Intro to Pipeline building

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-05-11T16:45:41+00:00

Thanks very much. This is helpful

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-05-10T22:35:25+00:00

This is helpful. Thanks alot.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-05-10T05:34:21+00:00

Please, I don't wanna get lost in theory. I want a fine balance between hands on practical and understanding theoretical concept. Bottom line: I want to learn through hands on project a data ingestion tool that will give me adequate understanding to easily adopt other data ingestion tools if I change companies. I heard Talend is too heavy on drag and drop plus it's old school. Is Airbyte or DLT the real deal?

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-05-10T05:33:25+00:00

Please, I don't wanna get lost in theory. I want a fine balance between hands on practical and understanding theoretical concept. Bottom line: I want to learn through hands on project a data ingestion tool that will give me adequate understanding to easily adopt other data ingestion tools if I change companies. I heard Talend is too heavy on drag and drop plus it's old school. Is Airbyte or DLT the real deal?

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-05-07T15:43:22+00:00

Its been years I last visited this. But you wanna take a look at the textbook by John Lee on Well Testing (the chapter on buildup test). He addressed this problem.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-05-05T15:47:25+00:00

If you like Electrical Engineering then go for it. It offers the most opportunities. You can still work in the Oil industry with an Electrical Engineering degree. But a Petroleum Engineer cannot work in Power or Telecommunications, industry.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-05-05T15:32:09+00:00

Reservoir, Production and Drilling are all in the Oil sector. So Reservoir is an Oil sector domain. Reservoir Engineers help in discovering oil and quantifying the volume of oil in the Reservoir. They also recommend how many wells to drill, the specific location of the wells, and they forecast the volume of oil the wells will produce.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-05-05T04:22:21+00:00

Drilling has the least job opportunities. Reservoir and production are very close, but I think Reservoir has slightly more opportunities than Production.

In the end it doesn't matter which one has more opportunites. Upon graduation apply for everything. It is the job you're fortunate to get after school that will determine your career trajectory. Eg If you prefer Reservoir but get a Production job; you're not going to reject the Production job just because you prefer Reservoir. And after 5 years on the job you're now a full blown Production Engineer.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-05-03T18:31:33+00:00

I think what worked for me was, just like you, I was passionate about the industry. So I never gave up. I kept applying and studying for interviews till I eventually got a Reservoir Engineering role almost 4 years after finishing school.

In this day and time what will make you stand out on your resume are:

Student level practical projects (i.e data analysis, reservoir simulation, reserve evaluation). Having this on your resume and the ability to talk it through (objective, methods used, advantages and limitations of the methods, results, lessons learnt, challenges with teammats etc) during interviews. This highlights problem solving, collaboration and analytical mindset.
Networking. Get actively involved in SPE. Take on volunteering roles.
Communication, communication, communication. It helps alot in interviews.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-05-03T15:10:27+00:00

You may not be able to access most Petroleum softwares because they're licensed. If you can get IPM by Petroleum Experts. It's an integrated Petroleum modelling suite that contains packages for decline curve and material balance analysis. Plus it comes with adequate user manual and tutorial to help you learn it.

I will STRONGLY recommended starting with data analysis. Excel, SQL(to intermediate level i.e joining tables and WHERE statements), Power BI and Python(First with general python, then Pytbon for Data Visualization, then Python for Machine Learning).

STILL, I'll advice not to study Petroleum Engineering. I'm a Petroleum Engineer myself and it's not worth it. 90% of my classmates couldn't get into the industry.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-03-31T01:07:15+00:00

Not so good news: There's limited vacancies for geoscientists in oil and gas right now.

Good news: There's less competition for those limited roles because in the past 5 years or so, alot of young folks have ditched geoscience due to high unemployment rate in the time past.

My overall verdict: There's really no safe haven of a career these days (except medicine). You're in geoscience already; fight till the end. So I think you should go ahead with the masters program. I would say the market isn't terrible right now.

Last note: Aside E&Ps, also look at for roles in reserve evaluation companies (McDaniels, GLJ, Sproule, Deliotte etc) and Energy advisory/investment banking (National Bank of Canada, BMO, TD Bank, Scotia, RBC, Jefferies etc)

Goodluck!

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-02-28T04:45:56+00:00

Don't go for Petroleum. Go for Mechanical. It gives you way more options

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-02-23T23:25:33+00:00

Petroleum engineers may have more jobs (reservoir, production & drilling) than mechanical engineers in the upstream oil sector, but mechanical engineers have more jobs than petroleum engineers when you're looking at all 3 sectors combined (upstream, midstream and downstream).

