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.
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I have answered this question in previous posts. I suggest you read through those and see if that answers your question. My opinion on this hasn't changed.
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I honestly don't remember studying vector calculus - it was over 35 years ago, but likely it is used in some the equations used to describe reservoir engineering phenomena.
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I suggest you contact: The Society of Petroleum Engineers, Los Angeles chapter, the Society of Women Engineers, Los Angeles chapter and universities in and around LA that have engineering schools (UCLA, Cal Tech, USC, Cal Polly Pomona, Harvey Mudd College) and see if there are any engineering alumni willing to do this. I think you will increase your chance of success if you try to find an engineer who works in the petroleum industry (vs. trying to meet with someone that has a petroleum engineering degree). You could also try calling oil companies who have offices in LA. Here's one resource I found: http://www.icc.org/gas-oil-companies/california/los-angeles.htm
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Wish I could help you more. Hopefully you can find a mentor through your SPE section. Another suggestion is to contact SPE directly to see if they have a mentor program if the section doesn't work out for you.
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sure. The better the school and the better your grades, the better your chances, regardless of the degree
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It would be better to know more about your background to give some good advice. For example, what was your GPA in college? What have you been doing for the past 8 years since you graduated? Have you been working? Are you willing to work in the field? You might try looking for a position at one of the service companies (Halliburton, Schlumberger, etc) to work out in the field as a mudlogger or a wireline technician and then try to work your way up. Having skills in AutoCad won't hurt but I'm not aware of many people in my field that are using that on a daily basis. If you can afford it, you might want to consider pursuing a graduate engineering degree in Mechanical or Chemical. That might get you some opportunities for a summer internship. Depending on where you live, another avenue is to contact your local Society of Petroleum Engineers chapter. Get involved in some of their activities - volunteer to help at meetings and workshops and perhaps you will make some connections there. Write me back if you want to provide more details about your GPA and what you've been doing since you graduated.
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