majekdom2:
I won't advice any young Nigerian to study this course. The problem our youths/ students have is basically lack of foresight. I myself was a victim of this. Now, what I mean is many lack the ability to see into the future. We dwell on the current/immediate and past situation/scenario to choose our career/ business path. We all want to venture into what's paying now forgetting that we are in the technological age where things change in a moment. Gone are the days of industries. No inventions anymore thus no new industry. What it is now is Innovation in form of technology that complements this industries.
OP,Geoscience itself is a study/theoretical career. It is not practical as such compared to other science positions in the Oil industry. Geoscience as regards to oil exploration paid years back when IOC's were aggressively exploring. These days they are developing and having appraisals of discovered fields thus not much opportunities for geoscientist. You see that some are even selling assets. They require more of the experienced hands to do these that's why you find that many university lecturers are consultants to IOC's in Geoscience and petrophysics. My advice is, if you want a career in the Oil industry as as geoscientist, make sure you are graduated at either masters or PH.D level, intern with companies of choice. Have a good relationship with lecturers that are consultants.
The sad truth is gone are the days of Oil as the world's power. Oil is loosing it's value day by day. The price will average at a profitable level for sometime but I' ll advice you to look beyond oil and gas in your geoscience career. If my knowledge serves me right, I discovered/probable reserves can serve the world for the next 50 years. So you see, not much exploration is being done plus the renewables and electric motors are not helping. Any thing can happen tomorrow. If I were starting out today and looking for the same kind of opportunity to make a big impact in the world, I would consider three fields.
One is artificial intelligence. We have only begun to tap into all the ways it will make people’s lives more productive and creative. The second is energy, because making it clean, affordable, and reliable will be essential for fighting poverty and climate change. The third is the biosciences, which are ripe with opportunities to help people live longer, healthier lives. I think any aspiring geoscientist will heed to this advice. The oil industry is not as it were before, geoscientist are very few because an engineer could easily be trained to do a geoscientist it job. I have read all the comments on this thread but this happens to be the best so far. Most of the guys in the oil industry (servicing companies) are looking elsewhere because there's eminent threat of job loss when the IOC stop developing their fields. So I advice u guys to look elsewhere as oil is loosing its revelant by the day. |
Career › Re: Geoscientists Working In The Oil Industry: How Did You Get In? Share Your Story. by Rockboi: 10:02pm On May 29, 2017
