re: 2nd Interview with Halliburton

Will keep that in mind, thanks. Im am not doing cementing, was just curious of the pay. I will do mud man before I do cementing. I can get a MWD/LWD job a "fairly sure" but not sure how I feel about the schedule them boys have. Guess I will just have to weigh the options when the time comes.

You will get great experience working with sperry drilling as an MWD/LWD. Their schedules are crazy though, you will make a shite ton of money but you won't have a life so just keep that in mind (sperry drilling was my first choice I just didn't get it) . That's what I personally love about cementing is my quality of life is pretty damn good as far as a field engineer goes and will help me get a drillig engineer position with an operator in the future which is my end goal. Its all just what you want to do in the future and what path you want this experience to help you with. Good luck with everything

Hey you can still tag along, especially if I go mud man, I am sure I can throw them on your scent.

And work 300+ days a year.

Yea I made the jump to late to eng to do PETE, Industrial instead.

Thanks for all the info, much appreciated.

I gotcha, one the guys in my office is an IE, yea just get that Oil & Gas experience, learn the lingo, the service companies will train you well and operators will be drooling over you 2-5 yrs down the road.

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b-rab2

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Same situation I'm in and I don't mind it at all.

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So in two years you could get 40k raise base pay?

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The figures people are stating are not base pay. This inculdes car allowance, offshore bonuses, etc. I don't know exactly what the starting salary is right now, but a little over 4 years ago, it was $56,400 with a bonus structure for signing on and midpoint presentations that gets you an additional $10k ($66,400 total). Once you "break out", you get a 10% raise and a $600 per month car allowance ($69,240). But after you break out, you get somewhere around $125 per day for being offshore, plus they've installed a bonus system for any reports and whatnot that you may be a part of. That's where your money adds up.

I don't do that anymore, so things may have changed since I was there. I would imagine everything has went up about 10% to stay competitive. I don't mind giving figures, because in the GoM, everyone starts out at pretty much the same level for a FE. Some PSL's just give more oppurtunity for offshore time and that gets you more bonuses. The job did however open up doors for me and I now make over 75% more base salary, plus much larger bonuses.

As far as people complaining about Halliburton as a company, I've heard just as many bad things about every other service company. There's no green grass on the other side as far as I'm concerned. The promissed land will always be with the operators.

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Operators will be drooling over you in 2 to 5 years


Have you found this to be the case?

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Not really

And yes I've found it the case for myself with any entry level engineering position with an operator. Hell I only have a years experience and I've already had doors open but I'm just buying my time (another year or two) for the right door to open up for myself.