Petroleum Engineers

Like: The culture of the people that I worked with, my project, my mentor, my fellow interns, OKC, Devon's awesome on-boarding for interns, and the resources available.Dislike: Sometimes it felt like I wasn't going to be able to make an impact on my project in 10 weeks, because that felt short. I...

Ameren follows the STAR method in their interviews. Review what the acronym stands for and apply this format to all questions asked. Each interview will be specific to the department and not general to the company so make sure you are familiar with the tasks and responsibilities listed in the des...

My major prepared me very well. Understanding key thermodynamic and fluid dynamic principles was extremely necessary in conceptualizing the purpose of our natural gas processing plants. The effective problem solving skills developed from my classes helped me to think outside the box and find solu...

Be ready to talk technically. Even if it has nothing to do with the oil and gas industry, they want to know that you can handle and utilize technically specific material. They also want to hear about leadership experiences and times when you have demonstrated clear and effective communication ski...

Share what puts you over the edge above other applicants. Why should I hire you over someone else? What makes you tick? What do you see yourself doing in this role?Also talk about the 10 MBM Guiding Principles. It's in a book Charles Koch wrote and in the interview they'll eat that stuff up. Basi...

As a field intern, my daily work varied on a daily basis. For the first half of the summer, it was primarily rotating between different phases of field production for about a week at a time (work over, completion, pumping, drilling, and production optimization). The second half of the summer was ...

First of all understand that you should just relax and be yourself. Take a copy of your resume to hand them in case the interviewer didn't bring one. Smile, look the interviewer in the eyes, and make a firm handshake - first impressions matter. As far as the interview itself, if you don't have an...

If they put you in the field to start out, go prepared to work hard. It's not a vacation - this is your future. You will spend time with field personnel. Learn how to communicate with them and ask tons of questions. Respect their experience and understand that while they may not have a college de...

I personally don't believe Shell expects you to know anything about lubricants coming into that position as an intern, so during the interview, I would mostly highlight your experiences working with a team and the qualities you bring as a teammate. The reason I say this is because you will most l...

It is important to have an understanding of what type of equipment you will be looking after, that could be fixed equipment such as tanks and vessels, or rotating equipment such as pumps and compressors. Once you have identified the equipment type start asking yourself what type of maintenance wo...

My current role looks after the reliability of just over 2000 pieces of equipment, so my workload is driven by understanding which pieces of equipment are my bad actors and coming up with plans to improve their performance. I spend a large majority of my time developing maintenance strategies for...

My degree has been essential in helping me understand the basics of rotating equipment and how to improve design to ultimately improve reliability. I work on a diverse team which is made up of Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical and Petroleum Engineers each of us uses our unique skill set to look at...

Days are often spent responding to the previous night's emergencies. Work with your contact engineers to understand how the equipment is performing. Work with the SME to understand how to return equipment to normal operations. Communicate these corrections to Operations and Management. Long term...

Confidence Strong communication Social attitude Willing to work with others on a project team or Operations team Comfortable making decision and giving direction

During the university recruiting process, we typically conduct behavioral interviews with questions that are meant to provide insight into your leadership, problem solving, communication, etc skills. It is best to prepare answers to these situation via the S.T.A.R format (what was the situation o...

As a drilling engineering intern, you were to arrive in the office pretty early (prior to 7:00am) to sit in on a morning call out to the drilling/workover rig or the completion crew. Depending on the day you oftentimes had at least one other meeting throughout the day to sit in on. The rest of th...

Occidental Petroleum, like its sister companies Conoco Phillips, Exxon, Shell, and others, is a top notch company with good pay and benefits. Like the majors, they have benefited from an international presence in a time when petroleum reserves were in short, and with the fracing revolution that r...

Most often logging is done at night, so mornings are typically busy. Getting the data loaded into the various software platforms for petrophysicists, geologists, and reservoir engineers is usually the first task of the day. If you can load data and document (when data arrived, by whom, what is mi...

There is not really a structured training program for interns. Training is more reserved for fulltime, and depending on the department you're in, they all have their own separate graduate program. Majority of them include 18-month assignments in different roles during your first 3 years. Shell wi...

Interviews are often done in group format, and are usually not "interviews" in the formal sense, but observations of how you interact with your assigned group mates.Our interviewers sent us a topic to prepare a PowerPoint on with other candidates. We worked together via email to put the presentat...

You work 10 days on, and 5 days off. If your team hasn't been dispatched to a rig to log a well, then you just show up at the base and perform maintenance on equipment and tools from 8 - 5PM. This is the base routine.However, the base routine is frequently interrupted for what you were really hir...

Have some understanding of ConocoPhillips' SPIRIT values be prepared to clearly explain your past work experience and any university coursework and course project experience i think most important is to have a positive, enthusiastic, and respectful attitude as well as a vision for your future as...

