.

As layoffs during an industry downturn could potentially include a skilled or talented staff, such action could be detrimental to the company’s longer term interests.


- See more at: http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/1413...h.48oULPQF.dpuf

Chevron Chops Capex Budget In Half Over 4 Years, Lays Off Another 7,000


By 2018, Chevron may be spending only half of 2014 capital expenditure levels. That would be a massive $20 billion reduction in annual investment spending in just four years.

In budget commentary this morning, Chevron communicated a much bigger cut than expected for 2016 and outlined budget contraction through 2018. Specifically, Chevron plans to cut capital and exploratory expenditures for 2016 to $25-28bn, roughly 25% below 2015 levels. About a month ago, we outlined expectations for a 20%+ reduction in North America E&P spending next year, but global spending contraction has been expected to lag North America. Chevron's news shows global industry contraction next year could be worse than expected.

By 2017-2018, the oil major expects further reductions will take spending down to the $20-24bn level. The low end of this guidance range is approximately half of the company's 2014 budget of $39.8bn.

The massive curtailment of spending wasn't the only jarring news in Chevron's 3Q report. Chevron's total headcount will be reduced by 10%, representing 6-7,000 more O&G job cuts. This is well past trimming the fat - muscle is being cut now.

The only silver lining in the news is that these cuts (and similar cuts in the pipeline from Chevron's peers) will lead to the kind of global oil production response necessary to set the stage for recovery. And deep cuts like this suggest the response will come sooner rather than later.

you can't deny the fact due to oil price correction, downsizing on their way rgdlss which company your in..

Nope, this won't happen in Malaysia Especially for petronas.

glad to hear that. it was all good for a surplus

Don't worry, MAS situation in the making

Hello all pro and sifu, I'm currently a student who is planning to pursue my degree in O&G Management. Do you guys think it's advisable? And will I get a shot in O&G industries? Because I've asked some people who has a close relationship with the gov. and some big company staffs, they said they don't really look for a fresh graduates with a O&G background but more on other background such as Marketing, Logistics and others...
Please advise me whether is it still worth pursuing with this field
As you know, the crude oil crisis game is unstable...

Hi all the sifus here. Do anyone here ever apply or go for face-to-face interview with Exxonmobil Singapore? It is a downstream job, refinery + chemical plant. =) I am now with one of the consultants in KL.

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they wont be coming back at all due to the terms in the layoff
"employees who has been made redundant or taking the redundancy package voluntarily will not be allowed to work/apply for the company in the future"

well, rezeki ada di mana2...god speed.

Usually you need chemical engineering background as a start, gaining experience in your way.
Then you need to take some management courses. Like Shell, most of the senior management start their career with chemical engineering and from there they start to climb.
That's what you see in the surface, the actual fact is, you need to sell your self and park in the right jetty. This is the only way to climb up fast. I've seen a fellow becoming a senior manager within 10 years or so, is not because he is good, is because he is selected and playing the office politic game. More experience are better

Try your very best for the interview, be honest.
Now downstream business will be more secured comparing to upstream business

On this, right and wrong only I can say
If you know the way, you can join back the same company, if lucky, with higher post
But if a Petronas staffs that get laid off, they are more happy to accepting the package, since their path after this will be the Middle East which promise them at least 5X more than what they are earning in Petronas.
Usually Petronas's staffs won't take any VSS as they will resign once they gain some experience. Like Saudi's Satorp, most Malaysians are from Petronas

So basically got O&G Management degree also no use in O&G industry ? :/

Sort of, on middle to senior management post, they don't bother too much on paper.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/7896203...view_browse_map
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/7797181...=0DzBtI5jfpQSY1
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/7079601...view_browse_map
Just to give you some examples.
When market are good, paper comes first, but with current situations, experience + paper

Well if you are in IT of shell than is different.