A career talk by Halliburton was organized by the AAPG Student Chapter of University Malaya in November. About 40 students came to the talk mainly from the geology department and others from the mathematics department and engineering faculty. The speakers from Halliburton were Ilen Kardani and Lee Chung Yee; as well as participated representative Ivan Wu, University of Malaya alumnus.
The main objective of this career talk was to expose the students to their future working environment apart from enhancing their knowledge about their opportunities in the oil and gas industry. The students also were briefed about how to write an effective curriculum vitae as it is the main ticket to obtain a job in the working industry. Students were encouraged to hand in their résumé if interested in an internship programme or to apply for a job at Halliburton.
The first speaker was Lee Chung Yee, the technical professional of Halliburton, who talked about basis of geophysics in terms of job application. In the drilling industry, Halliburton designs drilling programs that increase recoveries and require lower costs by minimizing nonproductive time and boosting production rates. For upstream oil and gas, Halliburton delivers drilling performance to improve well bore quality and add value to overall well construction. Moreover, Lee explained more about the types of drilling used, the software used to deal with different rock types, details of the well design and also about the seismic data analysis.
The event continued with the second talk by Ilen Kardani, the regional competency coordinator of Halliburton. Ilen gave a talk regarding the purpose of life and character building definition, which successfully caught the attention of every student in the hall. He stressed and highlighted about the essential information needed by students to improve their self-management in every aspect, such as studies and also co-curriculum. Other than that, he also advised the students to enrich themselves with more skills and knowledge, especially the ability to handle computer software and speak fluent English. Another significant reminder to the students from Ilen is about teamwork. Regardless of your occupation in the company, you must work as a team where mutual support and understanding of one another is vital.
After the talk, a question and answer session was opened to the participants concerning the current issues faced by the company, the job scope of work positions, a career for women, internship tasks and also about the engineering field in Halliburton. The event ended with presentation of souvenirs to the company by Aishah binti Shamsuddin as the event director.
Highest appreciation is extended to all AAPG Student Chapter members, non-members, participants, staff and lecturers, especially Ralph L. Kugler, our adviser and associate professor Ismail bin Yusoff for their assistance and guidance. Gratitude also is expressed to Halliburton for the support and cooperation.