Typically, reservoir engineers are asset-based- meaning that they support planning and production at a particular field. Therefore a typical day involves modeling wells and reservoirs, assessing actual well deliverability, written reporting, providing technical supprt for drilling and well operat...

I think the most important is knowing what the company is all about. Get on the webpage (www.slb.com) and deep dive into their culture, the type of work they do, how is the company internally segmented, how do they make money, etc. Get familiar with the different programs they have, one of my fav...

For your first weeks at Schlumberger, you are required to undergo the New Employee Safety Training (NEST) and are provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).Afterwards, for my training I went on short rotations between different segments (Cementing, D&M, Wireline and Mud). For the cementing eng...

The interview process is 3 steps. The first step is a digital logic and personality test which requires no preparation. The second step is a recorded behavioral-style interview. The best way to prepare for this is to have 5-6 situations prepared that show your leadership style and problem-solving...

Most of the day is spent in the office. There are meetings for about half the day which may or may not be relevant to your specific project but are a good way to learn about the business infrastructure. There are also quite a few intern events that happen at least once a week that include site to...

Do research about the company, and have some familiarity with Wells engineering. Be able to speak about your leadership and critical problem solving experience. Be punctual, courteous, and professional. Your primary objective is to demonstrate, as efficiently as possible, that you will be a value...

It can vary substantially, but an average day involves attending various meetings, answering phone calls from operations you have running in the field, and working to plan/design future operations. A Wells engineer does not work a 9 to 5 job. As long as there are operations running in the field f...

The interview process was more behavioral based. The best way to prepare for that is to practice thinking on the spot to tougher questions. Some examples to practice with could include: Give an example of a time you were in a leadership position and a plan you had did not go as you wanted. How di...

As a drilling engineering intern, you were to arrive in the office pretty early (prior to 7:00am) to sit in on a morning call out to the drilling/workover rig or the completion crew. Depending on the day you oftentimes had at least one other meeting throughout the day to sit in on. The rest of th...

I would be familiar with basic oilfield terms and processes i.e. exploration, drilling, completion/ production. More specifically be familiar with unconventional completions (fracing). Demonstrate that you have leadership capabilities and work well in teams. Interviews were more qualitative.

Like: The culture of the people that I worked with, my project, my mentor, my fellow interns, OKC, Devon's awesome on-boarding for interns, and the resources available.Dislike: Sometimes it felt like I wasn't going to be able to make an impact on my project in 10 weeks, because that felt short. I...

To prepare for an interview, I would highly recommend that you research about the company, its history, and try to find out information about rotating equipment.Be prepared to speak to examples from school, work or other professional experiences that demonstrate your ability to think critically a...

An intern at ExxonMobil is very productive for personal growth and development. Interns at ExxonMobil are expected not only to learn, but are given projects and tasks to complete which contribute meaningful value to the corporation.Specifically for Rotating Equipment Engineering Interns, you will...

Majoring in Mechanical Engineering prepared me well to be an intern as a Rotating Equipment Engineering Intern. In my curriculum, hands-on laboratories, which apply theories from courses such as machine design, kinematics of machinery, mechanics of materials and stress analysis (and others) were ...

As an intern, the work-life balance is exceptional. Interns are expected to work a full 40 hour work week, and typically do not put in much more time than this, (as overtime hours must be approved). Activities outside of work are up to individual discretion, though activities with other interns a...

Skills that can help you to succeed in a Rotating Equipment Engineering role, as an intern, are the ability to learn quickly, and willingness to take ownership over assigned projects and tasks. Technical skills that would be helpful include familiarity with rotating equipment (pumps, compressors,...

As a drilling engineering intern, you were to arrive in the office pretty early (prior to 7:00am) to sit in on a morning call out to the drilling/workover rig or the completion crew. Depending on the day you oftentimes had at least one other meeting throughout the day to sit in on. The rest of th...

For my interview, it was pretty casual. I only interviewed with one of the P.E.'s in his office. It was a lot of your standard questions, what are your strengths, tell me about leadership, etc. If it's a position you really want, I would recommend either explicitly saying or coming across as you ...

During the summer, the hours were fairly unpredictable. Most of the time you don't know your schedule more than a day ahead of time. Makes it difficult to plan anything, but it also allows for everyday to be a unique journey.Whether I worked at night, morning, evening, I would show up to Vine's o...

The interview process was more behavioral based. The best way to prepare for that is to practice thinking on the spot to tougher questions. Some examples to practice with could include: Give an example of a time you were in a leadership position and a plan you had did not go as you wanted. How di...

Try to be really calm and relaxed to reveal your real personal characteristics, they could ask you technical questions (very basic) in order to see how you deal with some day by day issues or understand the way you think, they will ask you personal questions and situational questions, think about...

You will remain most of the time in the field, you will be the custodian of the MWD/LWD tools, you must programming, coordinate logistics, checking and operate this tools.The Shifts are 12 hours consecutive during drilling operations, during assembly and disassembly you will remain working longer...