<p>Can a person with just a bachelor's in civil engineering from a top school get a job as a petroleum engineer?</p>
<p>Highly unlikely. ME & ChemE are the most probable candidates.</p>
<p>At my school's career fair, Shell Oil Company accepts CivEs for interviews, along with the ChemE and ME's. Should I assume that they are looking to hire the CivE's for the same PetE positions as the ChemE and MEs?</p>
<p>im sure geotech stuff is needed by the oil companies</p>
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At my school's career fair, Shell Oil Company accepts CivEs for interviews, along with the ChemE and ME's. Should I assume that they are looking to hire the CivE's for the same PetE positions as the ChemE and MEs?
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It's unlikely that those MEs & ChemEs are being hired/interviewed for PetE positions.</p>
<p>Any PetE position will likely have PetE applicants. Now, I've heard of companies making exceptions to laterals or new hires that have experience in oil. The type of applicants who are laterals or new hires with Petroleum experience are likely to be ME or ChemE.</p>
<p>Hi!
This is my 1st post on this site.</p>
<p>I am interested in Civil Engineering, in ur opinion is it a gud choice.
Does this stream provide very gud career opportunities. After doing B.Tech in Civil Eng., i wud b able 2 get a gud job. what is the minimum salary which i ll get in US or UK.</p>
<p>pls replyy....bah byee</p>
<p>^Wow^ This has to be a troll</p>
<p>anubhavrocker doesn't seem to be a troll but rather an Indian...</p>
<p>one can clearly see that, from these words...
* "in ur opinion is it a gud choice." & " Does this stream provide very gud career opportunities" -coz they always worry about job security
* "bah byee"
* "B Tech" </p>
<p>A freind of mine got his bachelor's from India in CE
He switched his career because he had a hard time finding a decent CE job
As of right now he is a Pharmacist.</p>
<p>In the US one has to first pass the FE Exam (to take the exam you'll have to graduate from an ABET-accredited university w/ a B.S., in some states this may not be the case though)</p>
<p>When you pass the FE you'll be an Engineer-in-Training (EIT).</p>
<p>Then after 4 or 5 years of work experience you'll have to take the PE Exam.
When one passes the PE you earn your state license and will earn the title
"Professional Engineer," or 'P.E.'</p>
<p>for more info: <a href="http://www.ncees.org/licensure/licensure_for_engineers/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ncees.org/licensure/licensure_for_engineers/</a></p>
<p>Usually in the US, the majority of Engineers who become PE(state licensed) are Civil Engineeers, its very necessary for CEs.</p>
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<p>"what is the minimum salary which i ll get in US or UK."</p>
<p>In the U.S.
<a href="http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm</a></p>
<p>I'm confused... what's post #10 in response to?</p>
<p>its in response to #7</p>
<p>When I said "petroleum engineering" I referring to the drilling engineers in particular. I wasn't referring to the engineers that work in the factories producing the gasoline. A chemical engineer is definitely needed for that. Could a civil engineer be hired as a drilling engineer for an oil company?</p>
<p>It's always possible, just unlikely. I'm just mentioning what I've seen personally.</p>