Oil Comp Engr
38 Years Experience
Houston, TX
Female, 60
I recently retired from a major integrated oil company after 38 years. I have degrees in Civil and Petroleum Engineering. I worked with safety, health and environmental management systems and operations in the upstream (finding and producing oil and gas) and downstream (refining, chemicals and distributions) areas. I travelled all over world, enduring good & bad business cycles and good and bad managers.
1. I chose engineering as a career mostly by default. I was good in math and science and LOVED solving practical problems relatively quickly. I did not like medicine, law or business school. I was lucky to have high school teachers that steered me towards engineering. I did not know excactly what I wanted to do within the field of engineering when I first entered colled.
2. Career wise, I figured out during my early college career that I wanted to work with things that I could touch, feel and see (i.e. civil engineering). Electrical engineering was too abstract for me, though I loved the math &... Read More +
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During the summer break, many students get internships and it is highly recommended. During shorter breaks, like Christmas breaks, internships are a bit more difficult unless you already have established a relationship with the company.
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Sorry, but I am not familiar with the education system in the UK
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Wow. Tough question. Many books have been written about the topic and I can't begin to distill this into a simple response but I'll try. Crude is somewhat unique among commodities because it does not have a "shelf life", offers an unbelievably good concentration of btu's per volume, we need it to enjoy the lifestyle we have, create cosmetics, plastics and pharmaceuticals, it's not a renewable resource and much of the easy reserves are gone. Keep in mind that at the time of the Iraq war we had not fully mastered the horizontal drilling and fracking technologies that have allowed the US to become a net exporter. So,... Read More +
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To answer your question, I need more information on what the courses of study are and the country in which you would be studying. I will admit that I am most familiar with USA programs, so am not sure if I can help, but with more information, I will try.
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Someone asked a very similar question previously, please go to the beginning of theses posts and you will find it around the 20th question or so.
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You haven't provided any details about your background, so this makes it a bit tough to answer, but i'll give it a shot. Most folks that work on the rig work for the rig contractor (TransOcean, SeaDrill, Noble, etc.) or for a service company (Schlumberger, Halliburton, Weatherford, etc.). Folks working for a rig contractor have a pretty steady gig, as long as the rig is under contract. Foks working for a service company may bounce around from rig to rig, depending on the nature of their job. Some service company folks are on the rig 24/7, just like the crew, while others come in to do a special job, like running casing... Read More +
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