1 Use These Weird Tricks for Finding a Great Oil & Gas Job!
2 What I’m going to tell youWhat sectors of the natural gas industry would hire a PNG E, EBF, Etc. How to search for jobs What skills you can learn to make yourself more marketable “Can you get me a job?”
3 The Natural Gas Lifecycle
4 Drilling Services
5 Upstream: Drilling ServicesFunctions Include: Wellbore Cementing, Directional Drilling, Drilling Fluids, Logging, Bits Schlumberger Baker Hughes Halliburton Weatherford NOV AES MWD Dir’l Driller Mud Eng. Cementer Bits Eng. Drilling Eng.
6 Completion Services
7 Upstream: Completion ServicesFunctions Include: Wireline, Coiled Tubing, Production Enhancement, Completion Tools Schlumberger Baker Hughes Halliburton Nine FTS International Magnum Wireline Eng. Frac Eng. Tools Eng. Coil Eng. Completions Eng. Rotational
8 Upstream: Reservoir ServicesProvides: Petroleum engineering services (mainly reservoir) to E&P companies. Smaller E&P companies contract for reservoir modeling and well test analysis (PNG 430, 425) Companies: Kappa Engineering Core Labs Landmark (Halliburton) Platt, Sparks, & Associates
9 Upstream: Production ServicesProvides: Processing Equipment: Separating production fluids, managing tank gas, dehydrating gas Measurement: Ensuring accurate measurement of gas and liquids Regulation: Maintaining safe operating pressures throughout the various MAOP’s of the system SCADA: communicating field data to personnel Production software: provide software for analyzing producing systems
10 Upstream: Production Services Co’sProcessing: Separators/GPUs: Cimmaron, ETC, Wellflex (PNG 480) Measurement*: Daniels, Legacy Measurement, ABB Regulation: Fisher SCADA: Elynx, Cygnet Production software: Fekete/IHS (Harmony software), GL Noble Denton (SynerGEE gas), Echometer
11 Upstream: Gathering ServicesProvides: gathering of E&P rich gases and NGLs for processing into pipeline grade gas, and ethane, propane, butane, and other liquids Companies: MarkWest Williams Blue Racer
12 Midstream
13 Midstream: Transmission ServicesTransports: Natural Gas to its end use destination through pipeline/compression Companies: Dominion Transmission Columbia Gas Williams Co (Transco) Spectra Energy (Texas Eastern) UGI Energy Services EQT Midstream National Fuel Kinder Morgan (Tennessee)
14 Midstream: Natural Gas StorageProvides: Underground storage of natural gas in caverns, reservoirs, or aquifers until customer demand requires delivery. (Subdivision of midstream) Strong match to PNG degree, experience with drilling, completions/workover, pipe flow/hydraulics will help you transition to E&P Companies: Washington Gas & Electric (D.C.) NW Natural Gas (Portland, OR) SoCal Gas (San Diego, CA) TransCanada (Troy, MI) Dominion Columbia Gas
15 Downstream
16 Downstream: UtilitiesProvides: natural gas service to end use residential, commercial and industrial customers, for heating, power generation Job functions include: System Planning Engineering: Hydraulic analysis for new customer additions and optimization of distribution systems Operations Engineering: project management of customer additions from households to power plants, including permitting, selection of materials and contractors, and supervising of work Gas Supply (also for E&P): Planning and procurement (or sales) of natural gas Another good fit for PNG
17 Downstream: UtilitiesCompanies: UGI Utilities (3+ PSU PNG E’s, including CEO) Philadelphia Gas Works Peoples Natural Gas: PA Columbia Gas: PA Pacific Gas and Electric: CA SoCal Gas: CA Dominion: VA Plenty more, there is one covering almost every city and town! You can work (almost) wherever you want
18 More Jobs: Oil and Gas Sector AnalystGlobal Data Upstream Analyst New York, NY Full-time Company Description About us GlobalData is a leading oil & gas research and consultancy firm with an extensive list of top industry clients. We provide comprehensive, timely and accurate analysis and data to support strategic planning, business development, and market intelligence.http://energy.globaldata.com/ Job Description Job Summary The primary responsibilities of this position are to analyse oil & gas projects and monitor regional and company development trends. Field analysis includes researching for relevant data, forecasting oil and gas production, developing project cost estimates, understanding development challenges, and evaluating upstream economics. Leveraging the individual field analysis and monitoring the market, the analyst will author original insight on regional upstream issues. Skills & Experience: · At least 3 