<p>Do i have a chance of finding a job as a petroleum engineer with a degree in mechanical engineering, my school does not offer Pet E</p>
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Guys
Is it advisable to study PetE MS (UT Austin) now that the industry is in a slump.
PS: I did my BS in Chemical Engineering and have no prior work experience in O&G industry.
NOT NOW 
Considering the current market and plenty of petroleum workers getting laid off.
More power to the other engineering majors now.
Hello jaker. Presently am doing undergraduate program in petroleum engineering in India . Iâll graduate after two years. As a freshman, I fear that getting a job at any company is not possible. Because I donât have experience in field . Will you suggest me what steps should I take further to get a job at Houston please?
Jakerb2525 hello, I would like to get in touch with you privately. Do you have an e-mail that I could get a hold of you at? I would really like to discuss the PE requirements and qualifications as a high school sophomore. I am very interested in the field and would like to have more knowledge on it.
I have received an admit for MS Petroleum Engg from USC. Is it worth the money you pay as USC is expensive. Is the USC PETE program well regarded in industry.
They donât hire you in America at first with no experience. You would go back to your country to work there. But after a few years of working at your country, you can transfer to America.
Which is unlikely because petroleum companies are laying off U.S. citizens at present. I doubt a foreign national could get a U.S oil company to sponsor him/her as long as U.S. oil jobs are on the decline. Companies really dislike the hassle of sponsoring foreign nationals when there are U.S. workers available.
A US citizen with no experience is worth less than a foreign national with years of experience. It would require cost analysis of having to train a new hire but not having to sponsor vs. not having to train but having to sponsor.
But I agree that a US citizen with years of experience is worth more than a foreign national with the same years of experience.
Yeah, and a foreign national w no experience is worth even less in the US than a US citizen w no experience.
Yes, that is why I suggested that poster work a few years overseas before transferring to America.
My guess is that a U.S. company will be less inclined to hire an experienced international worker when they can avoid the expenses of bureaucracy (getting sponsorship application approved by the govt.) by hiring a fresh faced American engineer whom they can hire at a lesser salary and train to do the job they assign to him or to her.
A company typically spends $50,000-$100,000 to train one worker. With the oil prices low, oil companies have slashed their training budget. Petroskills, the industry training provider, has been particularly hit with low enrollment.
Also, an oil company can send an experienced worker to fields across the world right away. That company couldnât do that with an inexperienced worker.
Maybe someone has already posted something similar and has gotten a response but to be frank Iâm just going to cut to the chase.
Right out of high school my grades werenât attractive to say the least. I was always highly intelligent but was the kind of person that held myself back with the crowds that I chose to run with at the time. âDumbingâ myself down to blend in so to speak. Following high school I even got in trouble with the law earning a felony possession of marijuana charge. It was at that point I said âyou know whatâŠwhat the hell am I doing?â I eventually joined the armed forces and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan amongst a few others, but it was within my time in the military that I realized that I can use what Iâve been hiding, my intelligence, towards something positive and very lucrative.
I chose to enter college and picked Petroleum Engineering as a major. I transferred my transcripts (4.0 gpa) from an accredited program while in the military to Houston Community College. I relocated to Houston as well. Upon completion at HCC I will take my 3rd and 4th years at U of H because I already have a family. I would love to commute to A & M or UT but itâs just not realistic.
(QUICK NOTE**at this very moment it has been 16 years since my conviction. I gave 7 years to serving in the army and got out of active duty honorably with multiple deployments and many military decorations)
While I am just completing my freshmen year at this community college can someone, with experience, tell me now if I have a chance to be recruited into the O & G industry; given my path to get there? Or is my uphill climb so high that it would better suit me to redirect where I want to go.
DeNelle
I am currently pursuing a masters degree in geology from a well regarded university by the oil and gas industry. In regards to your question, I really do not see that being as big of a problem as I once did. For example my current roommate was arrested for possession about 5 years ago (he did not serve which is a big leg up because O&G companies love that) he is currently doing an internship with one of the top US onshore companies out there. From what he said, he was straight and upfront with them about everything and even brought it up before they did a background check (timing is everything make sure you tell them what they need to know at the appropriate time).
Here is a really good petroleum engineering schools ranking site: http://petroleum-schools.com/
I was curious. I have heard the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a very good school to become a petroleum engineer. I actually got accepted there for this upcoming Spring Term. Wanted to know if anyone has heard anything about this school and is it a good choice? USA Today ranked them in the top 8 Engineering Schools in the Nation.
this is far fetched. I assume anyone with an interest in the field has seen this forum in order to research because its at the top on google and its pretty popular to begin with. it has 138k likes today. so im just doing my calculations in terms of competition. 138k/10 times average each person visits.=13.8k1/2 people that actually get far enough in school or get high enough GPA to compete=6.9k1/2 a year since forum is has been out 2 years now=maybe 3,450 people a year going into the industry with maybe a 0.5% growth a year. again really far fetched but make what you want of that. higher GPA more assurance. Job estimates itâs somewhere in 2020s, 2030s if geologists make some real nice findings. Job isnât too comforting but makes up with big salary. Youâve heard it before. money isnât everything. What do you want out of life comes before what do you want out of a career. choose wisely. grind for what you really want.
This is an absolutely terrible major to get into right now. You guys have to look at oil and gas markets. Thereâs been hundreds of thousands of domestic layoffs. Companies are teetering towards bankruptcy, investments are being shelved, everyone is just trying to survive. Hiring and training new grads is simply not even on most companyâs radar anymore. They can get experienced people at bargain rates, that is if they actually had a place for them.
The golden days are over for a few years at the very least. Do mechanical instead.
Source: semi-recent PetE grad who actually got a job.