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jp philips: im glad im bringing you closer to reality with the last paragraph of your post.

about shell and SITP, shell has a quota annually or biannual on how many people to take from SITP so don't expect shell to take everyone that participated in the programme, haven't said that
you remember that shell in fulfillment of their local capacity human development use Sitp to achieve that an agreement shell has with the FG and their host communities.

the people that are not employed are assumed to have benefitted from the programme
you may have travelled all the continents in the world, that doesn't change the fact that you speak from an employee's point of view, so you can spare me the braggadoccio.

I speak from a stake holders point of view and that is why I refer to laws and guidelines governing the industry.

chrislu: its 165 sir

Tats: I'm not trying to tackle you.

Well, I usually don't need to send really shortened text messages as I get unlimited text messages once I pay my monthly fee. So, I can send as many as I want. For international, I mostly make calls home and don't text that much. At most, I write You as U.

Tats: Bros or is it Sister?....please try to write English in a normal way. its a little difficult to read your posts.

9ijaMan: Chief,
I didn't know this happens to be an English tutoring class. I suppose each individual has got his own way of viewing issues and we need not resort to implied insults.
In any case, FPSOs are built mainly to store crude side by side while producing and do some bit of processing. You can drill and complete an offshore well without the need for an offshore platform nor the need for an FPSO. I was part of the team that drilled a good number of the wells in the fields you mentioned (Akpo - Total, Bonga - SnepCo, Erha - Exxon and some others). I repeat, and stand very much to be corrected, FPSOs are classified under the Midstream sector of the industry. The internet is awash with the right info if you care to learn more.

On the issue of old Unis, you are essentially saying the same thing I've said all along. Perhaps you should return back and read some of my previous posts.

The reason, I'm here is simply to share experience with the up-coming ones and not to engage in a shouting match with anyone.

9ijaMan: Adding certification courses to your profile will surely give you an edge. You can learn AutoCAD without spending a dime, besides the cost of paying for internet connection. You are still young and very energetic, as such you can still grab a couple of certifications while in School. The option of taking a Project Management Course sounds fine to me, as long as it won't cost you an arm and a leg. However, if you need to push yourself a bit harder, ensuring it does not jeopardize your results in School, pay little attention to the cost. You'll make multiple returns once you start working. Just ensure you have a sound focus on what you really want to achieve.

As per AutoCAD, you'll learn a lot if you make good use of YouTube, there are tonnes of excellent videos there. Although I'm a drilling professional, I spend my spare time on taking management courses (for my personal business); I'm fairly good at Microsoft Excel (learnt a lot from YouTube) and I often mesmerize my colleagues and bosses using the excel skills I learnt from YouTube. Obviously I still attend drilling training courses to keep myself abreast with new developments in the industry.

Overall, any additional training you can acquire beyond what you are being taught in school will certainly be of great use for you when the time comes. I do not want to start recommending drilling (or O&G) related courses for you now because they are generally not cheap and may not be needed if you decide not to get mixed up with the sector. However any general Engineering training will do just fine.

9ijaMan: Virtually all the options in Elec/Elec Engineering (Power, Control, Instrumentation, Telecoms and to some extent computing) are applicable to the O&G industry. For ease of understanding, let's just assume E&P is a subset of the O&G industry. Hence O&G can be divided into two major components:
1. The E&Ps or Exploration and Production Companies (Oil Producing or Oil Majors such as Shell, Exxon, Agip, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ConOil, PanOcean, Addax, Nexen etc).
2. The Oil Field Services Companies (e.g. Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes, NOV - National Oilwell Varco, TransOcean, Saipem, KCA Deutag, Noble Drilling etc).

Similarly, the E&P sector can be broken down into 2 broad groups, the Upstream and the downstream.
Upstream represents the sector that handles everything about crude oil from beneath the surface of the earth through exploration phase, discovery, drilling and subsequently flowing the well to the surface.
Downstream refers to just about all the processing the oil will pass through once it gets to the surface until it gets into the tank of your car, or generator set (literarilly).

Abeg don't ask me why upstream has to do with below the ground and downstream above the ground, 'cos I know it defies logic.

Back to your question, on what option to specialize in out of Power, Control, Instrumentation, Telecoms and to some extent computing.
Power is most applicable to the downstream sector, e.g. when you have to work with turbines etc. However the other options are applicable to both upstream and downstream, albeit at varying degrees. I chose the Instrumentation & Control option while at Ife. Although this option is actually more applicable on surface (downstream) than subsurface (upstream), I started out with an Oil field services company as a Field Engineer and today, I'm working as a Drilling Professional where I have minimal interactions with any of the 4 or options listed above, besides using my mobile phone and other mobile devices (Telecoms); my office & home computers (Power & computing); and including some sub-surface and surface gauges (instrumentation & control) when I'm completing a well.

I'm honored to be your mentor, just don't ask me too much questions about Elec/Elec Engineering o !

jp philips: power will take you beyond the oil industry, if you know anybody working for GE, you guys need to talk.

jp philips: by green horn std,
an oil company that doesn't produce oil but render support services to the ones producing oil.
some are owned by foreigners eg shlumberger, Halliburton ,mi swaco, Rosen etc
while some are owned by Nigerians eg
Nest oil, Tecon, chrome etc.

jp philips: power is ok

9ijaMan: Apologies first. Someone asked about prospects for Electrical/Electronic Engineering in the O&G field. Unfortunately, I cannot refer back to quote him. If you want to join the E&P industry, the primary goal is for you to start out making a good grade first. I left Ife with honors in Elec/ELec engineering, joined a multinational service firm and worked my way up. Today, I and a few of my Elect/Elec classmates are working as Drilling or Consultant Drilling Engineers. Some companies refer to DEs as Well Engineers. The pay of course is awesome, ranging from $700 to Over $2500 daily depending on experience, knowledge, hardwork and luck.

If you happen to be lucky enough to secure a job, in the industry, regardless of your first degree (as long as it's science or Engineering related), it is more than likely that you'll be trained and retrained, even if you have a second degree.

I'll advice that the pay should not be your end goal for now, that will surely come with time. All you need to focus on is making good grades out of school and the sky will probably be your starting point.

For the person who asked about Environmental Engineering, you also stand a good chance. I used to have a colleague who worked in the wireline logging section of the Multinational I worked for. She had an MSc. in Env. Engrg from s UK Uni and got the job.

Once again, it's good results first if you have no godfather who'll spoon-feed you.

zeefa: I studied chemical engineering and for the past 9yrs, av bn working as a quality control engineer both in nigeria and the middle east, qatar, abudhabi and oman(which is purely mechanical)
Well, as a chemical engineer, I think you are flexible especially when you are opportune to get an oil gas job.

For me, I still prefer Mechanical Engineering.

primus_maximus: OIL AND GAS

ceejayluv: "Instrumentation"

chrislu: you're welcome

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