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    Question Yemen Oil & Gas Corporation, anyone heard of them?

    Just out of curiosity, how many O&G professionals have been contacted by Yemen Oil & Gas Corporation? (https://www.yemenoilandgas.com/)

    The website looks legit, but their recruitment process so far seems to be a bit odd compared to what I'm used to.

    I was contacted by these guys about 30 days after making an application on ZipRecruiter to a role posted by a recruiter (Role is out of Houston, but requires initial training in the London). Had to provide my CV and fill out a questionnaire. It didn't have anything in there requesting super personal info, so I completed it and sent it back.

    In the following email, they requested I give them a call in the UK to confirm my identity. I called their UK #, but was transferred to an automated system and didn't bother leaving a message.

    Today, these guys reached out again (apparently the acting HR Director in the UK) with a "Statement of Employment" aka Employment Offer and asking me to sign and return via email within 3 days of the dated email & document.

    The weird thing is other than the website, I can't find much more on these guys. They're non-existent on LinkedIn.

    Curious to see if any other Beyonders who're O&G Professionals might have been contacted by these guys? I wanted to verify if this could be legit or just another case of social engineering/ID theft or something.

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    their domain was registered end of january and only for a year.
    - company is new
    still doesn't mean they are scammy or anything, higher confidence that they are though.

    Just don't send any PII (personally identifiable information)


    Domain Name: YEMENOILANDGAS.COM
    Registry Domain ID: 2484441393_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
    Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
    Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
    Updated Date: 2020-01-25T15:12:59Z
    Creation Date: 2020-01-25T14:44:24Z
    Registry Expiry Date: 2021-01-25T14:44:24Z

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    Thanks GQBalla,

    I looked up the "Whois" as well and thought it might be a potential scam. Their website, however, was also just launched in 2019. If this company is truly affiliated with the Yemeni government, it's quite possible that their domain is relatively new. Their "Branding" (logos etc.) are correct for a Yemeni government-affiliated company.

    I tried looking up a directory of companies registered at the address they have listed on their website (in London I mean); however, complete information cannot be easily found on the Willis Building on 51 Lime Street. Their listed address in Yemen, however, jives with this being Yemen General Oil & Gas Corporation which is Yemeni government entity.

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    Could be legit, but I'm betting within a couple weeks you'll be asked to pay a deposit or costs towards getting your visa or some such shit.
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    through yemen oil and gas wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen_...as_Corporation
    I linked through to find this
    http://www.yemengasco.com/index.php?lng=english

    Company A of the Yemen Gas Company governmental Tja Rayya state-owned 100% was established in 1993 under the name of the institution of the gas (GGC) and restructured in the 1996 to become the Yemen Gas Company (YGC) under the framework of the Ministry of Oil and Minerals.

    Within the framework of the national economy The company focuses on providing excellent services to the private sector and public so as to ensure the necessary investments to move in the development of the industrial base and commercial gas and gas-related projects as projects to generate energy, fertilizers and petrochemicals.

    Play Yemen Gas Company played an important role and strategic efforts by the Government to diversify the economic resources of the country by attracting international investment companies in exploration and production and exports and urged the national capital to invest in infrastructure projects in transport, storage, packaging and distribution.

    The company has in its general plan for the gas for the promotion of investment projects so as to ensure the diversity of species and products of multiple areas of their use, and create jobs and secure Alajtjat future energy and environmental protection through the use of natural gas and means for replacing traditional fuels.
    which is the same as posted here
    https://www.yemenoilandgas.com/corpo...ile/index.html

    I couldn't find any other sites where the information was borrowed but I didn't look hard.
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    I've worked in Yemen for a decade and I've never heard of this company.

    I'm unaware of any ministerial subsidiaries with offices outside of the Middle East - I do not see why they'd have any in London or the US.

    It seems like a very well-done scam to me but I don't always know what's going on with the politics in Yemen so ya never know.

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    Thanks davidI - I had reached out to you via LinkedIn, I wasn't sure if anyone else may have also be contacted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davidI View Post
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    I've worked in Yemen for a decade and I've never heard of this company.
    This might deserve its own thread....

    I'm looking at expat jobs in the middle East right now and everyone seems to want 15+ years experience. Plus I'm not sure if it's challenging for Canadians to work abroad or not. Working in the US has been incredibly more challenging (with some job postings saying, essentially, if you don't have US citizenship don't bother applying). The UK seems the same way, attempting to stay hopeful for Norway but hard to say.

    Are intermediate experiences really going to be able to get expat positions or are these roles typically highly senior individuals (in your experience/opinion)?
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    msommers - your best bet of getting an expatriate assignment when you don't have international experience is either with EPC's or operators. From my experience, most of the Middle Eastern companies generally hire many third-country expatriates for the intermediate and junior roles (India, Pakistan, Philipines, Malaysia etc.) The other variable is your field of expertise.

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    You would work there? Did you not watch the Prison Break reboot?

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    Why the fuck would anyone consider working for “Yemen” anything?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JDMMAN View Post
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    msommers - your best bet of getting an expatriate assignment when you don't have international experience is either with EPC's or operators. From my experience, most of the Middle Eastern companies generally hire many third-country expatriates for the intermediate and junior roles (India, Pakistan, Philipines, Malaysia etc.) The other variable is your field of expertise.
    This. Two decades ago expat assignments were a lot easier to get. I was lucky to catch one when I did. In general, there is a big push to develop locals into being job-qualified and countries don't offer visas for foreign workers like they used to. Since 2008, there has been a big rotation to cheaper labour from Asia as well.

    Unless you're in management or a specialist with a unique skillset I'd say it's generally tough these days for professional roles. That said, for teaching English and that sort of stuff there are lots of great opportunities.

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    Why the fuck would anyone consider working for “Yemen” anything?
    It's treated me well

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    JDMMAN: that is exactly what happens to me. I have been contacted by their lawyer and ask for some not critical info but I am dragging my feet to respond.Have you been offered the supply chain administrator position as well?

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    Quote Originally Posted by davidI View Post
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    This. Two decades ago expat assignments were a lot easier to get. I was lucky to catch one when I did. In general, there is a big push to develop locals into being job-qualified and countries don't offer visas for foreign workers like they used to. Since 2008, there has been a big rotation to cheaper labour from Asia as well.

    Unless you're in management or a specialist with a unique skillset I'd say it's generally tough these days for professional roles. That said, for teaching English and that sort of stuff there are lots of great opportunities.



    It's treated me well
    Don't you still have stuff in Yemen now but can't grab it?

    I mean money would have to be really good to move there, but thats like moving to any shitty small town in Canada for Oil people did it for the money.

    Unless of course you wanted to make change.
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    so if we only seen 5 % of the oceans why not drain them or somethin lol or can u even transfer water from one ocean to another??? think of all the stuff u'd find treasures n eerything.

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    PSRpearland - yup, however, that's not the role I applied for. So not sure if this is a social engineering/phishing scam.

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    There are so many bad people out there.
    I wish you the best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JDMMAN View Post
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    PSRpearland - yup, however, that's not the role I applied for. So not sure if this is a social engineering/phishing scam.
    I went back thru my application history and found that indeed I did apply for a position posted on a job board back in Nov 2019. In March after answering a series of questions, etc.... I received a job offer that required I reside in London for 7months of training, starting in May 2020. I did not reply back since preparations for the current epidemic took over my schedule.

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