You need distillation to separate all the fractions required.
Follow by hydro treat it to really remove sulphur to really low level.
Then need reformer/platformer to boost the RON up and mix up with other components to make petro.
Desalting are needed to remove all sort of salts, from organic to inorganic.
For Shell that having LRCC, this is very important as salt is a poison to LRCC's catalyst.
Salt from crude are sometimes they mix the sea water to crude for dilution.
Most of the info can be known by doing a quick search from wiki or the company's website
Like SMDS GTL plant are using 192+ technology, but still they are the first company to make big scale GTL plant in the world.

Anyway, a spy photo taken for the 2 refineries in PD

Guys, got offered by favelle favco for project engineer

is this company highly active in oil and gas industry?

I am thinking to work there first before shifting to other oil and gas company

Send detail to sapura and others,but got ignored. Results quite OK since first class graduate.....

Really dilemma wether to take or not to take the offer

Got job offer, just take the offer first. Fill in your resume's blanks as much as possible.
For me, I won't really venture in to projects only, you have to venture in other fields also.
With current oil price, there won't be much new projects, it will be more on buy and sell old plants or revamp the old plants.

favelle favco do a lot of offshore cranes. eg pedestal crane/ barge crane.

Please be mindful of which project they gonna put you in as their business not only focus on oil and gas line.

I am very interested to become a drilling engineer. After reading Version 1 to Version 8 of this thread, I am unable to consolidate the enormous information about drilling engineer, hence the following are my questions.

1) Are the differences (especially in term of job scope) between drilling engineers in oilfield service company, drilling contractor and operating company very significant?


2) Are skills learned in one type of company relevant in other two types of companies? For example, can a drilling engineer from Drilling Contractor work in a Oilfield Service Company?

3) In drilling contractor, is a driller same as a drilling engineer?


Thanks for the your advices which are very much appreciated.

This post has been edited by kart: May 24 2015, 10:50 PM

Correct me if Im wrong, but the news said Petronas' profit dropped, meaning that they are making less. That doesn't translate to losing money, right? If the news say that revenue is dropping, then I understand that there is possibility of Petronas losing money. Besides, I think pretty much every O&G companies' profit would drop (not only Petronas) or even incur losses, given the O&G climate nowadays...

Oil price low, upstream only will suffer but not downstream. That's the reason why Shell and petron are making hell of money.
Petronas are not in the boat due to songlap cases happening, not to mention white elephant projects that are still ongoing.

You had aptly described your thinking ways.

I think we should stop discussion on issues not related to CAREERS in OIL & GAS in this thread.

Those whose objectives in this thread are to show off their thinking and debate skills and want to win all debates at all costs, rather than posting of topics related to this thread, should continue their tirades in RWI or Kopitiam.

This post has been edited by Stamp: May 24 2015, 11:20 PM

as far as i know;

1. DE (operator) - write the noop (well program) mainly based on the information from the subsurface, as well as discussion with drilling/completion team. Gathering the info they get from the oilfield services into the well program. They have the requirements and oilfield services will propose to operator which tools that meet that requirements. Be a onshore focal point when drilling is executed. some operators have drilling superintendent that will lead the drilling team but some they only have head of drilling that comes from the DE itself. Drilling supervisor/companyman on the rig reports to drilling supt or head of drilling. Basically DE needs to have all rounder knowledge (i.e mud, bit, dd, etc.)

DE in oilfield companies if i'm not mistaken provide or propose the tools or technology that meet the operator requirement to drill the well. they also run simulations with the tools with a certain parameters and info the provided by the operator.

2. Some of the DE in operators came from services company and previously a field engineer such as mud engineer or MWD. Most of the DE come from fresh grad and gains experience from there. Drilling Contractors DONT HAVE a Drilling Engineer.

