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Old 05-23-2011, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Where Dance Music comes first
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Does anyone over here work in the oil and gas industry preferably as an engineer? I need good and quick advice asap.

NOTE: I'm looking for engineering job in the upstream section of the oil and gas industry and I currently have a bachelors in Chemical Engineering, and a year of process & project engineering experience. Unfortunately, this has minimal similarity to the upstream oil and gas jobs apart from both being technical in nature.

I decided to post this here since it's Houston and all. Reply to this thread if applicable, and we could take it to PMs from there. Thanks. I'll be waiting.
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Old 05-23-2011, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Surfside Beach, Texas
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I heard Mustang Engineering was getting ready to do a jobs fair. I tried to find it but couldn't. However, if you go to their website, where they have over 100 jobs listed, you will see UPSTREAM jobs there! They had a few project engineering, upstream jobs so you might be a good fit.
Happy hunting!
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Old 05-23-2011, 02:57 PM
 
Location: Where Dance Music comes first
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What do you need to know?
What are my chances with a ChemE degree? or do I just need to go back to school and get a masters in Petroleum ?

I've been reading a lot about drilling fluids/Mud engineering and I do believe my qualifications might be just be enough for an entry level postion of that sort. I'm not looking for an office position. It has to be a hands-on rotational position, 7-7, 14-14, 28-28.

I've been applying to top sevicing companies like MI-Swaco, halliburton, baker hughes but it's only been a week, so I'm still waiting to hear from them, but I don't intend on staying there for long though. I'm shooting for the supermajors, eventually that is. ( maybe 2,3,4,5 years from now.) However, I have a feeling I just might have to go back to school for that.

Btw, my goal is to eventually obtain an expatriate offshore drilling engineering position, with one the SuperMajors somewhere in west africa ( preferably on Nigerian waters but anywhere in Africa or internationally will suffice).

What are my options here? what would be the quickest route to acheiving my goal?

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Old 05-23-2011, 03:10 PM
 
Location: Where Dance Music comes first
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I heard Mustang Engineering was getting ready to do a jobs fair. I tried to find it but couldn't. However, if you go to their website, where they have over 100 jobs listed, you will see UPSTREAM jobs there! They had a few project engineering, upstream jobs so you might be a good fit.
Happy hunting!
Thanks for replying. I don't know much about Mustang, but I'll look into what they have to offer.

However, most project engineering positions aren't rotational, and a hands-on rotational position is exactly what I need in my life right about now. Long term Projects are not for me.
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Old 05-23-2011, 03:29 PM
 
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What are my chances with a ChemE degree? or do I just need to go back to school and get a masters in Petroleum ?

I've been reading a lot about drilling fluids/Mud engineering and I do believe my qualifications might be just be enough for an entry level postion of that sort. I'm not looking for an office position. It has to be a hands-on rotational position, 7-7, 14-14, 28-28.

I've been applying to top sevicing companies like MI-Swaco, halliburton, baker hughes but it's only been a week, so I'm still waiting to hear from them, but I don't intend on staying there for long though. I'm shooting for the supermajors, eventually that is. ( maybe 2,3,4,5 years from now.) However, I have a feeling I just might have to go back to school for that.

Btw, my goal is to eventually obtain an expatriate offshore drilling engineering position, with one the SuperMajors somewhere in west africa ( preferably on Nigerian waters but anywhere in Africa or internationally will suffice).

What are my options here? what would be the quickest route to acheiving my goal?
Most of the people I know just have bachelors. If you're just looking at being a drilling engineer, your degree is probably enough. Are you still in college? Is so, have you attended any recruiting fairs? If not, I'm thinking you probably should start networking with professional groups like SPE or AICHE to get contacts in the industry for entry level positions. I'm not sure if headhunters will help out, because I don't know any that look for entry level.

BTW, I've been working as a mechanical engineer for a major for 5 years.
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Old 05-23-2011, 03:32 PM
 
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Most of the people I know just have bachelors. If you're just looking at being a drilling engineer, your degree is probably enough. Are you still in college? Is so, have you attended any recruiting fairs? If not, I'm thinking you probably should start networking with professional groups like SPE or AICHE to get contacts in the industry for entry level positions. I'm not sure if headhunters will help out, because I don't know any that look for entry level.

BTW, I've been working as a mechanical engineer for a major for 5 years.
Thanks for replying.

I currently have a bachelors in Chemical Engineering, and a year of process & project engineering experience in a chemical plant in the midwest. You think that'd be enough of an appeal for any Headhunter?
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Old 05-23-2011, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Surfside Beach, Texas
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i have a friend who worked for a mud company in galveston, rotating shifts, i'll find out who it was and pm you.
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Old 05-23-2011, 03:34 PM
 
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i have a friend who worked for a mud company in galveston, rotating shifts, i'll find out who it was and pm you.
That would be great. Thanks a lot.
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Old 05-23-2011, 03:39 PM
 
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Thanks for replying.

I currently have a bachelors in Chemical Engineering, and a year of process & project engineering experience in a chemical plant in the midwest. You think that'd be enough of an appeal for any Headhunter?
Yes, but if you still have contact with your college, you might want to try and talk to a major through a college recruiter still.
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Old 05-23-2011, 03:53 PM
 
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Yes, but if you still have contact with your college, you might want to try and talk to a major through a college recruiter still.
Unfortunately, my college's career services is mediocre.
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