years experience in the upstream sector Minimum of 3 years budgeting, planning, executing research and analysis of the upstream sector A strong academic background from a top university, with a degree in petroleum economics, engineering, or geology preferred Current with global political, financial, and social issues Strong oral and written communication ability Client facing experience Analytical and detail oriented Comfortable working with others across multiple locations as well as working independently Ability to think independently with great attention to detail and accuracy whilst multitasking and working with challenging deadlines Resourceful in finding new sources of information Excellent organizational skills Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint Desirable: Fluency in at least two languages, ideally Spanish & Portuguese
19 Even More Jobs: Landfill GasEPA Clean Air and other environmental rules are likely to increase over time Landfill gas is collected and either burned onsite, used to generate power, or treated to become pipeline grade and injected into pipeline and distribution systems Begins to diverge from oil & gas, but there are promising prospects for a career in RE
20 Searching for Jobs: Indeed.com: is the “google” of job searchingIn addition to searching for ‘petroleum engineering,’ search for the job function examples: ‘natural gas,’ ‘gas well production’ Not all companies listed on indeed, I have 30+ tabs bookmarked to check regularly
21 Searching for Jobs Part II:Since not all companies use indeed (ex Rice Energy), you can use finviz.com’s free stock screener to find all publicly traded companies Some companies have software or policy that will automatically kick out your application for not being geographically close enough Permian Basin
22 What Skills or Software to LearnARIES: Decline Curve Analysis Software Often required for reservoir/production engineers and techs SynerGEE: Hydraulic Modeling of Natural Gas Systems Used in all sectors from design of production gathering systems to midstream pipleline and compression to distribution systems Rate Transient Analysis: Traditional IPR curves are not valid for shale wells, RTA is the replacement. IHS/Fekete RTA software Rules and Regs: State Regulations for Oil and Gas operations EPA Clean Air Regulation API/ANSI Standards: Type “API” or “ANSI” + “petroleum” in your indeed search Compressor Design: Compressors are widely used in Production, Gathering, and Midstream
23 Technical ConferencesTechnical conferences are a great way to stay up to date with the newest developments in technology or theory in the industry, and network for jobs. They can be expensive, but two cheap ones I attended are: ALRDC Gas Well Deliquification Workshop in Denver, CO: For production engineers. February 20-22, $200 ($700 all-in) Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course in Pittsburgh: For production, midstream, downstream. Jul 31-Aug $100 SynerGEE Training: June 6-8, Mechanicsburg, PA. $2,250 https://www.dnvgl.com/training/sy-25-synergi-gas-standard-training-13072 Hiring: https://careers-dnvgl.icims.com/jobs/8367/engineer/job
24 Keeping Employment in a DownturnWhere possible, use finviz or other means to determine a company’s finances, the debt to equity ratio. You are less likely to be laid off from a stable Co Public companies act in the shareholders’ interests, private companies more in the stakeholders interest Set yourself apart from the crowd, give your results in $ if they don’t understand, what interests your boss fascinates you
25 Career Advancement Work Experience Further OpportunitiesGraduate School
26 Miscellaneous Points Company culture is important! After an interview ask to walk through building, meet potential coworkers Networking is important Communication is vital, call and ! Set yourself apart from the crowd, bring value, be somebody!
27 Conclusion There are jobs to be had in the Oil and Gas Industry, and there are many fascinating and complex problems to solve Getting into the industry and gaining experience in the aforementioned fields will allow you change roles and move up It is an employer’s market right now, make yourself valuable, set yourself apart
28 Website Index EPA Clean Air Regs: https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/clean-air-act-standards-and-guidelines-oil-and-natural-gas-industry PA Oil & Gas:
29 Website Index EPA Clean Air Regs: https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/clean-air-act-standards-and-guidelines-oil-and-natural-gas-industry PA Oil & Gas: