Can a petroleum engineer work in any industry other than oil and gas?
I guess the short answer is - surly you can. Being a good petroleum engineer requires multiple dimensions of skills, and many of them can be applied in other sectors. However, what one can really do needs to be analyzed on a case by case basis. Here’re some general thoughts that may come in helpful:What is your career aspiration? - or what kind of jobs would excite you? Some people are “people” persons, and maybe a sales position would fit them. Some others may enjoy crunching numbers, and they may want to become analysts. I want to emphasis on this, because sometimes when people lose their jobs they panic and make rash choices - irrelevant interim work experience is not going to help building your CV for the long run - well of course unless you’re under serious economic pressure.What skills do you have? - not just any skills but what you’re good at. For example, I myself am a reservoir engineer, and I’m very good at analyzing data and modeling, and I also write VBA and Python programs to automate my daily work. These skills could be quite useful in many sectors. A drilling engineer may be good at dealing with contracts and making cost estimates, and these can find applications in general procurement.What are your gaps? - between what you want to do and the skills you own, what do you need to work on? You may want to pursue some further education or get certifications. I know about people who went for MBA or to law schools.Do you want to come back to oil and gas in the future? - It is a fun sector to work in, with no doubt, but also has its problems, one of them - notoriously - is the cyclical nature. If the answer is “yes”, then probably you also need to think about how your experience in other sectors can benefit being a petroleum engineer.
What is like working at oil and gas industry?
Oil & Gas Industry from end to end have a lot of roles, including corporate, office, managerial to field operations, supervisory, mechanical etc. So, I do not think there can be an umbrella answer to how is like working in the oil & gas industry. One thing I can put here from my own experience and love for the industry, that if you get in to it and like it, it is going to be very interesting. This industry influence a lot of other business and politics across the globe, which mean irrespective of your role, you are in middle of the thick of world politics and business growth. If you look at it that way, it is an important place to be. Rest depends upon which king of role you are in to. Given you have an engineering in electronics I see scope for you to get a role in field may be running some logging tools or work in office with engineering team either building them or interpreting information from them.Now, 'if the company will hire you' - in my experience I have seen oil companies hiring smart people who are very result oriented and have ability to look at things at both micro and macro scale. If you have that, you stand a good chance. It is a competitive world, so give your best shot. Having said that, right now is not a very good time to seek job in oil & gas industry - so if you are putting something off and doing it, weigh your chances well. I hope this helps. Thanks for A2A.
What is it like to work in an oil refinery?
You actually have several choices as to jobs within the oil & gas industry with just 2 of those being: 1) Chemical Engineer working in a refinery of oil & gas 2) Chemical Engineer working in oil & gas production Chemical Engineers who work with refineries both design and maintain refineries and chemical plants to produce everything from gasoline & other fuels to various types of plastics to various types of chemicals. You might be on a design team which is designing a completely new type of refinery for something difficult such as very viscous ("heavy") crude oils. You might be on a team to renovate an existing chemical plant in order to make it more efficient or environmentally friendly. You might be on a safety team looking into routine operations and maintenance of a refinery or chemical plant. I work on the oil & gas production side and we have several Chemists and Chemical Engineers on our team which deals with all the oilfield chemicals which we use either deep within oil & gas wells or on the surface, all of which assist with optimizing production. So keep that in mind also. Therefore, it just depends which part of oil & gas industry interests you the most.
Oil and gas industry: which degree values more when it comes to working in the oil industry, a Bs in Mech or a Bs in Petroleum engineering?
Doesn't matter. What makes the biggest difference is the school you go to. Not because of the quality of education, but the industry contacts and exposure that comes with going to a target school (A&M, UT, TT, LSU, Mines, etc...), although I have been told by some industry engineers that they would rather hire an ME over a PE because the education and skill set is broader. I can see why in some cases, but there is still huge value in a PE undergrad. I am ME and was offered both onshore and offshore jobs. I feel like my ME education has greatly benefited me because I deal with a lot of metallurgy and failure analysis, and as an ME I have a solid fluid mechanics and thermodynamics background. As long as you understand the basics you learn the rest on the job. Most oil companies have a structured 2-3 year training program for their new grads. I work with ME, Chem E, and Civil E guys who are now petroleum engineers. Oil and gas companies value experience over education a lot of the time (up to a point).
How can i find a job in oil field as i did mechanical engineering i have no experienece plz tell me how to get
I was fresh out of school with an Electrical Engineering B.S. Schlumberger (an oilfield service company) was hiring junior engineering trainees and i got into it. Had a great time before I quit. Generally oil companies mainly employ graduates with petroleum engineering backgrounds, while service companies employ all king of engineering graduates. try and see if Schlumberger, Haliburton, Baker Atlas, or any other service companies are hiring in your region and try those. Good luck.
Can a mechanical engineer work as a petroleum engineer?
I did my undergrad in Mechanical engineering, and was hired as a petroleum engineer upon graduation. I still work as a petroleum engineer today. I also have multiple petroleum engineer colleagues that graduated in mechanical engineering. My brother, who is currently studying mechanical engineering, just finished his 3rd petroleum engineering internship. So the answer is, yes, you can work as a petroleum engineer with a mechanical engineering degree.The oil and gas industry tends to give more weight to work experience than formal education. In my case, I worked a couple summers in the oil feild, which lead to a petroleum engineering internship, then a full time job. No one really cared that I didn't study petroleum engineering. All they saw was that I was studying some type of engineering and that I had I bunch of work experience in the oil field. That included companies like Shell, Exxon, and BP. I even beat out kids from top petroleum engineering programs. I got my foot in the door with my field experience, then I just had to interview better than they did. To tell you the truth, my formation as a mechanical engineer has helped me immensely in my career. Oil feild operations are all about pumps, pipelines, tubing, fluid flow, and pressures. Right up my alley. All you need to know for the rest is that fluid flows from high pressure to low pressure, how to calculate hydraulic head, and PV=nRT.My advice to you, if you really want a career as a petroleum engineer, is to find some type of summer work in the oil field and work your way up from there.