Do YOU know anything about Chevron Horizons Training Program?

[mybad101]

<p>Hi, I’ve been looking into Chevron for full time employment and I came across something called the Horizons Training Program. Unfortunately, I was only able to find a limited amount of information about it online. I wanted to see if anyone has additional details about the program whether through experience or hearsay.</p>

<p>From a google search this is all that comes up on every site:</p>

<p>

Horizons Training Program</p>

<p>Horizons is a formal five-year training program available to recent graduates with education in the following areas:</p>

<pre><code>Engineering (drilling, facilities, petroleum, refinery)
Earth science
Information technology
Health, environment and safety
Supply chain management
Shipping
</code></pre>

<p>The program includes a curriculum of courses and the opportunity to expand your technical experience and job skills.

</p>

<p>If you know anything about this program please share! Thank you.</p>

[j89]

<p><a href=“Working at Chevron | Home”>Working at Chevron | Home;

<p>This talks about the graduate program at Chevron. Tell me if you have any other questions.</p>

[mybad101]

<p>EXCELLENT!!</p>

<p>That is an awesome brochure that gives a lot of great information about it.</p>

<p>Do you have any tips for a ME undergrad to break into the Petroleum Engineering program through horizons? In one section it says:</p>

<p>

Who We Hire
We hire individuals with a bachelor’s,
master’s or doctorate degree in petroleum
engineering or in other engineering
disciplines but with previous oil industry
experience.

</p>

<p>But in the table towards the bottom it shows ME’s as eligible for the Petroleum Engineering program.</p>

<p>Note: I have internship experience in aerospace/defense, but not oil & gas</p>

[j89]

<p>Its going to be difficult to get into the petroleum horizons program without at least some petroleum engineering background. Petroleum engineers and reservoir engineers don’t really deal with the things you’ll learn as a mechanical engineering student. With your background you’ll probably be placed in either rotating equipment group for downstream or upstream or a facilities position. Thus the request that you had at least some previous experience. Regardless, if you want to get involved with PetEng go for Chevron then for your third assignment take a more petroleum role. You’ll probably have to finish some of the training again but its not too bad.</p>

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Responsibilities vary but may include:
• Evaluation of field performance and
work plans to maximize the value of
a property.
• Reservoir simulation.
• Reserves and performance predictions
for well proposals and small
developments.
• Waterflood and enhanced recovery.
• Field/area redevelopments.
• Performance predictions and
evaluations.
• Pressure-transient analysis.
• Design and coordination of
petrophysical studies.
• Economic analysis of major
development programs.
• Reserves estimation for producing
properties.
• Heat management studies in
steam floods.
• Research and development projects:
testing and deploying new tools,
developing new work processes and
assisting the research and development
teams.
Heavy Oil and Unconventional
Resources
Responsibilities vary but may include:
• Research and development in improved
oil recovery.
• Reservoir management studies.

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[mybad101]

<p>j89 Did you participate in the program or know anyone that did? Do you know what kind of feedback or response they had, and whether or not it was worth the 5 year commitment?</p>

[j89]

<p>I work in oil&gas at another supermajor but was recruited heavily by Chevron at one point where I personally talked to a lot of people in this program. I also do know a couple people in this program right now.</p>

<p>Personally, I feel 5 years might be a bit long (I’d go with 3), but Chevron has a lot of great opportunities, internationally and domestic, after finishing the program. Plus the pay’s pretty good.</p>