winner01: Agric no fit in here? Agric no fit in here?

winner01: Agric no fit in here? Agric no fit in here?

Syenite: Great thread.
God bless u xfire. It is threads like this that I like to see and not threads that will make fresh graduates and undergraduates feel the only thing u need to get a job is connection.

I am also an Oil and Gas expert. I have worked both in a servicing firm and currently with an E & P. Your are 99% right abt the top 10 specialised skills you mentioned.

Zeroing in on the ratio of Geoscientists to Engineers, it is only normal to have a ratio of 1:5, 6 or7. Geosciences is made of just two fields: Geology (80% of Geoscientists) and Geophysics. But Engineering is made up of multiple desciplines:Electrical, Mechanical, Petroleum, Civil, Chemical, Metallurgical, Production etc
In addition only mayb 1 or 2 Polytechnics offer Geology but almost all Polytechnics offer most of the engineering courses. This has there4 created a situation where we have a far less no. of Geoscientists compared to engineers in d market.

On the issue of having d necessary experiencee,here is how I got my first job as a trainee: The advert was for people with 2-5yrs experience in the field of Biostratigraphy (a branch of geology). I had zero experience bt still applied. I was called for test and interview and I got d job. I later learnt dat they could not get people of 2-5 yrs experience cos dey were already gainfully employed elsewhere so dey decided to take fresh graduates & den train dem to do d job.

Last bullet to d undergraduates ; academic excellence is the key to the Oil industry. First class or 2:1 in any of d Engineering or Geosciences field and u have a good chance.

profeoo: @ Xfire/Imagwe

I am a fresh grad of Geology and will want o aquire a relevant certification (NDT,Iratanrope access,nebosh,rough neck etc)in the Oil and Gas coy in order to have an edge/ or be at an advantage. Pls I need advice on the less expensive one to delve into.

Mcslize: xfire,
thanks for this thread, I want to know those related courses one can do for master's degree for someone that had a Bsc degree in chemical Engineering.
Like the above mentioned areas like Subsea Engineering and Drilling Engineering which is more suitable for a graduate of Chemical Engineering who wants to proceed to a master level?

TheCode:
xfire, any other O&G expert (esp engineering), pls advice

uyplus: Xfire.. I'm a graduate of pharmacy, preparing for a certification in supply chain (APICS CSCP) and an M.ba in SAP ERP.. can ds fetch me an O/G job even witout an engineering background?

rozayx5: the national average salary for an offshore crane operator was $65,000 per year as of May 2014.

xfire:

A BSc in chemical engineering is enough to get you into the oil industry. I have only a BSc in engineering, and I have worked in 2 oil firms. There are many BSc holders (without MSc) in the oil and gas industry.

However, it is sometimes good to go for MSc before gaining work experience especially if you are still young (< or = 23 years) and it is on scholarship. It is harder when you get the 'dream' job as a BSc holder to think of obtaining an MSc except if you try online programmes. In addition, MSc can help provide more guidance in your career path. Some oil firms also prefer fresh MSc holders in some fields e.g. most entry level positions in reservoir engineering, subsea engineering, geoscience and even drilling engineering are filled by MSc graduates in some notable oil firms in lieu of experience. But like I said, it is not compulsory to have a masters degree.

alentyno:
Spot on. But operating cranes no be beans most esp when you have wicked sea breezes

xfire:
A BSc in chemical engineering is enough to get you into the oil industry. I have only a BSc in engineering, and I have worked in 2 oil firms. There are many BSc holders (without MSc) in the oil and gas industry.
However, it is sometimes good to go for MSc before gaining work experience especially if you are still young (< or = 23 years) and it is on scholarship. It is harder when you get the 'dream' job as a BSc holder to think of obtaining an MSc except if you try online programmes. In addition, MSc can help provide more guidance in your career path. Some oil firms also prefer fresh MSc holders in some fields e.g. most entry level positions in reservoir engineering, subsea engineering, geoscience and even drilling engineering are filled by MSc graduates in some notable oil firms in lieu of experience. But like I said, it is not compulsory to have a masters degree.

bollify: Bros, I can't thank you enough for this great enlightement. You have really opened my eyes to a lot of opportunities. God bless you sir. However, I need your proffesional advice, please if you can advice me because I have almost stoped believing in myself. I am currently in 400 level, mechanical engineering FUTA student, I am doing internship in a coy co-owned by a relative hence the oportunity I have to do an internship here. My greatest problem is that as my result stand now, I can only graduate with a 2:2, this is not because I wasn't serious in school, in fact, I do read like all my life depend on books but finnacial contraints( as I sponsor my education myself) and unforseen circumstances just didn't help things. My second problem is age, I ll b graduateing at d age of 29. All these make me loose faith in myself. The advantage I now have is that I can always come back to this company to work( although the pay is very low) but they deal majorly with instrumentation( presure safety valve caliberation) and they mostly work with oil company. I was considering working with them ( plus doing oda menia busines) to raise money and do masters in mechatronic at IIT(india). But after reading your post, I am a bit confuse as I'm really dieing to work in an o&g industry. Please your advice sir will be most welcome. God bless you sir.

johnshatty: What's the hope of the HND holders?

Bigsteveg:
I also studied elect elect engr, I have OND and B.ENG. I'll like for us to talk well, can u please give me ur email address or how I can contact u. I also did my siwes with shell. I'll appreciate. I wanna go into the oil and gas sector. Thanks bro$

Syenite:
funny.But no discipline is useless. Like as d op said, those are d disciplines in HIGHEST demand.

Syenite:
funny.But no discipline is useless. Like as d op said, those are d disciplines in HIGHEST demand.

Geniuz: Sir xfire, can someone who studied Electrical/Electronics Engineering and did Instrumentation and control in his finals work as an Instrumentation and control Engineer in an Oil and gas company?