Most of our country's oil has been managed by a foreign company since 1963 (according to google) until 2021 when their contract has been dissolved and now the business has been taken over by our national oil and gas company. This is great for our country's income but i can't shake the feeling that we've been bamboozled as if an international company would've given up a big operation like that and wouldn't consider prolonging the contract, which lead me to believe that our country's oil is almost depleted and therefore there's nothing left for this international company to pump out in the future and thus we're left with scraps. Am I worrying too much and that our country has genuinely obtained really good deal or are we tricked in a long con?

Graduated college and went into upstream O&G as a Land GIS Lease Analyst in 2012. Was great when oil was over $100bbl. 2015 saw the price drop to the $30-$40 range and was let go in the 3rd round of layoffs. Landed on my feet working in government then moved on to telecom for more money. Recently interviewed for a position with a midstream company and am looking at getting back into the patch.

My question, is midstream more or less stable than pure E&P upstream? Manger and other employe I interviewed with have been there since 2007-2008 which gives me hope for stability. Any insight from employees working in the O&G tech sector for a midstream company would be greatly appreciated.

https://www.nzz.ch/english/energy-guru-daniel-yergin-im-sick-of-the-discussion-about-energy-transition-ld.1821620?s=34

Are there any books available or course to help learn crude oil /products trading.

Hello everyone,

I am a student based in Singapore, currently studying chemistry. I would like to find out more about oil , gas and energy trading. What are some company that are hiring such role? What resources I can tap on to have a higher chance of getting such a job? What is it like to be an oil trader (salary, work life balance, bonuses)?

So we all agree I assume that coal use has downsides, like air pollution. I think we should still use it because the world doesn't have better alternatives and it's cheap (no, renewables are not perfect either).

However, I wonder: isn't the damage caused by air pollution from coal relative to where it occurs? So what I mean is, can the damage be minimized if you burn coal in lower density areas? If you burn coal next to a dense neighbourhood, then yes, the locals will suffer. But if you were to burn coal somewhere far away from the areas it serves, can the damage not be dealt with?

If you build large transmission lines, you can transport electricity from low density areas to metro areas. You can burn the coal there and transmit it to customers while they don't suffer from air pollution.

I'm not sure but I think one reason why countries like India and Mongolia suffer so much from air pollution is that they don't have capable electricity grids and they have to burn coal close to where it is used. Countries like Germany, Japan and Australia use lots of coal too but air pollution seems to be less of an issue there.

A similar issue exists with biomass, in Africa it is burned right where people live which is extremely unhealthy, but if you burn it far away it's much less harmful.

Thoughts? I'm not an expert on energy so I might have this completely wrong. I'm just a curious guy but I would like to hear your thoughts.