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Engineer Looking for Oil & Gas Opportunity

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Bnels1323
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Howdy,

I graduated with my Civil Engineering degree this past December. I'm originally from Houston, Texas and interested in finding an opportunity back in Houston. My grandfather worked at Exxon for many years, and I grew up having the energy industry be a part of my everyday life.

Gig 'Em
WestTexasAg04
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Service companies are always hiring. Look into Halliburton, schlumberger, baker Hughes, weatherford. You'll probably have to start in one of their field camps first before you work your way to the Houston offices. Halliburton has yards in Victoria and Bossier but may not be hiring for engineers right now. I'd look into applying at their Odessa yard. Look for job postings for Associate Technical Professional. That's entry level field engineers. Not sure about lab engineers. If you're looking into focusing on the drilling side look into these product service lines (psl's) MWD/DD, tools, cement, Baroid, drill bits, logging. Completions PSL's include Frac, wireline, coil tubing, snubbing, well control. On the production side look into Artificial lift, multi chem. Gain some experience and make some contacts while at a service company and you'll improve your odds at getting hired on with an operator. I'd stick with the bigger service companies I listed earlier. There are several smaller service companies out there but my advice would be to stick with the big boys.
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A general note...if you are looking to get into O&G then you need to really be into the idea of spending significant time in west Texas.
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WestTexasAg04 said:

Service companies are always hiring. Look into Halliburton, schlumberger, baker Hughes, weatherford. You'll probably have to start in one of their field camps first before you work your way to the Houston offices. Halliburton has yards in Victoria and Bossier but may not be hiring for engineers right now. I'd look into applying at their Odessa yard. Look for job postings for Associate Technical Professional. That's entry level field engineers. Not sure about lab engineers. If you're looking into focusing on the drilling side look into these product service lines (psl's) MWD/DD, tools, cement, Baroid, drill bits, logging. Completions PSL's include Frac, wireline, coil tubing, snubbing, well control. On the production side look into Artificial lift, multi chem. Gain some experience and make some contacts while at a service company and you'll improve your odds at getting hired on with an operator. I'd stick with the bigger service companies I listed earlier. There are several smaller service companies out there but my advice would be to stick with the big boys.
If you want to stay closer to the drilling side service co's are usually always looking for people for MWD/LWD/DD. It was really fun and interesting when i was in it, and you definitely meet some characters out there on different locations.
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I work for a big OG company as an mechanical engineer. Happy to talk to you about the ins and outs. You got an email?

In general, for a civil background its going to be tough to get a job designing tools and equipment for the large OFS companies. They can generally be picky and not have to accept varying degree tracks. If you want to do that, it might be easier to start with a smaller named outfit that'll allow that. If you want to actually go be a part of boots on the ground oilfield, OFS is the way to go. You'll make a ton of money, never be home, and have more time off than anyone else working a white collar job. The hard part about the field is leaving it and finding an office job. Most big OFS companies have a long backlog of people who want out of the field and not that many places to put them in offices. A lot of field guys just leave the company when the company isn't moving fast enough to bring them back into the office. Not all OFS jobs are the same. You've got drilling, casing, wireline, stimulation, servicing and overseeing surface equipment installation. Offshore, onshore, remote ops. Tons of ways to work nights weekends and holidays.

I do have a buddy who went civil undergrad, XOM out of undergrad, paid his dues in beaumont for 7+ years and then was able to move to the spring campus. Not the only way to spring but XOM is going to ask themselves why should they hire you and give you the suit and tie job when you don't know any part of the physical side of the company. You've got to pay your dues somewhere.

If you graduated last december, you can still try to apply to all of these companies through their new hire portals. Most large companies will take someone who has 3 or less years of experience and still happily throw them into the new hire program.
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What do you do out there? Just curious, I'm on the fluids side in Houston. Always great to connect with other Ags in the industry!
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