Subsea Engineer - What's the difference?

[Azad]

Sean,

Your Question - Subsea hardware or subsea pipeline over the next few years ?

To me these are inter-changeable. Most of the pipeline engineers I have worked with have a Mechanical Engineering degree with very few with additional pipeline engineering Masters. What they have is on the job traing and experience either in Pipeline design or hardware [valves, piping etc].

Hardware engineering is also a quite broad field includes trees, completions, control systems, structures etc, so it is difficult to say which of these will be in more demand. What I can say is that all subsea field development disciplines will be in high demand for the foreseable future.

My background is Subsea Process / Flow Assurance all based in the UK. Other parts of the world may have differing requirements & shortages. Rates in the UK have gone up 20% over the last year.

At end of the day "It is supply & demand" - If demand exceeds supply in your area of expertise then your financial rewards will continue to be greater then other areas where supply exceeds demand.

Regards
Azad

[sean77]

Greetings Azad,

Totally agree with you. At the end of the day, it goes back to the "supply & demand" principle. Good to hear that the rates for subsea as a whole are going up everywhere and I hope the trend continues.


Cheers,
Sean

[jarod chai]

hi,

I am from malaysia, but not in Oil & Gas industry. I am chamical engineering background. I am deeply interested in flow assurance cos i lovw fluid mechanics and i have learnt some pipesim (begineer) downloaded from this forum. I have several question would like to ask all the guru here.

1. Is there any master in multiphase flow in any of the universiti in malaysia or perhaps other uni in UK?
2. I ;ve been searching for graduate flow assurance eng position in the job advert for several months already but hardly found one. In order to become a flow assurance engineer, what kind of position should i started as? Process engineer? or can gurus recommend any company dealing with flow assurance stuff / multiphase flow equipments or design? I wont mind started from low, as long as i can learn flow assurance knowledge with the Experts , i;m satisfied,

[prathap singh]

how much does a entry level and experienced subsea engineer make annually and explain about there on and off days