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Old 05-24-2011, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Where Dance Music comes first
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I saw this advertised...I am not affiliated with it so I don't have additional info...they request an "RSVP" to attend:

Houston Energy Industry Expo | Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology
Thanks, but it's a little impromptu. I wouldn't be able to make it, because I still have job responsibilities over here in Chicago.


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Talking about timing.

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Old 05-25-2011, 12:21 PM
 
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Go work in Kazakhstan. http://www.tengizchevroil.com/en/

Back in 04 they were doing 3 week shifts. 21 on and 21 off. 12 hour days, 7 days a week. Don't know what kind of needs they have now.
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Old 05-25-2011, 12:56 PM
 
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Our Company | BakerHughes.com
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Old 05-25-2011, 01:09 PM
 
Location: Sugar Land
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That is a Chevron JV and to work in a rotation as an expat you will need to be employed by Chevron and assigned as a secondee to that JV. TCO will not hire you directly and even if they do they will pay you peanuts.
I visited this location many times for business.


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Go work in Kazakhstan. http://www.tengizchevroil.com/en/

Back in 04 they were doing 3 week shifts. 21 on and 21 off. 12 hour days, 7 days a week. Don't know what kind of needs they have now.
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Old 05-25-2011, 07:57 PM
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Have you thought about being an oil trader? A friend of mine has a Chemical Engineering background and does this for a living at a big oil company. He had to work his way up though. It took about 3-4 yrs. He also told me about a friend(Chem Eng background) who used to work for Vitol pulling in some serious $$$$.
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Old 05-25-2011, 09:08 PM
 
Location: Houston
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The industry is short drilling engineers right now. The ones I know have a petroleum engineering or mechanical engineering degree. For some reason the reservoir engineers I know have Chem engineering degrees, though many with masters. I would think you could land a job pretty easily right now with your degree and experience given $100 crude and everyone is trying to drill a well. But the rotational work assignment you are looking for might not be a good fit with the majors. If thats not a must have, I would go to each of the majors websites and search on their careers. Shell, Chevron, Exxonmobil, Total, BP, Conocophillips. I know of one major in particular who is giving retention bonuses to its drilling engineers because there is a lot of poaching by the industry for this skill.
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Old 05-25-2011, 10:34 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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The industry is short drilling engineers right now. The ones I know have a petroleum engineering or mechanical engineering degree. For some reason the reservoir engineers I know have Chem engineering degrees, though many with masters. I would think you could land a job pretty easily right now with your degree and experience given $100 crude and everyone is trying to drill a well. But the rotational work assignment you are looking for might not be a good fit with the majors. If thats not a must have, I would go to each of the majors websites and search on their careers. Shell, Chevron, Exxonmobil, Total, BP, Conocophillips. I know of one major in particular who is giving retention bonuses to its drilling engineers because there is a lot of poaching by the industry for this skill.
Yep. Finding the opportunity tells you a lot about the engineer.
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Old 05-25-2011, 10:53 PM
 
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I love the OP's screen name... haha
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Old 05-26-2011, 06:52 AM
 
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That is a Chevron JV and to work in a rotation as an expat you will need to be employed by Chevron and assigned as a secondee to that JV. TCO will not hire you directly and even if they do they will pay you peanuts.
I visited this location many times for business.
Correct. As did I.
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Old 05-26-2011, 07:49 AM
 
Location: Where Dance Music comes first
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The industry is short drilling engineers right now. The ones I know have a petroleum engineering or mechanical engineering degree. For some reason the reservoir engineers I know have Chem engineering degrees, though many with masters. I would think you could land a job pretty easily right now with your degree and experience given $100 crude and everyone is trying to drill a well. But the rotational work assignment you are looking for might not be a good fit with the majors. If thats not a must have, I would go to each of the majors websites and search on their careers. Shell, Chevron, Exxonmobil, Total, BP, Conocophillips. I know of one major in particular who is giving retention bonuses to its drilling engineers because there is a lot of poaching by the industry for this skill.
I looked up several oil/gas company websites, and I got the impression that most of their hands-on petroleum engineers work rotational schedules. Why do you think the Supermajors wouldn't be a good fit for a rotational schedule?

Anyway, a rotational work schedule is a must for me. I don't care much about making big bucks. I doubt I could even get an entry-level upstream position that'd pay me more than I make now and that's fine.
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