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 Oil & Gas Careers V14 - Upstream & Downstream, Year 2025, Petronas ggwp? Or not? 😔

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post Apr 17 2025, 07:56 AM

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QUOTE(ben3003 @ Apr 16 2025, 08:41 PM)
Nobody ever work with McDermott before ka? Really would love to hear from you guys.. or experience working in Qatar also can share.

Today just attended interview with client NOC. Hopefully all goes well.
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Many...mostly are indians..

Qatar I have never worked before....

How is your understanding of offshore platforms, T&I?
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post Apr 17 2025, 11:59 AM

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QUOTE(ben3003 @ Apr 17 2025, 08:14 AM)
i see.. my experience is mechanical commissioning and start up of greenfield or brownfield projects, wellhead platform, pumps etc.

based on my interview with NOC, seems like is for Ruya Field develepment project.
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You are joining NOC or McDermott qatar?
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post Apr 17 2025, 12:10 PM

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QUOTE(ben3003 @ Apr 17 2025, 12:03 PM)
McDermott but client is NOC. went thru mcdermott interview and they submit for client approval, Subsequently NOC called for interview probably they need to also screen through candidate.

NOC side mostly like just to check if i really can explain all the work they expect me to do. from the interview sounds positive but finger crossed, no see offer/confirmation letter means not yet confirm lol.
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Should be OK - NOC is a good paymaster huhu but not for your case since under Mcd. there are few malaysian locals based in Korea, India, Oman for their ongoing EPCC projects (Offshore)

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post Apr 21 2025, 09:26 AM

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Petroluxe Refinery Gebeng Kuantan ground breaking ceremony
Anyone heard of this project?

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post Apr 24 2025, 10:30 AM

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QUOTE(Frenzy0412 @ Apr 23 2025, 01:14 PM)
Do anyone know is there any hiring lately? For fpso, platform, epcc... Seem quiet.
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Consultancy - MODEC and Technip..

EPCC's - Not really any of them.

Operator - Not really. Small vacancy for PTTP for Engineer (Project) / Senior Project Engineer.

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post Apr 29 2025, 12:22 PM

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Salam Patawali aborted. Info via CNA

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post Apr 29 2025, 12:24 PM

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KUALA LUMPUR: A protracted rift between Malaysia’s national oil corporation Petronas and the Sarawak state government appears to be causing investor disquiet following a surprise withdrawal by United States oil firm ConocoPhillips from an oil project off the Borneo coast.

In a little-publicised surprise move this month, ConocoPhillips decided to withdraw from operating the Salam-Patawali deepwater oil and gas field that the company discovered in 2018 with Petronas in a 50-50 joint-venture that was expected to cost RM13.7 billion (US$3.13 billion).

The withdrawal was first reported by Upstream Online, a widely tracked industry news resource, on Apr 15 but has otherwise gone unreported in Malaysia media.

Two industry sources close to ConocoPhillips separately confirmed the pullout with CNA. They added that the move was part of a “country strategy review” which the company did not elaborate on.


Efforts by CNA to reach company executives in its Kuala Lumpur office were unsuccessful as telephone calls went unanswered.

Industry executives told CNA that ConocoPhillips’ move was in part driven by the uncertain regulatory environment arising from the spat between Petronas and the state government headed by Premier Abang Johari Openg.

The Sarawak government, which owns oil and gas firm Petroleum Sarawak or Petros, is demanding greater control over its resources.

The industry executives with close ties with ConocoPhillips said that the company would now be focusing on its activities in neighbouring Sabah, where it already has operations.

“The sentiment is that foreign companies are uncomfortable because they see that Petronas is under pressure in Sarawak and the oil company (Petronas) is often the joint-venture partner in many exploration projects,” said a senior executive of a Western oil contracting firm based in the capital Kuala Lumpur.

According to ConocoPhillips’ factsheet on its Asia Pacific operations dated April 2024, it has exploration, development and production activities across about 2.7 million net acres in Malaysia.

Net acres refer to the amount of leased real estate that a company holds, pertaining to its working interest.

It has working interests in six production sharing contracts in Malaysia, and Petronas is listed as a “co-venturer” in all six contracts.

The Salam-Patawali exploration block encompasses 300,000 net acres primarily in the Salam and Benum fields off southern Sarawak.

“The company continues to evaluate the block and information from prior well results. A 3D seismic survey was acquired in 2023, and processing and evaluation of this data is currently ongoing,” it stated.

Typically, under production sharing contracts signed with Petronas, private oil companies surrender rights to oil fields back to the Malaysian oil corporation should they decide to discontinue exploration and production plans.


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Industry executives noted that the latest move by ConocoPhillips comes on the heels of another review by a foreign firm.

Upstream Online reported in February that Thailand’s PTTEP – the exploration arm of its national petrochemical firm PTT – is re-engineering the Lang Lebah gas project off Sarawak shore “to improve the economic viability of the project”.

PTTEP has a 42.5 per cent share in the Lang Lebah project, according to a factsheet on its website dated Dec 31, 2024.

