Chike4all:
My brother let me advice you. I know students build themselves with big dreams, but here's the reality in Nigerian Oil industry;
If you want your purpose of internship is to build your skills as a driller, geologist, mud engineer etc, and probably get big jobs in the future in big IOC's, then listen carefully.
1. Focus more on Oil servicing companies, forget Total and Exxon for now. Concentrate on working for drilling companies like Schlumberger, halliburton, Nest oil, Oilserv, Hamilton, Mi Swaco, etc. They are the companies doing these jobs from survey to drilling till the well produces. Not Total or Mobil which are the clients to the service companies.

2. Your question n0 2 shows you don't know how the field plays. For any Oil company to give you contract in Nigeria you must fulfil the local content requirements. Which requires operating a registered company or working under a registered company, not as an individual.

3. n0 3 question, they can employ any body and train you in any field of operation. Where I work, most mud engineers studied either chemical engineering, geology or petroleum. Even chemistry. Just get ready to be trained or get a certification.

4. For the last question, anyone is needed, your course doesn't matter that much, this is Nigeria, if u have connections, you can get job anywhere.
But professionally, Petroleum engineers has an edge over others because they can work in every aspect of the Oil industry. I mean every operational field from geology, as a driller, as mud engineer, as mud logger, in labs, refining etc. Chemical, mechanical and electrical engineers too have great chances.

Lastly, I don't know the Exxon Mobil you wanna work on, cos the present one is leaving Nigeria & has been bought by SEPLAT. All there contractors has been fired & they're concluding the takeover as I speak. You can try Shell, Total & others,...

Most of these big international Oil companies don't employ inexperienced engineers, unless it's a trainee program which is contract. There main staff are largely highly experienced people from oil servicing companies. Thank you

You are 100% on point. I reside at Eket and so I am privy to most of the infor u dropped. Nice one man

Op, I did my internship at ExxonMobil in the year 2011. No matter the connections u may have u need to first of all excellently pass and meet up their very high cut-off mark, if not no level of connections will work. I think the cut-off mark then was 90% upwards. In my time Dragnets conducted the test for hundreds of thousand students across the country with more than 5 centers within the country. It was computer based with lots of technical questions in it. Mehn u just need to do very very well in that exams while u pray for God's Favour.

I do not know much abt the criteria for Total.
Based on your discipline, it is very much welcome in every IOC but always expect to be trained in various skills and certified as there might already be enough experienced hands in your initial area of interest.

NO. To be an intern in Total E&P you'll first write their exam and to do that you'll first need someone working there to sign for you. And at that, you still won't get it unless the person REALLY helps you. But don't let that discourage you. You can still get employed after graduation even without doing internship there.

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IsaacNewton869:
Hello everyone, hello geoscientist and engineers in the house, I'm a 300l of geology department from one of prestigious state university around the south South.

So I will be doing my Undergraduate Internship program Immediately strike is call off, actually I wish to do it in ExxonMobil or Total, but to me I know everything isn't about connection

So I want any experience staff here to explain on how I can make it to ExxonMobil or total even after my graduation

2, I also have a question that has been bothering me for a while now, is it possible to be a contract staff in many oil companies, to me I think is good, they will only call when they need you and pay you well, even if one Bleep up, u still know that u have a place in other companies too and u won't be bothered

3, do oil company employ geologist and geophysicist as an explorer or a drilling engineer

4, who did they need most between geoscientist (petroleum geologist, geochemist, geophysicist as an explorer, geological engineer, reservoir geologist) and

Engineers ( chemical engineer, mechanical engineer, civil engineer and electrical engineer)
Who do they employ most

Thanks
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lol u never know how Nigeria dey work na why

So I want any experience staff here to explain on how I can make it to ExxonMobil or total even after my graduation
Don't limit your search to only ExxonMobil and total there are other good oil servicing firms like sclumberger , Baker Hughes, Tenaris, FMC technologies to name a few ..do your research well...go to LinkedIn and create your profile and ask same question. send unsolicited connections to oil and gas professionals in LinkedIn as well human resources personnels..it might help.

2, I also have a question that has been bothering me for a while now, is it possible to be a contract staff in many oil companies, to me I think is good, they will only call when they need you and pay you well, even if one Bleep up, u still know that u have a place in other companies too and u won't be bothered
that question should bother you if you dont have anybody in these companies that will forward your name to the human resources for recommendation, even if you are exceptionally good, or unless you are from the oil producing communities who are sometimes given some slots, even at that you still need a strong recommendation.. or finally GOD is on your case.. but however, you can try to apply online on their websites and follow it up with serious prayer and fasting !!!

3, do oil company employ geologist and geophysicist as an explorer or a drilling engineer

of course!!....there is no other company they can show their expertise unless the oil and gas company.


who did they need most between geoscientist (petroleum geologist, geochemist, geophysicist as an explorer, geological engineer, reservoir geologist) and

Engineers ( chemical engineer, mechanical engineer, civil engineer and electrical engineer)
Who do they employ most


this is based on their needs, all of the above are needed, like i said before there is no other industries the listed above can work except the oil and gas companies, just find a specialization and grow your career there, personally i will prefer drilling engineering, even after the exploration you still have to drill to get the oil out!!

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Covenant97:
It seems you know a lot about the oil industry. Please permit my ignorance, i am an accounting student currently in 300level with a good CGPA and I have this desire to one day work in an oil company and even intern but the issue is I do not know how to go about the interning aspect.

Before the advent of the ASUU strike we have been told by my school management that the Accounting student currently,which is my set would undergo an internship program and as such we should start looking for a company to intern.any advice from you would go a long way

PS i school in Bayero university Kano located in Kano, Northern Nigeria. Part of the internship condition is that we are only limited to companies located in Kano as anything outside Kano,the student would be the ones to bear the full cost including supervisors transport and logistics of which I can bear the finance tussle.so I had no choice than to look here in Kano. And I doubt if any oil company both oil servicing company is located here in Kano.but nonetheless your guidiance is all I need.

Big man welcome:
There is no limit to who can work in the Oil industry. The career field is very open & many accountants work here, one of the big supervisors in Chevron is an accountant but he works in warehousing & logistics department. In my own place of work, I have an accountant friend too, who is a well trained fluid auditor & has never worked in accounting. Many of them in other companies, some work as accountant, as auditors, others in other departments. The main thing is to show your ability to be trained, get some certifications if you can, get the job or use the connections you have.

For your internship, I'll advice you to focus on Kano there since that's your school requirement. I don't think there is any Oil servicing company in Kano there, I know NNPC might have one subsidiary there or depot, but you have to find out yourself.