You can always try for Petroleum Engineering or Reservoir Engineering BUT, you will face competition with those who has a Petroleum Engineering degree. 7-8 years ago, Petronas was still taking in Chem E student and converting them to PE due to the shortage of people doing PE degrees. Now with UTP and a lot of students coming back with PE degrees, I think it would be difficult now but then again, I may be wrong.

The scholars will be given a coice of 5 unis to apply to and Petronas will have the final say where they should go. CSM, Texas Austin are usually top notch schools for PE and will be in the lists. Not all will be accepted and CSM is bloody expensive. Tuition fees etc will cost upwards of 55K USD per year.

Nope, I went to a State School in the Mid-West. Cheap and had loads of fun (too much fun actually). I got accepted to John Hopkins but decided not to go there because

1. It would be bloody expensive (though I was not paying it ... but had this thought that I "may" not want to work with Petronas for so long) and my 18 year old mind wanted to have a bit more fun than going to school with super geniuses in JH.

The total cost for the state school was less than RM180K at the time (or was it 150K) but guess what happened, I spent my entire 10 year bond with Petronas      so lesson learned, never trust an 18 year old person can make good judgement heh heh heh ...... (that's probably why Petronas now has the right to choose which unis you go to)

But still, I had loads of fun in my uni and I didn't turn out too bad     

It is a good company to work for. Excellent training bar none, and a fun place to work in. It all depends on the situation and opportunity you're faced with. I always told my friends that at the time when I left, if Petronas had been quicker in changing their remuneration scheme, if Petronas did not have the stupid "You are now a Manager tetapi diatas tangga gaji yang sama .... (effin stupidest policy ever)", I would have stayed and not entertained all the "marriage" proposals. But things were the way they were. Some of my contemporaries are now General Managers in Petronas and they are enjoying the fruit of their labor an loyalties. It may happen to a lot of you who joined.

My career path is different and may soon changed as well so I am enjoying the moment and maybe I'll return someday to Petronas   

No, 10 million barrels of oil only ..... we produce another 9 BScf of Gas or was it 15 Bscf (can't really remember) per day for domestic consumption. Estimated total reserve boleh google. Bahaya kalau bagitau .... tak pasal pasal kena buang kerja.