The development cost of the project has been reported to be about US$6 billion.

Sources told CNA that PTTEP temporarily suspended the development of the project and has postponed the final decision until sometime next year.

The spat between Sarawak and Petronas isn’t only hurting foreign investor sentiment in Malaysia’s robust oil and gas sector. It has also attracted allegations of corporate espionage.

Former Petronas manager Khairul Akmal Jasni pleaded not guilty in a Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur on Apr 18 to charges that he had attempted to leak highly confidential information in June last year on the national oil corporation’s inner workings to Petros.

Cases of corporate spying are extremely rare in Malaysia and the allegations that Khairul had sought to share a document titled “Q1 2024 Upstream Business Performance, Operational & Financial” underscore the rising stakes in Sarawak's quest to break the national oil corporation’s monopoly.

The latest twists are also putting pressure on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to press both Sarawak and Petronas to reach a solution at a time when the country is grappling with growing headwinds to the economy due to uncertainties from the US’ campaign on global tariffs.

A senior aide to Anwar, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the premier had been briefed by top Petronas officials on the status of the dispute with Sarawak.

“No change. Both parties are in a holding pattern with both holding firm to their positions,” said the aide.

A senior Petronas official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also confirmed that talks with the Sarawak government have not progressed.

Sarawak is challenging the decades-old monopoly Petronas has held since it was incorporated under a parliamentary statute in 1974 known as the Petroleum Development Act or PDA. The PDA, among other things, decrees that the national oil corporation is the sole guardian of the nation’s hydrocarbon reserves.

Sarawak, whose probable and proven reserves of petroleum represent 60.87 per cent of Malaysia's total and which accounts for 90 per cent Malaysia’s liquified natural gas (LNG) exports, is insisting that PDA does not apply to the state.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malays...ntiment-5089371
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QUOTE(lock_82 @ May 14 2025, 12:23 AM)
To be fair, it is an employer market with lack of jobs around.  A lot been leaving for oversea esp middle east and even China for fabrication works. With Petronas right sizing their org where said to have 50k++ just make it tougher.

Hardly any major projects in Msia atm.
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Yes Correct..Not many projects or no projects at all in Malaysia.

Consultants some are busy..

Need to find permanent employment.

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post May 21 2025, 10:08 AM

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QUOTE(lock_82 @ May 14 2025, 12:23 AM)
To be fair, it is an employer market with lack of jobs around.  A lot been leaving for oversea esp middle east and even China for fabrication works. With Petronas right sizing their org where said to have 50k++ just make it tougher.

Hardly any major projects in Msia atm.
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China fabrication few have joined..Working with McDermott or Genting / Wison project..

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post Jun 5 2025, 06:21 PM

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QUOTE(lock_82 @ Jun 5 2025, 02:52 PM)
Anyone can share details of Petronas Townhall today?
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post Jun 10 2025, 06:19 PM

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Anyone saw these opportunities?
Technip seems the only one hiring at this moment.






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post Jun 14 2025, 08:45 AM

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QUOTE(CertifiedHomphobe @ Jun 11 2025, 07:07 AM)
Suriname FPSO?
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No.. its for Qatar project DDE engineering
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post Jun 30 2025, 10:01 AM

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Wood group closed down their office in KL / 1 big division doing Engineering (previously FW)

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post Jul 2 2025, 08:13 AM

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QUOTE(lock_82 @ Jun 30 2025, 09:41 PM)
Didnt Wood just won some extension contract in Brunei?
Jon security is scarce these days.
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not sure if it is same office doing the works there..My colleague informed me as most of the company was laid off.


Aker too has little work.. Basically these 2 companies were not involved much in local projects for some time...... Unlike Technip and Worley and Petrofac RNZ
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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/azura-zulkif...xev0LbpjcsoNzWA


Technip is hiring every discipline engineer... procurement.. project management...
you name it..

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post Aug 24 2025, 11:36 AM

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Was anyone informed about the Orsted Malaysia redundancies? Their workload is very low due to fewer wind projects.. Few colleagues are actively looking out.

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post Aug 28 2025, 12:44 PM

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QUOTE(langstrasse @ Aug 25 2025, 06:10 AM)
I've seen multiple LinkedIn posts of Orsted people in KL announcing job searches due to retrenchment/reorgs.
Surprising since they even announced an office expansion about a year ago.
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yes the business badly affected this year.. Rumors due to Donald Trump - wind energy is affected.

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Halliburton undergoing retrenchment in KL
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post Sep 21 2025, 09:55 AM

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QUOTE(Rorschach85 @ Sep 19 2025, 09:40 AM)
Do the major O&G company practices hybrid working system? Seems like Shell employees enjoy such benefit of working from home 2-3 days a week.
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Yes they do..max 2 days WFH is average
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QUOTE(CertifiedHomphobe @ Oct 23 2025, 06:06 PM)
petrofac terminated from 2GW programme

major restructuring as well.

Really pity all those that just joined from PET and Sapura . One crisis to another......
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https://www.energyvoice.com/markets/582793/...er-deliverable/

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