Hello,
i need some advise from your guys,
i already attend my SI and i received an email from hr that i have to attend pre employment medical examination, and i aleady doing my check up, my question is, i have wait approximate 3 weeks the result. My question is
1. How long i must wait to get the medical result? anyone from this thread canshare their experience?
2.  I read thisthread,  that hr will send offer letter, when can i the offfer letter?  is it after medical examination?
3.  The offer letter is post to our adress or we have to go to klcc to get it.
Kindly advise. Tq.

i guess this question is for bro azraeil to answer

continuing from our previous posts in the oil n gas thread, u've mentioned that u were with PRSB for 7 years. i'm assuming u started ur career with them once graduated? n i'm assuming u'r with PCSB rite now? i've got an interview with PRSB next week on researcher post under r & d eor unit, technology & engineering division. i've got some questions regarding on the post:-

1. could u please share what is the job nature of being a researcher for PRSB? i'm assuming that my job will mainly focusing on the research proposal n spend most of my time in lab?
2. as per my reading on the oil and gas and this thread, please correct me if i'm wrong. does PCSB mainly handles all the e & p nature of the oil & gas business in msia and PRSB business totally depends on the grant given by PCSB?
3. from my limited research and readings on the oil & gas industry in msia, the eor activities in msia is going to accelerate given that PETRONAS has change its direction towards marginal field and eor activities in msia. is this statement true?
4. can i safely say that if i ever get employed by PETRONAS under this unit, i could have a progressive and good career ahead of me compared to other units/division?
5. i'm assuming that working with PRSB will hamper my chances on getting involve with the field activities of the industry, is it? i just think it's kinda wrong to start a career with research activities with a limited field experience. could u comment a little bit on this?

thank u in advance bro azraeil for willing to answer all these questions

thank u for the wish. maybe u might give some idea on those questions i've asked before?
hehe sorry for the amount of the questions asked. anyway thanks again in advance for replying those questions. i'll try to simplify them whenever i have any questions in the future. well, i guess u've got to change to iPhone 5? bigger screen?

When I joined PRSS a looong time ago, there were 2 main job for PRSS, it's basically the lab department for PETRONAS (in competition with Core Lab basically) and also the custodian for the Core Warehouse (previously in Hulu Langat and now moved to Ulu Klang). It does applied research (not many pure research which the previous CEO wanted to leave it to the Universities) and also technical services. I was involved mostly with Technical Services (something like a consulting arm for Petronas). I actually started 3D static modeling work while I was in one of the project in the technical services line of work.

I believe now, PRSS has been restructured where they don't do technical services anymore and mostly concentrate on applied research and specializing in EOR. So you mostly will be involved in the EOR projects most of the time probably doing core flooding, Special Core Analysis (SCAL) and based on what I hear, they are bringing those expensive equipment etc so you should have the state of the art equipment to do all your work.

After PRSS I joined PMU and actually was involved in pushing all the operators to implement EOR. Before I left we managed to make sure that ExxonMobile implement EOR for the 95 PSC fields (Guntong/Seligi/Tapis) and for Shell to implement EOR in the Baram Delta (The EOR PSC that they signed last time around worth 37 billion) and for Carigali to implement EOR for Angsi  and Dulang field.

EPTC is the E&P Technology Center and they are responsible for coming up with the EOR FDP so they will be PRSB main client. Angsi will be a chemical flooding EOR, Dulang is Immiscible WAG (Water Alternating Gas) EOR, Tapis/Seligi/Guntong will be an immiscible WAG as well (may involving CO2 as well) and the Baram Delta was plan for a CO2 flooding but I think it will be immiscible WAG as well.

The EOR Head in PRSS is a friend of mine and she is very nice. The head in EPTC was my previous boss but he is a slave driver so be wary.

As for career, well it depends, if you want to specialize in reservoir engineer in terms of the technical detail of it, then PRSS is the place to stay but I do recommend you getting some operational experience as well. I have gaps in my skills with regards to the operation side of things because I jumped directly into doing static models (which is a specialised field) and the thing I would change is probably spend some more time in Carigali (maybe 4-5 years). But you work with what you're given.

There is always chance for you to move to different OPU but if you spend too much time and experience in the lab, then your movement opportunity is limited. If you spend it say doing lab work (PVT, SCAL, Core Flooding) and then using those experience to help you in doing reservoir simulation  work, then the opportunity is endless.

Good luck!

It happens all the time. Most PMU staff that I worked with previously are now the big shots in Carigali and vice versa. I think the process goes like this, if you want to transfer, approach the department head or the middle manager of the department that you'd like to transfer to. If the have vacancies, they'll ask for your resume (internally of course) and if they like the fit, they will contact your current department for the possibility of transfer. Also, once you're set into wanting to transfer, write in your PPA in the comments section that you'd like to broaden your horizon etc and that you'd like to request for a transfer to X department in x OPU. It's a slow process but if the other department has persuasive boss, he should be able to get you in.

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Added on November 10, 2012, 2:48 pm

You should try either Petronas Research (they have labs and they usually requires Chemist) or EPTC which is involved in EOR projects in Malaysia.

after 1 year including probation period? anyway, doesn't the HR explain about this during PIPE or is it already mentioned in the Employee Handbook?

anyway a friend of mine is looking for a room starting this December at Petronas Penapisan Melaka, anyone with contacts please PM me.

If like that, I am in tier 3...huhu

Wallaweh.. It's higher than I'd expected.. Nice2
Duly noted.

Btw bro, does this tech allowance stay at rm800 throughout our service in Petronas? Or will it be increased once we're promoted to E2, E3 and so on?

If you read the previous post, I don't believe so.

Tier 1 : Geologist/Geophysicist, Reservoir/Petroleum Engineers, Drilling Engineers (Basically SKG09 & SKG10)
Tier 2: Mechanical engineering etc
Tier 3: All others such as HRs/Finance etc.

Yup. Drilling is now in all new skg25.

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Added on November 15, 2012, 9:21 pm

Nothing surprising here actually. I've met someone who has been in E1 for 8 years, refusing to be promoted because of personal reasons.

bro, let's ask to transfer for skg25? hahaha

Partially right. Now you have high and low for each grade. i.e. E1 has E1 high and E1 low, E2 has E2 high and E2 low, etc.
E1 low to E1 high, you need to achieve ACD 50%, achieved rating 2 before or achieve consecutive 2times rating 3 within 3 years and etc. The increment will be RM500. From E1 high to E2 low, you need to achieve ACD 80% and etc. Will roll out in Nov.

I also just got offer from Petronas.but will at SCM department
When will you be starting at

Coz you already at E1 so that's why no E1 column. In order for you to go to E2, you need to refer to the E2 column.
P/S: In other words, you need to achieve 50%/80% in base and key for you to move to E1 high/E2 low.

That was one of the stupidest policy by the previous VP of HR (Now one of EVP). Some say that he cannot even go to his office because he felt so "panas". The main people affected by that policy was the non-exec so you can imagine how pissed off they were. I don't know where he got his advice from nut obviously it was a boneheaded idea.

Very difficult to revoke the policy when the guy who came up with it is the EVP of Petronas now. He must loathed to eat crow now ....

still got opening?