Oil Company - Res Eng, Petro Phys, etc.. ???

[broken_legs]

Hey Peoples

I am starting to wonder if now isnt the right time to try and move into a job with a O&G company.

I have some friends that work for Shell, and others that work for Petro-Canada and they say that they are short staffed like crazy now.

I'm wondering if anyone here has gotten into a nice little job working in Reservoir Engineering or PetroPhysics or maybe some sort of land/production type job and what your experience was before you got in.

I know you can't sign off on aything unless you are a P. Eng or Geo but I also know there are many people doing that type of work and getting paid quite well right now.

I'm also wondering if anyone knows a company who'd consider someone with an unrelated degree, but has a backgound in Log interpretation and Directional Drilling.

Hopefully this post isnt totally vague and weird and actually gets a response or two! :nut:

Thanks guys n gals!

[bigboom]

These comapnies are short staffed because they are looking for senior positions mainly, thats what ive been hearing anyways, companies have too many jr's right now that dont know enough.

[Crymson]

Yah, senior positions are short staffed.

Generally, if you want a jr. postion with a bigger company, you need to go through their campus recruitment/co-op/summer student programs to get your foot in the door.

Petrophysics is a good field, but it's generally one that you would migrate towards once you got your foot in the door as either an engineer,geologist, or geophysicist or else has some kind of relevant grad student work directly related to petrophysics.

Having a background in log analysis and tools would probalby be enough to get you in the field with one of the wireline companies, but i think you would have a hard time competing for office jobs with new geology grads.

Have you thought about a technical sales position with a logging or well services company?

[broken_legs]

Originally posted by Crymson
Yah, senior positions are short staffed.

Generally, if you want a jr. postion with a bigger company, you need to go through their campus recruitment/co-op/summer student programs to get your foot in the door.

Petrophysics is a good field, but it's generally one that you would migrate towards once you got your foot in the door as either an engineer,geologist, or geophysicist or else has some kind of relevant grad student work directly related to petrophysics.

Having a background in log analysis and tools would probalby be enough to get you in the field with one of the wireline companies, but i think you would have a hard time competing for office jobs with new geology grads.

Have you thought about a technical sales position with a logging or well services company?


I think it was clear I was talking about myself in there haha... So I would never go from one field job to another (ie Wireline) that would be silly

I know for a fact that Shell and PC have hired people from my service company, but the problem I face is that they had either engineering (not petroleum) or Geology degrees where as I have a Technology degree and I can only work as a technologist

I know that Husky for instance will hire someone with a Petroleum Engineering diploma from SAIT to do Reservoir Engineering so I guess im going to write something about Rheology and that Darcy guy in my cover letter and see what happens!