3. Drillers are NOT Drilling Engineer. Driller drills the hole as per well program or SI (standing instruction) written by the companyman. When drills directional hole, driller will follow directional driller's instruction, when performing operations with specific tools, the tool specialist (i.e fishing supervisor, linerhands etc) will advise and instruct driller what to do to work with their tools.
You dont have to have a degree to become a driller. but being a driller, you are responsible of the safety on the rig floor and your duty to shut in the well if you think it is necessary.
Normally driller comes from people who worked hard from bottom (roustabout, roughneck, derrick/pumpman, assist driller and driller) or there is also now a driller trainee program (fast track program).

This post has been edited by meonkutu11: May 25 2015, 10:13 AM

I hope you're not referring to me. I just wanted his explanation when he said Petronas losing money
Just kidding I totally agree with you.



This post has been edited by _azam13: May 25 2015, 03:55 AM

Wow, first time I see a discussion can be only discussing about good but cannot discuss on the bad.
And is always you pick on me, cannot find excuse to deny my facts already then come out with such lousy reply

Go work with Favelle Favco.. They are main offshore crane fabricator and supplier in Malaysia.. try to join their offshore crane team..

I agree. Favelle Favco is synonamous with offshore platform cranes.

Look at 40 years back for malaysia when oil can be found using 2 parallel pencils(dont believe me? ask any geologist at Petronas and Exxon) at Terrenganu oil fields. Probability of hitting an oil that time are 1/10 at best probability in exploration. Now lets talk about today 1/20 (sometimes 1/30) hits one successful oil field. So yes, oil is running short in malaysia. Gone are the days we get easy oil in malaysia. Show this statement to any geologist and they will tell you is facts for malaysian oil field. I have a powerpoint presentation of the stats of successful oil exploration in malaysia by most majors in malaysia. If not with me it is surely with my dad.

My dad is one of the founders of Tapis fields (worked on multiple oil & gas fields with proven sample taken from the field itself as the reward of his efforts) in ExxonMobil from his 50 years service in the company. Given a golden handshake for the retirement for long term service.

Yes, refinement is needed no doubts, but is a sweet oil which needs very little processing to remove some impurities and fine sand. If you do not take into account the standards of oil quality, you can still use the oil in a car any day. They share the same traits as the Middle oil in terms of age, quality and reservoir porosity. Please do note not all Middle east fields share the same traits.

Please ask before you quote assumptions. There is even proven research on why Tapis oil is almost similar to Middle East, Petronas was smart that they needed to know the reason why sweet oil exist.

This post has been edited by razo2: May 25 2015, 02:22 PM

We just ordered one crane from them for our Floater...

Tapis crude only good for diesel manufacturing but poor on Petrol manufacturing.
So your logic of little processing still does not stand.
And I never make any assumptions, it is a fact that you are trying to deny. As said before, some search from wiki or distillation books will help you to gain more knowledge from your under the well knowledge.
If Tapis crude can straight away being used as finished products with minimum processing, then why Petronas and ESSO need to invest and building hydro treater to remove sulphur and platformer to boost the RON up to > 100?
BTW, your logic can only works if you eat yesterday and after that you no need to eat.

Tapis is light sweet crude. Low suplhur content (0.04%) which produces full range naphtha (light and heavy), butane, jet kero and high grade diesel. Such crude only need fractionation to obtain their products. Of course they will try to get rid of as much sulphur and H2S in the product. Also fine sand is found in any crude which is not good for engine combustion. But nothing is perfect when it comes to sulphur removal.

The oil produced at Tapis is the same grade in all 4 platforms (platform may have increased for DD, my dad's time no such thing as DD and MWD) due to the fact that they share the same geological faults, age, temperature, porosity and depth. There is a reason why only Tapis had sweet light oil.

Tapis is not found till later in my dad's career. Before Tapis, other oil fields are sour crude and some even have mercury.
Thus, this explains why PD oil refinery had a hydro treater. Hydrocrackers are use to improve the oil performance for petrol.

If things had changed in the Tapis field that I am not aware (I am working overseas btw), my sincere apology for any doubts created, we are here to share knowledge. I am here to share my dad's long life experience in that field.

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Release date: 19 May 2015
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