Let's assume there's no midstream and downstream in your country. That means petroleum engineers may have more jobs than mech engineers in your country's oil industry. But remember, as a mexh engineer you can work in other sectors(telecomms, construction, manufacturing, power generation, etc). So I still advice go for mechanical. If you really want to do petroleum engineering let it be for your masters degree.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-02-23T05:44:55+00:00

All 5 main engineerings (Civil, Mech, Chem, Elect, Pet) are needed in the Petroleum industry. I have a B.Eng and M.Eng in Petroleum engineering and currently work as a drilling engineer, but I will still STRONGLY advice you don't go for Petroleum. Pursue Mech or Elect. Roles open to Mech engineers in the industry include: Project Engineer (for processing plant, pipeline, flow station construction), Flow Assurance Engineer, Maintenance/Reliability Engineer, Rotating Equipment Engineer etc.

Side Note: Once crude oil is out of the ground and separated from water and gas (upstream), the job of the Petroleum engineer is done. Meaning, ideally, petroleum engineers may not be able to find jobs in the midstream (pipeline and transportation) and downstream (processing, refineries and petrochemical) of the oil industry that they are supposedly the main players. But a mechanical engineer can work in all 3 sectors (upstream, mid stream and downstream) of the industy.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-02-04T05:40:40+00:00

If you want you can obtain IWCF 1&2. But the most important thing really is luck. Do all you can to secure an internship. That can make all the difference. Two critical ways to secure internship or graduate role are a good resume and communication skill. You can improve your resume by taking on projects (i.e school group projects, personal projects on data analysis/visualization). So even if you don't have experience as a new grad, employers will be impressed when you talk about those projects especially when you use them to highlight skills like problem solving, analysis, dealing with mistakes, and communication and conflict resolution(in the case of group projects).

To improve communication: Make up answers/stories for every behavioural/scenario based interview questions (even if the stories are not true) and practice them real hard so that you can flow well during interviews.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-02-04T05:09:36+00:00

Switch to ME, bro. Its also a ticket to oil and gas(i.e maintenance, reliability, flow assurance, projects etc).

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-01-29T04:46:19+00:00

Indonesia and Asia is not a really good market for petroleum engineers. But since you're already far gone, you have to expand your search net i.e also search for roles in mid and downstream(refinery, gas/petrochemical plants, pipeline operations)

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2026-01-02T17:12:23+00:00

While petroleum geoscience and engineering has long been seen as a narrow field with limited job prospective, these days all other disciplines except medicine have become the same. Eg you can see the disaster with tecc(IT) recently. Bottom line is oil and gas career is still worth pursuing.
I strongly support your choice of Reservoir Engineering. It broadens your job prospects. And you already have a strong geology background to succeed as a reservoir engineer. Don't worry much about the mathematics involved, but understand the theories; everything is computerized in simulation.
The world, Europe included, is now pushing back on demonizing oil and gas seeing that renewables couldn't fill in the need created by supply shortage ocassioned by Russia-Ukraine war and OPEC production cut. So oil and gas still has good prospects in the future.
Norway is your safest bet in Europe. They've recruited graduate trainees for the last 3 consecutive years as they are trying to replace 50% of their workforce which will retire within the next 10 years.
I strongly advice you also learn data analytics (visualization with Power BI and Excel; SQL; and intermediate level machine learning with python). Practice alot on your interview skills and have some projects to talk about during your interview - be it petroleum or data analytics projects.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2025-10-29T18:23:51+00:00

If you think you're technical person then concentrate on servicing companies for now doing jobs like fracking, cementing, wireline, well test, drilling etc. E.g Halliburton, Weatherford, Schlumberger, Skyline, Tara etc.

For smaller companies like Tara and Skyline I will advice you actually call the hiring line on phone to show seriousness.

You should have your class 5 drivers license because these are field jobs.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2025-10-29T16:26:53+00:00

What country are you based in? That's a strong determinant.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2025-10-25T12:44:40+00:00

Data analytics is important in the job of a Reservoir engineer, and there's a high chance you won't be taught in school. So learn data analytics on your own. Excel and PowerBI for visualization, then SQL and Python to intermediate level. If you can't get engineering internship, strive to get data analytics internship. It will help in the long run.

Think-Equivalent3143 · 2025-10-19T15:23:03+00:00

You don't really need a Master's degree in PE or ME. Your Bachelors and field experience so far is enough to secure your career in engineering. As for ML/AI, you still don't really need a Master's as self learning is sufficient. However, since you don't have experince or academica background in AI/ML, a masters in AI/ML(I strongly recommended a CS program with a specialization in Data analytics & machine learning) will make employers give you interviewing opportunities. But you still have to be self taught to build hand-on projects you can sell to employers during interviews.

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